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Philippines hostage-taker surrenders, gets ATTACKED by unknown man

Archie Paray, the man who took roughly 30 hostages after shooting a security guard at a mall in the Philippines , has been attacked during an impromptu press b...

Sanders Is Looking to Knock Out Warren on Her Home Turf

They've clashed recently as Sanders has taken the lead in polls while Warren's efforts have faltered. Almost all the remaining 2020 candidates were shown to...

Boris Johnson is to become a father again

The former Conservative Party communications chief was first romantically linked to Mr Johnson by the media in early 2019. The 55-year-old Johnson and 31-ye...

Trump to meet drugmakers about coronavirus

A news conference will be held later today. As of Friday, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases stood at 62, according to the CDC. Trump and oth...

India evacuates one Nepali, others from quarantined cruise ship in Japan

They were among the 3,711 people on board the Diamond Princess ship when it docked at the Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on February 3. Japan has confirmed 70...

Top British civil servant quits over treatment by minister

Sir Philip Rutnam dramatically resigned on Saturday morning, claiming he had been wrongly accused of briefing the media against the Home Secretary and open...

Jacinda Ardern accuses Australia of 'testing' its relationship with New Zealand

There have been cases where people with limited connection to NZ have been sent back by Australia - such as the case of AFL star Dustin Martin's father, who was...

Death toll soars past 3,000 as United States reports second fatality

Now, health officials race to trace the contacts of these patients to help contain the virus. Six of the 10 confirmed coronavirus cases in Washington state ...

Slovak opposition party OLANO takes lead in election

According to almost complete results released by the Statistics Office early Sunday, the Ordinary People group captured 25% of the vote and 53 seats in the 150-...

Kim Jong Un warns of 'serious consequences' if virus breaks out

North Korea has yet to confirm any COVID-19 cases, although state media have hinted that an uncertain number of people have been quarantined after exhibiting s...

First Australian death from coronavirus

The virus was found in a man born in 1952 who had attended a conference in the northern Italian city of Udine. NSW Health said the woman in her 50s flew from ...

Voters of color will decide if Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden prevail

At one point in May 2016, after falling behind Clinton by more than 300 pledged delegates and millions in primary votes, Sanders called on superdelegates - me...

Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 3,000 with New China Count

China on Sunday said that 35 more people died due to novel coronavirus, taking the toll in the country to 2,870. The National Health Commission reported 573 b...

President Trump misidentifies first patient in U.S. to die from coronavirus

It comes as the total number of people infected with coronavirus topped 85,000 globally, with almost 80,000 of those in China, concentrated in the central Hub...

NY gets green light to test for COVID-19 virus

South Korea reported 210 additional cases and two more deaths from the virus, raising its totals to 3,736 cases and 20 fatalities. "We are super prepared", ...

Thailand records first coronavirus death, says health official

According to the department, the patient had admitted himself in a private hospital and was diagnosed with dengue fever on January 27, Xinhua reported. The man ...

HHS whistleblower: United States workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees

A government whistleblower accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday of failing to provide adequate equipment or training to fed...

Dramatic fall in China pollution levels ‘partly related’ to coronavirus

But while the Lunar New Year may have played a role in the recent decrease, researchers believe it is more than a holiday effect or weather-related variation. T...

South Korea virus cases surge as World Health Organization sounds maximum alert

Azerbaijan said on Saturday it had closed its border with Iran for two weeks to prevent the spread of coronavirus . The virus infection jumped in recent da...

Korea reports 376 more cases of coronavirus, total now at 3,526

Virus tests on a third of the 9,300 Shincheonjin followers in Daegu has been completed, he said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned top party officials ...

Trump accuses Democrats of politicizing coronavirus outbreak, links it to immigration

There had been a strain on testing capabilities since novel coronavirus was first detected in the United States in January. Trump didn't linger on the corona...

Japan announces $2.5B aid package in effort to fight COVID-19

The plan comes as the government ramps up its response to the virus , which has infected at least 230 people across the country and been linked to five death...

'Just watch me': Biden confident after big win in SC primary

When it comes to presidential campaign donations, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders boasted a mammoth $46.5 million in February. "We are a movement". Also fail...

Coronavirus: Death toll reaches 54 in Iran

Iran's Health Ministry raised on Sunday the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of infected cases jumped overnight to 978 peo...

Trump Again Looks to Ratcliffe to Be Top Intel Official

Trump, who announced the moved on Twitter on Friday, first nominated Ratcliffe , a fierce defender of the president, past year but withdrew the nomination ami...

World Health Organization raises global risk from coronavirus to "very high"

Jeffrey Duchin, health officer for Seattle and King County, Washington state . She emphasized that most people in the United States are at low immediate risk, ...

Brazil confirms 1st case of new coronavirus in Latin America

He added that the citizens were stuck in Iran and their visas were expiring. The first case of the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan has been reported in Kara...

Tom Steyer ends campaign after Biden wins SC primary

Former Vice President Joe Biden secured 50% support, followed by Sen. His presidential campaign was heavily focused on SC, where he sought to appeal to black vo...

Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases on Feb 29

Deaths in Iran from coronavirus hit 43, the highest number outside China , and the number of infected people rose to 593, an Iranian health official said on ...

Billionaire Tom Steyer Drops Out Of Presidential Race

But the forecast is cautious so far: "The polls in Super Tuesday States have been weak for Biden, but [his] SC win may provide him with traction, especially i...

Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Mexico as patients return from Italy

The man is a resident of Mexico City who took a trip to Italy in February. Two other people who had been in contact with the infected men were under observation...

China will not send `duck army` to help Pakistan fight locusts

With the infestation reaching India by late 2019, threatening over 25,000 hectares of crops in Gujarat and over 3.5 lakh hectares in Rajasthan, the Chinese gove...

Latest updates on the COVID-19 outbreak around the world

The virus has infected over 85,000 people globally, with death toll at 2,924 as of Saturday. Wuhan, the provincial capital, reported 565 confirmed cases and 26 ...

South Korea reports 376 more coronavirus cases, total 3,526

As the country races to contain the virus, neighboring European countries refuse to close their borders. The others are South Korea and Iran, where the number...

Joe Biden Finally Wins a Primary

But he reminded his followers: 'You can not win 'em all '. "Folks, win big or lose, that is the choice". 'And tonight we did not win in SC, ' he noted, abo...