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Coronavirus: England, Italy confirm first cases; deaths top 200

Friday, 31 January 2020, 12:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period reported...

Johnson hails UK's 'new beginning' as Brexit day arrives

Friday, 31 January 2020, 11:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain begins the day as a member of the European Union. Its status at the end of the day — as a proud nation that has reclaimed its sovereignty, or a diminished presence in Europe and the...

AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA

Friday, 31 January 2020, 06:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during...

Tourists on Italian cruise ship cleared of coronavirus

Friday, 31 January 2020, 06:39 Last update: about 8 years ago

More than 6,000 tourists will be allowed to disembark from a cruise ship moored in an Italian port after a suspected case of coronavirus was confirmed false on Thursday. Samples taken...

UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 21:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases...

Britain is about to leave the EU – what's next?

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 07:54 Last update: about 8 years ago The Conversation

Britain will shortly leave the European Union. So that’s it. Brexit is over, right? Wrong. To channel former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill – as every leading Brexit...

Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 19:16 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain's departure from the European Union was backed by European lawmakers Wednesday, after a debate that mixed warm words of love with hard-headed warnings to the country not to seek too many...

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