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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Severe flooding has left a total of 52 people dead in southeast Brazil's Minas Gerais state, the state civil defense agency said Tuesday.
One person remains missing, 65 have been injured, 28,893 displaced and 4,397 left homeless, the agency said in a statement. (Brazil-Minas Gerais State-Floods)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) will study and assess the U.S. Middle East peace plan announced by the U.S. President Donald Trump, said Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, in a declaration on Tuesday.
The top EU diplomat pledged the EU's "firm and united commitment to a negotiated and viable two-state solution", reaffirming the EU's readiness for resuming negotiations between Israel and Palestine. (EU-Middle East-Peace Plan)
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Tuesday interim clinical care guidance for hospitalized patients and for mildly ill patients at home who are suspected of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection.
Generally, clinical care of suspected patients with 2019-nCoV should focus on early recognition, immediate isolation or separation, implementation of appropriate infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, and provision of optimized supportive care, the WHO said. (WHO-China-Novel Coronavirus)
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HAVANA -- Cuba's Mariel Special Development Zone is now one of the main drivers of the economy and aims to attract half a billion U.S. dollars in foreign investment each year, an official said.
"Our goal is to grow. We are never going to give up our designated target of attracting 500 million U.S. dollars a year, despite the hostile environment," the zone's deputy director, Yanet Vazquez, told Havana-based news agency Prensa Latina, referring to stepped-up U.S. sanctions, which now bar the arrival of cruise ships originating from U.S. ports, prevent fuel tankers from supplying the island, and limit the number of flights between Cuba and U.S. cities. (Cuba-Investment) Enditem
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