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Following the first detection of the coronavirus case, the Sri Lankan health authorities ordered the suspension of the on arrival visa policy for the Chinese nationals.

The victim was a 50-year-old man who had visited the central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, on January 8 and developed a fever after returning to Beijing seven days later.

IS spokesman said the outfit's new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi encourages fighters to launch "a new phase" and vowed major operations against Israel.

The Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia stopped renewing passports for the ethnic Muslim minority more than two years ago, in what campaigners call a pressure tactic exercised in many countries to force the Uighur diaspora to return home.

Like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which was traced to bats and civets, the virus that has killed dozens in China and infected almost 2,000 people is believed to have originated in animals trafficked for food.

The tape sheds light on the origins of Trump’s interest in the issue and to foreshadow his administration’s withholding of military assistance from the country as part of the pressure campaign.

France's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that French and Chinese officials were studying eventual options that would allow our nationals who wish to leave.

After Wuhan halted all outbound flights, trains, buses and ferries on Thursday, 12 other cities in the central province of Hubei followed suit with a combined population of more than 36 million now under lockdown.

On Thursday, the Democrats argued that Trump's motives were apparent, that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a completely bogus Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani.

During his first three years in office, Donald Trump has embraced socially conservative policies, particularly on the issue of abortion.

The new coronavirus appears to be less deadly than SARS, but it is difficult to detect. The uncertainty has put a palpable damper on Chinese life just before the Lunar New Year holiday — typically a time of travel, shopping and gift-giving.

Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank's president, has pledged to put climate change on the bank’s agenda, and the issue will play an important role as the ECB embarks on the first comprehensive review since 2003 of how it conducts monetary policy.

South Korean man in his 50s started experiencing symptoms while working in Wuhan on January 10 and was tested upon returning to the country earlier this week.

Asked whether Donald Trump agreed with him, Imran Khan said the US President did not say anything but he probably understood what he meant.

Two United Nations officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Jeff Bezos' phone and both the kingdom and the United States should investigate, a person familiar with the matter said.

On Sunday Trump's legal team issued a 110-page defense which claimed the House has accused him of no specific 'crime,' that their investigation was a 'rigged process,' and that Trump was within his rights to push Ukraine to investigate Biden.