- Virus outbreak in Iran sickens hundreds, including officials
- 60 confirmed cases in Germany
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- As Saudi Arabia embarks on a new sporting era, a stellar line-up chases a record $29.2 million in prize money — and a place in history
- Wolfgang Zuppe, who arrived in Kingdom 37 years ago, says: ‘There is nowhere else I could do such fantastic projects’
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- Thirty-three Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by Russian-backed Syrian regime forces in the Idlib region on Thursday
- Erdogan may travel next week to Moscow for talks
- Critics say the group’s secretive nature and the manner in which it worships could have lead to the fast spread of the virus
- Most of the confirmed cases are in the city of Daegu, about 300 km southeast of Seoul, where large services for Shincheonji members were held on Feb. 16
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Billed as the richest on the planet with a prize fund of $20 million, its inaugural run is on Feb. 29 at the King Abdul Aziz Racetrack in Riyadh. The race, over a distance of nine furlongs (1,800 meters) on the dirt track, will have a maximum field of 14 starters.
Sick man of Asia
The phrase “sick man of Asia” originally referred to China in the late 19th and early 20th century, when it was exploited by foreign powers during a period sometimes called the country’s “century of humiliation.”
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