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Tokyo and Beijing are leaning towards delaying Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Japan, originally planned for early April, as the neighbors battle a coronavirus outbreak, the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3ckCCI4

Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin, a Malay nationalist politician backed by the corruption-tarnished former ruling party, was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday after the king picked him to replace 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32EQp7V

Slovak opposition led by the Ordinary People party (OLANO) was on course for an emphatic victory in the country's parliamentary election, as voters angry with graft routed the ruling centre-left party that has dominated the political scene for over a decade. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wggAFO

Slovak opposition party Ordinary People (OLANO) led the European Union country's parliamentary election, results from 91.1% of voting districts showed on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PDfpHb

Malaysia's Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday by the king, after a week of political chaos sparked by the resignation of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/39cVEhs

Australia reported its first death of a coronavirus patient in a hospital in the western city of Perth early on Sunday, health official Andrew Robertson said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TbGh3e

Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday he would ask for an urgent sitting of parliament to see if incoming prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin had majority support after being named premier by the king. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2x0RkUn

South Korea reported 376 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Sunday, raising the country's total number of infections to 3,526, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I6hiYL

BRATISLAVA - Slovak opposition party Ordinary People (OLANO) took the lead in the EU country's parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial results showed on Sunday, as voters punished the ruling center-left Smer that has dominated the country's political life for more than a decade. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38eOQyu

Slovak opposition party Ordinary People (OLANO) led the EU country's parliamentary election, results from 51.7% of voting districts showed on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wZlaIQ

A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States' first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said on Saturday, as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to combat the spread of the global outbreak. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vs8da0

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Five more tourists were rescued trying to reach a bus made famous by Into the Wild. Why do they do it? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39ce16b

Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings, and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/387uc3r

Slovak opposition party Ordinary People (OLANO) took the lead in the EU country's parliamentary election, results from one third of voting districts showed on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vqB2DC