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Foreign nationals who recently visited China will be barred and some US citizens will be quarantined.

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Japan plans to bring forward the date that the coronavirus will become a "designated infectious disease" to Saturday from Feb. 7, public broadcaster NHK said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U9jhmf

The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36KdHcK

China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the country rose to 213 as of end-Thursday, with another 1,982 new cases confirmed. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uIJjCh

Fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons has worked tirelessly and "masterfully" to save lives, close observers say.

A gallery of Claudia Andujar's photographs of Yanomami tribespeople