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Coronavirus outbreak shuts 3 Chinese cities down, disrupts busy travel season

Chinese health officials said Wednesday the new coronavirus can spread via respiratory transmission, heightening fears of a growing epidemic.

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World leaders gather in Jerusalem to commemorate the Holocaust

The gathering marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' most notorious death camp, Auschwitz.

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Court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya

A unanimous ruling by a panel of 17 judges, the court said Myanmar must now take all steps within its power to prevent serious harm to Rohingya.

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Plane fighting Australia's wildfires goes missing

The water tanker plane might have crashed in the Snowy Monaro region of New South Wales state.

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Greece elects its first female president

Katerina Sakellaropoulou said she would aim for the "broadest possible consensus" in the course of carrying out her duties.

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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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Euroviews. The Olympic Committee's new ban on politics denies reality - and its own poor history ǀ View

A new International Olympic Committee policy barring political expression at the Tokyo 2020 games benefits those in power.

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Euroviews. The New York Times presidential endorsement shows why newspapers must end the practice ǀ View

In an era in which most readers don't trust the news media, endorsements are more likely to hurt an organisation's journalism than help their readers.

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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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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.