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China Pneumonia Outbreak Spurs WHO Action as Mystery Lingers
(Bloomberg) -- A mysterious lung infection in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is being monitored by the World Health Organization, which said it’s...
China replaces head of Hong Kong liaison office amid ongoing protests
China has replaced the head of its Hong Kong Liaison Office, the most senior mainland political official based in the Chinese-controlled territory, following more...
Coalition scales back Iraq operations for security reasons: US
US-led forces helping Iraqi troops fight jihadists have scaled back operations, a US defence official told AFP Saturday, a day after an American strike...
I spent New Year’s trapped by Australian bushfires that looked like a scene from...
Australia is currently experiencing its worst bushfire season in history and I was trapped in it over New Year's Eve.
Iraq PM attends mourning for commanders killed in US strike
Iraq's prime minister attended a mourning procession in Baghdad on Saturday for Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killed...
Ariel Castro kills himself in prison after 3 women held captive by him escape:...
After Castro's neighbor helped Amanda Berry escape, she called police, who then freed the other girls and arrested Castro. He killed himself a month...
Iran Desperately Wants This Fighter Plane
And a few others--but no one is selling. Wonder why?
Search for survivors as Cambodia building collapse toll rises to 7
Hundreds of soldiers and rescuers frantically picked through the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia on Saturday looking for bodies as the...
Ghosn fled Japan after security firm hired by Nissan stopped surveillance: sources
Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn left his Tokyo residence after a private security firm hired by Nissan Motor Co stopped monitoring him, three sources...
Thousands in Iraq mourn top Iranian general killed by U.S.; rockets fired in Baghdad
With shouts of "Death to America", tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq on Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and...
