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Russia to shut border with China over Coronavirus

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2020

Russia said Thursday it was closing its border with China to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told a government meeting that the order had been signed “to take measures to close the border (with China) in the Far East,” Russian news

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Coronavirus: British Airways suspend all flights to China

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2020

British Airways has announced a suspension of flights between the United Kingdom and China in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. The airline released a statement on Wednesday morning, stating that all daily flights between Shanghai-Beijing and Heathrow, would be halted with immediate effect after the Foreign Office warned against ‘all but essential travel’ to the

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Brexit now sealed in law, 31 January point of no return

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2020

Britain’s departure from the European Union was set in law Wednesday as London returned a signed treaty and MEPs prepared to vote to ratify the divorce. After half-of-century of sometimes awkward membership, the United Kingdom will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time on Friday. The day began with Britain’s permanent representative — soon to […]

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Coronavirus fears: Japan to repatriate 200 citizens from Wuhan

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2020

Japan will send a chartered flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan later in the day to repatriate about 200 of its citizens, the government says. The government will also send doctors, nurses and quarantine officers so that those Japanese citizens can undergo checkups on a plane, according to the health ministry. The aircraft […]

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Breaking: Breaking: Another plane crashes in city centre in Iran [Video]

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2020

An airplane belonging to Caspian Airlines with 135 passengers on board skidded off the runway and crash landed in the middle of a street in Iran on Monday. The incident that occurred in Mahshahr city, southwestern Khuzestan province, follows the shooting down of a Ukraine International Airlines flight on Iranian soil with 176 people on […]

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China says number of confirmed virus cases jumps to nearly 300

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

The number of people in China infected by a new SARS-like virus jumped to 291 on Tuesday, according to authorities. There have been nearly 80 new confirmed cases of the virus that has so far killed four people, with over 900 still under medical observation, said the National Health Commission. The new confirmed cases are […]