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Powerful hurricane threatens flooding in Central America

MANAGUA, Nov 03 (AP): Dangerously powerful Hurricane Eta churned toward Nicaragua's Caribbean coast with potentially devastating winds, while heavy rains thrown off by its storm bands already were causing rivers to overflow across Central America.The Category 4 hurricane had sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph), and the U.S. National...

Biden defends Fauci after Trump threat

WASHINGTON, Nov 03 (Xinhua): U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defended Anthony Fauci on Monday after President Donald Trump suggested he may fire the nation's top infectious disease expert after Election Day."Last night, Trump said he was going to fire Dr. Fauci. Isn't that wonderful?" Biden said during a drive-in...

Girl rescued four days after Turkey's quake

ANKARA, Nov 03 (Reuters): A young girl was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Tuesday, more than 90 hours after a deadly earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 104 people.Rescuers heard Ayda Gezgin's screams from under the rubble...

Germany reports 12,097 new Covid cases

BERLIN, Nov 03 (Xinhua): New COVID-19 infections in Germany increased by 12,097 within one day to a total of 545,027 as the country entered its second partial lockdown, the federal government agency for disease control and prevention Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Monday.After COVID-19 infections reached a new record...

180 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast

TRIPOLI, Nov 03 (Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Monday that some 180 illegal immigrants have been rescued off Libyan coast."Some 180 refugees and migrants were returned to Libya by the Libyan Coast Guard and disembarked at Tripoli commercial port," the UNHCR Libya tweeted."UNHCR and IRC...

India's corona tally reaches 8,267,623

NEW DELHI, Nov 03 (Xinhua): India's COVID-19 tally reached 8,267,623 on Tuesday as 38,310 new cases were detected across the country in the past 24 hours, said latest data released by the federal health ministry.With 490 deaths since Monday morning, the total death toll in the country due to the...

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Algeria approves new constitutionALGIERS, Nov 03: The head of the Algerian Independent National Elections Authority for Elections, Mohamed Charfi, on Monday announced that the amended constitution voted through popular referendum on Sunday has been approved with a rate of 66.8 percent. Charfi told a press conference that the total number...