China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,300 infected worldwide

China said 41 people have now died from a new coronavirus that has infected more than 1,300 people globally, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a global pandemic.

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Australia declares first confirmed case of coronavirus

Australia declared on Saturday its first confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus in the state of Victoria, with the patient hospitalized in a stable condition in a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria health officials said on Saturday.

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UK to use high tariff threat to raise pressure in trade negotiations: The Times

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mulling to use the threat of high tariffs to raise pressure on the European Union, the United States and other nations to strike trade deals with Britain, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday.

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Bolivia's caretaker President Anez says will run in May election

Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez said on Friday that she will be a candidate in upcoming elections that will serve as a re-run to October's disputed vote that sparked protests and prompted former leader Evo Morales to resign.

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At Least 18 Dead, Hundreds Hurt as Quake Hits Eastern Turkey

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 500 and leaving some 30 trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings, Turkish officials said.

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China coronavirus: Death toll rises as disease spreads

Fifteen more people have been killed by the virus in China, as the country celebrates Lunar New Year.

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Facebook and YouTube moderators sign PTSD disclosure

Content moderators review hundreds of disturbing images each day for social media sites.

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Why China’s LGBT hide their identities at Lunar New Year

Representation of China's LGBT community is improving but many still struggle during Lunar New Year.

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Auschwitz: Searching for traces of my grandfather

Meijer Nieweg was murdered in August 1942. It has taken decades for details of his death to emerge.

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Chinese diasporas on edge over coronavirus

Chinese overseas are concerned for their own health and that of their families back home.

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Coronavirus: How can China build a hospital so quickly?

Wuhan is building a new hospital that will be finished within six days, according to China's state media.

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Coronavirus: How worried should we be?

Hundreds of people people have been infected with a newly-discovered virus.

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The battle over which flag to fly in America's Chinatowns

Chinatowns across the US are switching to the flag of mainland China, but not without protest.

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U.S. Chemical Safety Board sending team to probe Houston blast

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to probe an early Friday morning explosion at a Houston machine shop that killed at least two people, a board spokeswoman said.

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Bodies of U.S. firefighters retrieved from crash site in Australia

The bodies of three U.S. firefighters who died in a plane crash earlier this week in Australia's remote bushland while battling a fierce wildfire have been recovered, the police said on Saturday.

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Factbox: The latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond

An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 41 people and infected more than 1,300 globally.

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China confirms 1,287 coronavirus cases, with 41 deaths

China has confirmed 1,287 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus as of Jan. 24, while the death toll from the virus has risen to 41, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.

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Radio reporter says Pompeo cursed at her after testy interview

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cursed at a National Public Radio reporter and repeatedly "used the F-word" in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev in an interview on Friday, NPR said.

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Tea rooms and double-decker buses: Prince Harry may find home in Canada's royal city

Prince Harry and wife Meghan have settled, for now, into a seaside home near the most royal of Canadian cities - Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.)- named after a queen who reigned until 1901, during a great expansion of the British Empire.

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China virus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,000 infected

China confirmed another 15 deaths in the province at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has now infected more than 1,000 people globally, highlighting the challenges for health authorities around the world working to prevent a global pandemic.

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Trump speaks with British PM Johnson about telecoms security -White House

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday discussed the security of telecommunications networks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the White House said, as Britain nears a decision on Huawei's role in the country's future 5G network.

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'What choice do I have?' Lock-down strands millions in China's Wuhan

A trickle of passengers at the train station in the Chinese city of Wuhan put on a brave face on Friday as they arrived in the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 26 people, infected hundreds and raised fears of a pandemic.

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