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  Last update: 10:46 GMT 28.11.2020

  10:46 GMT 28.11.2020

  Business

  'Not Out of the Woods Yet': US Economy Forecast as Sliding Towards 'Double Dip' Recession

  The continuing surge of coronavirus cases across the US along with the inevitable restrictions that are employed to stave off the spread of the pandemic are forecast to weigh heavily on economic recovery.

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  Last update: 07:22 GMT 28.11.2020

  07:22 GMT 28.11.2020

  Middle East

  Unrelated to Scientist's Murder? US Reportedly Sends Warships to Persian Gulf As 'Message to Iran'

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States is moving its USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and other warships into the Persian Gulf to support the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, CNN reported on Saturday, adding that the decision was made before the assassination of Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

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  Last update: 09:43 GMT 28.11.2020

  09:43 GMT 28.11.2020

  Africa

  Modern-Day Lazarus: Kenyan 'Dead' Man Shocks Morticians by 'Resurrecting' Right Before Embalming

  The "resurrected" man told the Kenyan newspaper The Standard that his return from the beyond had inspired him to dedicate his life to God, as he believes he was given another chance.

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  Last update: 10:46 GMT 28.11.2020

  10:46 GMT 28.11.2020

  Sport

  Messi or Ronaldo? Diego Maradona Had the Answer

  Football legend Diego Maradona died on Wednesday at the age of 60 from a cardiac arrest. Thousands took part in a ceremony in Buenos Aires to pay their last respects to the outstanding player.

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  Last update: 10:07 GMT 28.11.2020

  10:07 GMT 28.11.2020

  Military & Intelligence

  UK Reportedly Deployed Contingent of Troops to Saudi Arabia to Protect Oil Fields

  The military operation was reportedly launched in February 2020, five months after the September 2019 attack on two major Saudi oil facilities by Yemen’s Houthi militia, which temporarily wiped out about half of the kingdom’s oil output.

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  Last update: 07:17 GMT 28.11.2020

  07:17 GMT 28.11.2020

  India

  Thousands of Protesting Indian Farmers Gather on Delhi's Outskirts, Riots Feared

  Several thousand farmers from the states of Punjab and Haryana began marching towards the national capital Delhi earlier this week, protesting the government's agricultural market liberalisation laws. Battling water cannons and tear-gas shells, the farmers entered Delhi last evening and are currently demonstrating in the city's North-West.

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  Last update: 07:51 GMT 28.11.2020

  07:51 GMT 28.11.2020

  Asia & Pacific

  S Korean Spies Say DPRK Executed Lockdown Rule-Breakers, Shut Down Pyongyang in War With COVID-19

  One official was reportedly executed for importing banned goods into the country amid increased customs controls at the border due to the pandemic. Another senior official was executed on charges of currency exchange fraud.

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  Last update: 05:40 GMT 28.11.2020

  05:40 GMT 28.11.2020

  World

  COVID Live Updates: Global Cases Tally Exceeds 61,5Mln, According to Johns Hopkins University

  The global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 1.44 million, over 61.9 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 42.7 million people have recovered, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.