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EU announces strict 5G rules, but no Huawei ban 29 Jan 2020 - 03:07 pm
The EU flag and a smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Elderly black women in S. Africa win property rights in landmark ruling 29 Jan 2020 - 03:01 pm
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China women's football team quarantined in Australia over virus fears: reports 29 Jan 2020 - 02:04 pm
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4 Pakistani students in China contract coronavirus 29 Jan 2020 - 01:57 pm
Doctor Zafar Mirza, special assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister on health, briefs media representatives on the novel coronavirus, a virus similar to the SARS pathogen, in Islamabad on January 29, 2020. A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 106
Indonesia cuts ties with WWF over ethics breach claims 29 Jan 2020 - 01:44 pm
File picture of Indonesian fire. Reuters
Airlines halt, reduce China flights 29 Jan 2020 - 12:55 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 28, 2010, British Airways planes are grounded at Heathrow Airport, on the second day of a four-day strike. British Airways on January 29, 2020 said it had suspended all its flights to and from China owing to the d
Nigeria’s biggest city to ban motorbike taxis in boost to Uber 29 Jan 2020 - 11:37 am
 Motorcycle taxi drivers sit on their bikes, popularly called
Indian ministries buy more air purifiers as capital battles toxic air 29 Jan 2020 - 10:55 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a mask runs past the India Gate on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, October 28, 2019 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
FactBox - Countries evacuating nationals from China virus areas 29 Jan 2020 - 10:34 am
China Southern Airlines employees wear a surgical mask as a preventive measure in light of the coronavirus outbreak in China, as they wait for customers behind the counter at Benito Juarez international airport in Mexico City, Mexico January 28, 2020. REU
Final moments of Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash revealed by investigators 29 Jan 2020 - 10:13 am
Mourners gather in Microsoft Square near the Staples Center to pay respects to Kobe Bryant after a helicopter crash killed the retired basketball star, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 28, 2020. Reuters/Kyle Grillot
Australia to quarantine Wuhan evacuees on asylum-seeker island 29 Jan 2020 - 10:07 am
(L-R) The Royal Melbourne Hospital's Dr Julian Druce, Virus Identification Laboratory Head at the Doherty Institute and Dr Mike Catton, Deputy Director of the Doherty Institute address media to announce having successfully grown the Wuhan coronavirus from
Japan evacuation flight from Wuhan lands, 5 reported ill 29 Jan 2020 - 09:30 am
The first charter flight from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which was arranged by Japan's government to evacuate its citizens, lands at Haneda airport in Tokyo on January 29, 2020. A plane carrying Japanese nationals evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at
Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all 'Asian ports' 29 Jan 2020 - 09:05 am
A general view of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center is seen during a virus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 24, 2020.
Trump says Mideast plan offers a path toward two-state solution 28 Jan 2020 - 08:56 pm
US President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. Trump says his plan 'could be the last opportunity' for Palestinians. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)
US beefs up screening of travelers for new virus from China 28 Jan 2020 - 08:45 pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a press conference on the coordinated public health response to the 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/AFP)
China wants Danish daily to apologize for virus cartoon 28 Jan 2020 - 07:14 pm
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UN: Clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur force 11,000 into Chad 28 Jan 2020 - 07:04 pm
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Syrian troops enter key rebel-held town amid airstrikes 28 Jan 2020 - 06:46 pm
Syrian army units operating in the northern Aleppo province.  AFP