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(Reuters) - The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial will resume deliberations on Monday after suggesting they may be nearing a guilty verdict on at least one of the five counts against the former movie producer. The jury listen to testimony being read back during deliberations in film producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial at New York Criminal Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. February 21, 2020 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane RosenbergThe seven men and five women of the jury asked Justice James Burke on Friday afternoon whether they could be hung…

(Reuters) - The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons, authorities said on Friday, contributing to a jump in reported cases beyond the epicenter in Hubei province, including 100 more in South Korea and a worsening outbreak in Italy. - China has reported a total of 75,567 cases of the virus known as COVID-19, including 2,239 deaths. - China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, on Friday revised the number of new cases it reported on Feb. 19 to 775, from 349 previously. - The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic…

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday, after cases were reported in Iran and Lebanon. FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland February 11, 2020. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, asked whether the outbreak is at a “tipping point” after new cases and deaths in Iran from COVID-19, and cases in Lebanon and Canada, said that he still believed the virus spread…

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have decided not to use the word “royal” in their branding after they start a new life in Canada. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File PhotoThe decision follows weeks of talks between the couple and the British royal family about how they will present themselves to the world in the future. The couple agreed last month with Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, that they would no longer work as royals after their surprise announcement…

Image copyright Reuters The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to stop using their "SussexRoyal" brand from spring 2020.The couple had been in discussions with aides and senior royals about using the name following their decision this year to step back from royal duties. But a spokesperson for the couple said it was agreed the word "royal" could not be used due to government rules. Applications to trademark the Sussex Royal brand has also been withdrawn. The couple's popular Instagram account uses the name SussexRoyal, as does their website. A spokesperson for the Sussexes said they were "focused" on plans…

Image copyright YARRAKA BAYLES Image caption The video of Quaden crying has been viewed millions of times online Some A$452,000 ($300,000; £230,000) has been raised as part of a campaign to send a nine-year-old Australian boy to Disneyland after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral.Yarraka Bayles posted the clip of her son, Quaden, crying after he was targeted at school for his dwarfism."This is what bullying does," she says in the video, in which her son also says he wants to end his life. Now a GoFundMe page has raised 30 times more than its…

Image copyright EPA Image caption Lebanon has confirmed its first case - a woman returning from the Iranian city of Qom The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments follow Iran's announcement of two more deaths, bringing the total there to four.The window of opportunity to contain the virus was "narrowing", he said.Iranian health officials said the virus may already be in "all Iran's cities".Outside China 1,152 cases of the virus have been confirmed in 26 countries…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Pupils in California open new Chromebook laptop computers The attorney general of the US state of New Mexico is suing Google, accusing the company of illegally collecting the personal data of school children. The tech giant is alleged to have collected data on which websites pupils visited, passwords, videos watched, contact lists, and other information.The data was allegedly gathered from Google's Chromebook laptops and G Suite for Education programme.Google disputes the claim, with a spokesman calling it "factually wrong".Google Chromebooks and the G Suite for Education - which includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs and…

Image copyright Getty Images In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI). It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in the fight against the growing problem of drug resistance. A powerful algorithm was used to analyse more than one hundred million chemical compounds in a matter of days. The newly discovered compound was able to kill 35 types of potentially deadly bacteria, said researchers. Antibiotic-resistant infections have risen in recent years - up 9% in England between 2017 and 2018, to nearly 61,000.If antibiotics are taken inappropriately, harmful bacteria…

President Trump kicked off his third rally in three days Friday afternoon in Las Vegas by mocking Democrats for their botched Iowa caucuses and predicting more technical trouble on Saturday when divided Democrats head to the Nevada caucuses to pick their 2020 nominee."They can't count the votes," Trump said of the still contested Iowa caucuses and warning that Nevada Democratic Party seemed to be "messed up."Trump, looking ahead to the general election, also predicted he'll retake the state he lost in 2016  -- by wide margins.“With your help this November, we're going to defeat the radical socialist Democrats, and we are…