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Coronavirus  claims 2,800 lives, infects 82,000 globally

Coronavirus  claims 2,800 lives, infects 82,000 globally

-- 2020-02-27 17:01:00

The viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 82,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coron...

34 killed, 200 injured in Delhi violence over citizenship law

34 killed, 200 injured in Delhi violence over citizenship law

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-02-27 13:38:01

At least 34 people were killed and over 200 injured in New Delhi after four straight days of brutal violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act, reports Indian news channel NDTV There were reports of...

Five die in France building fire

Five die in France building fire

-- 2020-02-27 12:44:23

Five people died on Thursday after a fire broke out in a building in Strasbourg in northeastern France, local firefighters said. Firefighters said in a statement that seven people have also been take...

Coronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears

Coronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears

REUTERS 2020-02-27 12:41:15

The number of new coronavirus infections inside China - the source of the outbreak - was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy and Iran emerging as epicentres...

Denmark confirms first coronavirus case

Denmark confirms first coronavirus case

Reuters 2020-02-27 12:36:21

Denmark has confirmed its first coronavirus infection in a man who returned from a ski holiday in northern Italy, the Danish health authority said on Thursday. The man was put in isolation in his own...

Six dead, including gunman, in US beer factory shooting

Six dead, including gunman, in US beer factory shooting

-- 2020-02-27 10:49:36

A gunman opened fire at the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing complex in Milwaukee in the US on Wednesday, killing five employees before he was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, the...

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia suspends entry for Umrah pilgrims

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia suspends entry for Umrah pilgrims

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-02-27 10:16:03

Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet’s Mosque. It also suspended the entry of tourist visa holders from countries where...

Death toll rises to 20 from riots, Modi appeals for calm

Death toll rises to 20 from riots, Modi appeals for calm

-- 2020-02-26 20:35:19

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for calm on Wednesday after days of clashes between Hindus and minority Muslims over a controversial citizenship law in some of the worst sectarian violenc...

Mahathir, Anwar in new showdown amid turmoil

Mahathir, Anwar in new showdown amid turmoil

-- 2020-02-26 17:59:37

Malaysia’s decades-old political rivals Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim set out claims to lead the Southeast Asian country on Wednesday after Mahathir’s shock resignation as prime minis...

Hong Kong to give cash gift of $1,200 to residents

Hong Kong to give cash gift of $1,200 to residents

-- 2020-02-26 14:49:06

Hong Kong will hand out cash to adult permanent residents, to help boost spending and ease financial burden. As part of the annual budget, $10,000 Hong Kong dollars ($1,280; £985) was announced...

24 dead as bus falls into river in Rajasthan

24 dead as bus falls into river in Rajasthan

-- 2020-02-26 14:29:56

At least 24 people, including 10 women and 3 children, were killed when the private bus they were travelling in fell into Maiz river on Kota-Dausa mega highway in Bundi district of Rajasthan in India...

Coronavirus infects US soldier in South Korea

Coronavirus infects US soldier in South Korea

-- 2020-02-26 12:16:46

South Korea reported 169 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including a US soldier, as health authorities readied an ambitious plan to test more than 200,000 members of a church hit hardest by the co...

Coronavirus outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy

Coronavirus outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy

-- 2020-02-26 11:16:04

Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases, with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. Austria, Croatia and Switzerland said the cases involved peo...

19 killed as New Delhi riots overshadow Trump visit

19 killed as New Delhi riots overshadow Trump visit

Reuters 2020-02-26 10:32:28

At least 19 people have been killed in the Indian capital during clashes between opposing protesters over a new citizenship law, a senior hospital official told Reuters on Wednesday, even as an eerie...

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

-- 2020-02-25 17:13:56

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91. Mubarak, who served as Egypt's fourth president for almost 30 years from 1981 and stepped down after a popular revoluti...

India to buy $3b military equipment from US, Trump says

India to buy $3b military equipment from US, Trump says

-- 2020-02-25 16:39:00

US President Donald Trump Trump announced that India has signed a deal to purchase more than $3 billion of advanced military equipment, including helicopters. Trump also described trip to India as 'u...

EU ministers to approve negotiating mandate for UK trade deal

EU ministers to approve negotiating mandate for UK trade deal

-- 2020-02-25 15:25:49

European Union governments are set to adopt a negotiating mandate for their executive European Commission on Tuesday to clinch a deal with Britain this year on future ties after it left the bloc in Ja...

Coronavirus: Bangladeshis in Singapore have eyes on home

Coronavirus: Bangladeshis in Singapore have eyes on home

REUTERS 2020-02-25 13:47:22

With his shaggy grey beard, rose-coloured robe and a prayer cap that extends his tall frame, shopkeeper Tariqul Islam is an imposing figure on the stall-lined street that serves up home comforts to Si...

Thailand reports two new virus cases

Thailand reports two new virus cases

-- 2020-02-25 12:30:15

Thailand confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, a senior health official said, bringing the total infections in the country to 37. Both of the new cases are Thai nationals, Sukhum Kanchanapimai,...

Floods in Indonesia capital paralyse parts of city, cut power

Floods in Indonesia capital paralyse parts of city, cut power

-- 2020-02-25 11:47:08

Flooding caused by torrential rain paralysed large parts of Indonesia’s capital on Tuesday, as major streets were inundated with murky, brown flood water and power supplies cut in certain parts...

US pledges $1.0b for coronavirus vaccine as pandemic risks grow

US pledges $1.0b for coronavirus vaccine as pandemic risks grow

REUTERS 2020-02-25 11:35:10

US president Donald Trump will seek $2.5 billion from Congress to fight the coronavirus epidemic and US and South Korean militaries are considering scaling back joint training as the virus spreads in...

Seven killed in Delhi during protests against citizenship law

Seven killed in Delhi during protests against citizenship law

Reuters 2020-02-25 11:11:27

At least seven people were killed and about 150 were injured in clashes on Monday in New Delhi during protests over a new citizenship law, a police official told Reuters on Tuesday. “Seven pers...

Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 2,663

Coronavirus death toll in China reaches 2,663

-- 2020-02-25 10:37:57

China reported a rise in new coronavirus cases in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, on Tuesday while the rest of the country saw a fourth-straight day of declines. Hubei had 499 new conf...

Car drives into carnival crowd in German town

Car drives into carnival crowd in German town

BBC 2020-02-24 22:41:19

A car has driven into a crowd at a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen on Monday. Bild newspaper reports that more than 30 people were injured, though there has been no official...

Mahathir resigns but asked to stay as interim PM

Mahathir resigns but asked to stay as interim PM

-- 2020-02-24 22:04:30

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced his resignation but was asked to stay on as interim leader by the country's monarch. Mahathir said in a two-line statement that he had informed the...

Rapid spread of coronavirus raises fears of global pandemic

Rapid spread of coronavirus raises fears of global pandemic

-- 2020-02-24 19:48:07

Fears are growing that the coronavirus outbreak could reach pandemic scale as more cases emerge around the world. Most infections are in China but other nations like South Korea, Italy and Iran are b...

Timeline: Mahathir and Anwar's turbulent relationship

Timeline: Mahathir and Anwar's turbulent relationship

-- 2020-02-24 18:31:20

Mahathir Mohamad submitted his resignation from the post of Malaysia's prime minister to the king on Monday in a shocking turn of events. The announcement was made amid plans by Mahathir's supporters...

Trump lands in India

Trump lands in India

Reuters 2020-02-24 13:36:18

US President Donald Trump landed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Monday to a raucous reception at the start of a visit during which the two sides will aim to reset relations that have been...

US extradition bid for Assange to go before a British court

US extradition bid for Assange to go before a British court

-- 2020-02-24 13:34:00

A British court begins hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret US...

Bahrain's first coronavirus case detected

Bahrain's first coronavirus case detected

Reuters 2020-02-24 13:03:07

The first case of the new coronavirus was detected in Bahrain, the state news agency said on Monday, citing the health ministry. The Ministry of Health added that it was a Bahraini citizen arriving f...