The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019
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- Chinese president pushes vision for a more multipolar world on first trip to Europe in five years.
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- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it has been forced to temporarily close its occupied east Jerusalem compound
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will fight alone ‘with our fingernails’ if necessary.
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- Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation.
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- As the Supreme Court debates the convictions of 85 people, families wait for their loved ones.