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Philippines confirms first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 12:43 pm
Chinese workers wearing masks are pictured after Philippine government confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the country, in an office building in Makati City, Metro Manila
Eight foreign nationals caught in avalanche on Japan's Hokkaido, one unconscious 30 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescue workers carry victims after an avalanche hit a group near a ski resort in Nasu town, north of Tokyo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Stranded in Wuhan: foreigners raise call for help in virus epicentre 30 Jan 2020 - 12:15 pm
Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan, in Hubei province on January 30, 2020. AFP / Hector Retamal
New Zealand charters flight to assist with Wuhan evacuation 30 Jan 2020 - 12:06 pm
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Indian airlines ban comedian for midair rant 30 Jan 2020 - 11:50 am
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India reports its first case of coronavirus 30 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Medical staff with protective clothing are seen inside a ward specialised in receiving any person who may have been infected with coronavirus, at the Rajiv Ghandhi Government General hospital in Chennai, India, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar
More torrential rain in Brazil raises death toll to 54 30 Jan 2020 - 11:34 am
A local walks up stairs next to an area covered with mud and water after heavy rains at the Sao Pedro neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on January 29, 2020. The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeast
Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base 30 Jan 2020 - 11:16 am
Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base i
UK delays evacuation flight from coronavirus epicentre in China 30 Jan 2020 - 10:50 am
An aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan on  January 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
Longest Cross-Border Tunnel Discovered Between United States and Mexico 30 Jan 2020 - 10:35 am
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Japan issues arrest warrants for ex-U.S. soldier, two others for Ghosn escape 30 Jan 2020 - 09:51 am
 FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn gestures during a news conference at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut, Lebanon January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Rangers sign India's first woman professional footballer 30 Jan 2020 - 09:20 am
In this file photo taken on January 04, 2017 India's Ngangom Bala Devi (R) fights for the ball with Bangladesh players during the final of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women's football championship at the Kanchanjungha Stadium in Siliguri./
Tears and cheers as EU lawmakers give final nod to Brexit 29 Jan 2020 - 09:12 pm
Britain's EU Parliament members react after a vote on the Withdrawal Agreement at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Airlines suspend China flights, cut services on virus fears 29 Jan 2020 - 06:35 pm
Passengers are seen on the screen of a thermal scanner as they arrive at the Tribhuvan International Airport after Nepal confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, in Kathmandu on January 29, 2020, following the first SARS-like virus confirme
Greece plans floating border barrier to stop migrants 29 Jan 2020 - 04:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: child sits outside a tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Attack kills 15 in eastern DR Congo 29 Jan 2020 - 04:49 pm
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Aiming to go green, German cabinet backs coal exit by 2038 29 Jan 2020 - 04:41 pm
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier (R), Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Environment Minister Svenja Schulze give a press conference about the exit from coal power in Berlin on January 29, 2020. AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
Long road to freedom: fugitive giraffe legs it in Thailand 29 Jan 2020 - 03:31 pm
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