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Pakistan's prime minister has urged calm after its tally of coronavirus cases rose to 245 while Sri Lanka sealed itself off and shut its stock market on Wednesday, fuelling fears that South Asian countries

Mainland China had 21 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Monday, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday, up from 16 a day earlier.The death toll from the outbreak in China had reached

With panic buying on Main Street and fear-driven sell-offs on Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near zero on Sunday in another emergency move to help shore up the U.S. economy

It took 15 minutes for the coronavirus to wreck Shelley Hutchings' carefully calculated financial plans.Hutchings, a bartender and performer, had lined up gigs in advance of the South by Southwest film,

Ukraine's government at a televised meeting on Friday decided to ban citizens registered in separatist-held territory in the eastern Donbass region from entering government-controlled areas.The authorities

The captain of a river cruise ship wasn't concentrating on his steering duties for at least five minutes as it collided and sank a much smaller sightseeing boat in Budapest last summer, Hungarian prosecutors

Japan's government plans to spend 430.8 billion yen ($4.1 billion) in a second package of steps to cope with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, two government sources with direct knowledge of the

In its idealized form, your laptop is untethered, free to embrace its potential as a mobile computer, going from lap to desk to table at will. In reality, we've got to pause and plug these suckers in

As the coronavirus outbreak continues, Facebook is suspending ads and commerce listings for face masks, saying the social network "will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to

France's top court has recognized the right of an Uber driver to be considered an employee, a ruling that could upend the U.S. firm's business model and potentially require it to pay more taxes and benefits

At last year's session of China's national parliament, delegates from Guangdong province warned that laws designed to contain outbreaks of infectious diseases were flawedThe warnings, led by Cai Weiping,

more eco-friendly petrol could be introduced to garages in the UK from next year.The government is consulting on making E10 - which contains less carbon and more ethanol than fuels currently on sale -

As ad rules change, child influencers are looking to convert their YouTube status into something more."I thought we had a meeting," says Damian Camarillo, a 12-year-old up-and-coming YouTube star, looking

Greece says it has stopped nearly 10,000 migrants crossing over the land border from Turkey.Separately, Greek police say at least 500 people on seven boats have reached the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos

As South Carolina Democratic voters head to the polls on Saturday, one name on the ballot has been noticeably absent from the state for nearly 48 hours ahead of the vote."Something is going on right now

The battle for a more equal society is one Finland is going at with hammer and tongs.It was the first country in the world to elect women to parliament, a little over a century ago, and in 34-year-old

Residents in Worcestershire have had to evacuate their homes as flood waters rose above defensive barriers.It comes as two severe flood warnings remain in place in Shropshire with the River Severn at risk

woman wearing vinyl gloves on a subway train. Guests donning masks at a sparsely attended wedding ceremony. People feverishly stocking up on instant noodles and rice. Friends calling each other and asking

hero to admirers who say he has exposed abuses of power, Assange is cast by critics as a dangerous enemy of the state who has undermined Western security. He says the extradition is politically motivated

South Korea has reported more than 120 new virus cases and the country's fourth fatality, raising the total number of those infected to 556.The fresh national figures for the disease that emerged in China