The medical supply situation in China's Hubei, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, has improved, but items such as protective suits remain scarce, a provincial official said at a briefing on Saturday.
... A second patient infected with the new coronavirus has died in Italy, ANSA news agency reported citing healthcare sources, as an outbreak spreads in the north of the country with 30 cases reported so far.
... Ten new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Iran, one of whom has died, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Saturday.
... During weeks holed up in her grandmother's apartment with 10 relatives and eating a restricted diet, Chinese teenager Li Yuxuan says tempers have frayed.
... Polling stations opened in Togo on Saturday for a presidential election expected to extend incumbent Faure Gnassingbe's 15-year hold on power, and his family's rule of more than half a century.
... The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) faulted the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in January killing basketball great Kobe Bryant and eight others for violating flight rules in a 2015 incident.
... Donald Trump Jr. has been granted the right to hunt a grizzly bear in northwestern Alaska near the Bering Sea town of Nome, a state official said on Friday.
... U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, a senior administration official said, a sensitive subject for the Indian government.
... Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia to stay out of U.S. elections after American officials had told him Moscow was trying to aid his campaign.
... California on Friday fought back against a Trump administration threat to withhold federal funds for some health programs unless it stopped requiring health insurers to cover abortions, saying it would undermine the state's authority to protect women's... ...
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Hubei’s medical supply situation improving, but shortages remain: official
Second coronavirus patient dies in Italy: Ansa news agency
Ten new cases of coronavirus in Iran, one dead: health ministry
Sealed in: Chinese trapped at home by coronavirus feel the strain
Togo votes as Gnassingbe seeks to extend dynasty’s half-century rule
Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash counseled by FAA after 2015 incident
Trump’s son gets permit allowing him to hunt Alaska grizzly bear
Trump plans to raise issue of religious freedom with Indian PM Modi: official
Sanders blasts Russia for reportedly trying to boost his presidential campaign
California rejects Trump effort to cut off federal funds over abortion