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(Reuters) – A tornado struck Nashville, Tennessee in the early hours of this morning, killing at least two people, destroying around 40 buildings and leaving tens of thousands of people without power.

GENEVA/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travellers.

KIRKLAND, Wash., (Reuters) – Six people in the Seattle area have died of illness caused by the new coronavirus, health officials said yesterday, as authorities across the United States scrambled to prepare for more infections with an emphasis on increasing testing capacity.

(Reuters) – Longtime MSNBC cable news anchor Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement yesterday following controversial remarks to women and about Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled yesterday against legalizing abortions in up to the first 16 weeks of pregnancy and said the procedure would continue to be allowed in just three specific cases.

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led yesterday in a cliffhanger election in Israel, but was still short of a governing majority in a third national ballot in less than a year, exit polls showed.

(Reuters) – Health officials in Washington state said yesterday a second person infected with the coronavirus had died there, while New York’s governor said his state confirmed its first case of the illness.

(Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday, saying he no longer saw a chance of winning, the day after fellow moderate Joe Biden won a big victory in South Carolina.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts that called into question the alleged election fraud that drove Bolivian President Evo Morales to resign has triggered sniping between left and right-leaning governments in Latin America.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will start screening travelers for coronavirus and ramp up production of masks and test kits as the government scrambles to reassure Americans while the disease spreads and businesses cancel conferences and flights.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister today after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV, adding the number of those infected had reached 978.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings, and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world.

(Reuters) – A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States’ first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said yesterday, as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to combat the spread of the global outbreak.

KABUL/DOHA (Reuters) – The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents yesterday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.

GREENVILLE, S.C., (Reuters) – An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing projected victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary yesterday, resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the former vice president a chance to present himself as the moderate alternative to front-runner Bernie Sanders.

(Reuters) – Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda fears the worst-possible outcome as he prepares for his latest high wire act – trekking across a live volcano in Nicaragua on Wednesday.

KABUL/DOHA,  (Reuters) – The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents today  that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks, gloves, gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus, the Trump administration said, as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California yesterday.

MARSTON, Missouri,  (Reuters) – A bankrupt aluminum smelter that re-opened in 2018, after U.S.