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Iraqi authorities said Friday they had not detected any coronavirus cases in Iraq or among Iraqi expatriates abroad. Similar to the SARS pathogen, coronavirus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year and has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vJcyW8

Two days after Brexit, British officials pushed the European Union on Sunday for a Canada-style free trade arrangement as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson geared up for a key speech to spell out his government's negotiating stance. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37SpIyj

Iranians must have the "right to choose" between different political movements, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, as controversy grows over the disqualification of thousands of candidates in upcoming polls. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RProCS

The Chinese foreign ministry holds the media briefings all weekdays. The briefings remain suspended since January 24 due to Chinese New Year/Spring festival holidays and are due to resume on Monday. The weeklong public holiday has been extended till February 2 in view of the coronavirus attack which has spread from the worst-affected Hubei and its provincial capital Wuhan to the rest of China and many parts of the world. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vE7sdC

Furious anti-government youth dug in their heels in Iraq's capital and south on Sunday, rejecting the previous evening's nomination of Mohammad Allawi as premier after months of demonstrations and political paralysis. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/31h624A

Malaysia's health ministry dismissed the rumour in a tweet, however, saying: "The claim that individuals infected with this virus will behave like zombies is not true... Patients can recover." A number of posts in Malaysia on social media have wrongly claimed the number of deaths or infected people in the country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OmzdxR

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Riviera Beach (US), Feb 2 (AP) Gunfire erupted after a funeral Saturday in Florida, killing a teenager and a man and leaving one other person wounded, police said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36VWZYc

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on countries to offer asylum to ethnic minorities fleeing China's troubled Xinjiang region during a visit Sunday to oil-rich Kazakhstan -- a country that borders the region. "We ask simply for them to provide safe refuge and asylum for those seeking to flee China," Pompeo said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b6qREc

The US is one of a number of countries isolating citizens returning from the center of the outbreak at Wuhan in central China as the new virus spreads across the globe. More than 300 people have died and over 14,000 have been infected, while many foreign governments have evacuated their nationals. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RPZMhe

Locusts are consumed in many parts of the world and are a staple of some cuisines. Experts say they are an excellent, energy-efficient source of protein. In Kuwait, they retain a sturdy fan base among older citizens. The first shipments, imported from Saudi Arabia, arrive in markets in January, transported in distinctive red bags weighing 250 grams (nine ounces). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vInNhz

​ Restaurants in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam have refused to accept Chinese customers. Indonesians marched near a hotel and called on Chinese guests there to leave. French and Australian newspapers face criticism for racist headlines. Chinese and other Asians in Europe, the United States, Asia and the Pacific complain of racism. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vIApoW

The ban is in effect from Monday and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade also raised its travel advice to New Zealanders for all of mainland China to “Do not travel”, the highest level. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36LnAXP

The first foreign fatality came as an escalating number of governments around the world closed their borders to people from China in a bid to stop it spreading. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37OPJ1f

A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has more than 300 people in China and spread around the world since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. On Sunday, China's National Health Commission said more than 14,000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37SHHVo