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News24.co.ke | Two UN officials clash due to smelly socks at JKIA

Two United Nations employees on Friday were apprehended at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for fighting over smelly shoes.




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News24.co.ke | Bomet County Commissioner accuses Ruto of fabricating the truth

Bomet County Commissioner, Benard Lebarmarai has lambasted Governor Isaac Ruto for falsely accusing the police of causing harm to him.




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Toward the indispensable political, economic and social integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT Toward the indispensable political, economic and social integration of Latin America and the Caribbean Key remarks by President Raúl Castro opening the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Havana, December 8, 2014




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May nothing, no one, derail our progress toward integration

Cuban President Army General Raúl Castro Ruz opened the XIII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (Alba-TCP), this morning December 14, and called for strengthening regional unity. - ALBA to celebrate 20th anniversary in Havana




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Massive waves slam Wellington's coast

Emergency services were called to the south coast on Wednesday, as waves of up to five metres caused flooding and damage from Owhiro Bay to Island Bay.




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Coronavirus deaths top 30,000 in the US

Despite the spike in deaths, there were tentative signs in some parts of the country that the outbreak was beginning to ebb.




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Amid slowing infections, Germany takes first steps to restart public life

New infections in Germany have slowed in recent weeks, but Merkel cautioned that the country has achieved only "a fragile intermediate success".




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'Banana republic': Trump threatens to unilaterally suspend Congress

The President's remarkable threat - which came on the day US recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths - drew immediate criticism from constitutional experts.




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Four IS suspects arrested over plot to attack US bases in Germany

Prosecutors said the men joined IS in January 2019 and were instructed to form a cell in Germany. They reportedly first planned to carry out an attack in Tajikistan but later shifted their target




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Shop with tongs and lock up your cat: Scientists' suggestions for life after lockdown

Experts looked at how different countries are coping in creating a list of 275 ideas to stop coronavirus spreading.




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Hundreds test positive to COVID-19 on French aircraft carrier

More than 1700 mariners, nearly all from the Charles de Gaulle itself, with at least 668 infected. A third of tests still await results.




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South Korea's coronavirus battle propels government to election win

Despite the strict lockdown requirements on voting, turnout was higher than any parliamentary elections held since 1992.




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'Airway team': the nurse couple fighting the virus together

"What's important is that we stick together, we work together, and we always support each other. And not just Ben and I, but the human race right now."




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After 10 days of hell, take it from me: you don't want to catch this virus

I did not think I was going to die but it absolutely felt like the virus was trying hard to kill me. I've never been so sick, or scared.




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Refugee children leave Greece to settle in Luxembourg

A group of 12 is the first of more than 1000 relocations being expedited amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus on vulnerable groups.




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What doctors on the front lines in New York wish they’d known a month ago

Ironclad emergency medical practices — about when to use ventilators, for example — have dissolved almost overnight.




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Gangnam smile: North Korean defector wins South Korea's swankiest seat

Thae Yong-ho was Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to the UK where he had managed secret funds for leader Kim Jong-un until he fled to the South in 2016.




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Ivanka Trump, disregarding federal guidelines, travelled to New Jersey for Passover

Donald Trump's eldest daughter left Washington for another one of her family's homes, even as she has publicly thanked people for self-quarantining.




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Anonymous tip 'led to the discovery of more than a dozen bodies' at US nursing home

Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at a nursing home in north-western New Jersey, according to reports.




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Prince Harry pays tribute to parents in lockdown

"This is hard on everyone, but it is especially hard on you," Prince Harry said to the families of children with severe health needs.




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Right-wing shock jock takes right-wing media to task over coronavirus lies

Michael Savage has howled with unabated contempt about "the pimps" in the right-wing media who he calls "intellectual dwarfs" and "science illiterates".




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One in seven US workers jobless as pandemic shock to economy hits

Conservative economist Steven Moore, a Trump ally, said there will be 30 million people out of work in the country if the economy doesn't open back up soon.




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EU apologises to Italy for being slow to offer help

No other EU country has suffered as greatly as Italy from the pandemic, with more than 21,600 dead and 105,000 people still infected.




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Donald Trump's three-phase plan to reopen economy to take months

Federal officials have warned that some social distancing measures may need to remain in place through to the end of the year to prevent a new outbreak.




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From 'Xi's doing a great job' to 'The WHO really blew it’: Trump's coronavirus response in tweets

The US President has been able to use Twitter to shape what the public talks about in the realm of politics. He's gone into overdrive on the coronavirus pandemic.




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Now is the worst time to cut World Health Organisation funding

After a disaster there is a search for someone to blame but reckless vengeance can be as bad as the original calamity.




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Trump, at war with states over lockdowns, calls on people to rise up

US President Donald Trump has urged his supporters in three states to "liberate" themselves from stay-at-home orders aimed at containing COVID-19.




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Europe is emerging from the pandemic with beds and ventilators to spare

All across Europe, the numbers are coming down. There is finally good news to share.




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France contradicts US on coronavirus link to Wuhan research lab

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also rejected suggestions the novel coronavirus was man-made.




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WHO defends China's new Wuhan coronavirus death toll

US President Donald Trump seized on the new figures as evidence China has been deliberately concealing its true toll from the rest of the world.




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Coronavirus infection surge threatens to collapse Japan's hospitals

Two Japanese medical associations warn that the country's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.




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With butlers in isolation, wealthy are forced to learn housekeeping

A housekeeping staffing company says "We're getting calls from the principals themselves saying, 'I've never had to change the bed - what do I do?"




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Boris Johnson starts to take back control as Britain prepares to ease lockdown

As part of a major set of changes, the British government government will closely examine the economic and health impacts of the lockdown, as it prepares to decide when and how some measures can be eased.




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Dear Diary: Ardern's new COVID-19 stopper

While Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has proposed a voluntary contact tracing app, the New Zealand PM has a more homespun method for tracking its citizens.




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Police say mass shooting Canada's worst in recent history

A man wearing a police uniform has gone on a shooting rampage in Canada.




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'A stroke of luck': Passenger glad to be on global cruise during pandemic

The virus-free bubble that the Costa Deliziosa cruise ship became on its 15-week odyssey is coming to an end.




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New Zealand to ease virus lockdown next week

The nation of 5 million introduced its highest, level-four lockdown measures in late March.




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Coronavirus pandemic: South Koreans return to work, malls and golf courses

As the number of new coronavirus infections drops below 20 a day, big firms start social distancing back at the office.




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Death toll from Canada's mass shooting rises, Trudeau pledges action on guns

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday his government would move ahead on the gun control legislation he promised during last year's election campaign after the shooting. 




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'Immunity passport' to free recovered Chileans from lockdown

Critics warn against moving too quickly with a medical union secretary saying: "There are serious doubts over existence of long-term immunity to this virus."




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Trump-aligned states ready to reopen for business from this week

Republican governors, including in Georgia, are reopening gyms, churches, bowling alleys and hairdressers later this week despite COVID-19 cases still rising.




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'Invisible enemy': Trump to suspend immigration due to virus

President says he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States.




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Amid oil price plunge, Trump says he will add to oil reserves

Trump acknowledged that global demand for oil has plummeted. "The problem is nobody's driving a car, anywhere in the world, essentially," he said.




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Indonesia bans Ramadan mass exodus tradition to curb coronavirus spread

The mass exodus tradition, locally known as mudik will not be allowed to proceed at the end of the Muslim fasting month, President Joko Widodo said.




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A disaster waiting to happen or a bold, evidence-based response? In Sweden, it depends who you ask

As winter fades and spring breaks over Sweden, a high-stakes experiment in self-responsibility is underway.




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Coronavirus deaths in the US top 45,000, doubling in a week

New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan each reported their highest single-day coronavirus-related death tolls on Tuesday - over 800 between the three states.




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Ainsley Harriott: ‘The Med felt close to home’

By Lauren Taylor Has there ever been a happier man on TV? Ainsley Harriott, with his broad smile and infectious laugh, was a mainstay in living rooms for years on Ready Steady Cook and Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook back in the Nineties and Noughties, and at 63 he’s as cheerful...

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‘Premier League will not be able to satisfy every club’

Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand believes there is no viable resolution to the resumption of the 2019-20 season that will satisfy all 20 Premier League clubs. Top-flight clubs are understood to have been told that the use of eight to 10 neutral grounds is the only way...

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Putin presides over slimmed down Victory Day as virus cases rise

Russia marked 75 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Saturday, but the coronavirus outbreak forced it to scale back celebrations seen as boosting support for President Vladimir Putin. With coronavirus infections rising, Putin last month postponed the highlight of annual Victory Day celebrations,...

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EU plots to restart travel and tourism despite Covid

EU states should guarantee vouchers for travel cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic and start lifting internal border restrictions in a bid to salvage some of the summer tourism season, the bloc’s executive will say next week. Tourism, that normally contributes almost a tenth of the European Union’s economic output, is...

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