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Global coronavirus pandemic cases top 200,000
The coronavirus has now infected more than 200,000 people and killed more than 8,000 globally, with almost 80,000 people having recovered from the infection.
According...
Bill to protect children online ensnared in encryption fight
Senate legislation to protect children from sexual exploitation online is being dragged into a larger fight over privacy and encryption.
The bill in question, the...
Netanyahu’s rival vows to form government ‘within a few days’
Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called for a unity coalition, vowing to form a government "within a few days" after President Reuven Rivlin...
UN health agency appeals to Caribbean to ‘double-down’ on efforts to stop the spread...
The United Nations’ health agency on Wednesday appealed to Caribbean and other countries to “double-down” on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19...
Anger, confusion in Europe as Trump issues coronavirus travel ban
Travel to the US from most of Europe will be suspended for 30 days beginning on Friday, President Donald Trump announced, citing a need to combat...
South Korea coronavirus cases spike after slowdown
At least 90 people have been the latest to test positive in the South Korean capital. They were all workers at a call centre...
Iran releases 70,000 prisoners as coronavirus death toll rises
The coronavirus outbreaks in China and South Korea appear to be slowing, as countries elsewhere in the world adopt drastic measures to try and...
Grand Princess cruise ship waits off California for virus tests
A cruise ship carrying 3,500 people is waiting off the coast of California while tests for coronavirus are carried out on dozens of them.
BBC...
Thousands in Myanmar displaced by fresh fighting
Government soldiers are in Rakhine state again, more than two-and-a-half years after a military offensive killed thousands of Rohingya and drove out more than...
Michael Bloomberg ends US presidential campaign
Michael Bloomberg has ended his bid for the White House after a poor showing on Super Tuesday.
In a statement, bloomberg was quoted by the...
