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Governments around the world have always struggled to stop the spread of disease, from the deadly swine flu which struck the globe in 2009, to ongoing attempts to rein in Ebola in West Africa.

A four-year-old Indiana boy is in critical condition today after a gun his father had concealed in his clothing discharged while the two were wrestling, police said.

President Donald Trump’s legal team, representing him at his impeachment trial, has demanded that he is immediately acquitted by the Senate.

A number of rockets have exploded near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other foreign diplomatic facilities.

A mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least three people and sickened more than 200 in China can be transmitted between humans.

An attempt to set a world record in Sri Lanka for the largest gathering of twins appears to have failed after too many turned up.

China has reported 139 new cases of pneumonia caused by a new strain of coronavirus, including a third death, as the outbreak spreads beyond the city where the virus was first identified.

China today reported a sharp rise in the number of people affected in a pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronavirus, including the first cases in the capital.

The Duke of Sussex has said he is “taking a leap of faith” in stepping back from his life as a member of the Royal Family but said “there really was no other option”.

A suspect allegedly killed two police officers in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sunday, officials said.

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will give up their royal titles and eschew some state funding in a deal brokered to end a crisis that broke out after the couple announced they would step back.

Seventy-five prisoners have escaped from a jail in eastern Paraguay near the border with Brazil, officials say.