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Coronavirus outbreak: White House readying emergency budget request

Among the needs is funding to reimburse the Pentagon, which is housing evacuees from China - who are required to undergo 14-day quarantines - at several military bases in California

Harvey Weinstein trial verdict: Guilty of rape and criminal sexual act

The jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, that could have resulted in a life sentence

Assange risked intelligence sources by publishing classified docs: US

Assange spent much of the past decade holed up in Ecuador's London embassy to avoid separate legal proceedings in Sweden, but Washington is now seeking his transfer from Britain to stand trial

Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad submits resignation to king amid turmoil

Anwar and Mahathir have a notoriously stormy relationship but they reconciled ahead of the 2018 polls, and Mahathir has repeatedly promised to hand over power to his former foe

Britain starts hearing US case for extraditing Wikileaks' Julian Assange

A UK court ruled in February 2011 that Assange could be extradited back to Sweden to stand trial

AGR issue: Top FinMin, NITI, DoT officials talk relief measures for telcos

The telecom department officials remained tightlipped after the high-level meeting on Sunday

Coronavirus puts global recovery at risk: IMF's Kristalina Georgieva to G20

"The projected recovery... is fragile," IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said at the meeting in the Saudi capital

India, US struggle to bridge trade dispute ahead of Trump's India visit

For now, the failure to reach a deal, despite the pressure of an approaching summit, may reflect not so much the differences between Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the similarities

Twitter suspends 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts in US for breaking rules

Twitter prohibits sending identical tweets from multiple accounts, as is often the case with spam

South Korea reports eight-fold jump in viral infections in four days to 433

Of the 229 new cases in South Korea, 200 are from Daegu and nearby regions

Tokyo 2020 postpones volunteer training due to coronavirus outbreak

Organizers said volunteers would be informed individually of the rescheduled dates and insisted the postponement would have no impact on the preparations for the Games

US preparing to sign deal with Taliban on February 29, says Mike Pompeo

Building on an agreement on reducing violence across Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday

Russia meddling in US election to boost Donald Trump, lawmakers told

Trump complained that the Democrats would use the information against him, the reports said

US elections: Trump attacks oppn after fresh claims of Russian interference

US intelligence warned that Russia is meddling in this year's elections

Virus cases balloon in S Korea as outbreak shifts, spreads

Though initial infections were linked to China, new ones have not involved international travel

Chinese prisons emerge as the hotspot for coronavirus, 500 cases detected

Xie Weijun, head of Shandong's justice department, ad seven other officials were sacked over the outbreak, officials said

Coronavirus scare may erase $29 bn from global airlines' revenue, says IATA

The contraction comes at a time when Asian airlines' sales had been growing, the group said

Clinton jabs again at Sanders, says his supporters contributed to her loss

Asked by Emily Tisch Sussman of the podcast Your Primary Playlist" what Sanders could do this time to unite the party against Trump, Clinton replied, Well, he can do it, for one"

Coronavirus: US declares health emergency, bans travelers from China

Sweeping new restrictions will also be imposed on American citizens, with those returning from the province at the disease's epicenter placed in facilities for mandatory 14-day quarantines

Many countries 'unprepared' to face Coronavirus: Global health monitor

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent body created by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, hailed 'the speed of response so far' by China