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First lady Melania Trump, pictured here with her teenage son Barron Trump, revealed in a blog post on Wednesday that Barron tested positive for Covid-19. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Barron Trump, the teenage son of President Donald Trump, contracted coronavirus along with his father and mother earlier this month, first lady Melania Trump revealed on […]

The Mersin International Port on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, July 20, 2019. (IHA Photo)  Representatives of the Turkish business community have called on Saudi Arabia and Morocco to reverse their actions as firms are reportedly facing growing problems in conducting business with the two countries. Calls for boycott of Turkish goods in Saudi Arabia and Morocco’s […]

There are three main symptoms of coronavirus. If you get just one of them, you should get a test. What are the symptoms? New and continuous cough – coughing a lot for more than an hour, or having three or more coughing episodes in 24 hours Fever – a temperature above 37.8C Change in smell or taste – […]

Huge crowds were seen chanting and partying in Liverpool on the last evening before pubs closed under new lockdown measures. The area in Merseyside – along with Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens, Sefton and Halton – is the first in the country to be plunged back into strict lockdown. The Prime Minister announced on Monday the […]

South Africa land bill reform: Photo: Naashon Zalk / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Land expropriation without compensation has been the fulcrum around which South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters drive its support. For years, its leader, Julius Malema, has been calling for the retrieval of lands from white farmers to black South Africans. Land ownership in South Africa is an emotional […]

According to insider reports, US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon and his senior national security advisers to begin drafting plans for a total withdrawal of US forces from Somalia. The US has between 650 and 800 troops in the war-torn East African nation, where it has waged an undeclared war since 2007. “People […]

Bars and restaurants have been ordered to close in the Netherlands along with a string of other measures as the country attempts to curb rising coronavirus cases. From Wednesday the partial lockdown will come into force, after prime minister Mark Rutte said the country had to take a step closer to a full lockdown to […]

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched a mass gymnastics performance held to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media said Monday, despite the country’s nationwide antivirus campaign. Kim attended the grand mass games and artistic performance entitled “Great Guidance” at the May Day Stadium in […]

   Yuri Kadobnov / AFP Russia has set a new record for coronavirus deaths and cases, nearing 14,000 infections for the third time in a week, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia confirmed 13,868 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,326,178 and setting a new record for daily infections. Russia […]