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Global alarm grows as Beijing reports first virus death; death toll hits 82

  by Leo RAMIREZ Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- China's capital on Monday recorded its first death from…

WHO says still probing if Chinese virus can spread before symptoms

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Monday it remained unclear if the deadly coronavirus spreading in China…

Japan will evacuate nationals from China virus city: Abe

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will evacuate all its nationals from China's quarantined city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a…

Just in: First coronavirus case confirmed in Germany by Bavarian health ministry

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Health authorities in Germany's southern Bavarian region have confirmed the country's first case of the deadly…

Feds probe helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant

by Jocelyne ZABLIT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Federal investigators on Monday sifted through the wreckage of the helicopter…

Death toll in Peru tanker explosion rises to 15

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- The death toll from the explosion of a gas tanker in Lima has risen to 15…

Mali to hire 15,000 teachers to break nationwide strike

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- Mali began recruiting some 15,000 teachers on Monday, the government said, in order to break a…

Americans should ‘reconsider travel’ to China over virus: State

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US State Department on Monday encouraged Americans to "reconsider" any plans to travel to…

US military jet crashes in Taliban territory in Afghanistan

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A US military jet crashed in the mountainous territory in eastern Afghanistan, where there is a…

Death toll from Storm Gloria in Spain rises to 13

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The death toll from a violent storm that wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain's eastern…

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