Virus death toll in China rises as Xi calls situation grave

The new virus accelerated its spread in China with 56 deaths so far in what the country's leader called a grave situation, and the government stepped up efforts to restrict travel and public gatherings while rushing medical staff and supplies to the closed-off city at the center of the outbreak. The government also reported five cases in Hong Kong, two in Macao and three in Taiwan. Canada said it discovered its first case, the man is his 50s who recently flew from Wuhan to Guangzhou, China, and then on to Toronto.

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  China says virus situation 'grave' as Lunar New Year curtailed
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  Coronavirus news – live: US to evacuate citizens from Wuhan as China’s president warns virus is ‘accelerating’ and country faces ‘grave situation’
  The Independent

Exclusive: U.S. pushing India to buy $5-6 billion more farm goods to seal trade deal - sources

The United States wants India to buy at least another $5-6 billion worth of American farm goods if New Delhi wants to win reinstatement of a key U.S. trade concession and seal a wider pact, four sources familiar with the talks told Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump cited trade barriers last year when removing India from its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme that allowed zero tariffs on $5.6 billion of exports to the United States. In retaliation, India slapped higher tariffs on more than two dozens U.S. products.

Nazis murdered a quarter of Europe's Roma, but history still overlooks this genocide

Up to 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.

Pictured: Three children found dead in house near Dublin after 'unexplained' incident

A woman in her 40s believed to be their mother was taken to hospital following the discovery of the bodies.

'This is huge': Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades

The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. “Even cows are wondering what is happening," said Ndunda Makanga, who spent hours Friday trying to chase the locusts from his farm.

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  Locust swarms descend on East Africa, posing 'major food security problem'
  The Telegraph
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  Millions of locusts are swarming in Kenya. These striking photos show just how bad the outbreak is
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Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang Recalls Being Put in Gay Conversion Therapy by His Parents

SNL's Bowen Yang Recalls Being Put in Gay Conversion Therapy