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At least one wounded in US embassy rocket attack: Iraqi official

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- At least one person was wounded when three rockets hit the US embassy in Baghdad on…

Hopes fade for those trapped as Turkey quake toll rises

by Gokan GUNES ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) -- Hopes faded Sunday of finding more survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern…

Turkey quake death toll rises to 31

  ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) -- The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck eastern Turkey rose to 31, officials…

US to evacuate its citizens from China virus epicentre

  WUHAN, China (AFP) --The United States is arranging a flight to evacuate personnel and American citizens trapped at the…

Hong Kong Disneyland closing over China virus fears

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's Disneyland announced it was shutting its doors on Sunday until further notice…

UPDATED: China virus death toll rises to 56, total cases near 2,000

Shanghai reports first death from virus infection   WUHAN, China (AFP) -- The death toll from a virus in China…

Hong Kong declares Wuhan virus outbreak an ’emergency’

  by Jerome TAYLOR / Su Xinqi Agence France Presse Hong Kong on Saturday declared a new coronavirus outbreak as…

China orders nationwide measures to detect virus on flights, trains, buses

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has ordered nationwide measures to identify and immediately isolate suspected cases of a deadly…

Case of patient who recovers from coronavirus in China’s Zhejiang province brings hope

  (Eagle News) -- A case of a coronavirus patient cured of the disease on Friday in east China's Zhejiang…

Doctor at virus frontline in Wuhan dies; Chinese gov’t deploys more medics with experience in SARS, Ebola

Liang Wudong, a doctor at Hubei Xinhua Hospital who had been at the front line of the #CoronavirusOutbreak battle in…

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