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As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread outside of China with hundreds of confirmed cases on a daily basis, experts say the situation is rapidly moving toward what’s known as a pandemic. But World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday he is not yet ready to categorize …

Vanessa Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed in Los Angeles says the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions on Jan. 26 and …

A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd of people watching a carnival procession in a small German town, injuring dozens of people — including children — on Monday, police said. The driver was arrested, but police couldn’t immediately provide details about the man’s motivations for crashing into the …

Joe Biden is staring down what could be the end of his political career. The former vice-president’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is hobbling toward its do-or-die moment this weekend in South Carolina. Biden is in desperate need of a win to maintain credibility as a candidate given his …

Given the savagery of what Margarita Gracheva’s husband did to her, you’d think Russian lawmakers would want to stop it from happening to other women. Instead, attitudes toward legislating tougher laws on domestic violence remain stuck in another century. Two years ago, Gracheva’s husband cut off both of her hands, …

Some of the latest numbers: Wuhan doctor who postponed wedding to fight outbreak dies from virus. Iran has 43 cases of COVID-19, eight deaths, and 15 new cases on Sunday. Italy has 132 cases and three deaths. South Korea has 602 cases and six deaths. China reports a total of …

Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across southeastern Turkey on Sunday when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, injuring more than a hundred in villages and towns in both countries, government officials said. In Turkey, three of the dead were children, and 50 people were …

Bahamians are grappling with new and disturbing allegations, which have come in waves over the past few weeks, involving Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard and his former neighbour, Louis Bacon, who both once lived in an exclusive gated community on the western tip of this Caribbean island. The two wealthy …

This year’s broadcast started with a six-minute celebration of China’s international Belt and Road infrastructure projects — as interpreted via ethnic dance. Then came the traditional musical salute to the Lunar New Year, with women waving feathered fans and men dressed like caped superheroes. A pair of comedians took the …

Hello, royal watchers. This is your biweekly dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every other Friday. When a high-profile member of the Royal Family took her turn on a podcast the other day, listeners heard a voice …