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‘Tamales for Tío Bernie’: Sanders’ outreach to Latino voters pays off 23 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Bernie Sanders greets audience members at a campaign town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US, November 24, 2019. Reuters / Brian Snyder
Italy battles surging coronavirus outbreak as cases rise over 100 23 Feb 2020 - 06:15 pm
A man wearing a face mask stands outside the San Siro stadium after the Inter Milan v Sampdoria Serie A match was cancelled due to an outbreak of the coronavirus in Lombardy and Veneto, in Milan, Italy, February 23, 2020. Reuters/Daniele Mascolo
Trump says Russia leak meant to hurt Sanders, calls for probe 23 Feb 2020 - 06:15 pm
US President Donald Trump addresses supporters during a Keep America Great campaign rally at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 20, 2020. (Jason Connolly/ Anadolu Agency)
China braces for inevitable big hit to economy from virus, says Xi 23 Feb 2020 - 06:15 pm
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Anwar says there are attempts to form new Malaysian government 23 Feb 2020 - 06:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah greet King Sultan Muhammad V at National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, May 16, 2018. )National Palace Roskhadijah  via Reuters)
Pakistan closes border with Iran over virus fears: official 23 Feb 2020 - 05:14 pm
A young Iranian man wearing a protective mask, crosses a busy street in the capital Tehran on February 22, 2020.  AFP / ATTA KENARE
FACTBOX: Latest on coronavirus spreading in China and beyond 23 Feb 2020 - 04:26 pm
A ground staff member of Vietnam Airlines and passengers wearing a protective mask, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, wait for boarding at the Danang airport in Danang city, Vietnam February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Togo counts votes as challenger claims 'fraud' 23 Feb 2020 - 03:33 pm
A polling station official counts the marked ballot papers at a polling station in Lome on February 22, 2020 during the first round of Togo presidential vote. AFP / YANICK FOLLY
Mobile phone services restored as Afghan truce holds 23 Feb 2020 - 02:22 pm
Afghan boys who sell boiled eggs climb to a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Italy coronavirus cases rise to more than 100 - regional chief 23 Feb 2020 - 01:34 pm
Residents wearing respiratory mask wait to be given access to shop in a supermarket in small groups of forty people on February 23, 2020 in the small Italian town of Casalpusterlengo, under the shadow of a new coronavirus outbreak, as Italy took drastic c
France prepares in case of coronavirus epidemic - Health Minister 23 Feb 2020 - 12:24 pm
 French Health Minister Olivier Veran (C) takes part in a meeting on the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak at the Health Ministry on February 18, 2020, in Paris. / AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Prince Harry and his wife will stop using "Sussex Royal" brand 23 Feb 2020 - 11:57 am
File photo: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Seven dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area 23 Feb 2020 - 11:38 am
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Fear, isolation cloaks town at centre of Italy's coronavirus outbreak 23 Feb 2020 - 11:01 am
A woman is taken into an ambulance amid a coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, in Casalpusterlengo, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
Iran accuses foreign media of using virus to 'discourage' voters 23 Feb 2020 - 10:38 am
Iranian election officials wear masks as they wait for voters during parliamentary elections at the Shah Abdul Azim shrine on the southern outskirts of Tehran on February 21, 2020./ AFP / ATTA KENARE
Global warming causing "irreversible" mass melting in Antarctica - scientist 23 Feb 2020 - 10:35 am
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South Korea reports two more coronavirus deaths, 123 new cases 23 Feb 2020 - 09:21 am
A confirmed coronavirus patient is wheeled to a hospital at Chuncheon, South Korea, February 22, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Rio carnival gets political in Bolsonaro's Brazil 23 Feb 2020 - 08:59 am
Revellers from Gavioes da Fiel samba school perform during the second night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli