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China extends holiday, businesses shut as virus toll rises to 81 27 Jan 2020 - 12:27 pm
This photo taken on January 26, 2020 shows medical staff members wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, accompanying a patient (2nd L) as they walk into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei p
Australian woman dies in cake-eating contest 27 Jan 2020 - 11:57 am
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'Football Leaks' whistleblower also behind 'Luanda Leaks': lawyers 27 Jan 2020 - 11:38 am
In this file photo taken on March 5, 2019 Football Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto (C) is escorted by judicial officers as he arrives at the Metropolitan Court in Budapest, Hungary, for his trial. / AFP / FERENC ISZA
Iranian airliner skids into street; all 150 passengers safe 27 Jan 2020 - 10:28 am
An Iranian passenger plane is seen after sliding off the runway upon landing at Mahshahr airport, Iran January 27, 2020. Mohammad Zarei/ISNA News Agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Three rockets hit US embassy in protest-hit Iraqi capital 27 Jan 2020 - 10:00 am
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Australia confirms fifth coronavirus case from last flight out of Wuhan 27 Jan 2020 - 09:18 am
A China Eastern Airlines pilot and passangers arrive at Sydney airport after landing a plane from Shanghai on January 25, 2020. Australian authorities confirmed its first case of a new virus as thousands of people worldwide are treated for the deadly infe
Tokyo 2020 to power Olympic torch with hydrogen for first time 27 Jan 2020 - 09:12 am
Fireworks light up the sky near the illuminated Olympic rings at a ceremony to mark six months before the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo January 24, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
New Delhi to sell full stake in debt-ridden Air India 27 Jan 2020 - 09:04 am
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Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders this week 27 Jan 2020 - 08:12 am
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Movement to highlight missing Native women expands to males 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Representative image (A woman holds the photograph of a relative lost in fight between drug gangs during a serach at Escobedo on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, August 12, 2016. Reuters / Daniel)
Iraqi security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad and other cities 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Iraqi protesters clash with riot police following an anti-government demonstration in al-Khilani Square in Baghdad on January 26, 2020. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Georgia inmate who came close to execution in 2017 dies 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
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Who can topple Trump? Dems' electability fight rages in Iowa 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate and US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) talks to reporters after learning that she received the endorsement of the Des Moines Register newspaper in Muscatine, Iowa, US, January 25, 2020. Reuters/Brian Snyder
India police decommission historic British-era rifles 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Uttar Pradesh police personnel in Allahabad take part in Republic Day parade rehearsal holding Lee-Enfield .303 rifles, on January 22, 2020, which are decommissionned on Republic Day on January 26 following an order from Uttar Pradesh police headquarters.
Trump to meet with Israel's Netanyahu and Gantz on peace plan on Monday 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
US President Donald Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands after delivering a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen
20 Mali soldiers killed at army camp attacked by gunmen 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
A Coalition of the People of Azawad (CPA) fighter raises his gun in the air while patrolling the area near the Mali-Mauritania border to protect local populations from insecurity related to unrest caused by bandits , in Soumpi on January 22, 2020. AFP / S
Genocide charge dents halo of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 26 Jan 2020 - 09:34 pm
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the Peace palace in The Hague, on December 12, 2019 on the last day of a 3-day hearing on the Rohingya genocide before the UN court. AFP / ANP / Sem Van Der Wal
Close Netanyahu ally, Likud lawmaker faces bribery charges 26 Jan 2020 - 07:24 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the plenum at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 30, 2019. Reuters / Ronen Zvulun