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U.S. plans to evacuate citizens from coronavirus epicenter as deaths spike

The State Department said it was sending a chartered flight to Wuhan to evacuate U.S. government personnel stationed in the epicenter of the outbreak.

USA

Kobe Bryant mourned from Italy to China as tributes pour in from across the world

The Italian Basketball Federation remembered Bryant as "an absolute champion who always had Italy in his heart."

USA

'He knew he was the best': A view of Kobe Bryant from his childhood home in Italy

"It was immediately clear he was from another planet, a cut above us all," Davide Giudici, a longtime friend and a former teammate, said.

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Plane crash in Afghanistan kills everyone on board, Afghan official says

"The only thing we can say is 385 is written in the wreckage and we don't know which country or company it belongs to," an Afghan official said.

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80 dead from coronavirus in China as authorities scramble to contain outbreak

Chinese officials extended the week-long Lunar New Year holiday by three days to Feb. 2 to slow down the spread of the virus.

USA

Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation

The event will recall the moment the Nazi camp was liberated by the Soviet army on Jan. 27, 1945.

USA

Memorial to be held for U.S. men who died battling Australian wildfires

Outpouring of "heartfelt grief" is "very much appreciated and deeply felt in this time of loss", said Wayne Coulson, Coulson Aviation (USA) Inc.

USA

Kim Jong Un's influential aunt makes first public appearance in 6 years

The sister of former North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il largely disappeared from public view after her husband Jang Song Thaek was executed.

USA

Major rescue efforts underway in Turkey after earthquake kills at least 22

"We don't have a safe place to stay right now," Emre Gocer told the state-run Anadolu news agency.

USA

Two missing after U.S. Navy helicopter goes down in the Philippine Sea

The MH-60 craft assigned to the USS Blue Ridge "went down while conducting routine operations," the statement said.

USA

'Never again': Anti-Semitism surges as memories of Holocaust fade

"Young people are the ones that have to carry the memory of our loved ones forever," said Auschwitz survivor Sonia Klein, 94.

USA

Shooting death of young woman activist returns spotlight to 'femicides' in Mexico

"We will continue raising our voice for Isabel and all the women victims of femicide in Ciudad Juárez," a women's rights group says.

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Four dead after 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey

Tremblor struck near the town of Sivrice in eastern Elazig province, Turkey's emergency management agency said.

Vatican

Euroviews. Pope Francis put a woman in a top Vatican role. It shows how little power Catholic women hold ǀ View

Failing to empower women narrows the Church’s vision and makes it less equipped to be a force for good in the world.

USA

Trump invites Netanyahu to White House, says Middle East peace plan imminent

The president has touted his plans as the "deal of the century" but it has already been rejected by the Palestinians and others.

USA

Several wounded after shooting in southern Germany

A large police operation was underway in the small town of Rot am See in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Aalen police said in a tweet.

USA

Philippine leader threatens to end U.S. military pact in expletive-laced speech

"If you won't do the correction on this, I will terminate the ... Visiting Forces Agreement. I'll end that son of a bitch," the president said.

Canada

Euroviews. Harry, Meghan and the Queen all lost out under their new agreement. Who won? The media ǀ View

However much the Sussexes were looking to defeat the media, their new arrangement only feeds the story — and the press that draws sustenance from it.

USA

Germany bans Combat 18 neo-Nazi group

The German chapter "enjoys great respect within the far-right extremist scene," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.

USA

Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim's brain to glass

Archaeologists rarely recover human brain tissue, and when they do it is normally smooth and soapy in consistency.