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Japan to let off last healthy cruise travelers, isolate rest 21 Feb 2020 - 11:59 am
 Passengers wearing masks have their body temperatures taken after leaving the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
South Korea posts 52 more virus cases as outbreak expands 21 Feb 2020 - 11:05 am
Women wearing masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus walk at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
'It's harder here': African climate strikers lack support, says Kenyan teen 21 Feb 2020 - 06:21 am
Kenyan climate activist Makenna Muigui works on her computer at her home in Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Nita Bhalla
US agency that handles Trump's secure communication suffered data breach 20 Feb 2020 - 10:24 pm
The agency provides direct telecommunications and IT support for the president, Vice President Mike Pence, their staff, the U.S. Secret Service, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior members of the armed forces, according to its websi
Bloomberg campaign says it spent record $220 million in January 20 Feb 2020 - 10:04 pm
Michael Bloomberg
Russia blamed for ‘paralyzing’ Georgia cyber attack in 2019 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
An IT researcher stands next to a giant screen of a computer infected by a ransomware at the LHS of the INRIA in Rennes on November 3, 2016. AFP /Damien Meyer
China says will help manage Mekong as report warns of dam danger 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
Fisherman Kome Wilai fishing from his boat along the Mekong River between Chiang Rai province in Thailand (R) and Laos (L) on September 20, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Trump taps loyalist Grenell as nation's top intel official 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
 In this file photo taken on May 31, 2019 US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell awaits the arrival of US Secretary of State at Tegel airport in Berlin. AFP / Odd Andersen
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone departs following his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, February 20, 2020. Reuters / Mary F Calvert
Frugal Four vs Friends of Cohesion: The EU's baffling budget battle 20 Feb 2020 - 09:54 pm
Charles Michel speaks during a press conference during the third day of a EU summit in Brussels on July 2, 2019. AFP / Belga Thierry Roge
Swiss president celebrates 60th with anyone born on same day 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga speaks during a parliament debate in the National Council on a new asylum and migration law in Bern, Switzerland September 9, 2015. Reuters/Ruben Sprich
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he denied Russia helped leak Democrats' emails: lawyer 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven out of Southwark Crown Court in London on May 01, 2019. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
UK PM Johnson reviewing government's engagement with business 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
Boris Johnson
Imported camels evacuated from Libya's capital after port comes under fire 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
A herd of camels walk across the streets in Tripoli, Libya February 19, 2020. Picture taken February 19, 2020. Reuters/Ahmed Elumami
South Sudan's warring leaders to form long-delayed unity government 20 Feb 2020 - 06:28 pm
Peninsula
Climate activist Greta Thunberg donates prize money to new foundation 20 Feb 2020 - 03:12 pm
A carnival float shows German Green party co-leader Robert Habeck and climate activist Greta Thunberg  on February 18, 2020. (AFP / Ina Fassbender)
Can a video game save a life? African refugee puts players in his race for survival 20 Feb 2020 - 03:03 pm
Video game developer Lual Mayen, 25, who learned to code in a refugee camp after fleeing South Sudan, plays his new game at his home in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 7, 2020.( REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
UN appeals to Turkey to take in more Syria refugees 20 Feb 2020 - 02:29 pm
A Syrian boy plays with a football at a makeshift camp for displaced people who fled pro-regime forces attacks in the Idlib and Aleppo provinces, on February 18, 2020. (AFP / Bakr Alkasem)