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The court heard that 24-year-old chef Hiran and 32-year-old supermarket worker Cuckson met on online dating app Grindr and discussed drugs for their date in July.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has already pledged $100 million to fight the outbreak. Gates' plea was echoed on Friday by the WHO, which said the risk was very high that the virus would spread and have a global impact.

The Islamic Republic had already cancelled Friday prayers in the capitals of 23 of Iran's 31 provinces because of the outbreak, including in Tehran and the Shi’ite Muslim holy cities of Qom and Mashhad.

Rape victims have traditionally been forced to accept compensation — often in the form of camels or livestock — and marry their assailants, a centuries-old practice designed to end war between rival clans.

US President Donald Trump's administration last year revoked waterway regulations adopted under his predecessor Barack Obama in a move that was widely condemned by conservationists but celebrated by farmers and developers.

Staff feeding the animals at the park stumbled across a skull and bones belonging to Bilal on Wednesday.

About the steps taken by the administration, the US President said they had stopped non-citizens from entering America from China and people are being screened.

Democrat presidential candidate and Senator Elizabeth Warren said while it is important to strengthen relationships with democratic partners, the US should be able to speak truthfully about values, including religious freedom and freedom of expression.

In a unanimous ruling last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Buddhist-majority Myanmar to implement emergency measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya.

At least six children were among 10 civilians killed in Maarat Misrin, a town just north of Idlib city on the road to the Turkish border, the Observatory said.

There was an evolutionary shift on Earth perhaps 2 billion years ago from simple bacteria-like cells to the first members of a group called eukaryotes that spans fungi, plants and animals.

The New York Times reports Weinstein settled with eight women who accused him of unwanted physical contact and sexual harassment over three decades. Weinstein in a statement apologized for causing pain to colleagues and said he was taking a leave of absen...

Greenpeace and Natur og Ungdom (Nature and Youth) argued that the licenses jeopardise the objectives of the Paris agreement and violate the country's constitution, which includes a right to a healthy environment.

The fate of Malaysia's ruling coalition had been in doubt after talks between it and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude Mahathir's anointed successor Anwar Ibrahim.

The train was carrying mostly Austrians and Germans, was stopped after Italian State Railways told Austria's OBB train operator there were two people with fever symptoms on board.

The measures came at a time when Iran on Sunday reported eight deaths from the novel Coronavirus, the highest toll of any country outside China.