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Three cities in China have been locked down in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus - but the World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is still too early a "global health emergency".

Humankind, like Cinderella, has only until midnight - but the strike of the Doomsday Clock will bring far more serious repercussions than those that faced the Disney princess.

The brain of a man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD burned at such a high temperature that it turned into glass, scientists have said.

Rohingya Muslims remain "at serious risk of genocide" in Myanmar, the International Court of Justice has ruled.

Three Americans have died after a water tanker plane crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in southeastern Australia.

Sprinting legend Usain Bolt has announced he is going to be a dad for the first time.

India is planning on sending a "female" humanoid robot called Vyommitra into space as part of an unmanned mission which could launch this year.

A transgender woman in Russia who was sentenced to three years in a men's prison for child pornography charges has had her conviction overturned.

A new scientific discovery suggests that chemical reactions on the sea floor of Saturn's moon Enceladus could mean there are enough energy sources to support life.

An American journalist who exposed ecological destruction in Indonesia has been arrested and could face up to five years behind bars, his lawyer has said.