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nopparit/iStock(BEIJING) — Chinese officials have announced 17 new cases of the new coronavirus, a SARS-like illness that began to spread in Wuhan, China, in December. The total number of coronavirus infections in Wuhan, the epicenter […]

Sussex Police Department(LONDON) —  A London man running late for his flight reported a fake bomb threat to try and delay it, police said. Rashidul Islam, 32, was going to meet his fiancee in Marrakech, […]

Paul Grover- WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no longer “working members” of the royal family, according to Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are grateful to Her Majesty […]

Brett Hemmings/Getty Images(SYDNEY) —  Drivers in Australia can now face a penalty of up to $11,000 if they are caught tossing a lit cigarette out of their car. The new punishment, which went into effect […]

spyarm/iStock(NEW YORK) — EU DisinfoLab, in cooperation with newsroom fact-checkers, has uncovered a far-right Polish media operation running a website that was making slight changes to real, existing stories and re-posting them to sow discord. […]

scyther5/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military confirmed late Thursday that some American troops were evacuated for blast injuries sustained in Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on bases in Iraq last week. Ten service members injured at Al […]

Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(TEHRAN, Iran) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Iran’s attack against a U.S. military base was “a blow to the U.S. image as a […]

MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A Pentagon decision that could lead to a reduction in the number of U.S. troops in West Africa could come within four to eight weeks, according to Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of […]

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(LONDON) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called for China to respect Taiwan’s sovereignty and its commitment to democracy, just days after she won reelection in a landslide victory. Tsai — who is the first […]

NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment(SYDNEY) — Firefighters in Australia successfully embarked on a secret mission to save the prehistoric — and extremely rare — Wollemi pine trees from the bushfires ravaging the country, […]