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January 28, 2020 12:30 PM

New Zealand PM calls general election on September 19

In New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today called a General Election on 19th of September, two months ahead of the last possible date for the ballot. Ms Ardern said that she will be asking New Zealanders to continue to support her leadership and the cu...

January 28, 2020 9:48 AM

Saudi Arabia announces Israeli citizens are not allowed to visit kingdom

<span style="color: #222222;">Saudi Arabia has announced that Israeli citizens are not allowed to visit the kingdom. This decision comes after Israel's Interior Ministry on Sunday said Israeli citizens, both Muslims and Jews, have the right to travel to Saudi Ara...

January 28, 2020 9:37 AM

WHO increases global risk degree of novel coronavirus from moderate to high

<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization (WHO) has increased the global risk degree of the novel coronavirus strain 2019-nCoV from moderate to high, citing an error in its previous report. According to the report, the total number of 2019-nCoV confi...

January 28, 2020 9:34 AM

Over 30,000 displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil

<span style="color: #222222;">In Brazil, over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighbourhoods and sending home...

January 28, 2020 9:29 AM

US confirms Afghanistan jet crash; no evidence of Taliban shoot-down

<span style="color: #222222;">The US Defence Department today confirmed that a military jet crashed in Ghazni province in Afghanistan, but rejected Taliban suggestions that it was shot down. <br />''<br />''Afghanistan U...

January 28, 2020 8:59 AM

Death toll from coronavirus outbreak in China rises to 106

<span style="color: #222222;">The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China has risen to 106 while nearly 1,300 new cases have been confirmed taking the number of infected persons to over 4000.<br />''<br />''The h...

January 28, 2020 8:43 AM

US: Eight killed in boat dock fire in Alabama

<span style="color: #222222;">In the US, eight people were killed in a late night fire yesterday that swept through docked boats on a lake in the southern state of Alabama. Gene Necklaus, the fire chief of Scottsboro, a small town on the banks of Guntersville Lake, co...

January 27, 2020 9:26 PM

Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec resigns

Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec announced today for step down and called for fresh elections, following weeks of rising tensions within his minority five-party coalition government. Mr Sarec's resignation came almost at the same time as Finance Minister Andrej Bertoncelj announced that he...

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