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The Dow Jones Industrials shed 800 points on Monday as investors scurried to safer assets after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases outside China fueled fears of a bigger impact to global growth.Gold rose

five-time NBA champion, a double Olympic gold medallist, a speaker of multiple languages, an Oscar winner - and one of a handful of athletes known internationally simply by their first namesKobe Bryant,

Antarctica, home to the coldest place on Earth, experienced a worrying heat wave earlier in February, possibly even setting a record high temperature for the normally frigid continent. A NASA satellite

The next stage of the US presidential election process comes on Saturday, when voters in Nevada choose their preferred Democrat to oppose President Donald Trump.The Nevada caucuses follow what is widely

pioneering US computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command died at age 74.The death of Lawrence "Larry" Tesler was announced on Twitter

The first passengers have begun disembarking from the virus-hit cruise ship moored off Yokohama, Japan after 14 days of quarantine.An outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has seen 542 passengers and crew infected

Out in the open in freezing weather, Mustafa Hamadi and his family settled into their makeshift tent in the village of Killi, in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib - their second displacement in

The Fox Searchlight production logo appeared before Jojo Rabbit with a heavy sense of irony. How far and wide did the studio have to search to discover Taika Waititi, the Oscar-nominated director of

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran's

Outraged Mexicans are flooding social media with nature and animal photos to drown out gruesome photos of a murdered woman.Ingrid Escamilla, 25, was killed by the man she lived with, and forensic workers

Gas and electricity customers will receive automatic compensation of £30 from May if their switch to a new provider goes wrong, Ofgem has said.The regulator said the new rules should give "peace of mind"

A federal judge on Monday refused to exempt ride-hailing company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates from a broad new California labor law while she considers their lawsuit.U.S. District

People's Bank of China (PBOC) is attempting to restore investor confidence and as global markets shudder at the potentially damaging impact of the virus on world growth.Below are some fiscal and monetary

With Brexit done, the United Kingdom plans to announce the location of up to 10 new free ports - scheduled to begin operating in 2021 - by the end of this year, the government said.As the UK develops its

Most of the victims were at the city's Terminal 21 shopping center, where the shooter held out against an overnight siege with an assault rifle and ammunition stolen from his army base.Police named him

n our series of letters from African journalists, media and communication trainer Joseph Warungu looks at a recent court ruling that could end some uncomfortable road trips.We in Kenya have discovered

At least 12 people have been shot dead and many injured by a Thai soldier in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima (also known as Korat), police say.A defence ministry spokesman told BBC Thai that Jakraphanth

Kirk Douglas has been remembered as an "unforgettable" actor and a film "icon" following his death at the age of 103.His daughter-in-law Catherine Zeta-Jones led the tributes, writing: "To my darling Kirk,

Midwestern boots or bare feet in sandals, the faithful walked in procession down a snow-covered street here, keeping the rhythm of festive music and carrying paintings of St. Paul, the patron saint of

The most jagged edges of President Donald Trump’s day-to-day rhetoric may be sanded at the edges Tuesday night. No speech is more carefully prepared than the State of the Union.Even so, he’s prone to