Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ discovered in China

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A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It emerged recently and is...

Fighting in Taiwan parliament after opposition occupies chamber

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Fighting erupted in Taiwan’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition...

Global coronavirus deaths top half a million

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The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic...

Trump denies being told about Russian bounties to kill U.S. troops...

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President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was never briefed about the reported Russian efforts to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S....

Gunmen attack Karachi stock exchange building in Pakistan

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Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange building in the city of Karachi, and four assailants have been killed, an official said. The gunmen attacked...

UK’s Johnson eyes school-building boom after coronavirus slump

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for a 10-year rebuilding programme for schools in England on Monday, part of government efforts to...

Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases ?

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New cases of the novel coronavirus that emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December are being reported daily around the...

Global coronavirus death toll nears 500,000

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Italy has registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deaths on since March 1, a week before the country went into nationwide lockdown. There...

Facebook shares plunge £45 BILLION after Coca-Cola and Unilever pull advertising...

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FACEBOOK shares have plunged £45bn after Coca-Cola and Unilever pulled advertising over the platform's "failure to stop hate speech". Mark Zuckerberg's wallet felt the bite...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to agree Nile dam deal ‘in two...

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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will agree a deal to fill the giant Blue Nile dam in two to three weeks, following mediation by the...