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New York declares emergency over coronavirus

New York declares emergency over coronavirus

Reuters 2020-03-08 10:40:05

Two more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Washington state, officials said on Saturday (local time), bringing the nationwide toll to 19, while the number of confirmed cases in New York ros...

Mexico reports its sixth case of coronavirus

Mexico reports its sixth case of coronavirus

-- 2020-03-07 12:30:01

Mexican authorities on Friday said they have identified a sixth person infected with coronavirus, a 71 year-old man in the State of Mexico who recently traveled to northern Italy. Deputy Health Minis...

Coronavirus forces IMF, World Bank switch to virtual Spring Meetings

Coronavirus forces IMF, World Bank switch to virtual Spring Meetings

REUTERS 2020-03-05 13:12:49

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, citing growing concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus, on Tuesday said they will adopt a “virtual format” for their Spring Meetin...

Former UN secretary-general Perez dies aged 100

Former UN secretary-general Perez dies aged 100

REUTERS 2020-03-05 12:39:35

Former UN secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar, a Peruvian diplomat who played a crucial role in ending the Iran-Iraq war of 1980 to 1988, died on Wednesday at his home in Lima aged 100. Perez d...

California declares state of emergency over coronavirus

California declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Reuters 2020-03-05 11:17:37

The US death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid...

At least 17 die in Brazil due to heavy rains

At least 17 die in Brazil due to heavy rains

-- 2020-03-04 11:36:37

At least 17 people have died in southeastern Brazil’s since Sunday due to heavy rains in the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, authorities said. Twelve people died in Sao Paulo early on T...

Argentine president proposes legalising abortion

Argentine president proposes legalising abortion

-- 2020-03-02 11:53:00

Argentina's President Alberto Fernández has said he will send a bill to legalise abortion to Congress within the next 10 days. Mr Fernández, who was sworn in as president in December, h...

Big South Carolina win gives Joe Biden campaign new life

Big South Carolina win gives Joe Biden campaign new life

REUTERS 2020-03-01 11:47:53

An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the for...

US postpones ASEAN regional summit due to coronavirus

US postpones ASEAN regional summit due to coronavirus

-- 2020-02-29 12:52:46

The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two US officials familiar with the matter said on Friday....

Six dead, including gunman, in US beer factory shooting

Six dead, including gunman, in US beer factory shooting

-- 2020-02-27 10:49:36

A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee in the US on Wednesday, killing five employees before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, the...

Coronavirus: Bangladeshis in Singapore have eyes on home

Coronavirus: Bangladeshis in Singapore have eyes on home

REUTERS 2020-02-25 13:47:22

With his shaggy grey beard, rose-coloured robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame, shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stall-lined street that serves up home comforts to Si...

US pledges $1.0b for coronavirus vaccine as pandemic risks grow

US pledges $1.0b for coronavirus vaccine as pandemic risks grow

REUTERS 2020-02-25 11:35:10

US president Donald Trump will seek $2.5 billion from Congress to fight the coronavirus epidemic and US and South Korean militaries are considering scaling back joint training as the virus spreads in...

Sanders projected for decisive win in Nevada

Sanders projected for decisive win in Nevada

REUTERS 2020-02-23 11:56:01

Bernie Sanders solidified his front-runner status with what appeared to be a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, while Joe Biden was on track for a second-p...

Russia interfering ‘to help Trump get reelected’

Russia interfering ‘to help Trump get reelected’

-- 2020-02-21 16:05:25

Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, three officials familiar with the closed-door briefi...

Ivanka Trump, husband to accompany Donald Trump on India visit

Ivanka Trump, husband to accompany Donald Trump on India visit

-- 2020-02-21 15:09:38

Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner will be part of a high-powered delegation that accompanies US President Donald Trump to India next week. US National Security Advisor...

Trump considering travel to Tokyo for Summer Olympics

Trump considering travel to Tokyo for Summer Olympics

-- 2020-02-19 11:35:26

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is considering a visit to Japan this summer for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, a trip that would take him off the campaign trail as he seeks re-election. Tru...

Americans from quarantined coronavirus-hit cruise ship leave Japan

Americans from quarantined coronavirus-hit cruise ship leave Japan

BBC 2020-02-17 17:30:02

Two planes carrying hundreds of US citizens from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship have left Japan, officials say. One plane has landed at a US Air Force air base in California, and its passengers will b...

Mike Bloomberg will not excite voters, Sanders says

Mike Bloomberg will not excite voters, Sanders says

Reuters 2020-02-16 16:33:00

Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Saturday Mike Bloomberg would not generate the “excitement and energy” needed to win the White House, focusing on a rival still...

Haiti orphanage fire kills 15

Haiti orphanage fire kills 15

Reuters 2020-02-15 13:50:02

Fifteen children died in a fire that swept overnight through an orphanage in Haiti run by a US religious group, authorities said on Friday, triggering renewed controversy over the hundreds of unlicens...

New York mayor endorses Sanders in 2020 Democratic race

New York mayor endorses Sanders in 2020 Democratic race

REUTERS 2020-02-15 12:46:57

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio endorsed US Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Friday, the Sanders campaign said. De Blasio, a liberal who dropped out of the Democratic...

US, Taliban reach violence reduction pact

US, Taliban reach violence reduction pact

-- 2020-02-15 11:46:35

The United States has reached agreement with the Taliban on a weeklong reduction of violence that could lead to a US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior administration official said on Friday,...

Bernie Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders narrowly wins New Hampshire Democratic primary

Reuters 2020-02-12 17:11:14

Democratic US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders narrowly won New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, solidifying his front-runner status in the race to take on Donald Trump and dealing a setback t...

Mother, six children die in US house fire

Mother, six children die in US house fire

-- 2020-02-09 11:48:01

A mother and her six children died when a fire destroyed their home early Saturday in central Mississippi in the US, authorities said. The father was the lone survivor of the 12:30 am blaze in Clinto...

Drugmakers see long road ahead in coronavirus vaccine race

Drugmakers see long road ahead in coronavirus vaccine race

REUTERS 2020-02-06 11:49:15

Drugmakers racing to find a vaccine or effective treatment for the deadly new coronavirus in China cautioned that they have a long way to go. That runs counter to reports of a supposed “breakth...

Biden says he is 'not going anywhere' after poor showing in Iowa

Biden says he is 'not going anywhere' after poor showing in Iowa

REUTERS 2020-02-06 10:52:57

Former US vice president Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to go on fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination despite what he called the “gut punch” he took in Iowa, where partial res...

US Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

US Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

Reuters 2020-02-06 10:11:51

US President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided Am...

Trump-Pelosi feud erupts during US Congress speech

Trump-Pelosi feud erupts during US Congress speech

Reuters 2020-02-05 13:19:23

A bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday (US time), with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping a...

US adds 'low yield' N weapon to its submarine arsenal

US adds 'low yield' N weapon to its submarine arsenal

-- 2020-02-05 00:27:03

The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal - a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power, reports AP. The so-called low-yield missile join...

Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims shooting at US naval base

Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula claims shooting at US naval base

Reuters 2020-02-03 11:41:18

An audio recording purporting to be from the Islamist militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility on Sunday for a fatal shooting in December at a US naval base in Pe...

US confirms 11th case of coronavirus

US confirms 11th case of coronavirus

Reuters 2020-02-03 11:39:58

California health officials said on Sunday (local time) they had confirmed 11 cases of the new, fast-spreading coronavirus in the United States, with one in Santa Clara County and two more in San Beni...