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Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 80 in China

Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 80 in China

REUTERS 2020-01-27 10:21:36

The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, has killed 80 people in China so far and infected more than 2,750 globally, most of them in China....

16 militants killed in Afghan airstrikes

16 militants killed in Afghan airstrikes

Xinhua 2020-01-26 17:13:55

At least 16 militants have been confirmed killed as fighting planes struck Taliban hideouts in Balkh district of the northern Balkh province on Saturday, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad...

Grenade attack on Afghan wedding

Grenade attack on Afghan wedding

-- 2020-01-26 14:08:38

A hand grenade attack on an Afghan wedding ceremony wounded at least 20 people, including several children, a provincial official said Sunday. At least one of the injured children was in critical con...

Erdogan says Haftar cannot be expected to respect Libya truce

Erdogan says Haftar cannot be expected to respect Libya truce

Reuters 2020-01-26 13:51:51

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar could not be expected to respect a ceasefire called between his forces and pro-government troops i...

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran: Trump

Reuters 2020-01-26 13:34:53

The United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to negotiate, US President Donald Trump tweeted late on Saturday (US local time), seemingly in response to a Der Spiegel interview with Iran&...

Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll mounts to 56

Coronavirus outbreak: Death toll mounts to 56

Reuters 2020-01-26 10:11:06

More than 2,000 people globally have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast majority of them in China, where 56 people have died from the disease, according to figures released on Sunday. Pre...

China's natural gas output growth quickens in 2019

China's natural gas output growth quickens in 2019

Xinhua 2020-01-25 19:39:21

China saw faster growth of natural gas production in 2019, official data showed. The country produced some 177.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2019, up 11.5 per cent year on year, data from...

China reports 1,287 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, 41 deaths

China reports 1,287 confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia, 41 deaths

Xinhua 2020-01-25 17:44:22

Chinese health authorities announced Saturday that 1,287 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), including 237 in critical conditions, had been reported in the countr...

34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike

34 US troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike

-- 2020-01-25 13:24:57

The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, a number higher than the mili...

Shanghai shuts down all cinemas amid Coronavirus outbreak

Shanghai shuts down all cinemas amid Coronavirus outbreak

-- 2020-01-25 12:49:05

Shanghai has shut down all cinemas during the Lunar New Year holidays, which last until Jan 30, the Liberation Daily said on its online channel. A virus outbreak in China has prompted seven Chinese f...

Powerful quake hits eastern Turkey, leaving 18 dead

Powerful quake hits eastern Turkey, leaving 18 dead

-- 2020-01-25 10:49:24

A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the centre of the tremor, which was strong enough to be felt in severa...

China virus death toll jumps to 41, over 1300 infected worldwide

China virus death toll jumps to 41, over 1300 infected worldwide

-- 2020-01-25 10:39:38

The official death toll from the coronavirus in China jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier, as local media reported a doctor on the frontline of the battle to contain the virus in Wuhan city...

China building 1,000-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

China building 1,000-bed hospital over the weekend to treat coronavirus

Reuters 2020-01-24 14:05:07

The Chinese city of Wuhan is rapidly building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat victims of a new coronavirus, mobilising machinery to get it ready by early next week, state media said. The virus has...

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan by Tuesday

Trump to unveil Middle East peace plan by Tuesday

-- 2020-01-24 13:01:07

US President Donald Trump has said that he would unveil the long-awaited Middle East peace plan before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington on next Tuesday. Speaking to rep...

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions

US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions

Reuters 2020-01-24 11:32:58

The United States on Thursday (local time) said it blacklisted two companies based in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIO...

WHO declares coronavirus 'an emergency in China' as death toll hits 25

WHO declares coronavirus 'an emergency in China' as death toll hits 25

Reuters 2020-01-24 10:53:49

A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday, as the World Health Organization declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the...

World court orders measures to prevent Rohingya genocide

World court orders measures to prevent Rohingya genocide

-- 2020-01-23 16:19:12

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, reports BBC. The decision comes despite de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defendin...

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing three

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing three

AP 2020-01-23 12:46:15

Three Americans died Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia’s southern New South Wales state, officials said....

One dead in US shooting, five wounded

One dead in US shooting, five wounded

-- 2020-01-23 11:23:40

At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting during the evening rush-hour at a Seattle shopping district in the US on Thursday and the suspects remained at large, police said....

China locks down epicentre of virus outbreak as death toll rises to 17

China locks down epicentre of virus outbreak as death toll rises to 17

Reuters 2020-01-23 11:14:51

China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the wo...

Genocide case against Myanmar: ICJ order today on 'interim steps'

Genocide case against Myanmar: ICJ order today on 'interim steps'

MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN 2020-01-23 10:36:19

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver on Thursday its order on request for indication of provisional measures, made by Gambia in the case concerning genocide in Myanmar. A public sitt...

China virus deaths hit 17, heightening global alarm

China virus deaths hit 17, heightening global alarm

Reuters 2020-01-22 22:30:09

Deaths from China’s new virus rose to 17 on Wednesday with more than 540 cases confirmed, increasing fears of contagion from an infection suspected to originate from illegally-traded wildlife....

North Korea bans foreign tourists over Coronavirus

North Korea bans foreign tourists over Coronavirus

-- 2020-01-22 14:23:59

North Korea has banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of the new Coronavirus from China, tour operators in China said. Foreign travel to North Korea has been temporarily suspended as of...

US Senate approves Trump impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

US Senate approves Trump impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

Reuters 2020-01-22 14:00:36

The Republican-controlled US Senate voted early on Wednesday (US local time) on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to...

Indian SC says no stay on citizenship law for now

Indian SC says no stay on citizenship law for now

-- 2020-01-22 13:30:23

The Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it will not grant any stay on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) without hearing the Centre and said it may refer pleas challenging the validi...

Taiwan calls on China to share ‘correct’ virus information

Taiwan calls on China to share ‘correct’ virus information

-- 2020-01-22 11:54:23

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China on Wednesday to share “correct” information about a new coronavirus and for the World Health Organisation (WHO) not to exclude Taiwan from col...

Senators clash as Trump impeachment trial opens

Senators clash as Trump impeachment trial opens

-- 2020-01-22 11:40:45

The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment as his trial began. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile backed off...

China virus death toll rises to nine

China virus death toll rises to nine

Reuters 2020-01-22 10:41:21

The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control the outbreak by d...

56 journalists killed in 2019

56 journalists killed in 2019

UNB 2020-01-21 21:15:03

At least 56 journalists killed in 2019 and most of them were killed outside zones of conflict, a United Nations spokesperson said Monday. The number dropped by nearly half from the year 2018, but per...

France offers to suspend digital tax in dispute with US

France offers to suspend digital tax in dispute with US

Reuters 2020-01-21 17:28:08

France has offered to suspend down payments on a digital services tax on big internet companies due in April as part of an effort to resolve a dispute with Washington over the levy, a French Finance M...