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Frustration rising over lack of access to coronavirus tests
Frustration over lack of access to coronavirus testing boiled over Tuesday as Trump administration officials sought to reassure skeptical lawmakers the nation will have the capacity for 1 million tests within days.
Vuitton stages style history wall, Chanel goes pared-down
Louis Vuitton staged a dazzling cinematic fashion production to cap Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday, with a wall of around 200 human figures dressed in fashions that spanned human history.
China prosecutes 1,144 suspects involved in epidemic-related crimes
A total of 1,144 people in 962 cases had been prosecuted in China over criminal offenses related to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Wednesday.
Two new mammal species identified in China's Huangshan Mountain
Chinese researchers have identified two new mammal species of shrew in eastern China's scenic spot Huangshan Mountain, according to the mountain's administration committee.
New Zealand confirms second case of COVID-19
New Zealand confirmed the second case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, which was another imported case after the country's first case was confirmed last week.
Heavy rains leave 16 dead, 33 missing in SE Brazil
At least 16 people are dead and 33 missing following flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains in southeast Brazil, local authorities said Tuesday.
IOM says over 50,000 migrants left Libya for home countries
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said over 50,000 migrants have voluntarily returned to their countries of origin from Libya since 2015.
Virus crisis ebbs in China, spreads fear across the West
The coronavirus epidemic shifted increasingly westward toward the Middle East, Europe and the United States on Tuesday, with governments taking emergency steps to ease shortages of masks and other supplies for front-line doctors and nurses.
Tornado, virus fears, machines disrupt voting in some states
Deadly tornadoes knocked out polling places in Tennessee, fears over the coronavirus left some precincts in California and Texas short of election workers, and overwhelmed voting systems led to long lines in Los Angeles as Super Tuesday sent voters surging to the polls in 14 states.
Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.