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Seven-month-old boy in South Carolina is the youngest person in US to test positive for coronavirus

South Carolina mother Courtney Watts Doster has shared her baby Emmett's battle against coronavirus in a desperate Facebook appeal where she warned COVID-19 can strike even the very young.




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Callous man who claimed to have coronavirus is arrested after streaming video of himself in Walmart

Justin Rhodes, 31, told viewers in the Facebook Live stream he was largely asymptomatic, except for a 'tickly throat', while walking around the Walmart in Albermarle, North Carolina, last week.




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Major grocery stores across the US report first employee deaths

Supermarkets in the United States are reporting their first employee deaths related to COVID-19. At least four employees at major chains like Walmart have died.




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Walmart is sued by family of stocker killed by coronavirus

The estate of Wando Evans filed the suit in Illinois on Monday, saying the Walmart store south of Chicago was not properly cleaned and employees were not given masks.




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Lawyer for evangelical megachurch defying social distancing orders is in hospital with coronvairus

Jeff Wittenbrink, 59, who represents the Life Tabernacle Church, is now on oxygen at Baton Rogue General, struggling to breathe after coming down with the virus.




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Walmart customer PEPPER SPRAYS fellow shopper who tried to get on the same elevator

The incident occurred Monday afternoon at the franchise's supercenter in downtown Washington, D.C.




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Walmart store in Colorado SHUT DOWN after an employee and two others die of coronavirus

State Health officials shutdown a Walmart Supercenter in Aurora, Colorado, after two employees and spouse linked to the store died of coronavirus this month




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Mom uses a saucepan lid secured inside a hoodie as a faux face mask

The woman, who goes by Mama T on TikTok, said she was getting ready to go shopping when she took out the saucepan lid, put it over her face, and kept it in place with her hoodie.




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Massachusetts Walmart forced to close after 23 workers got coronavirus

The Walmart Supercenter, located in the city of Worcester, was issued a cease and desist order by the city after suffering a 'cluster' of COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks.




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Walmart cashier who died of coronavirus claimed 'shoppers coughed on her'

Sandra Kunz, 72, who worked at the Walmart Supercenter in Aurora, Colorado, passed away from complications related to the coronavirus on April 20.




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Drew Barrymore is being 'SUED' by a design studio as they accuse her of 'copying their prints'

Drew Barrymore and Walmart are reportedly being sued after allegedly copying a fabric design studio's patterns to sell pillows.




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Walmart got $12.6 million in federal health stimulus - but decided to give it back

Walmart, which operates urgent care clinics in several of its stores, said it did not request the federal funds, which were sent out automatically to thousands of healthcare providers.




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Greehnouse in upstate New York is the latest coronavirus hotspot after 129 test positive

A greenhouse where workers pack strawberries, cucumbers and tomatoes to be sold in grocery stores including Walmart has become the latest COVID-19 hotspot in New York.




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100 ISIS prisoners have escaped in Syria since Turkish invasion, US State Department reveals 

James Jeffrey, Washington's special envoy for Syria, said the number is 'now over 100' and said: 'We do not know where they are'.




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ISIS brides desperate to return to Australia promise to obey strict controls if they can come home

The restrictions mean that Australian women and anyone over 14 in the Al-Hawl camp in Syria would be told who they can and can't associate with, banned from social media and meet curfews.




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Just 14 British jihadis and one bride have been convicted of fighting for ISIS in Syria

Figures from government ministers reveal that around 40 fighters have been convicted of terror acts - but most of those were crimes committed on British soil.




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Photo of Trump watching strike on ISIS leader sparks suspicion

Pete Souza, an outspoken critic of Trump, tweeted the photo and noted that the timestamp indicated it was taken at 17.05pm on Saturday - over 90 minutes after the 3.30pm raid reportedly took place.




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Former US Nato commander warns ISIS will accelerate planned attacks after the death of its leader

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a raid Saturday in Syria. Retired admiral James Stavridis expects Christmas markets 'to be a rich target'.




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Trump calls Schiff 'the biggest leaker' as reason he refused to tell Dems about al-Baghdadi raid

Donald Trump charged Adam Schiff with being the 'biggest leaker in Washington,' claiming this as the reason he did not share plans of the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's hideout with Congress.




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Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria 'jeopardised' Baghdadi mission

Despite knowing US intelligence was closing in on a location for Baghdadi, President Trump still ordered US troops to be withdrawn from the volatile region of northern Syria earlier this month.




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Death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi unveils 'significant intelligence' for Australia

Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said sensitive information was found when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by US forces in Syria on Sunday.




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US forces raid Syrian town of Jarablus and 'detain a family of Iraqi origin'

Footage circulated on social media this evening purports to show a helicopter raid by US special forces that took place in the border town of Turkish-controlled Jarablus.




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Thousands of EU prisoners may have been radicalised as Islamist militants, security chief warns

Julian King (pictured in Brussels) said there were more than 1,000 people being held on terror charges and said that others imprisoned for unrelated crimes may also have been radicalised.




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We just want to bring our brave girl's body home

Anna Campbell, 26, from Sussex, died in a missile strike in Northern Syria last year. Her father Dirk, 68, and sister Hester, 39, shared the pain of being unable to give her the dignity of a funeral.




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Syrian refugee who aced Year 12 exams becomes an Australian citizen

Saad Al-Kassab, now 22, made nation headlines in 2016 after scoring am ATAR or 96.65 and being named dux of his Catholic school in Melbourne. He had fled from Syria two years earlier.




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Just what is the truth about the brutal end of quiet British hero James Le Mesurier? 

GUY ADAMS and NEIL SEARS: Barely three days after the Kremlin publicly accused him of being an MI6 spy, the dashing 48-year-old father of two was found dead in a street in downtown Istanbul.




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Turkey's Recep Erodgan says he gave Donald Trump BACK notorious 'Don't be a tough guy' letter

President Donald Trump stood alongside Recep Tayyip Erdogan and listened during a joint press conference in the East Room as he described returning the letter.




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Russian Wagner mercenaries are exposed for filming horrifying video of Syrian prisoner

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The footage is thought to have been filmed in an oil field west of Palmyra, Syria, in 2017 as four Russian-speaking soldiers attack a Syrian national.




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Controversy erupts over Conan's sex as White House first says female but then corrects itself 

Controversy erupted at the White House on Monday after officials had to issue a correction regarding the gender of Conan, the hero dog who helped run down terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.




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New confusion over Conan the hero Army dog's sex after Pentagon says the animal is female

Conan 'is in fact a GIRL,' according to a Defense Department official Tuesday, just a day after the most recent word out of the White House was that Conan was as male as his masculine name.




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Man fleeing from leopard is just one image to make it onto AFP's best photos of 2019 list 

From an emotional Theresa May announcing her resignation to damage caused by Storm Dorian in the Bahamas, AFP has published a selection of its best and most poignant photos of the year.




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Woman, 31, and man, 32, are arrested in Dover on suspicion of preparing to commit terror offences 

A man and a woman have been arrested in Dover, Kent, on suspicion of terror offences relating to Syria. Police said the arrests were not linked to the London Bridge terror attack last month.




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Man, 36, accused of stabbing to death Abdul Deghayes faces retrial

Daniel Macleod, 36, of Crawley, claims that he lashed out in self-defence after he managed to disarm Mr Deghayes (pictured) who had come at him wielding a knife.




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Assad's top aide says the US has no right' to Syrian oil

Bouthaina Shaaban, Assad's top adviser, has said that US President Donald Trump's plans to expand military operations in the country to acquire oil was like 'talking about stealing it'.




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Qassem Soleimani was Hezbollah ally and helped kill US troops

Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike Thursday, led Iran's feared Quds force for two decades, helping Shia militias kill US troops in Iraq and backing Assad as he slaughtered civilians.




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Did British academics help Russia deny Syria war crimes at UN?

The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media were praised as 'recognised experts and reputable scientists' by a senior Russian official last week. Pictured: White Helmets in Syria, 2017.




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Jihadi bride Shamima Begum shows off diamante nose-stud and union jack cushion in Syrian camp

Former London schoolgirl, Shamima Begum, now 20, furnished her makeshift tent in al-Roj camp in northern Syria and decorated it for Valentine's Day. Her roommate made a Union flag cushion.




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Shocking moment US military vehicle runs Russian armored truck off the road in Syria

The footage, posted online, is thought to have been filmed in Qamishli, in the north east of the country, from inside a civilian car on Wednesday.




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The bushfires have been devastating. But Australia is rising from the ashes with some great deals

Around 72,000 sq miles of land has been affected by bushfires in Australia. So is it safe to go? Tom Chesshyre says the short answer is yes. Here's his guide to visiting in the aftermath of the disaster.




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Singapore, Osaka and Hong Kong are the most expensive cities in 2020, and Damascus is cheapest 

Researchers from The Economist Intelligence Unit looked at the prices of 160 items in 133 cities around the globe including the cost of food, clothing, transport and utility bills.




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Police arrest a man suspected of travelling to Syria to engage in 'hostile activities' 

Counter terrorism police have arrested a man suspected of travelling to Syria to engage in 'hostile activities'. 




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Mesut Ozil makes £80,000 donation to a Turkish charity to help muslims during Ramadan

The Germany international, who is of Turkish descent, made the generous donation to provide food and aid for 16,000 Muslims throughout the holy month.




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London bus lane nets £4.5m in fines in just one year

Almost 70,000 motorists were caught out by the traffic-calming measure designed to stop rat runs in the London suburb of Surbiton.




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Will Young asks Sadiq Khan for help with homophobic abuse

The 38-year-old Strictly Come Dancing star took to Twitter on Friday to share the details of the incident after which he urged London mayor Sadiq Khan to help bring the driver to justice.




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Bus passengers mock TFL over new announcement

Londoners are getting riled up about the latest TfL announcements which inform travellers that their bus is about to move, but often only once the bus is already travelling away from the stop.




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London Tube passenger abused and kicked woman in stomach

The mother, in her thirties, was targeted after getting on an eastbound Central line train from Oxford Circus with her two children, aged between two and five.




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TfL worker fined £750 for abusing tube staff

Caroline Murphy, 40, drank a 'bottle or two of wine' after attending a TfL buffet and made her way to Westminster underground station in October 2016 when she was told she was too drunk to travel.




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TfL accused of sexism over Emily Davidson Tube notice

The 'hugely misjudged' quip was spotted by commuter Evelyn Clegg in south London this morning - the day after the 100-year anniversary of women getting the vote in Britain.




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Cate Blanchett and her husband take the tube in London

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Cate Blanchett, 48, dressed down to blend in with passengers as she sat with her director husband Andrew Upton, 52, on a London Tube - and barely anyone noticed.




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TFL condemn bus surfing after Archway picture emerges

This shocking footage shows two reckless children who risked their lives by hanging off the back of a moving London bus.