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Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park to be closed from Sunday to help prevent spread of virus -CCTV

Reuters, Agence-France Presse
Jan 26 10:51 AM | Updated Jan 26 11:27 AM

Hong Kong's popular amusement parks Disneyland and Ocean Park are closed from Jan. 26 to help prevent the spread of a deadly coronavirus that broke out in the Chinese city Wuhan, state media CCTV reported on Sunday. Read more »

China virus death toll rises to 56, total cases near 2,000

Agence France-Presse
Jan 26 08:06 AM | Updated Jan 26 10:17 AM

The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said Sunday. Read more »

From temples to Disneyland, China shuts down to halt virus

Agence France-Presse
Jan 26 12:47 AM

The drastic moves come as hundreds of millions of people crisscrossed the country in recent days to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. Read more »

Trump's defense team begins arguments in US Senate impeachment trial

David Morgan and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Jan 25 11:58 PM

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, the head of the defense team, told Senators they would be denying voters their right to give their opinion on Trump at the Nov. 3 presidential election if they found him guilty and ousted him now. Read more »

US to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, says report

Reuters
Jan 25 09:28 PM

Washington was given approval for the operation from China's Foreign Ministry and other government agencies following negotiations in recent days, the newspaper said. Read more »

China's Xi warns virus is 'accelerating', country facing 'grave situation'

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 09:18 PM | Updated Jan 25 10:34 PM

The country is facing a "grave situation" where the coronavirus is "accelerating its spread," Xi said the meeting. Read more »

2 Rohingya women killed in fight between military, rebels in Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 08:18 PM

Military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told AFP said that one woman was killed on the spot by "heavy weapons" while another died after arriving at hospital in conflict-torn northern Rakhine state. Read more »

Japan confirms 3rd case of Wuhan coronavirus

Kyodo News
Jan 25 08:03 PM

Japan's health ministry said Saturday it has confirmed a third case of a new deadly virus in the country that has infected more than 1,300 in China and beyond. Read more »

'Nobody can leave': Trapped Wuhan residents stock up

Sebastien Ricci and Leo Ramirez, Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 06:42 PM | Updated Jan 25 06:52 PM

Authorities have prevented anyone from leaving Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the heart of the viral outbreak which has so far infected nearly 1,300 people and killed 41 others. Read more »

China deploys army medics to overwhelmed virus epicentre

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 06:40 PM

The Chinese army deployed medical specialists Saturday to the epicenter of a spiraling viral outbreak that has killed 41 people and spread around the world, as millions spent their normally festive Lunar New Year holiday under lockdown.   Read more »

Hong Kong declares Wuhan virus outbreak an ‘emergency’

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 06:04 PM

Hong Kong on Saturday declared a mystery virus outbreak as an "emergency" -- the city's highest warning tier -- as authorities ramped up measures aimed at reducing the risk of further infections spreading.   Read more »

Australia confirms 1st coronavirus cases

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 06:00 PM

Australia confirmed on Saturday its first 4 cases of the new coronavirus that has claimed 41 lives in China, becoming the latest country in a growing list to be affected by the illness.   Read more »

Powerful quake kills 21 in eastern Turkey

Mahmut Bozarslan and Fulya Ozerkan, Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 05:36 PM

The Turkish government's disaster and emergency management agency (AFAD) said in a series of tweets early on Saturday that five people were pulled alive from the rubble in the eastern province of Elazig.   Read more »

With Wuhan virus genetic code in hand, scientists begin work on a vaccine

Julie Steenhuysen and Kate Kelland, Reuters
Jan 25 04:56 PM

When a newly organised vaccine research group at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) met for the first time this week, its members had expected to be able to ease into their work. Read more »

The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 04:53 PM | Updated Jan 26 08:21 AM

Here are the places that have confirmed cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus.  Read more »

China orders nationwide measures to detect virus on flights, trains, buses

Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 04:51 PM

Inspection stations will be set up and passengers with suspected pneumonia must be "immediately transported" to a medical center, the National Health Commission said.   Read more »

Doctor at hospital in China's Hubei province dies from coronavirus

Reuters
Jan 25 12:56 PM

A doctor at a hospital in China's Hubei province, the center of the new coronavirus outbreak, has died from the virus, China Global Television Network reported in a tweet. Read more »

France confirms first three cases of coronavirus in Europe

Reuters
Jan 25 04:54 AM | Updated Jan 25 09:29 AM

PARIS - France confirmed on Friday its first three cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with two patients being hospitalized in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux. Read more »

M6.8 quake hits eastern Turkey; 14 dead

Fulya Ozerkan, Agence France-Presse
Jan 25 04:48 AM | Updated Jan 25 06:14 AM

(UPDATED) The death toll of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit eastern Turkey on Friday, has increased to 14, causing buildings to collapse and sending panicked residents rushing into the street. Read more »

DFA chief says 'blood money' from OFW's killers not acceptable

Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Jan 25 01:40 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs chief Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said he will reject any offer of "blood money" or settlement from the killers of Filipina household worker Jeanelyn Villavende, who was slain in Kuwait in 2019. Read more »

US confirms second case of Wuhan coronavirus

Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters
Jan 25 01:01 AM | Updated Jan 25 04:43 AM

(UPDATE) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a second US case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago woman, and said as many as 63 potential cases were being investigated as the sometimes deadly illness continues to spread around the globe. Read more »

Nepal confirms first case of new coronavirus

Gopal Sharma, Reuters
Jan 25 12:08 AM

KATHMANDU, NEPAL - A Nepali student home from China on Friday tested positive for the new coronavirus, an official in Kathmandu said on Friday, making it the first confirmed case in the Himalayan nation. Read more »

US Vice President Pence meets Pope Francis, jokes 'You have made me a hero'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Jan 24 11:25 PM

Pence, a former altar boy who had a strict Irish Catholic upbringing but later converted to evangelical Protestantism, appeared to be referring to the fact that the rest of his family had stayed in the Roman Catholic Church and that his departure from the faith had put some strain on family relations. Read more »

Vast virus quarantine in China as cases emerge in Europe, South Asia

Agence France-Presse
Jan 24 10:51 PM | Updated Jan 25 09:48 AM

(2nd UPDATE) A massive quarantine effort covering 13 cities was in effect in China on Saturday aimed at containing a deadly virus, as the death toll climbed to 26 and the first cases of the disease were reported in Europe and South Asia. Read more »

Thailand confirms 5th case of new coronavirus

Panarat Thepgumpanat, Reuters
Jan 24 08:02 PM

Thailand on Friday confirmed its fifth case of the new coronavirus, a senior public health official said, in the second instance in which a patient was not detected at the airport before entering the country. Read more »