The coronavirus crisis has taken a worrying turn in Hong Kong with the city announcing its first death and a spate of new cases – all of whom appeared to have become infected inside the special administered territory.

It raises the frightening spectre of the deadly virus spreading in one of the most densely-populated developed cities in the world.

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An elderly woman who became infected with coronavirus after travelling to China says she was "shocked" and struggled to breathe after being diagnosed.

Jaimuay Sae-ung, 73, also had a fever when she returned to her native Thailand in December.

"I only knew (I had coronavirus) after I came to the hospital," the mother of seven told Sky News.

"I felt a

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Donald Trump's Middle East peace proposal has been rejected by the European Union over concerns about Israel's plans to annex more Palestinian land.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell reaffirmed the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution and he said the US president's initiative, announced in the White House last week, "departs from these

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