The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants said its troops opened fire on Wednesday at a checkpoint in northeast Syria after they came under small arms fire.

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Iraqi authorities reopen Baghdad bridge shut for months by protests
Iraqi authorities on Wednesday reopened one of Baghdad's major bridges, shut for months by anti-government protesters, in a sign of a lull in unrest that has killed hundreds of people and forced the prime minister to resign last year.

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In wake of impeachment, Trump allies boycott House Intelligence tech hearing
Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday, boycotting the panel's first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

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China's new coronavirus cases drop, world still scared
China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks, bolstering a forecast by Beijing's senior medical adviser for the outbreak there to end by April, but U.N. health authorities warned it could still "go in any direction".

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F1 Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to coronavirus
Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix in April has been postponed due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in the country, organisers said on Wednesday.

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New York governor signals possible compromise with Trump in immigration dispute
Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo suggested on Wednesday that he will make concessions to Republican President Donald Trump in a dispute over the Northeastern statepro-immigrant "sanctuary" policies.

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