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France banning large gatherings to slow spread of virus

The number of French cases nearly doubled, to 100, on Saturday. Having previously recommended that people avoid shaking hands, the minister said they should a...

Quarantined Briton on life inside Tenerife hotel

But TUI today said on Saturday that they are making arrangements for guests who test negative for the virus to travel home. A Jet2 spokesperson said, "We are ...

United States expresses concern over arrest of Hong Kong publisher

The newspaper said Lai had followed a crowd along a central route for two hours on that day, singing hymns and praying. Lai was seen by a Reuters reporter l...

Vietnamese citizen infected with new coronavirus in South Korea

South Korea urged citizens on Saturday, February 29 to stay indoors as it warned of a "critical moment" in its battle against the coronavirus after recording...

United States patient with coronavirus of unknown origin was denied test for days

Ten experts from the CDC arrived Thursday and were heading to Vacaville to help with the search, said Dr. James Watt, interim state epidemiologist at the C...

Johnson and Symonds engaged and expecting baby

Recent British prime ministers' wives have had babies while their husbands were in office Former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron's wife Samantha h...

Pence: Trump's Actions Keeping US Virus Outbreak at Bay

A spokeswoman for Pence was not immediately available for comment. "At a time when science and public health considerations should be driving all decision-makin...

BC announces new case of coronavirus in visitor from Iran

Adrian Dix, minister of health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, said the woman is in her 60s and is in isolation at a family member's ho...

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

I caught the virus on the Diamond Princess , the cruise ship that was quarantined outside Yokohama for 14 days, at the end of a 16-day cruise I took with my wi...

Trump to stump in SC before Democratic primary

They don't have any clue. Health officials will address the death, as well as newly reported cases in the state, during a Saturday afternoon press conference....

Three people killed in Louth crash

Three people have been killed in a road crash in Co Louth in the early hours of this morning. "Every loss of life on our roads is a tragedy but the impact on ...

Met Eireann has issued two orange weather warnings associated with Storm Jorge

For the full breakdown of the weather warnings in place for Storm Jorge , head here . It comes with 82 flood warnings still in place after previous delu...

Top British civil servant quits over treatment by minister

Philip Rutnam said he was stepping down because he had become the "target of vicious and orchestrated campaign against him", which he alleged Patel was involved...

United States reports fourth Coronavirus infection

On Friday, officials confirmed three new cases - in California, Oregon , and Washington - of patients in the us with coronavirus contracted from an unkno...

Government bans travel from Iran to Australia

Dr Young said authorities would be contacting anybody who went to the salon on Thursday to ask them to get tested. Young said the woman performed facials on "...

U.S. CDC aggressively evaluating whether coronavirus survives on surfaces: agency chief

Also on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence appointed Debbie Birx as a new White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. How the person was exposed to the...

House Dems Seek Interviews With Prosecutors Key To DOJ Interference Claims

The four prosecutors had recommended that Stone serve seven to nine years behind bars following his November conviction for lying to Congress and other char...

Stolen hearse carrying casket recovered after freeway chase

Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in unincorporated East Pasadena on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department pleaded with the thief - whose identity...

Coronavirus Evacuation Plane Departs for Japan

The illness prompted mass quarantine measures in China, a number of worldwide travel restrictions, and some serious stock market jitters. Japan's health minis...

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

Ardern's comments came ahead of a general election in New Zealand in September where Australia's treatment of migrants is expected to be a key issue. The 51-y...

Japanese woman tested positive for coronavirus second time after recovery

When she was tested for the virus a week later, she tested positive again. The outbreak , which first started in the city of Wuhan a year ago, has spread rap...

South Korea confirms 571 cases of coronavirus in a day

The country has the second-largest cluster of COVID-19 outside China, where the outbreak started in December. Experts said the number of confirmed cases is ex...

South Korea reports 256 new coronavirus cases, total 2,022 - KCDC

This article, Health department tracking down Koreans who landed in Cebu over COVID-19 fears , originally appeared on Coconuts , Asia's leading alternative me...

Why Leap Day Exists

Google on Saturday celebrated the Leap Day with a doodle. A leap day is a little "hiccup" - if you will - in the normal progression of our yearly "Gregor...

Hidden door spills centuries-old secrets of UK parliament

Westminster Hall, where the doorway was discovered, was the only part to survive. Another surprising feature of the passageway was a light switch that was pro...

Mchunu Hoping For Positive Talks With Unions Over Public Sector Wage Bill

Moody's is due to review South Africa's credit rating next month. Unions have already threatened protests after they got wind of government plans to renege ...

WHO expert dismisses declaration of pandemic as unhelpful amid new virus outbreak

First cases were found in the Netherlands, Lithuania, Belarus, New Zealand and Nigeria. The flu-like disease, which originated in China's central city of Wu...

Young climate change protesters inspired by Greta Thunberg

Speaking before the event, Ms Craig told the PA news agency: "I am enormously excited and honoured to be sharing a stage with Greta as well as demanding immedia...

John Ratcliffe: Trump picks lawmaker again for U.S. spy boss

The post of DNI , created after September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, oversees the 17 US civilian and military intelligence agencies, including the...

President Trump slams media and Democrats, defends his response to coronavirus

Quick confirmation of coronavirus cases is crucial to rapid response by local health authorities, and states previously reported that some test kits provided ...