Korean writer-director pulls off a double shock, winning best picture – the first time a foreign-language film has won – and best director Oscars for Parasite His film earlier became the first Korean film to win the best international feature prize, formerly best foreign film, and won best original screenplay South Korean satire Parasite made Oscars history […]
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A Boston man in his 20s is the eighth confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States – and the first in Massachusetts. According to officials in the commonwealth, the man, a resident of The Hub, recently travelled to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus first emerged. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and […]
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A Chilean military plane disappeared with 38 people on board on Monday, said the Chilean Air Force in a statement. More than seven hours after it lost contact, the Air Force declared that the plane was damaged. The Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4:55 p.m. (1955 GMT) en route from the southern city of […]
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The United States will do its “very best” to keep Turkey in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday ahead of a White House visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan’s scheduled meeting on Wednesday with President Donald Trump comes amid strained relations between the […]
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ZTN Sports Reporter LEWIS Hamilton will have to wait for the next race in Mexico to seal his sixth title. This is despite the fact that team Mercedes secured a formula 1 record sixth straight world championship double after their Japanese Grand Prix victory. Hamilton’s teamate Valtteri Bottas won that race, with rival Ferrari’s Sebastian […]
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ZTN Sports Reporter NOVAK Djokovic is showing signs he has fully recovered from a shoulder injury that forced him out of the US Open. The World number one tennis player was quoted by the BBC as saying he played like a machine in progressing to the Japan Open semi-final on Friday. “I am not a […]
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Hurricane Dorian, which hit the Bahamas on Tuesday, has left a trail of destruction on Abaco and Grand Bahama islands. The official death toll from the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the country, jumped to 20, and it may climb higher, according to some officials. Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands, said 17 of […]
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Kudzai Sadomba PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Boris Johnson on his elevation to the post of Conservative leader and new UK Prime Minister. The Zimbabwean leader said he looked forward to closer ties between the Southern African country and its former colonial master. Social networking platform Twitter is awash with congratulatory messages for Mr. Johnson, […]
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Leaders of big tech companies will be asked to testify as part of an investigation into whether the companies misuse their massive market power, the head of the U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee leading the probe said on Tuesday. The comments came a day after sources said the U.S. executive branch is gearing up for a similar […]
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China’s telecom giant Huawei has hit back at the U.S. ban by filing a motion on Tuesday to ask the court to declare a law which places bans on the company equipment “unconstitutional.” The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, enacted last summer, has directly and permanently targeted Huawei “without opportunity for rebuttal or escape,” Song […]
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