China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates
China records biggest single-day death toll in outbreak, which began in December in the central city of Wuhan.
The death toll in the coronavirus outbreak in China has now reached more than 1,000, after 108 people died from the virus on Monday, the highest daily toll since the outbreak began late last year.
The total number of deaths on the mainland was 1,016, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
There were 2,478 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 42,638.
Modi's party poised to lose Delhi election after polarising campaign
Anti-establishment AAP on course to win 57 seats after BJP played up anti-Muslim rhetoric
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party is projected to suffer a major defeat in another key state election, after failing to win over voters in Delhi with a campaign that was one of its most polarising yet.
The anti-establishment Aam Aadmi party (AAP), which has governed the capital for the past five years, is on course to win 57 seats in the 70-seat assembly, after running on an agenda centred on anti-corruption, healthcare and education, which have hugely improved during its time in power.
The BJP, meanwhile, will probably take just 13 seats after a campaign that played heavily on its Hindu nationalist agenda and fear mongering against the Muslim community.
The Strokes play 'New York City Cops' while police officers swarm stage at Bernie Sanders rally
Officer pulls frontman over mid-song while attempting to control audience members who ran onstageZoe Tidman
Police officers swarmed the stage while The Strokes were playing a song about police at a Bernie Sanders rally.
One policeman in uniform even pulled lead singer Julian Casablancas over at one point during ‘New York City Cops’. The singer laughed and carried on.
Members of the crowd had jumped up to join the band on the stage for their final song at the rally in New Hampshire.
Washington and Tehran’s dance over IraqIraqis want both countries out
Despite extreme public antagonism between the two countries, the US and Iran have de facto collaborated in and over Iraq for decades. Iraqis are now protesting against both.by Gilbert Achcar
Choreographed sword fights, such as those traditionally performed in Gulf Arab countries, may look like clashes between deadly enemies but in fact require close coordination between the participants.Many Arabs believe the conflict between the US and Iran in Iraq is similar. Conspiracy theorists detect a secret pact between them; more realistic observers see a standoff that benefits both sides, who therefore have a mutual interest in perpetuating it.
The US ensures the allegiance of its protectorates in the region, and can continue to sell them billions of dollars’ worth of arms: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the world’s second- and fourth-largest importers of arms between 2013 and 2017, and the largest and third-largest importers of US-made weaponry in 2018; Saudi Arabia had the world’s third-highest military expenditure in 2018, after the US and China, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). In Iran, the backbone of the regime’s ideological hardliners is the military-economic complex of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Pasdaran (Guards); perpetuating the conflict allows them to maintain their dominance.
Anderlecht fined as firework explodes near 'keeper Mignolet
Belgian football club Anderlecht have been sanctioned after a firework thrown by a fan exploded next to the visiting ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Former Manchester City captain Vincent Company, who joined Anderlecht in June as player-manager, appealed to a rowdy section of home fans after the incident as the home side went down 2-1 on the day in a local derby against Club Brugge.
Part of a stand will be closed for one game and the Brussels outfit must pay a fine of 5,000 euros after the incident.
Kenya's Daniel arap Moi: Thousands pack stadium for funeral
About 30,000 people have packed a stadium in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, for the state funeral of the country's longest-serving President Daniel arap Moi, who died last week aged 95.
Rather than mourning, many in the crowd are celebrating Mr Moi's life.
He was a towering figure who dominated Kenyan politics during his 24-year presidency.
Critics saw him as an authoritarian ruler, while allies credited him for maintaining stability.
Mr Moi cracked down on the opposition following a failed coup in 1982.
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