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Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» GENEVA - Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the UN said Monday, as concern...
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7 injured in bizarre expressway car crash
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» Seven people were injured in a crash on a Bangkok expressway when a car drove against the traffic flow on Monday.
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'Spidercop' praised for saving woman after overdose
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/04/2019
» CHACHOENGSAO: A woman lying unconscious in her dormitory room after taking an overdose of pills in an apparent suicide attempt was saved by a police officer who...
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Japanese police arrive to investigate phone scam
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japanese police dispatched investigators to Thailand on Tuesday over a phone scam in which more than 200 people in Japan are believed to have been swindled...
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Major fire rips through roof of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday afternoon, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing...
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Venezuelans seeking European asylum in 'record' numbers
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» BRUSSELS - Venezuelans and other Latin Americans are filing a surge in requests for asylum in European countries, which are more accustomed to dealing with migrants...
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Finns come to terms with 'new normal' of populism
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» HELSINKI - Populism is the "new normal" in Finland, the country's likely next prime minister Antti Rinne said Monday, as experts warned that Europe's...
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Fire ravages Notre-Dame cathedral, spire collapses
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS: A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future...
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'Paris is disfigured': Tears and shock as Notre-Dame burns
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - Crowds of stunned Parisians and tourists -- some crying, others offering prayers -- watched on in horror in central Paris on Monday evening as flames...
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Unity govt 'same as a dictatorship,' parties say
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/04/2019
» Political parties have poured cold water on the idea of setting up a national unity government as a way out of a potential deadlock following the March 24 election....