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His wife, who made the same trip with him, also is believed to have contracted the virus and has been placed in isolation.

Two foreign men aged 51 and 53 were arrested in the operation, said the Portuguese police.

The official end of the holiday will be postponed to Sunday from Friday to 'effectively reduce mass gatherings' and 'block the spread of the epidemic,' a Cabinet statement said.

In a written statement on Saturday, Pompeo accused reporter Kelly of lying to him, twice. The first time, which he did not elaborate upon, was 'in setting up our interview.'

The outbreak, which has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000 across China, is believed to have originated in a seafood and live animal market in Wuhan.

Two of the men travelled to Sydney from the city of Wuhan, where the virus first appeared, and the third from China's southeastern Shenzhen.

Of the five people who have tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong so far, four arrived via a newly built high-speed train terminal that connects with the mainland.

The deal allows Britain to end its decades-long membership of the European Union and leave its closest neighbours and trading partners after several years of domestic acrimony and delays.

Last week the U.S. military said 11 US troops had been treated and transferred out of Iraq for concussion symptoms after the attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq and this week said additional troops had been moved out of Iraq for potential i...

Imran Khan tweeted he wants Pakistanis at home and abroad to come out on Feb 5 in support of the 8 million Kashmiris.

Despite Rastafarianism's enthusiasm for Africa, it has not always been treated kindly by African governments. Rastas have faced persecution, even in their revered Ethiopia, and their use of marijuana used as a pretext to lock them up.

Wuhan, an industrial city in central China, straddles a river, the Yangtze. It is home to a troubled and declining steel industry. It is a university town filled with college students.

Officials say 24 deaths have occurred in Hubei, the central province that is home to Wuhan, the city identified as the centre of the outbreak.

Governments must understand they need to give voice to people, they must respect freedom of press and also give space to the civil society, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

Shanghai tumbled 2.8 percent in the final day of trading before a weeklong market holiday for the Lunar New Year, when hundreds of millions of people travel across China — raising fears of the contagion spreading further.

Every year, adults hand out red packets stuffed with cash to children and young, single adults. Messages printed on them generally convey wishes for prosperity and happiness.