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Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77

Jones' wife and three children said they had lost "a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man."

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Facing economic crisis, Lebanon's new government meets for first time

Formed by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah and its allies, new government faces one of the biggest financial crises in the country's history.

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Russia-Poland feud over World War II history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps.

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Saudi Arabia denies hacking Jeff Bezos' phone

According to reports, the Amazon founder's cellphone was hacked in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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China virus toll rises to nine as pandemic fears grow

As China vowed to tighten containment measures in hospitals, the World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting later on Wednesday.

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Trump, climate change icon Greta Thunberg lay out starkly different visions

"Planting tress is good of course, but it is nowhere near enough of what is needed," the Swedish teen said at the World Economic Forum.

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Dozens flee from Paraguay prison after digging tunnel; escapees include notorious Brazilian gang

Interior Minister Euclides Acevedo said in a statement that the tunnel itself may have been a ruse to cover complicity by prison officials

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Cases of deadly coronavirus spike as officials confirm human-to-human spread

The outbreak comes ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday during which hundreds of millions of people are expected to travel.

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Father chokes coyote to death after attacks

"The coyote attacked a young child, and the child's dad went into protection mode and suffocated the coyote until it succumbed," police said.

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5 killed by boiling water after pipe burst at Russian hotel

Six others were injured when rooms at the Perm hotel flooded with boiling water after a heating pipe burst Monday.

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Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks

Prosecutors said he persuaded them to attach a homemade contraption to the electricity mains and their extremities while he watched and issued instructions.

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First smoke, now rain as Australian Open struggles with weather

Rain is wreaking havoc with the year's first major tennis tournament after air quality issues from wildfires impacted qualifying play earlier.

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Malaysia sends back trash, says won't be world's waste bin

Shipments of unwanted rubbish have been rerouted to Southeast Asia since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018.

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Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus

Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members, state media said.

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Mysterious coronavirus cases surge in China as virus spreads

The World Health Organization has warned the virus is a new strain that had not been previously identified in humans.

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'The next Syria': Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

Libya has sunk further into chaos since the 2011 ouster and killing of its longtime dictator, Moammar Gadhafi.

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China to ban plastic bags in major cities by end of 2020

The United Nations has identified single-use plastics as one of the world's biggest environmental challenges.

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Harry says he and Meghan 'had no other option' but to 'step back' from royal family

"I hope that helps you understand what it had come to, that I would step my family back from all I've ever known," Harry said.

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New cases of deadly coronavirus detected in China ahead of busy new year period

The total number of patients infected by the virus in China, all of them in Wuhan, has now climbed to 62.

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Harry and Meghan's new royal arrangement splits opinion in U.K.

"This separation of powers, this divorce, if you like, from the Royal Family is unprecedented in the modern era," said Camilla Tominey.