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Portuguese president tests positive for coronavirus

  LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for coronavirus and cancelled all public…

Malaysian king declares state of emergency to fight virus

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia's king Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a surge in coronavirus…

Trump, Pence signal common front with Oval Office meeting

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump and his deputy Mike Pence met Monday evening in the Oval Office, a…

Gorillas at San Diego zoo test positive for Covid-19

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- At least two gorillas at California's San Diego Zoo have caught the coronavirus, the…

Madrid paralysed after heavy snowfall

by Alvaro Villalobos and Noemi Gragera MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Armed with picks and shovels, Madrid residents on Monday slowly…

Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned Monday amid rising…

Strong quake hits Mongolia-Russia border: USGS

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Tuesday in northern Mongolia not far from the border with…

WHO rules out Covid herd immunity this year

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Scientists at the World Health Organization warned Monday that mass…

Over half a million under lockdown as Beijing outbreak spreads

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than half a million people were placed under lockdown in Beijing on Monday as…

Malaysia imposes virus curbs, warns hospitals at ‘breaking point’

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia will impose strict new curbs in over half the country to fight a coronavirus…

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