Day: March 11, 2020

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN Security Council endorses US-Taliban peace deal

3:04 pm March 11, 2020

United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution welcoming the recent deal between the US and the Taliban to bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home from America’s longest war. The US-Taliban peace deal was signed in Doha on February 29. All 15 members of the […]

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For Biden, how to help mangled economy is next obstacle

Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders

2:59 pm March 11, 2020

Washington: Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there, as well as in Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden’s path to the nomination. The Vermont senator’s […]

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China reports 22 new coronavirus deaths, Xi makes first visit to epicentre Wuhan

2:57 pm March 11, 2020

Beijing: China has reported 22 new coronavirus deaths, taking the death toll to 3,158, health officials said on Wednesday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first visit to the worst-hit Wuhan city and lauded the authorities and medical staff for “turning the tide” against the deadly epidemic, saying that the initial success has been […]

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