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February 23, 2020
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2020-02-23
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel
kills two members of
Islamic Jihad
in an aerial attack near
Damascus
,
Syria
.
(Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
The
Carnival of Aalst
in
Belgium
goes ahead despite
UNESCO
withdrawing its recognition of the event as a
Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
because of
Jewish caricatures
.
(Reuters)
(newsmonkey)
Disasters and accidents
2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes
An
earthquake
in
West Azerbaijan Province
,
Iran
, kills at least nine people and injures more than a hundred others.
(
Daily Sabah
)
Health and environment
COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
Seventy-six more coronavirus cases are confirmed in
Italy
, bringing the number of the cases in the country to 155.
(
La Repubblica
)
A 68-year-old woman dies of coronavirus in
Crema
, Italy, bringing the number of deaths in the country to three.
(Tgcom24)
COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
South Korea
confirms that 169 more people have contracted the coronavirus in the country, raising the total number to 602.
(BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
Pakistan
closes
its border
from
Taftan
with Iran due to increasing cases of coronavirus in Iran.
(Geo News)
Turkey
closes its border with Iran and halted incoming flights due to more cases of coronavirus in Iran.
(Reuters)
Afghanistan
suspends travel between it and Iran and reported three suspected virus cases in
Herat
.
(TRT World)
Politics and elections
2020 Comorian legislative election
The second round of the latest election in
Comoros
takes place. The election is still boycotted by the political opposition.
(RFI)
2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections
Protests begin in
New York
and
Massachusetts
in the United States,
Paris
in France,
Toronto
in Canada,
Madrid
,
Navarre
, and
Barcelona
in Spain,
San Juan, Puerto Rico
, and
London
in England.
(
Dominican Today
)
Protestors demand the
Central Electoral Board
resign.
(
Dominican Today
)
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