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US defense chief warns NATO of China’s Huawei ‘threat’, asks allies not to allow it to build new 5G networks

https://youtu.be/POwpCSvTzcw by Damon WAKE Agence France Presse MUNICH, Germany (AFP) -- Top US officials fired a fresh broadside at Huawei…

US to evacuate Americans as virus cases rise on quarantined ship

by Shingo ITO Agence France Presse Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home,…

Egypt confirms first coronavirus case in Africa

  CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt's health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in…

France confirms first coronavirus death outside Asia

PARIS, France (AFP) -- An 80-year-old Chinese tourist has died from the new coronavirus in France, the first death confirmed…

Death toll in China epidemic surges past 1,500; more than 66,000 infections reported

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic surged past 1,500 on Saturday after 143…

Beijing orders returnees to quarantine as virus death roll hits 1,523

  by Laurent THOMET Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped…

Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 30

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- The death toll from the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima last month has risen…

US offers to help virus efforts in N.Korea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday promised to support aid work in North Korea to combat…

Japan to begin moving some off quarantined cruise ship

by Hiroshi Hiyama with Kyoko Hasegawa in Tokyo YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese authorities were preparing Friday to move some…

China virus death toll nears 1,500 but new cases fall

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from China's coronavirus epidemic rose to 1,483 on Friday but the number of…

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