The European Union has slapped sanctions on two senior members of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation February 27, 2020, 9:50 PM 2 min read BRUSSELS — The European Union on Thursday slapped sanctions on two senior members of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation and accused them of responsibility for illegal drilling in waters off the Mediterranean island […]
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Image copyright EPA Northern Ireland has diagnosed its first case of coronavirus, bringing the UK’s total to 16. Authorities said the patient had travelled from northern Italy via Dublin and had showed a presumptive positive result, which would be confirmed by a lab in England. It comes after health officials confirmed two new cases of
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Sure, goat yoga looks fun until the goat starts acting like a goat. “The Neighborhood” actor Tichina Arnold seemed to find that out the icky way on “A Little Late” Wednesday. (See the video above.) Host Lilly Singh, Arnold and her CBS sitcom co-star Beth Behrs did goat yoga, a workout trend that includes live goats, allowing
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The head of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital says the fact someone contracted the disease without coming into contact with someone or visiting a country where there was an outbreak is “a cause for concern”. Governor Gavin Newsom said the state was prepared but they were “not over-reacting nor under-reacting”. The CDC
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Trust me, even if you’ve been looking at art for a long, long time (or even longer than that), you will see work at the Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory you have not seen before, by artists you may never have heard of. This is not because the Art Show, organized by the
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A dry beginning to the year has left most of California abnormally parched, with officials bracing for the possibility of an early and more intense wildfire season amid record-breaking temperatures February 27, 2020, 9:27 PM 4 min read SAN FRANCISCO — A dry beginning of the year has left most of California abnormally parched and
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One of the biggest rights holders of the Olympics says it is insured to protect itself from financial loss if the Olympics don’t go ahead as a virus spreads By DENNIS PASSA and ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writers February 27, 2020, 9:14 PM 4 min read Baseball and basketball played before empty stands. Soccer leagues
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Military officials and independent analysts stressed that American and other Western military aid may at best buy time for African allies to address poverty, lack of education, government corruption and other grievances that extremist groups seek to exploit. But there is little confidence that these daunting, endemic problems will be resolved soon. That leaves the
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When officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that it is likely not a matter of if but when the new coronavirus spreads in the United States, my first thought was of my own little germ factories: my kids. One is in elementary school, the other is in day
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Image copyright Inah Image caption The statue was illegally exported to Mexico Mexico has returned an ancient bronze sculpture to Nigeria after thwarting an attempt to smuggle it into the country, officials say. The artefact is from Nigeria’s south-western Ife city, famous for works depicting royalty and deities of the once-powerful Yoruba kingdom. The sculpture
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