Nearly 150 people have been killed in the north-eastern Ceará state in the first days of the strike.

The band's upcoming shows will be taped without an audience after the virus spreads to Korea.

The duke and duchess will no longer carry out duties on behalf of the Queen.

Nine people were shot dead in two shisha bars in Hanau in a case being investigated as terrorism.

Larry Tesler was responsible for many of the innovations that made personal computing accessible.

Officials say the container came off its hinges after one of the wheels of the truck had a puncture.

The world's third largest economy was hit by a sales tax rise, a destructive typhoon and weak global demand.

Dozens of women were made to remove their knickers to prove they were not menstruating.

A US firm claims the service it offers saves more than a tonne of carbon, after a pilot study.

Helicopters deliver 50 tonnes of snow as mild weather impacts ski resorts in the Pyrenees.

Some 400 people from the US were among those confined on the Diamond Princess near Tokyo.

Global pharmaceutical companies may not see enough profitability from developing a Covid-19 vaccine.

The World Health Organization says it is "not seeing a dramatic increase" in cases outside China.

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Shoppers put up barricades as a Thai soldier aimed at victims' heads on a 16-hour rampage.

Record rains bring travel chaos but also put out wildfires and replenish supplies in drought-hit areas.

Some 908 people have now died in China - but the number of new infections has stabilised.

The baby in Wuhan may have contracted the virus in the womb, or immediately after birth.

Scientists have told the BBC that after grappling behind closed doors they are close to an announcement.