TORONTO -- Canada confirmed its first "presumptive" case of the deadly coronavirus in Toronto Saturday evening.

A man in his 50s, who had traveled to the Chinese city of Wuhan, was found at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital. (Canada-Coronavirus)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- At least seven people died and 16 others are still missing in the southeastern Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, after unusually heavy rainfall, authorities announced on Saturday.

According to the regional coordinator of civil defense of the state, 2,554 people were forced to evacuate the area and 791 are now homeless due to the rains. (Brazil-Rains)

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ISTANBUL -- The death toll from an earthquake that jolted eastern Turkey on Friday has risen to 29, as 42 people were rescued from ruins of collapsed buildings, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said Saturday.

The earthquake occurred at 8:55 p.m. local time (1755 GMT) in the province of Elazig at a depth of 6.75 kilometers and was followed by 401 aftershocks, according to the AFAD. (Turkey-Quake)

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NEW DELHI -- At least three militants were killed Saturday in a fierce gunfight with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The gunfight erupted at village Hari Parigam near Awantipora town in Pulwama district, about 30 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. (Kashmir-India-Gunfight) Enditem

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