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Coronavirus: 12 more cases confirmed in UK, taking total in Britain to 35 – latest updates
USA, Australia and Thailand also report first deaths from coronavirus as bans are put in place around the worl…
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Coronavirus: South Korea reports ‘critical moment’ after 813 new cases – latest updates
US strengthens travel advice, raising Iran and Italy to a level three, advising people to ‘avoid nonessential …
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Coronavirus: Cobra meeting to be held on Monday as UK cases rise to 19 – latest updates
First case in Wales; Nigeria, New Zealand and Lithuania also report first cases as WHO says epidemic could get…
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Saudi Arabia bans foreign pilgrims as Japan plans to close schools
Countries around world scramble to halt spread of virus that has so far killed almost 3,000 peopleCoronavirus …
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Coronavirus news: two more UK patients test positive as Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages – live updates
Losses on Asian stock markets mount as Saudi Arabia bans entry of religious pilgrims over virus fears. Follow …
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Japan closes schools as Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages due to Coronavirus fears – as it happened
UK reports two new cases as outbreak spreads and losses on stock markets mount This live blog is closed. Follo…
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Coronavirus: Trump says US risk ‘very low’ as Australian PM warns pandemic is ‘upon us’
US president says cases could fall to zero in a ‘few days’ but Scott Morrison launches emergency plan to deal …
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Coronavirus: Trump says US risk ‘very low’ as Australian PM warns pandemic is ‘upon us’
US president says cases could fall to zero in a ‘few days’ but Scott Morrison launches emergency plan to deal …
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Coronavirus outbreak: four cruise ship passengers test positive in UK – live news
Turkey and Pakistan close borders with Iran after eight deaths, while in northern Italy towns are on lockdown …
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Coronavirus: China prisons report 500 cases, as virus spreads in South Korea – live updates
Wuhan’s women’s prison director sacked as 230 inmates test positive for illness; South Korea adds 52 new cases…
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Japan and South Korean leaders meet to seek way out of row
Shinzo Abe and Moon Jae-in holds talks in China – their first in 15 months amid dispute over colonial era forc…
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Japanese officials helped procure wartime sex slaves, report claims
News agency says diplomatic dispatches contradict claims that so-called ‘comfort women’ worked willinglyThe Ja…
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Australian hydrogen export projections found to be exaggerated by factor of up to 11
Australia Institute says projections for Japanese and South Korean imports based on ‘highly inflated’ figuresA…
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Japan’s rising sun flag is not a symbol of militarism | Letter
Ohtaka Masato of Japan’s foreign affairs ministry says his country’s flag should not be banned at the 2020 Oly…
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Japan’s rising sun flag has a history of horror. it must be banned at the Tokyo Olympics | Alexis Dudden
Beloved of the far right, the former imperial standard dishonours the memory of the second world war deadImagi…
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South Korea compares Japan’s ‘rising sun’ flag to swastika as Olympic row deepens
MPs voice outcry as Tokyo 2020 organisers say they have no plans to restrict use of flag that Seoul says has m…
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Uniqlo accused of mocking wartime sexual slavery victims
Japanese clothing company pulls advertisement from South Korean TV after outcryThe Japanese clothing retailer …
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‘I don’t have much hope’: Koreans search for loved ones who died fighting for Japan
As Tokyo marks the end of war in Pacific, conscripts’ families search for information on where their forebears…
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The K-pop wannabes – a photo essay
An estimated 1 million wannabe stars of K-pop, from South Korea, Japan and beyond, are hoping to get a taste o…
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The K-pop wannabes – a photo essay
An estimated 1 million wannabe stars of K-pop, from South Korea, Japan and beyond, are hoping to get a taste o…