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After Ebola, World Bank creates pandemic insurance plan

The World Bank announced Saturday a new program to mobilize funds quickly against virulent disease outbreaks after the world was…

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Istanbul summit seeks to transform aid response, defy critics

Global leaders and key NGOs gather in Istanbul on Monday for an unprecedented UN-backed summit aimed at transforming the world’s…

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Dignity only in death for migrants at France’s Calais ‘Jungle’

They fled hardship and war only to find misery and squalor, but migrants who met a gruesome end in northern…

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Ailing Thai king treated for excess fluid in spine and brain

Doctors treating Thailand’s hospital-bound monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej have drained excess fluid from his spinal cord and brain, the palace said…

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‘Moving to Canada’: Trump fuels US relocation dreams

Donald Trump’s inflammatory presidential campaign and the prospect of the brash-talking tycoon actually becoming commander-in-chief has left progressive Americans obsessing…

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Taiwan’s ex-president Ma faces lawsuits as immunity ends

Dozens of lawsuits brought against former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou reopened Saturday as his presidential immunity lapsed after the island…

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Five dead, thousands flee as Cyclone Roanu nears Bangladesh

Cyclone Roanu was poised to make landfall in southern Bangladesh Saturday, as strong winds and heavy downpours unleashed by the…

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Zika virus strain from Americas spreads in Africa for the first time: WHO

The Zika virus strain linked to surging cases of neurological disorders and birth defects in Latin America has now been…

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Netanyahu pulls off coalition in bid to become longest-serving Israeli leader

JERUSALEM: “He’s a magician, he’s a magician,” the partisan crowd chanted as a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu strode into his party…

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NATO allies divided over bigger role in stabilising Libya

BRUSSELS: NATO will on Thursday consider a bigger role for the alliance in Libya to help a new unity government…

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