October 2020

By Linda Zahlhaas, BERLIN - Germany marked another record number of daily coronavirus infections on Saturday (Oct 31), recording 19,059 cases in the last 24 hours as the country prepares to go into shutdown starting next week. The…
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By Joe Jackson LONDON- Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday (Oct 31) announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown across England, a dramatic shift in strategy following warnings hospitals would become overwhelmed within weeks under…
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PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron said he understood the feelings of Muslims who are shocked by the displaying of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad but added that the “radical Islam” he is trying to fight is a threat to all people,…
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COLOMBO - An unstable work bench may have caused the malfunction of a PCR testing machine in the forefront of containing the spread of COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, the Chinese embassy said on Saturday (Oct 31) It said the fault in the…
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COLOMBO – A 2nd Parliament correspondent who covered the 20th Amendment debate last week is reported to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as Sri Lanka recorded 239 new cases on Saturday (Oct 31), taking the country’s COVID-19…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s current COVID-19 outbreak is caused by a strain of the SARSCoV-2 found in Denmark and Sweden, researchers who have sequenced its gene have found. A team from Sri Lanka’s Sri Jayewardenepura University that also…
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By Raziye Akkoc BAYRAKLI- Rescuers raced against the clock to save people trapped under rubble in Turkey and Greece on Saturday (Oct 31) as anguished mourners buried the first victims of a powerful earthquake that claimed 37 lives.…
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By Martin Parry SYDNEY - A ruthless All Blacks retained the Bledisloe Cup for an 18th straight year in record-breaking style Saturday (Oct 31), blitzing a young Australian team 43-5 to reinforce their trans-Tasman dominance. After…
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By David M. Halbfinger JERUSALEM — If the world could vote in Tuesday’s (Nov 3) presidential election, Israel would be one of the reddest places on the globe. Israel’s right-wing government has been showered with political favours by…
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By Aljean Harmetz Sean Connery, the irascible Scot from the slums of Edinburgh who found international fame as Hollywood’s original James Bond, dismayed his fans by walking away from the Bond franchise and went on to have a long and…
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