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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method, and Beijing sacked two local leaders after criticism of their handling of the crisis. Workers wearing masks walk outside their dormitory, in an electronics manufacturing factory in

FILE PHOTO: Emilio Lozoya, former chief Executive Officer of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) attends a news conference at a hotel after he leaves Mexico’s attorney general’s office, in Mexico City, Mexico August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero MEXICO CITY/MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Wednesday arrested Emilio Lozoya, the former chief executive of Mexico’s state oil firm

FILE PHOTO: A DBS logo in pictured in the backdrop of the central business district in Singapore July 10, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s biggest bank DBS (DBSM.SI)has evacuated 300 staff from its head office on Wednesday as a precautionary measure following a confirmed coronavirus case at the bank, according to an

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces fired water canon at stone-throwing protesters seeking to prevent MPs and government officials from reaching parliament on Tuesday for a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s new cabinet. Tear gas wafted through central Beirut where security forces blocked roads leading to the parliament building in the already

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland began counting votes on Sunday in a national election that an exit poll indicated would show a historic breakthrough for left-wing nationalists Sinn Fein but leave a fractured political landscape with no clear path to a governing coalition. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald shows her passport as she leaves the

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Organizers scrambled on Sunday to shore up the Singapore Airshow, which is going ahead under a cloud of health and economic concerns after dozens of exhibitors pulled out of Asia’s largest aerospace gathering due to coronavirus fears. China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Ba Yi aerobatics team perform an aerial display

NUR-SULTAN/ALMATY (Reuters) – Eight people were killed and scores wounded in a series of clashes overnight in villages in Kazakhstan’s southern Zhambyl province, with homes and businesses torched, the interior minister said on Saturday. Some 70 people were involved in the initial confrontation on the outskirts of Masanchi village, close to the border with Kyrgyzstan,

ALMATY (Reuters) – A brawl and a series of clashes in several villages in Kazakhstan’s southern Zhambyl province have left a number of people dead and wounded, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday, without providing any numbers. Police and the National Guard now have the situation under control, Tokayev said in a statement, ordering the

AMMAN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Wary of a confrontation with Turkey that could suck Moscow into a military quagmire, Russia is likely to take a gradual approach to helping the Syrian government capture the last rebel bastion of Idlib, analysts and diplomats say. FILE PHOTO: Trucks carry belongings of people fleeing from Maarat al-Numan, in northern Idlib,

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Much of Australia’s wildfire-ravaged east coast was drenched on Friday by the biggest rainfall in almost 20 years, dousing some of the most dangerous blazes and providing welcome relief to farmers battling an extended drought. Pedestrians hold umbrellas during wet weather in Sydney, Australia, February 7, 2020. AAP Image/Peter Rae/via REUTERS The

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – At least two Palestinians were killed and 15 Israelis were hurt on Thursday in a string of incidents in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, where violence has risen after the U.S. announcement of its Middle East peace plan. Palestinians hurl stones at an Israeli soldier during an Israeli raid

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body, five people familiar with the matter said, as it grapples with a coronavirus epidemic that has forced drastic curtailment of travel and other activity to curb its spread. FILE PHOTO: File picture of officials singing the national anthem at the

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country’s rightful interim ruler, speaks during a press conference in Miami, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui CARACAS (Reuters) – The White House in Washington said on Wednesday it will welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to visit U.S.

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people, spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth. Medical workers hold a strike outside the Hospital Authority as they demand

LONDON (Reuters) – Police shot dead a man who stabbed two people on a busy street in south London on Sunday in what officials described as a terrorist incident believed to be related to Islamist militancy. Police said in a statement that a hoax device was found strapped to the body of the man killed

LONDON (Reuters) – Police shot dead a man in south London on Sunday after several people were believed to have been stabbed in what police described as a terrorism-related incident. A police officer is seen near a site where a man was shot by armed officers in Streatham, south London, Britain, February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio