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1.2KSyrian actress Najwa Alwan passes away
Syrian actress Najwa Alwan died after a long fight with an illness, leaving behind a distinctive archive of works. She graduated from the...
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983Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the 20-year war between Ethiopia...
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580Peter Handke and Olga Tokarczuk awarded Nobel Prizes in literature
Austrian author Peter Handke and Polish author Olga Tokarczuk have obtained Nobel Prizes in literature. The Nobel Prize in literature for 2019...
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558At least two killed in shooting in the eastern German city of Halle
Two people were killed in a shooting in the eastern German city of Halle on Wednesday and a suspect was detained, police...
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8912019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been collectively bestowed to John B Goodenough of the US, Britain’s M Stanley Whittingham and...
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605White House states it won’t cooperate with impeachment inquiry
The white house informed the congress they won’t comply with Donald Trump impeachment inquiry, as they estimated the illegitimacy of the inquiry....
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1.1KEgyptian actor Talaat Zakaria passes away
Egyptian actor Talaat Zakaria lost his battle to his illness at age 59. born March 29, 1960, in Alexandria He performed in...
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636James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year’s winners for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics at a...
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679Turkey: Nine-year-old Syrian refugee commits suicide after being shunned at school
A 9-year-old Syrian boy, who escaped his war-torn country with his family, committed suicide in Turkey’s northwestern province of Kocaeli after supposedly...
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654Nobel Prize for Medicine jointly awarded to William Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza
William Kaelen of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard University, Sir Peter Ratcliffe of Oxford University, and Gregg Semenza of Johns Hopkins...
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642Iraq: Death toll soars to 100 as protests spread
Iraq exploded this week with some of the most large-scale, widespread demonstrations in years. At least 100 people have been killed since anti-government protests erupted...
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678At least 22 killed in gold mine collapse in Congo.
At least 21 people have died after an illegal gold mine collapsed in DR Congo. “There was an accident at the Kampene...
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653Cape Verde: Over 130 dolphins die on shore
More than 130 dolphins have perished after a strange magnitude stranding on a west African beach. About 200 melon-headed whales and mid-sized dolphins ...
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607Tunisia-Britain to fly back 4500 stranded clients following Thomas Cook collapse today
UK’s Civil Aviation Authority announced 26 flights are programmed to fly on Friday to bring back 4500 people back to the country,...
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621Iraq cuts internet as major protests turn violent
Internet access has been cut off crossed much of Iraq including Baghdad with functional connectivity dropping below 70%, internet blockage observatory Netblocks...
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776One year after Jamal Khashoggi murder, the case still unresolved
One year after the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Fundamental questions still lingers in the conscious mind of many on the occurrence of that day, his assassination sent waves of profound shock across the globe. The killing provoked a...
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575Tunisia-Britain to fly back 7,100 stranded clients after Thomas Cook collapse today
UK’s Civil Aviation Authority announced 44 flights are programmed to fly on Wednesday to bring back 7,100 people back to the country,...
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904Saudi Arabia set to launch tourist visas, Tunisia not included
Saudi Arabia declared that tourist visas will be allotted for the first time to visitors from 49 countries around the world. The...
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611World leaders to participate in Jacques Chirac funeral ceremony
About 30 foreign leaders gathered in the French capital to participate in the funeral ceremony of former president Jacques Chirac, who died...
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652Algeria-80 possible nominees show will to run for Algeria’s presidential election
As many as 80 possible nominees have attested their apparent intention to run for the presidential election on Dec. 12 in Algeria, said spokesman of the Independent Election Monitoring...
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776Facebook will begin hiding likes and comments today
Facebook users will soon no longer view the number of likes, reactions and video views on other’s posts in a world-first experiment...
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822Turkey: 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits Istanbul
A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Istanbul in the Marmara Sea on Sept. 26 prompted fear amongst local Istanbul residents The earthquake hit at a considerable depth of 6.99 kilometres at...
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586Egypt: More than 1,100 demonstrators arrested after the latest protests
Egyptian authorities have arrested more than 1,100 people since the weekend, when local demonstrations were held in various principal cities appropriately calling on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to step down human rights monitors said. Among...
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618US raids in south Libya kills 19 Daesh fighters within five days
US forces announced on Wednesday they had killed 11 presumed militants connected to Daesh in their second airstrike near the southern Libyan town of Murzuq. The strike, carried out on Tuesday, followed a...