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Peugeot Maker Sees Record Profit, but Virus Clouds Horizon
PARIS ? Despite record profits last year, Peugeot maker PSA Group said Wednesday it lost 700 million euros ($760 million) in China ? and that was before the new virus hit a key manufacturing center.
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Cambodian Refugee Deported 2 Years Ago Set to Return to US
A Cambodian refugee who says he was wrongly deported nearly two years ago is reuniting with his family in Massachusetts.
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3 Irish Soldiers Injured in Mali Roadside Bomb Attack
Three Irish soldiers were injured in a roadside bomb attack on a multinational convoy of United Nations peacekeepers in Mali, the German military said Wednesday.
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Many Asylum Seekers Arrive in Europe Legally, EU Agency Says
Increasing numbers of people applying for asylum in the European Union are arriving from countries with visa-free travel agreements with the bloc, notably from Latin America, rather than entering without permission, the EU?s asylum agency said Wednesday.
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Victims of New Delhi’s Deadly Communal Clashes Fill Hospital
Patients on stretchers crammed the emergency room, while relatives of the dead wailed outside a morgue as injured people continued to pour into a public hospital after three days of clashes between Hindus and Muslims coinciding with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to India.
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German Court: Assisted Suicide Restriction Unconstitutional
Germany’s highest court ruled Wednesday that a 2015 law banning assisted suicide when being conducted on a 'business basis' is unconstitutional.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Slams Sanders ‘Horrifying Comment’
Israel’s foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders on Wednesday for what he called his ?horrifying comment' about Jerusalem, saying that those who support Israel would not back Sanders’ presidential candidacy after such remarks.
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2nd Virus Death in France, 1 New Infection Linked to Italy
A 60-year-old Frenchman has died of the new virus in a Paris hospital, the second virus-related death in France since it emerged in China late last year.
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Iran Raises Its Death Toll to 19 Amid 139 Coronavirus Cases
Iran’s president said Tehran has no immediate plans to quarantine cities over the new coronavirus rapidly spreading across the country, even as the Islamic Republic suffers the highest death toll outside of China with 19 killed amid 139 cases confirmed on Wednesday.
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Egypt to Hold Full-Honors Military Funeral for Mubarak
Egypt was preparing to hold a full-honors military funeral Wednesday for the country’s former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who for decades was the face of stability in the Middle East but who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that swept much of the region.