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Gross domestic product fell by 1.4% in the fourth quarter after dropping by 0.8% in the previous three months. This took growth in Africa's most industrialised country for all of 2019 to just 0.2%, its lowest reading since the global financial crisis in 2...

Staff gathered on the newsroom floor at Australian Associated Press' headquarters in Sydney were told a drop-off in subscribers in the face of free online content meant the company was "no longer viable."

It was heading for Santarem, in the neighbouring state of Para, about a 36-hour trip. Rescue helicopters took about nine hours to arrive because the region is so remote.

Health officials also reported the lowest daily tally of fresh infections since late January, with 202 new cases. In China, the number of reported new cases has gradually been declining and there were only six confirmed new infections outside Hubei.

The Taliban's fall transformed women's lives, much more so in urban areas like Kabul than in conservative rural Afghanistan.

Greece, which has tense relations with Turkey at the best of times, accused Ankara of sending the migrants to the border post in an organised 'onslaught' and said it would keep them out.

Pakistan's Foreign Office said Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed the agreement and said that the agreement carried immense importance for Afghanistan, the region and beyond.

Pakistan's health minister Zafar Mirza said one of the fresh positive cases of Coronavirus has been reported in Sindh province, while the other is in federal areas.

According to the researchers, due to the high risk of transmission on the ship, the precautionary measure of putting the entire ship under quarantine is questionable.

The agreement, which could herald the start of a new era for Afghanistan after decades of conflict, is expected to also lead to a dialogue between the Kabul government and the Taliban.

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the continued increase in cases and countries affected was 'clearly of concern'.

Speaking at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council in Switzerland, Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari alleged that India continues to violate the human rights of the Kashmiri people.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain were to resume services indirectly, with mail transported through Oman, just like the UAE, which restored postal services with Qatar on Feb. 9.

The two countries have significantly scaled back traditional joint military exercises so as to facilitate US nuclear talks with North Korea.

With the outbreak showing little sign of easing, investors are increasingly concerned it could have a much longer-term impact on the world economy, but like Philipson, economists say it is too soon to calculate.

For months, Haitian police have been demanding better working conditions, in particular the right to form a union so as to ensure transparency in talks with the police hierarchy.