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The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of Friday, an increase of 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country's National Health Commission. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Oi4eTP https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The United States ramped up its response to the coronavirus epidemic on Friday, declaring a public health emergency and saying it would halt entry to foreign nationals who had been to China within the 14-day incubation period. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GH5ITp https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has ordered schools and non-essential companies to remain closed until further notice to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has already infected thousands in the country, a local government-run newspaper said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3b2xNm0 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The total number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China had reached 259 by the end of Friday, Jan. 31, up by 46, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing numbers from the country's National Health Commission. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37O5KVp https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

It's been almost four years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union - and it's been quite the journey. CNN takes a look at how Brexit unfolded. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2GCCpBk https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The Great Firewall of China has always been annoying, but it's not usually this deadly. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/36MvjVs https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Fox News Breaking News Alert Senate votes to approve final framework for Trump impeachment trial, scheduling final verdict vote for Wednesday of next week. 01/31/20 4:58 PM

A middle-aged man who allegedly carried out sexual acts while seated near teenage girls in a shopping centre food court has been arrested in Sydney. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2S5l5Ks https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Biopharmaceutical company Aimmune Therapeutics says the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug to reduce, and potentially eliminate, allergic reactions to peanuts in children aged 4 to 17 and that it had priced it at $US890 ($A1,330) per month. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2S3JX5k https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Palestinians have held demonstrations across the region to protest President Donald Trump's Middle East initiative, while militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets and mortar rounds at Israel, drawing retaliatory strikes. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2RNyIPm https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A Brisbane couple presumed dead after their hired plane plunged into the sea last week have been identified as Tim and Julie Hudson. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Oc9Dvx https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The Morrison government is adding or extending the access of three drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from February 1, helping Australians with chronic kidney disease, cystic fibrosis and tumours of the midgut. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Udqfqn https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Federal Labor frontbencher Jason Clare is astonished Bridget McKenzie still has a job in the Morrison government's ministry, saying the prime minister has got all the information to act now on the so-called sports rorts scandal. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3b3F2dd https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail Brexit day on Friday as "the dawn of a new era" and pledge to unite Britain in an address to the nation which he hopes will draw a line under years of angry debate over the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3943OIH https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European goods entering the United Kingdom after Brexit, in an attempt to ramp up pressure on the bloc in trade talks, the Telegraph newspaper reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37YqHwE https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Landlocked Paraguay said on Friday that it had suspended indefinitely issuance of visas to people traveling from China because of the coronavirus outbreak centered in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tiZAh1 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Singing patriotic songs and waving Union Jacks, thousands of Britons flocked to a muddy patch of grass outside parliament on a damp Friday night to toast their moment of history: Britain's departure from the European Union. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/31isNVY https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

On the last train to Europe before Britain left the EU on Friday evening, passengers leaving London expressed sorrow, optimism and anger, reflecting the emotions of a nation conflicted ahead its great leap into the unknown. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2S8yTE8 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

Nicaragua's best known former political prisoner, Amaya Coppens, is calling for international organizations to investigate alleged abuses by the government of President Daniel Ortega. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36O3cVI https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

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The career diplomat who became a key figure in the impeachment of President Trump, was forced out of her post in May. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/31feIsn https://ift.tt/2RMrziA

LATEST AUSTRALIAN FIGURES ON THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2GPBv4F https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The appeal of convicted killer and grandmother Susan Neill-Fraser will be heard by a Tasmanian court in May, a decade after she was found guilty. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Ub0LtH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A former prison guard who allegedly murdered three friends on an outback motorcycle adventure 40 years ago will be released on bail. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/36IBWrV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Asian share markets were praying for a reprieve at the end of a punishing week as investors snatched at hopes the coronavirus could be contained, even as headlines spoke of more cases and deaths. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/31fwxaz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Some 62 million deaths could be prevented over the next century if the world's poorest nations urgently increase cervical cancer services, new research suggests. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3aSEPtz https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Former rugby league and Townsville mayoral hopeful Greg Dowling has received $500,000 from a company owned by Clive Palmer. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Uasnzh https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Australia's chief medical officer has shot down suggestions federal parliament should have entry screening for coronavirus. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2S3hMDt https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The federal government has savaged the Queensland premier for claiming it withheld information that could help prevent the spread of coronavirus in Australia. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/3b0n8bA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, the capital of China's central province of Hubei, has spread to more than 9320 people globally, surpassing the total from the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. The new virus has killed 213 people in China. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2RKoCz7 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Feral pigs are being targeted on Kangaroo Island following the devastating bushfires in a bid to eradicate the pests. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/37FTg1S https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Penrith Panthers playmaker Tyrone May has been spared jail by a magistrate who lectured him about consent in the age of the "Me Too" era after he filmed four sex tapes without the consent of the women involved. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2uLJr3V https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The number of middle-aged Australians on Newstart has increased by nearly 25 per cent over the past six years. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2tbvGLq https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Growing demand for masks and other medical accessories has boosted sleep apnoea treatment maker ResMed's second quarter revenue. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2RFCnic https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uRP3tl https://ift.tt/HDXIyB

The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36KdHcK https://ift.tt/HDXIyB