Pakistan no longer a militant safe haven: PM Imran Khan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan insisted Monday that his country is no longer a militant safe haven, and said his administration fully supports the Afghan peace process. Khan's assertion was however challenged hours later, when a suicide bomber targeted a religious rally in the southwestern province of Balochistan. The premier's comments come as the US and the Taliban appear on the brink of a deal that would see US forces begin to pull out of Afghanistan.

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China virus cases pass 70,000 as WHO mission begins

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus in China passed 70,000 on Monday as international experts began meetings with their Chinese counterparts on how to tackle an epidemic that has caused global concern. The death toll jumped to 1,765 in mainland China after 100 more people died in Hubei province, where the virus first emerged in December before spreading across the country and overseas. Worries about its spread remain high and the epidemic's reach was highlighted by the US announcing that more than three dozen Americans from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan were infected.

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14 Americans on Evacuation Plane Test Positive for Coronavirus

Fourteen Americans aboard two chartered evacuation flights back to the U.S. have tested positive for the coronavirus, the State Department said Monday.The infected individuals were among hundreds released after two weeks in quarantine aboard a Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan, which was carrying about 380 Americans and their family members. Before boarding the flights, they were screened for the virus and found to be without symptoms and fit to fly, but officials afterwards learned they had tested positive.The two evacuation flights left from Tokyo, and one landed at Travis Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif., while the other landed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.“These individuals were moved in the most expeditious and safe manner to a specialized containment area on the evacuation aircraft to isolate them in accordance with standard protocols,” the State Department said in a statement.“During the flights, these individuals will continue to be isolated from the other passengers,” the statement said.Once in the U.S., those who tested positive will be quarantined for two weeks in "an appropriate location for continued isolation and care."So far, the U.S. has 15 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, not including the 14 new cases.The virus, a respiratory illness, originated in Wuhan, China, and has killed at least 1,770 people, most of whom were elderly or otherwise suffered from compromised immune systems, and infected over 70,000 in China.

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American woman from cruise ship tests positive again for coronavirus

An American passenger from a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the new coronavirus a second time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiam officials said on Sunday, after the cruise line and Cambodian authorities sought further tests.

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Killing of 7-year-old girl stokes anger in Mexico

The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over brutal slayings of women, including one found stabbed to death and skinned earlier this month. The killings have proved a politically difficult issue for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who said protests over the killings were an attempt to distract attention from his social programs.

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Rain to drench East Coast as Great Lakes region gets snow

More rain could fall over saturated areas in Mississippi and the Ohio River Valley, leading to continued flooding concerns for millions as rivers rise.

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More than 1,100 former DOJ officials accuse Trump of behaving like autocrat over Roger Stone sentencing

More than 1,100 former employees of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have called on Attorney General William Barr to step down over his handling of the sentencing of Donald Trump ally Roger Stone.The decision to reduce the prison sentence faced by the self-described “dirty trickster” led to four DOJ prosecutors resigning from the case – amid fears the department was being unduly influenced by the Oval Office to offer preferential treatment for Mr Trump’s close confidant.

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China has reported thousands more coronavirus cases than WHO. Here's why

A spokesman for WHO confirmed the organization will report cases as they're reported by Chinese authorities.

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Huawei Is Winning the Argument in Europe, as the U.S. Fumbles to Develop Alternatives

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An Afghan Killed 2 Americans. The U.S. Government Issued the Gun.

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6-Year-Old Held in Mental Health Center for 2 Days Without Mother’s Consent

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Kim Clijsters Begins Comeback With a Promising Loss

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La construcción de presas en el bajo río Mekong resulta devastadora

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Tokyo commuters bound for Olympic crowd crush as Japan Inc rules out work from home

When Emi Tanimura failed to find a daycare slot for her new-born daughter, she had to take a radical step for Japan to avoid a long time away from her job at communications firm Sunny Side Up . She started working from home.

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China's Hubei province reports 93 new coronavirus deaths

The number of deaths in China's central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak rose by 93 to 1,789 as of Monday, the province's health commission said on its website on Tuesday.

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Coronavirus updates: Americans quarantined on cruise ship return to U.S

As U.S. evacuated its nationals from the quarantined cruise ship in Japan Sunday, the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continued to rise.

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'Everything is a mess right now': Hundreds who were stuck on Westerdam cruise ship held up in Cambodia

The Holland America cruise ship nightmare seemed to be over, but things turned when one woman tested positive for coronavirus.

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Searchers recover bodies of 2 killed in Colorado avalanche

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U.S. flies 338 Americans home from cruise ship, including 14 with coronavirus

The Diamond Princess cruise ship held by far the largest cluster of cases outside China, with more than 400 people infected out of some 3,700 on board. The coronavirus outbreak has killed 1,770 people in China and five elsewhere, with Chinese officials reporting another 2,048 cases on Monday, raising the total to 70,548. Washington previously flew hundreds of Americans from China to military bases in the United States, and then arranged to bring back the 338 cruise ship passengers once their 14-day quarantines on board had expired.

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Over 1,100 former Justice Department officials call for William Barr's resignation after his handling of Roger Stone's sentencing

"Mr. Barr's actions in doing the President's personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words," the former DOJ officials wrote.

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Milepost: The Paul Manafort sentence – justice served?

On Thursday the former Trump campaign chairman was sentenced to 47 months in prison on charges of bank fraud, tax fraud, and failure to report foreign assets

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Cruise passengers scatter, take Cambodia bus tours despite virus fears

A scramble intensified Monday to trace passengers from a US cruise liner allowed to disembark in Cambodia despite at least one traveller later being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. There are fears scores of cruise goers have been scattered across the world without full health checks -- as Cambodia on Monday afternoon treated a few dozen of the passengers to bus tours around the capital Phnom Penh. Passenger Christina Kerby, whose drole tweets as the Westerdam was bounced across ports drew widespread attention, admitted she "was surprised" to be allowed on a tour of the Cambodian capital before being given the complete all-clear from the virus.

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Trump reportedly urged the CIA to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden's son instead of more pressing terrorist threats

Intelligence officials would reportedly give President Donald Trump lists of top terror targets, but Hamza bin Laden's name was the only one he knew.

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