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Coronavirus outbreak: AI to send ‘special’ flight to evacuate Indians from Wuhan
The flight is expected to "airlift" about 315 Indians from Wuhan and neighbouring areas. A team of Five doctors from Ram Manohar Lohia hospital (RML) hospital, one paramedical staff from air India with prescribed medicine from doctors, masks, overcoats, packed food are boarded in the aircraft. [Full Article...]
Gun shots heard in Shaheen Bagh area, police detain shooter
On Friday, a 17-year-old youth who fired at protesters near the Jamia Millia Islamia university during an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ) protest, injuring one, was sent to 14-day protective custody by a Delhi court. On Thursday, the Election Commission barred Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur from campaigning for three days after he participated in a chant of "desh ke gha... [Full Article...]
Brexit: UK to quit European Union at 23:00 GMT
Lawyer Alice Cole-Roberts said Friday morning she expects "more and more frustration" as Brexit unfolds. When Britons wake up on Saturday, they will notice very little change. A series of events including marches, celebrations and candlelit vigils will be held by both Brexiteers and pro-EU demonstrators. "As good friends, we can be tough and fair in negotiations", she said. [Full Article...]
Pompeo arrives in Ukraine under impeachment cloud
The US top diplomat then denied claims that a visit to the White House sought by Zelenskiy's team was conditional on an official probe in Hunter Biden's business activities. Ukraine has been a delicate subject for Pompeo, who last weekend lashed out at a National Public Radio reporter for asking why he has not publicly defended the former USA ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. [Full Article...]
Crowd Sings Auld Lang Syne Outside Scottish Parliament Ahead of Brexit
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to lay out the "next steps" on the country's "journey to independence" in a speech on Friday - the day the United Kingdom officially exits the European Union. The first minister added: "In my view it is beyond doubt now that the only realistic way for Scotland to return to the heart of Europe and to ensure we get the governments we vote for is to become... [Full Article...]
20 sarcophagi in 16 tombs found at archaeological site in Egypt
The long-abandoned tombs date to the Pharaonic Late Period. The official statement said that Minya Governorate, located in central Egypt, witnessed diverse archaeological discoveries and excavations since 2018, including a number of mummies and funerary collections featuring jewelry and other artifacts, which prompted Anani to argue that Minya is worth placing on Egypt's tourist map. [Full Article...]
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani unloads on "backstabber" John Bolton
But Trump quickly denied the reported Bolton claim. Bolton writes that he never called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to a person who has read the unpublished book and shared details of its contents with The Associated Press. [Full Article...]
Family removed from flight for body odour suing airline
According to the family, the discrimination was based largely on their appearance: Yehuda was wearing a yarmulke and Jennie wore a long skirt and a sheytl, which is a wig worn by some Orthodox women after they are married. They were provided with a hotel room and meals and were placed on a flight to Detroit the next morning. The Adlers said no one had mentioned that they had offensive odor pri... [Full Article...]