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Last Batch of Joint Aid Lands in Yemen Amid UN Funding Cuts
The last of three large shipments of medical supplies landed in Yemen on Friday, organizers of the cargo flights said, following a joint initiative by the world organization and multinational corporations to boost the war-devastated country's health care system as it battles the coronavirus.
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Serbs to Vote Amid Virus Concerns, Political Divisions
Serbia is holding a parliamentary vote this weekend that takes place amid concerns over the continuing spread of the new coronavirus and political divisions in the Balkan country.
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Bank of England Apologizes for Past Links to Slavery
The Bank of England has apologized for the links past governors of the institution had with slavery.
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China Moves Vast Trade Fair Online, but Few Buyers Follow
Standing in front of shelves laden with colorful backpacks, a saleswoman promoted bags on the Canton Trade Fair’s website without knowing whether anyone was watching as the world’s biggest sales event opened in cyberspace to avoid the coronavirus pandemic.
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China Says It Has Not Seized Any Indian Soldiers
China said Friday that it has not detained any Indian soldiers, following Indian media reports that China had released 10 of them late Thursday.
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Separate Attacks Target Security Forces, Kill 4 in Pakistan
A powerful roadside bomb and a hand-grenade attack targeting security vehicles hours apart killed at least four people and wounded several others in the country’s south Friday, police officials and rescuers said.
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South African Choir Adapts to COVID-19 by Making New Music
The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of “America's Got Talent,†but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themselves coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Confederate Obelisk Removed From Georgia Square Amid Cheers
With hundreds of people watching as midnight approached, a crane moved in and took down a Confederate monument that stood in the town square of an Atlanta suburb since 1908.
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Solidarity or Frugality? EU Leaders Discuss Coronavirus Plan
As they brace for the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, leaders of the European Union's 27 member states started discussing the bloc's future long-term budget and a multibillion-euro post-coronavirus recovery plan during a video summit Friday that is aimed at paving the way for a compromise later this summer.
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India-China Himalayan Standoff Deadly for Cashmere Herds
Antagonisms between Indian and Chinese troops high in the Himalayas are taking a dire toll on traditional goat herds that supply the world’s finest, most expensive cashmere.