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Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of COVID19, a move that the opposition decried as an attempt by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to retain control amid a power struggle.

The arrest of more than 50 democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist challenge to Chinese rule and more measures are likely, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of China's plans.

As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.

China reported a drop in the number of new COVID19 cases in the past 24 hours amid a flurry of new measures in Hebei province surrounding Beijing, ranging from home quarantines starting on Tuesday in one county and a lockdown of the provincial capital.

Australia recorded a handful of new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with frictions increasing between state leaders over the best approach to manage and contain the outbreaks.

Gorillas share up to 98 percent of their DNA with humans, and studies have found that some non-human primates are susceptible to Covid-19 infection.

Early data suggested the Nur Otan party headed by Kazakhstan's former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has won a landslide victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, although Western observers say the vote as uncompetitive.

Ugandans vote on Thursday in a presidential election pitting longtime leader Yoweri Museveni against 10 candidates including opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a singerturnedlawmaker whose star power has rattled the ruling party.

The party held elections on Sunday for its Central Committee at a congress, which maps out diplomatic, military and economic policy goals over the next five years.

Britain will have offered COVID19 vaccines to those in the top four priority categories about 15 million people by the middle of next month as it ramps up rollout of the shots, the minister responsible for the programme said on Monday.

While Nancy Pelosi called on Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment against Trump, if that doesn't happen Democrats will initiate the Articles of Impeachment.

President Donald Trump will present one of the nation's highest civilian honors to Bill Belichick, the football coach of the New England Patriots and the only coach to win six Super Bowl titles.

Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to be vaccinated against COVID19 as early as next week and urged everyone to get a shot, to protect not only their own lives but those of others.

Three people were killed after an avalanche struck a ski resort near the Arctic city of Norilsk late on Friday, the local branch of Russia's emergency services ministry said.

The court order has limited immediate impact because the government has largely suspended asylum at the US-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic, citing public health concerns.

The multidrug-resistant yeast was first identified in Japan in 2009 and has been a top priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in recent years because of its increasing global spread.