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China's most festive holiday began in the shadow of a worrying new virus Saturday as the death toll surpassed 40, an unprecedented lockdown kept 36 million people from traveling and authorities canceled a host of Lunar New Year events.

At least 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after an Iranian missile strike hit an Iraqi air base earlier this month, officials at the Pentagon announced Friday.

Shanghai Disneyland said the shutdown would begin on Jan. 25 in response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

A British woman who survived cervical cancer but was told she may never be able to have children has since welcomed a set of “miracle”  twins.

China's National Health Commission says the number of cases of a new respiratory virus has risen to 830 with 25 deaths.    

A 3-year-old boy in the U.K. became the youngest member of Mensa after scoring 142 on his IQ test.

Three cities that are home to more than 18 million people have been shut down in China in an effort to contain the deadly virus that has killed 17 people.

Three American firefighters died in a water tanker plane crash Thursday while battling wildfires in Australia, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed.

Anne Robson served in the women’s branch of the British Army during the war, according to the Women's Royal Army Corps Association.

The Chinese city is shutting down all transportation out of the city, saying that no one would be allowed to leave, officials reported.

A Chinese health official says 440 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed and at least nine deaths.

President Donald Trump is leaving the World Economic Forum in Switzerland with bullish talk on the American economy and lashing out at his Senate impeachment trial back in Washington.

President Donald Trump is leaving the World Economic Forum in Switzerland with bullish talk on the American economy and lashing out at his Senate impeachment trial back in Washington.

The number of cases of a new virus has risen to 440 in China and the death toll has risen to 9, Chinese health authorities said Wednesday.

Health officials around the world are keeping an eye on the outbreak of a new pneumonia-like virus that has killed at least six people and sickened some 300 others since it was first reported in China at the end of 2019.

The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.

“On behalf of the people of Kerman province, we will pay a $3 million reward in cash to whoever kills Trump,” Ahmad Hamzeh was quoted as saying.