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Helicopter company in Kobe Bryant crash not certified to fly in poor visibility 31 Jan 2020 - 01:48 pm
An investigator works at the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in a screen grab taken in Calabasas, California, U.S. January 27, 2020 and released by the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB/Handout via REUTERS
Virus rescue flight returns to Korea with 18 showing fever 31 Jan 2020 - 01:41 pm
Ambulances carrying South Korean citizens repatriated from the Chinese city of Wuhan leave Gimpo airport in Seoul on January 31, 2020, following the arrival of the first charter flight arranged by South Korean government to evacuate its citizens from the
Britain reports first two cases of coronavirus 31 Jan 2020 - 12:46 pm
A couple wear face masks as they walk along the Thames embankment in central London on January 28, 2020. Around 1,500 people who came to Britain from the Chinese epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in the past two weeks must put themselves in isolation,
Australia airport staff threaten strike without virus protection 31 Jan 2020 - 12:03 pm
 People wearing face masks walk on Bourke Street after cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Chinese planes to bring overseas Wuhan citizens back to virus-hit city 31 Jan 2020 - 11:34 am
Police stand at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge that crosses from Hubei province in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, January 31, 2020
East African airlines suspend China flights due to coronavirus 31 Jan 2020 - 11:19 am
Kenya Airways planes are seen parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport near Nairobi, Kenya November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
Thousands held in cruise ship in Italy over feared coronavirus cases 30 Jan 2020 - 04:03 pm
An Italian cruise ship of Costa Crociere is pictured moored at the Italian port of Civitavecchia after reports of two passengers with suspected cases of coronavirus on board, in Civitavecchia, Italy, January 30, 2020. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
Stolen and sold: Armenia probes babies lost to Europe 30 Jan 2020 - 02:33 pm
A woman walks in front of the government headquarters at the Republic square in Yerevan, Armenia, May 3, 2018. Reuters/David Mdzinarishvili
Kazakhstan detains two for spreading coronavirus rumours 30 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm
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Philippines confirms first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 12:43 pm
Chinese workers wearing masks are pictured after Philippine government confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the country, in an office building in Makati City, Metro Manila
Eight foreign nationals caught in avalanche on Japan's Hokkaido, one unconscious 30 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescue workers carry victims after an avalanche hit a group near a ski resort in Nasu town, north of Tokyo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Stranded in Wuhan: foreigners raise call for help in virus epicentre 30 Jan 2020 - 12:15 pm
Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province on January 30, 2020. AFP / Hector Retamal
New Zealand charters flight to assist with Wuhan evacuation 30 Jan 2020 - 12:06 pm
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Indian airlines ban comedian for midair rant 30 Jan 2020 - 11:50 am
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India reports its first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
More torrential rain in Brazil raises death toll to 54 30 Jan 2020 - 11:34 am
A local walks up stairs next to an area covered with mud and water after heavy rains at the Sao Pedro neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on January 29, 2020. The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeast
Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base 30 Jan 2020 - 11:16 am
Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base i
UK delays evacuation flight from coronavirus epicentre in China 30 Jan 2020 - 10:50 am
An aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan on  January 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)