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BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said yesterday, as the World Health Organisation declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern.

THE HAGUE/COX’S BAZAAR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice yesterday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingya population from genocide, a ruling cheered by refugees as their first major legal victory since being forced from their homes.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China put on lockdown today two cities at the epicentre of a new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 people and infected nearly 600, as health authorities around the world scramble to prevent a global pandemic.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice today ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingya population from atrocities, a ruling hailed as a “triumph of international justice” by the tiny African country that brought the case.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial yesterday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America’s global prestige would suffer if the U.S.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by U.S.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Angola’s billionaire former first daughter, Isabel dos Santos, has decided to sell her stake in Portuguese bank Eurobic, the small lender said yesterday.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a visit to Jamaica yesterday, cautioned nations against taking “easy money” from China, warning it could be counterproductive, in a second attack in as many days against China’s economic role in the region.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge ruled that the government exclude an indigenous region of the Amazon near the border with Brazil from any oil exploration and exploitation, a legal group said yesterday, in a win for native communities that have long fought against oil and mining projects on their land.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today the United States is not seeking to divide Caribbean bloc Caricom after some governments voiced discontent that only certain countries had been invited to meetings with him in Jamaica.

DAVOS, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said today that an allegation the kingdom’s crown prince had been involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was “absurd”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected Democratic efforts yesterday to obtain evidence and call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the proceeding could advance along lines favourable to Trump.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s financial crimes watchdog charged a former attorney general suspected of taking bribes to facilitate a $1.3 billion oil block sale, the agency said yesterday, in the latest twist in one of the industry’s biggest alleged corruption scandals.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine yesterday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control the outbreak by discouraging public gatherings in Hubei province.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejected a second Democratic bid today to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the trial could proceed along lines favourable to Trump.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s financial crimes watchdog charged a former attorney general suspected of taking bribes to facilitate a $1.3 billion oil block sale, the agency said today, in the latest twist in one of the industry’s biggest alleged corruption scandals.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – There will be more action by the United States to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, U.S.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – The Chinese official investigating a pneumonia outbreak stemming from a new coronavirus said the disease can spread from person to person but can be halted with increased vigilance, as authorities yesterday confirmed a fourth death.