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Lifestyle Feb 04, 2020

Coronavirus Rumours: WHO Working With Google to Combat Misinformation on China Virus Outbreak

"We have worked with Google to make sure people searching for information about coronavirus see WHO information at the top of their search results," Tedros said in opening remarks to the UN health agency's Executive Board meeting in Geneva.
World Feb 04, 2020

UK to Ban New Petrol and Diesel Vehicles Sales From 2035

Johnson will urge other countries to join Britain in striving towards the 2050 net zero emissions goal through investment in cleaner technology and efforts to protect natural habitats. Edmund King, president of Britain's AA motoring association, said the new target on car sales was incredibly challenging.
Social Viral Feb 04, 2020

Indonesia Takes Off The Contest to Remove Tyre Stuck Around Crocodile's Neck After Getting No Response

The local conservation agency offered few details about the reward -- or how outsiders might pull off the dangerous task -- but its chief said the money would come out of his own pocket Conservationists who fear the croc is being slowly strangled have been trying -- and failing -- for years to find a way to untangle the beast.
Technology Feb 04, 2020

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg Engaged to Tom Bernthal

Goldberg was the chief executive of online polling firm SurveyMonkey. He died suddenly after falling on a treadmill and striking his head at an upscale resort in Mexico. Sandberg will celebrate her 51st birthday in August.
Lifestyle Feb 04, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak: Have A Good Cry but No Boozing, Health Experts Share Tips for Virus-Stressed China

With public attractions closed, events cancelled and citizens urged to stay home to avoid infections over the extended Spring Festival break, their psychological health is coming under the spotlight. There is also growing concern over the well-being of healthcare workers on the frontline as the number of infections rises above 20,400.
World Feb 04, 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak: China Opens Hospital Built From Scratch in Two Weeks, Facility Becomes Social Media Sensation

The 1,000-bed facility was built to relieve hospitals swamped with patients in Wuhan, the city in Hubei province at the epicentre of the national health emergency that has killed more in China than the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Social Viral Feb 04, 2020

Ancient Roman Footwear Go on Display at Italy's Pitti Palace (View Pic)

They could reveal a great deal of information about the wearer -- such as their sex, profession or economic status -- even more so than today, when the choice of a pair of red-bottomed Christian Louboutin stilettos, Nike swooshes or orthopaedic (but now trendy) Birkenstocks is loaded with meaning.
World Feb 03, 2020

Iraq Protest Camps Splinter Over Cleric Moqtada Sadr’s Backing of New PM Mohammad Allawi

That has sparked confusion and created a rift in protest squares across Iraq between organised Sadrists and angry, leaderless youth. Late Sunday, demonstrators opposed to Allawi's nomination began clustering their tents closer together in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, away from those occupied by Sadrists.
World Feb 03, 2020

Six Syrian Soldiers Killed in Turkish Counterattack

At least six Syrian government troops were killed by Turkish shelling on Monday in the northwestern region of Idlib in retaliation for a deadly regime attack, a war monitor said.
Sports Feb 03, 2020

Comeback King Patrick Mahomes Sparks Kansas City Chiefs to Super Bowl Win

Patrick Mahomes led a thrilling late comeback as the Kansas City Chiefs ended their 50-year wait for a Super Bowl crown with a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
World Feb 03, 2020

China Stocks Crash on Coronavirus Fears After Long Market Break

Chinese stocks crashed on Monday with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country's investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to the spiralling coronavirus outbreak.
World Feb 03, 2020

Burkina Faso: 'Jihadist Attack' Kills Nearly 20 Civilians in Seno Province

Suspected jihadists killed nearly 20 civilians in an attack overnight on the northern Burkina Faso village of Lamdamol, Seno province, security sources said Sunday.
Agency News Feb 02, 2020

Coronavirus Treatment: Thailand Sees Apparent Success Treating Virus with Drug Cocktail

A Chinese woman infected with the new coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated with a cocktail of anti-virals used to treat flu and HIV, Thailand's health ministry said Sunday.
Sports Feb 02, 2020

Manchester United Transfer News: Nigerian Striker Odion Ighalo Joins Man Utd From Shanghai

Ighalo turned down another Premier League club to join United and has set his sights on lifting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's troubled side back towards the Premier Leagues top four.
Sports Feb 02, 2020

Burnley 0-0 Arsenal, Premier League 2019-20: Gunners Lose More Ground in the Race for Top Four After Held in Clarets Stalemate

Arsenal are without a win in their last four league games, having drawn all four of them, and Arteta has won just once in seven league matches since replacing the sacked Unai Emery.
World Feb 02, 2020

London Terror Attack: British Police Shoot Attacker After 'Terror-Related' Stabbings in Streatham

Unverified footage posted to social media purporting to capture some of the incident showed armed police officers surrounding a man lying on the ground on Streatham High Road. They then abruptly moved away, urging onlookers to move back, as other emergency vehicles arrived at the scene.
Agency News Feb 02, 2020

Cristiano Ronaldo Penalty Double Against Fiorentina Sends Juventus Six-Points Clear on Serie A Points Table

Maurizio Sarri's side open up a six-point lead on top of the Serie A table on second-placed Inter Milan, who travel to lowly Udinese later on Sunday. Juventus had fallen to just their second defeat of the season last weekend at Sarri's former club Napoli, despite Ronaldo scoring.
World Feb 02, 2020

Locusts Outbreak in Somalia: African Country Declares 'National Emergency'

Experts say the locust swarms are the result of extreme weather swings, and Somalia's declaration -- the first country in the region to do so -- is aimed at boosting national efforts in tackling the hungry insects.
Sports Feb 02, 2020

Novak Djokovic Beats Dominic Thiem in a Five-Set Thriller to Win Eighth Australian Open Title

It was his 17th Grand Slam title, moving him within two of Rafael Nadal and three of Roger Federer on the all-time list. Victory put him alongside his fellow legends as only the third man in history to win eight or more titles at the same Slam after Nadal (12 at the French Open) and Federer (eight at Wimbledon).
World Feb 02, 2020

Israel Launches Airstrikes on Gaza Strip in Response to Rocket Fire

Since the announcement Tuesday by US President Donald Trump of his plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rockets, shells and explosive balloons have been fired almost daily from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, provoking Israeli retaliation.

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