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New Zealand retirement home in lockdown to test for COVID-19 – Arab News
WELLINGTON: A New Zealand retirement village has gone into lockdown after residents displayed symptoms of respiratory illness, the New Zealand Herald reported on Tuesday. The Village Palms retirement village in Christchurch advised of the lockdown in a letter…

KABUL: The Taliban have rejected calls for a truce before the long-awaited talks with the government get underway. They said that the possibility of a cease-fire could be debated only during the talks.
When our prisoners are released, we will be ready for the talks, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, told Arab News on Tuesday.
A cease-fire or reduction of violence can be among the items in the agenda of the talks, he said.
This follows President Ashraf Ghani signing a decree for the rel…
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