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China hardens virus defenses as death toll hits 56

China hardens virus defenses as death toll hits 56

China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a viral contagion that has killed 56 people and infected nearly…
Virus anxieties cast shadow over Year of the Rat festivities

Virus anxieties cast shadow over Year of the Rat festivities

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chinese communities in Australia and New Zealand were among the first to greet the Year of the…
Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village: MP

Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village: MP

YANGON (Reuters) – Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people injured after Myanmar troops shelled a Rohingya…
Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on

Survivors, dignitaries to mark Auschwitz liberation 75 years on

Elderly Holocaust survivors will gather in Auschwitz on Monday, some for the last time, to mark 75 years since Soviet…
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes

Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes

Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a…
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

A SARS-like virus that has claimed 41 lives since emerging in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan has…
Democrats wrap up case against ‘imminent threat’ Trump, his team up next

Democrats wrap up case against ‘imminent threat’ Trump, his team up next

Donald Trump’s lawyers prepared to deliver his first full-throated defense Saturday in the Senate’s historic impeachment trial, after Democratic prosecutors…
Muslim women occupy streets in India against citizenship law

Muslim women occupy streets in India against citizenship law

NEW DELHI (AP) — In the Indian capital’s Shaheen Bagh neighborhood, beside open sewers and dangerously dangling electricity wires, a…
Some see end to caravans as Mexican guardsmen stop migrants

Some see end to caravans as Mexican guardsmen stop migrants

FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel…
China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs

China shuts down 13 cities as virus toll climbs

Chinese authorities rapidly expanded a mammoth quarantine effort aimed at containing a deadly contagion on Friday to 13 cities and…
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