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South Korea has reported 433 cases and its third death from the virus.

Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in this year’s election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected. Three officials who requested anonymity said House lawmakers were briefed last week about Russia.

The viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 75,000 people globally.

The attack reportedly took place in a hookah lounge in the center of the German city of Hanau.

The Pan-African flag first flew 100 years ago as a response to a bigoted song. It still serves as an inspiration to the African diaspora.

The updated figures on the COVID-19 illness for mainland China bring the total for cases to 74,185 and deaths to 2,004.

In Arizona, a burgeoning Asian American community fields xenophobic calls about a planned night market featuring Asian street foods. In New York, a dim sum restaurant owner worries he won't make rent. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a local Asian American-owned restaurant chain is mulling temporarily shuttering one of its properties because of the downturn in trade.

For the millions stuck at home in China amid the coronavirus outbreak, it’s definitely time for a drink.

On Thursday, California's Legislature is expected to approve a resolution offering an apology to Ouchida and other internment victims for the state's role in aiding the U.S. government's policy and condemning actions that helped fan anti-Japanese discrimination.

The 14-day quarantine for those on the ship was due to end on Wednesday.

NOAA scientists have also projected that 2020 is likely to rank among the five warmest years on record.

Chitetsu Watanabe, from Niigata, Japan, was officially named the world’s oldest living man at 112 years and 344 days old by Guinness World Records.

A koala embodied happiness when it received a comprehensive belly scratch from an Australian Defence Force officer at a wildlife park on Kangaroo Island.

The number of reported cases of the novel coronavirus, now named COVID-19, seemed to be leveling off before Chinese officials announced a major change Wednesday.

Hong Kong health officials are investigating the possibility that the coronavirus may have spread through an unsealed pipe in an apartment building in response to one of the building’s residents having become infected.

Police in England shared the "distinctive" ring on Facebook, prompting hundreds of “Lord of the Rings” jokes and memes from Tolkien fans.

 Iraq’s capital of Baghdad awoke on Tuesday to a sight not seen in over a decade — their city covered in snow.

China's mainland death toll rose to 908, while a total of 40,171 confirmed cases vastly exceeds the 8,098 sickened by SARS.