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Pressure grows on UK to rescue citizens from coronavirus-stricken ship
Passengers on Diamond Princess liner ‘disillusioned’ with government over lack of action• All the day’s develo…
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Coronavirus: China purges regional leaders hours after spike in deaths and new cases
Political fallout from outbreak continues, with three more leaders sacked, as change in criteria leads to surg…
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Coronavirus: Chinese doctor who warned about outbreak ‘dies from infection’ – latest news
Dr Li Wenliang dies in Wuhan, state media says, as UK confirms third case and 10 more people on cruise ship of…
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Coronavirus: 14th Australian case confirmed as Dutton says people could be sent to mining camps
Chinese national from Wuhan is a member of same tour group associated with Queensland’s three other casesAustr…
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Newborn among 28,000 coronavirus cases as death toll passes 550
News comes as Hong Kong says it will quarantine all people coming from mainland ChinaHow to protect yourself f…
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Coronavirus deaths leap in China as countries struggle to evacuate citizens
WHO prepares to meet to decide whether to declare outbreak a global emergencyCoronavirus outbreak – latest upd…
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Coronavirus: Japan and US fly citizens home as China death toll jumps
Hundreds leave Wuhan as confirmed cases in China reach almost 6,000 and first cases reported in Middle EastCor…
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Global firms halt China travel as coronavirus spooks markets
Fears grow over global economic fallout with airline shares hit and commodity prices tumblingCoronavirus outbr…
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Coronavirus: airports around the world carry out screenings
More countries are carrying out health checks after the virus was detected outside ChinaCountries in Asia and …
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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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China arrests Japanese professor on suspicion of spying
Japanese media say professor from Hokkaido University was detained in SeptemberChinese authorities have detain…
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Global economy faces $19tn corporate debt timebomb, warns IMF
Update on markets lists eight leading countries, including US, China and UK, as vulnerableLow interest rates a…
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‘Something resembling hell’: how does the rest of the world view the UK?
Three years after the referendum, and hovering on the brink of a no-deal Brexit, international journalists sha…
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Michael Wolf obituary
Photographer who concentrated on the high-density architecture of Hong KongAfter moving on from a successful c…