Xinhua world news summary at 0530 GMT, Sept. 19
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died, the Supreme Court said Friday.
"Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington, D.C., due to complications of metastatic pancreas cancer. She was 87 years old," the Supreme Court said in a press release.
"A private interment service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery," it added. (US-Supreme Court Justice)
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NEW YORK -- Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 950,000 on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The global death toll from the disease reached 950,434, with a total of 30,395,579 cases worldwide as of 10:23 p.m. (0223 GMT Saturday), the CSSE data showed.
The United States remains the worst-hit nation with 6,723,305 cases and 198,509 deaths, accounting for more than 20 percent of the world's death toll. (COVID-19-Deaths-Global)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military said Friday that it had deployed radar systems and armored vehicles to northeastern Syria, weeks after a collision incident between the U.S. and Russian military vehicles in the region.
"The United States has deployed Sentinel radar, increased the frequency of U.S. fighter patrols over U.S. forces, and deployed Bradley Fighting Vehicles to augment U.S. forces in the Eastern Syria Security Area (ESSA)," U.S. Central Command Spokesman Bill Urban said in a statement. (US-Forces-Syria)
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LIMA -- Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra discounted the validity of the audios that allegedly link him to the misuse of government funds while speaking to Congress on Friday.
The Congress announced last week that it would open impeachment proceedings against the president according to the leaked audio recordings. Vizcarra might be removed from office if found guilty.
During his presentation at the plenary session of Congress, the president urged legislators to debate his impeachment while keeping in mind that the country is in the midst of a health crisis. (Peru-Congress-Impeachment) Enditem
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