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Australia declares state of emergency due to bushfires in the capital

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) declared a state of emergency as bushfires move rapidly around the capital. A bushfire near the Australian Capital ...

Australian capital declares state of emergency

There were fears earlier in the day that the blaze could reach Canberra's southern suburbs, threatening homes and lives as they did in 2003 when fires destroyed...

Controversial Brexit 50p coins in circulation

A total of 5,000 sets were made, priced at £30. The Mint had a queueing system to get on its website on Friday because of the high demand for the coins. Their...

Taking action: Countries ban China arrivals as virus death toll hits 213

The new coronavirus has also spread to around 20 countries, including in in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, though the number of confirmed ca...

China central bank sees temporary economic impact from virus, pledges support measures

Although Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reiterated that the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in the US is...

Iraqi president appoints Mohammed Allawi as new PM

Political blocs have been jockeying over the selection since Abdul-Mahdi resigned in December under pressure from demonstrations. Iraq is an ally of both the ...

Parnas Attorney Releases New Recording Of Another Trump Donor Event

Parnas has also said the pair were working with Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to dig up dirt on the president's political rival, former Vice President...

Yemen sources: United States drone destroyed building housing al-Qaida

The tribal leaders said the drone strike took place in the Wadi Ubaidah area in the eastern province of Marib. Rimi's Yemen-based network, Al Qaeda in the...

Trump loosens Obama-era restrictions on military use of land mines

The Trump administration is rolling back restrictions on the military's use of land mines. A White House statement said the new USA policy authorizes milita...

House approves pair of measures reining in Trump's military action against Iran

The vote for the second was 236 to 166, with 11 Republicans voting yea and two Democrats voting nay. Although the White House released individual policy sta...

Man opens fire in Shaheen Bagh area; taken into custody by police

While he was being taken into custody, we heard a policemanasking him his name. He was later detained and is being questioned by the police. The man identifie...

Analyses of cruise ship passenger prove negative for coronavirus

Some 750 other Chinese passengers are on board and all appear to be in good health, media reports said. Up to 7,000 passengers and crew were thought to have b...

First Person-to-Person Transmission of Coronavirus Confirmed in United States

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the health advisor said that according to World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese government's policy, evacuatin...

Coronavirus tests on two French evacuated from China negative: minister

The passengers, who were accompanied by a medical team, had applauded as they touched down in France . "If any of those passengers do show symptoms there a...

Palestine's Ambassador to UN Describes Trump’s Plan as ‘Earthquake’

He explained that the meeting aims at discussing the US-proposed plan of peace agreement [aka the Deal of the Century] between the Palestinians and the Israelis...

Australian capital in state of emergency over bushfire threat

The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically to its south. "The Orrora...

Trump impeachment: Failed witnesses vote paves way for acquittal

Despite the Democrats' singular focus on hearing new testimony, the Republican majority brushed past those demands and will make this the first impeachment tria...

CDC confirms first person-to-person spread of coronavirus between husband, wife in Chicago

India and the Philippines reported their first cases, in a traveler and a student who had both been in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the new type of co...

Amy Klobuchar Balancing Impeachment Trial and Iowa Caucuses

White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin countered that the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which impeached the Republican president on Decemb...

US deficit projected to exceed $1 trillion in 2020

After topping US$1 trillion in fiscal 2020, federal deficits will average US$1.3 trillion per year between 2021 and 2030, CBO estimates, a level that some eco...

India's economic survey likely to forecast 2020/21 growth at 6%-6.5%

Economic Survey puts current fiscal year 2019-20's growth rate at 5%. On a net assessment of both the downside/upside risks, it said "India's GDP growth is ex...

Cruise ship in lockdown over Coronavirus fears

The Costa Smeralda at the port of Civitavecchia on Thursday. She was placed "isolation on the onboard hospital since last night together" with her travel ...

US Adds Nigeria to Stringent Travel Restrictions List

The expanded version of the travel ban targets prospective immigrants from six additional countries: Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria , Sudan and Tanzania...

Yemen's Houthis 'target Saudi Aramco facilities in Jizan'

The military spokesman reported said the group had targeted the Abha and Jizan airports "with a large number of rockets and drones ". The spokesperson provid...

Scotland votes to keep European Union flag flying

The SNP leader referenced that it was unfair that Scotland were taken out of the European Union due to the 62% of people who voted to remain north of the bord...

Coronavirus death toll tops 200 in China

Currently, the offices are closed for the extended Lunar New Year holiday, a measure the Chinese government took to help reduce the spread of the virus by encou...

CDC: First case of direct transmission of coronavirus confirmed in US

The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet, the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. China also ...

Developing: SUV Breaches Security Barrier At Mar-A-Lago

An SUV driver breached two security checkpoint's outside President Trump's luxury Mar-a-Lago resort Friday - prompting cops to fire at the vehicle, according to...

More Japanese evacuated from China virus epicenter as death toll climbs

But there has been no death reported outside China and neither has the virus emerged in Africa. Earlier on Wednesday, it was widely reported that the total nu...

Coronavirus: Denmark in cartoon bust-up with China over flag

Other Danish politicians stood by the paper's right to publish such a cartoon . The embassy said the cartoon crossed the "ethical boundary of free speech", and...

Australia defends using Christmas Island as coronavirus quarantine site

Speaking in Canberra today , Morrison said the operation will prioritise young and elderly Australians now in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, wh...

Bermuda Triangle shipwreck discovered almost 100 years after it vanished

Even though the Cotopaxi radioed a distress signal reporting she was listing and taking on water - while in tropical storm - it soon became part of the legend o...

White House Threatens to Stop Publication of John Bolton’s Book

However, he said that he's not aware of an effort to stop the book's publication. Democrats view Bolton as a key figure who could help them solidify their c...

'Russian air strike' near hospital in rebel-held Syria kills 11

Both the Observatory and the Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said a local hospital and a bakery were attacked. The Ariha hospital, known as al...

China virus death toll rises to 170, WHO calls world to action

Pakistan government has decided not to evacuate its citizens from the coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to show "solidarity" with its all-weather ally, a senior offici...