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The Southeast Asian country had previously reported only 16 cases of the virus despite bordering China, but a cluster of infections was discovered at the weekend among 201 passengers on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Britain
Italy is the worst-hit European country and its toll shot up Saturday by a single-day record of 1,247 cases to 5,883, along with 233 deaths
The decision comes as coronavirus concerns grow stateside and pressure ramps up over whether to cancel entertainment and sporting events that draw large crowds
The number of Americans without health insurance began falling from a high of 46.7 million in 2010 following the passage of the Affordable Care Act, but has risen again over the past two years
Baris Terkoglu and Hulya Kilinc were detained this week after a video was published on the OdaTV website claiming to show the officer's quiet burial, the Hurriyet newspaper reported
At a Senate hearing, officials from the FBI, the Justice Department and Homeland Security said the video-sharing app could become another tool exploited by Chinese intelligence services
Japan lifts evacuation order for parts of Futaba, one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, ahead of an Olympic torch relay in the region
Twitter's decision to ask its staff to avoid the office follows similar requests by governments in virus hotspots
Malaysia was plunged into turmoil after Mahathir's reformist 'Pact of Hope' alliance, which stormed to a historic poll victory two years ago, collapsed and the 94-year-old resigned as premier
The special court last month ruled the men were to be hanged Tuesday, but postponed the execution after one of them filed a mercy plea — the last remedy for death row convicts in India — to the president
Lee Man-hee is revered by his followers as the "Promised Pastor" who will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the Day of Judgement
The 83-year-old pontiff suffers two coughing spells that force him to turn away from the crowd and cover his mouth with his fist on a windy and cloudy day on Saint Peter's Square
Around 13,000 migrants have gathered along the Turkish-Greek border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said as several thousand migrants were in skirmishes with Greek police firing tear gas across the frontier
Rally marked five years since assassination of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, but its organizers also wanted event to send message to Putin after he proposed major constitutional changes
Migrants mass after Turkey's president threatened to allow some of the 3.6 million refugees in his country cross into Europe
An appeals court ruled it doesn’t have the authority to decide the issue, bolstering Trump’s claim of near-absolute privilege and immunity
The Senate approved the measure late Thursday, following earlier House passage, which sends the measure to the White House for an expected signature from President Donald Trump
"John is an outstanding man of great talent!" President Trump tweeted
Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion for raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling her her self-published children's book to local organizations to which she had ties
Losses follow weeks of growing tensions between rebel supporter Ankara and Damascus ally Moscow
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