Amid freezing cold weather in the US, a paper plant in New Jersey caught fire. Fire fighters braved the bone-chilling cold to douse the flames. The building that caught fire was reportedly empty and no injuries have been reported so far. The blaze is the second one reported this month from the site.

The violence over the amended citizenship act in Delhi drew sharp reactions from US lawmakers, as it coincided with the 2-day visit of President Donald Trump. US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tweeted, the 'deadly surge of religious intolerance in India is horrifying'. She added democracies should not tolerate division and discrimination or promote laws that undermine religious freedom. Congressman Alan Lowenthal also called the violence a tragic failure of moral leadership. Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Elizabeth Warren said, it's important to strengthen relationships with democratic partners like India, but at the same time, the US govt must speak the truth about religious freedom, adding that violence against peaceful protesters is never acceptable."

Climate activist Greta Thunberg posed for a photo with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as the two met at the Oxford University on Tuesday. Greta is in the United Kingdom to join a school strike in Bristol on Friday. Malala posted the photo on her social media handles, where the two girls were seen sitting on a bench with their arms around each other. She said, Greta is the one only I would skip school for.&nbsp;Greta also posted the same photo on her official handles, saying she met her role model.&nbsp;The picture has gone viral with thousands of likes, celebrities like Priyanka Chopra and Mindy Kaling also commented on the post.

Italy reported a 45% one-day spike in people infected with the coronavirus as the infection quickly spread to neighbouring countries. Italy has become Europe's worst-affected country, with more than 322 cases and 11 deaths so far. Austria, Croatia and Switzerland said the cases of coronavirus infections, involved people who had been to Italy. However after a meeting with its neighbours, Austria, Switzerland and Croatia, Italy said, all nations have mutually agreed that closing borders would be inappropriate.

US president Donald Trump has said that he spoke to Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;about the religious freedom amid ongoing violence over the amended citizenship act.&nbsp;&nbsp;The US president said he didn't speak to Prime Minister over the unfolding riots in Delhi.&nbsp;

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak&nbsp;has died at the age of 91.&nbsp;Mubarak ruled Egypt for a period of 30 years before he was forced to step down in 2011 as a result of the Arab Springs uprisings. After being&nbsp;overthrown in 2011 and he was the first leader to face trial and&nbsp;spent years in jail for a battery of charges ranging from corruption to the killing of 239 protesters.&nbsp;Mubarak was freed in 2017 after he was cleared of the final murder charges against him.&nbsp;Mubarak&nbsp;assumed the presidency following the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat, whom he served as vice-president. Before becoming president, Mubarak was a commander in the Egyptian Air Force from 1972-1975.

US President Donald Trump has reiterated&nbsp;his offer to mediate on the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.&nbsp;

Nearly one thousand people have been confined to their rooms at a Tenerife hotel in the Canary Islands on Tuesday after an Italian tourist was hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus.&nbsp;A British guest at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace hotel told news agency&nbsp;AFP by telephone that he and other guests had received a notice telling them to stay in their rooms.&nbsp;The scare came as hotels across the Canary Islands were packed with guests who had flown in for the traditional February carnival festivities. Spain had so far registered two confirmed cases of coronavirus, both in foreign tourists.

US President Donald Trump has said that he talked about terror&nbsp;emanating from Pakistan in great length with Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi. In his briefing with the press, Trump said he was ready to mediate between the two nuclear armed nations.

US President Donald Trump targeted&nbsp;the democrats over the indictment of Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein. He particularly&nbsp;took on Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton to draw his point.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

US president Donald Trump says that Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;is in favour of his nation signing the peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The US and the insurgent group is set to sign the peace deal on February 29.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The suspense over who will form the next Malay government continues after&nbsp;Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad&nbsp;quit this week.&nbsp;Mahathir's Bersatu party ditched the alliance, depriving it of its majority rule after 37 lawmakers left.&nbsp;With the political situation murky, leaders from both factions are racing to secure support for a new government. In an unprecedented move, palace officials said King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has decided to interview all lawmakers to establish which faction has the majority support. The two-day process will start on Tuesday with 90 lawmakers, with each to be given a few minutes to voice their stand. Also, in a surprise appearance at the palace gate, Sultan Abdullah said he was concerned with the crisis and urged people to be patient. The focus now is on what Mahathir, the world's oldest leader, will do next.

Democratic presidential front-runner Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday slammed President Donald Trump for selling weapons to India, saying that the US should instead partner with New Delhi to fight climate change to save the planet.&nbsp;Sanders made the comments after Trump announced that the US will sign defence trade deals worth $3 billion with India. Sanders in a tweet said, "Instead of selling $3 billion in weapons to enrich Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed, the United States should be partnering with India to fight climate change&rdquo;. He added, &ldquo;We can work together to cut air pollution, create good renewable energy jobs, and save our planet&rdquo;.

A surge in coronavirus cases outside China is raising concerns that the outbreak may have reached a new stage and could continue its global spread to more vulnerable countries. the World Health Organization said on Monday, that it is in a phase of preparedness for a potential pandemic. The novel coronavirus has infected at least 80,067 people worldwide and killed 2,698, of which 35 deaths occurred outside China. The number of coronavirus cases in South Korea rose to 893 on Monday, the largest national total outside mainland China.

The coronavirus outbreak disrupted the US markets on Monday, just as the global economy was stabilising after the US-China trade war fallout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points on Monday, the drop was the worst for the index in two years and wiped out all its gains so far in 2020. The S&amp;P 500 also 3.4%, while the Nasdaq fell 3.7%.

In a big win for the #MeToo&nbsp;movement, media mogul and Hollywood producer&nbsp;Harvey&nbsp;Weinstein&nbsp;was convicted of sexual assault by a New York jury on Monday.&nbsp;He faces up to 25 years in prison.&nbsp;However, the 67-year-old has been acquitted on the most serious charges that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life.&nbsp;Weinstein&nbsp;was found guilty for sexually assaulting production assistant&nbsp;Mimi Haleyi&nbsp;in 2006 and for the rape of Jessica Mann, an aspiring actress, in 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;His conviction comes after a string of harrowing testimonies from over 80 women, including high profile actresses, who have accused Weinstein of rape, forced oral sex, lewd&nbsp;propositions and other disturbing narratives.&nbsp;

China&rsquo;s coronavirus-hit Wuhan city on Monday revoked its decision to partially lift a month-long lockdown barely three hours after the announcement, a media report said. This as the death toll climbed to 2,592, while the number of confirmed cases increased to more than 77,000.&nbsp;The Wuhan local administration earlier announced that people who are not quarantined and seeking special treatment or stranded in the city can leave in batches. The city of 11 million people was the&nbsp;epicentre&nbsp;of the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak.&nbsp;China locked down Wuhan city on January 23, followed by the entire Hubei province with over 50 million people. Wuhan is the provincial capital of Hubei. Over 18 cities in the province have been sealed.&nbsp;

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will aim to expand India-US global partnership in their extensive talks on Tuesday. On Monday in an address at a massive &lsquo;Namaste Trump&rsquo; rally at Motera stadium in Ahmedabad, the US president announced that deals to sell state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment worth over 3 billion USD will be sealed on Tuesday. Talks between Modi and Trump are likely to send across a clear message of growing congruence of interests between India and the US on major geopolitical developments in the region and beyond, particularly when China has been expanding its military and economic clout.&nbsp;However, the talks between the two leaders are unlikely to produce tangible outcome in resolving thorny issues like trade tariffs.&nbsp;

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad on Monday tendered his resignation to the king, officials said. The resignation comes amid in-party politics of Mahathir Mohammad's party. Mahathir supporters planned to team with opposition parties to form a new government and thwart the transition of power to his named successor Anwar Ibrahim. Minutes before he gave in his papers, his Bersatu party quit Malaysia's four-member governing alliance that won the historic May 2018 election. The alliance had ousted the coalition that ruled the country since Malaysia's independence from Britain in 1957.

Following the footsteps of his predecessor Barack Obama,&nbsp;US President Donald Trump left Shah Rukh Khan fans in a frenzy of sorts when he mentioned Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge during his speech at the Motera Stadium. Trump's mention of DDLJ is reminiscent of former US President Barack Obama's India visit in 2015,&nbsp;when he enthralled the Siri Fort auditorium with&nbsp;SRK&rsquo;s famous dialogue.&nbsp;

NASA has released a series of shocking images, that shows snow&nbsp;melting in Antarctica&nbsp;into ponds. The photos were taken in the first week of February, recording the 'hottest temperature of the year' on the continent. On February&nbsp;6th, NASA recorded 18.3 degree celsius,&nbsp;beating the earlier record of 17.5 degree celsius in March 2015. According&nbsp;to NASA, the warm spell arrived on February 5 and continued till February 13, melting about 20% of the island's accumulated snow.&nbsp;While the World Meteorological Department is still verifying the reading, the shocking images have raised a fresh alarm on the effects of climate change.
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