Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Feb. 21, the country's National Health Commission said on Saturday, down from 889 cases a day earlier.
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Saturday, February 22, 2020
Second batch of Diamond Princess passengers arrive in Hong Kong to face further quarantine
A second plane with 82 Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for more than two weeks landed early on Saturday in the Asian financial hub, where they will face a further 14 days of quarantine.
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Email address charges branded 'daylight robbery'
Ofcom is asking why broadband firms charge people to keep old email addresses after switching providers.
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Waitrose named best supermarket by Which?
Waitrose has been rated the best UK in-store supermarket again in Which?'s annual supermarket satisfaction survey.
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Crash Landing on You: The defector who brought North-South Korean romance to life
Hit drama Crash Landing on You was made possible by the key insights of one North Korean defector.
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Hanau shooting: Why Germany’s far-right AfD is blamed over racist violence
The anti-Islam AfD is accused of fuelling racist violence, amid German shock at the Hanau killings.
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Wallis Simpson's hard lessons for Harry and Meghan
What the Sussexes could learn from the miserable exile of Edward VIII and his demonised US lover.
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Politics and protest at São Paulo's street parties
This year São Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, is hosting hundreds of street parties known as 'blocos'.
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Trump in India: A brief history of US presidents' trips
Ahead of President Trump's first state visit to India, here's a look at how his predecessors fared.
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Crossing Divides: What happens when pen pals reunite
Girls from very different backgrounds reconnect after three years to address India's divisions.
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Why your new work colleague could be a robot
Better sight, better hands and more intelligence are allowing robots to take on more and more jobs.
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Fair Isle: The remote island where jumpers are always in fashion
Photographer Chris Morphet travelled to Fair Isle 50 years ago to document designs which are still influencing fashion.
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Amazon let a fraudster keep my Sony A74 IV and refunded him
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Wuhan woman with no symptoms infects five relatives with coronavirus: study
A 20-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, traveled 400 miles(675 km) north to Anyang where she infected five relatives, without ever showing signs of infection, Chinese scientists reported on Friday, offering new evidence that the virus can be spread asymptomatically.
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London police charges man after mosque stabbing incident
London police said on Friday that Daniel Horton, arrested for stabbing a prayer leader at a mosque in Park Road, has been charged with section 18 GBH and possession of a bladed article.
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More bosses give four-day workweek a try
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British passengers from virus-hit cruise ship due to arrive home
Some 35 British passengers were due to arrive back home on Saturday after spending more than two weeks stuck on a quarantined cruise ship in a Japanese port due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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First Italian dies of coronavirus as outbreak flares in north
An elderly man in the northern city of Padua has died after being infected with the coronavirus, becoming the first Italian victim of the disease, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday.
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Flight carrying British evacuees from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan takes off
Britain's Foreign Office on Friday said the evacuation flight for its nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship has taken off from Japan, following the coronavirus outbreak.
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First Italian patient dies of coronavirus: Ansa news agency
A patient in the northern city of Padua has died after being infected with the Coronavirus, becoming the first Italian victim of the disease, Ansa news agency reported on Friday.
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Sanders blasts Russia for reportedly trying to boost his presidential campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia to stay out of U.S. elections after American officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign.
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California rejects Trump effort to cut off federal funds over abortion
California on Friday fought back against a Trump administration threat to withhold federal funds for some health programs unless it stopped requiring health insurers to cover abortions, saying it would undermine the state's authority to protect women's reproductive rights.
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U.S. charges ex-DEA agent with laundering millions in drug funds
U.S. authorities arrested a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent on Friday on charges he conspired with Colombian drug traffickers to steal millions of dollars the U.S. government had seized from suspected dealers.
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Friday, February 21, 2020
Bolivia electoral body blocks Morales Senate run
Bolivia's electoral body said on Thursday that former president Evo Morales was ineligible to run for a Senate position in a May election re-run of a voided vote late last year that sparked a political crisis and led to the leftist leader's resignation.
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Brazil's Vale knew Brumadinho dam was unsafe as early as 2003: internal report
An independent investigation requested by Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA into the causes of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster that killed 270 people a year ago found the company knew about the problem but failed to deal with it.
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