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US basketball legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash
NBA legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed and burst into flames in thick fog, killing ...World’s largest twin-engine jet completes first flight
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China on Sunday expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain a viral epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as ...Philippine volcano alert lowered, thousands return home
Philippine authorities on Sunday lowered the alert level at Taal Volcano, two weeks after it began spewing ash, steam and rocks, a ...Syria regime forces on edge of key rebel-held town: monitor
Syrian regime forces have reached the outskirts of a key city on the edge of the country’s last rebel-held stronghold, a monitor ...The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
A SARS-like virus that has claimed 41 lives since emerging in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan has spread around ...Germany and Turkey call for lasting Libya ceasefire
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Friday for the fragile truce in Libya to be turned into ...Sudan government signs initial peace deal with rebel group
Sudan’s transitional government Friday signed a preliminary peace deal with one of several rebel groups that had fought the government of ousted ...Death toll from eastern Turkey earthquake climbs to 21
The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 21 Saturday, with more than 1,000 people injured, emergency ...China seals off more cities as virus toll climbs
China sealed off millions more people near the epicentre of a virus outbreak on Friday, shutting down public transport in an eighth ...