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India reports its first case of coronavirus

India reports its first case of coronavirus

REUTERS 2020-01-30 14:53:57

India said on Thursday a patient in Kerala had tested positive for novel coronavirus, the first case in the country of the virus which originated in China and has so far killed 170. The patient was a...

Tokyo prosecutors issue arrest warrants for Ghosn, ex-US soldier

Tokyo prosecutors issue arrest warrants for Ghosn, ex-US soldier

-- 2020-01-30 11:47:03

Tokyo prosecutors on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former US special forces soldier and another person suspected of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan, Kyodo news...

China virus: WHO to reconsider declaring global emergency

China virus: WHO to reconsider declaring global emergency

REUTERS 2020-01-30 11:20:20

Foreign governments flew their citizens out of the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, as the number of deaths jumped to 133 and the World Health Organization voiced “g...

China virus outbreak death toll rises to 170

China virus outbreak death toll rises to 170

REUTERS 2020-01-30 10:19:07

China's National Health Commission said on Thursday the total number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the country has risen by 38 to 170 as of end-Wednesday, as the number of infected patie...

UAE confirms new coronavirus case in Chinese family

UAE confirms new coronavirus case in Chinese family

-- 2020-01-29 16:37:33

A family in the United Arab Emirates, arriving from China's central city of Wuhan, has been diagnosed with a case of the new coronavirus, the health ministry said on Wednesday, reports Reuters. ...

Iran rejects US Mideast peace plan

Iran rejects US Mideast peace plan

-- 2020-01-29 13:48:16

Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly rejected the US Middle East peace plan as "disgraceful." In a statement released hours after US President Donald Trump's announcement of the so-called Dea...

Beijing drugstore fined $434,530 for hiking mask prices

Beijing drugstore fined $434,530 for hiking mask prices

Reuters 2020-01-29 13:44:17

A drugstore in the Chinese capital has been fined 3 million yuan ($434,530) for hiking the price of masks by almost six times the online rate amid a spreading virus outbreak, the Beijing municipal mar...

Indian ministries buy more air purifiers as Delhi battles toxic air

Indian ministries buy more air purifiers as Delhi battles toxic air

-- 2020-01-29 13:43:54

India’s government has stepped up the purchase of air purifiers over the last two years, taking the number of devices in ministries to protect against deteriorating air quality to nearly 300, go...

Malaysia in talks to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan: Mahathir

Malaysia in talks to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan: Mahathir

Reuters 2020-01-29 13:42:31

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday Kuala Lumpur was in talks with China to evacuate its citizens from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak of the new coronavi...

China coronavirus death toll passes 130

China coronavirus death toll passes 130

-- 2020-01-29 13:38:16

The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1,500 new cases, heaping pressure on Beijing to control the disease as US officials said the White House was...

‘Slap of the century’: Palestinians reject Trump Mideast plan

‘Slap of the century’: Palestinians reject Trump Mideast plan

-- 2020-01-29 13:34:47

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan the “slap of the century” on Tuesday as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza...

Xi Jinping vows to defeat 'devil' coronavirus

Xi Jinping vows to defeat 'devil' coronavirus

Reuters 2020-01-28 20:58:03

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said his country will surely defeat the 'devil' coronavirus that has killed 106 people, spread across the world and rattled financial markets. “The virus is a d...

Qatar gets new prime minister

Qatar gets new prime minister

Reuters 2020-01-28 19:38:03

Qatar’s ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah, and appointed Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz al-Thani as new premier. The...

11 die as factory catches fire in Pakistan

11 die as factory catches fire in Pakistan

-- 2020-01-28 14:04:09

At least eleven people were killed after a factory caught fire late Monday night in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, an official said on Tuesday morning. Chief of the rescue operation team Rana Ija...

Countries evacuating nationals from China virus areas

Countries evacuating nationals from China virus areas

Reuters 2020-01-28 13:41:39

Countries around the world are planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and private citizens from Chinese areas hit by the new coronavirus, which is spreading quickly. Wuhan, a city of 11 million in the...

Philippines halts visas on arrival for Chinese amid virus fears

Philippines halts visas on arrival for Chinese amid virus fears

Reuters 2020-01-28 12:13:03

The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday, in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of a new virus that has killed 106 and infected more than 4,500 since...

Saudi FM says Israeli passport holders cannot visit kingdom

Saudi FM says Israeli passport holders cannot visit kingdom

-- 2020-01-28 10:43:10

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Israelis were not welcome to visit the kingdom after Israel decreed that Israeli citizens could visit Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances, according to...

China virus death toll crosses 100

China virus death toll crosses 100

REUTERS 2020-01-28 10:11:56

The United States warned against travel to China on Monday and Canada issued a more narrow travel warning as the death toll from the spreading coronavirus passed 100, with tens of millions stranded du...

Afghan passenger plane crashes in Taliban-held area

Afghan passenger plane crashes in Taliban-held area

AP 2020-01-27 18:11:28

A passenger plane from Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines crashed on Monday in a Taliban-held area of Ghazni province, local officials said. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the pla...

China's transport industry posts robust growth in 2019

China's transport industry posts robust growth in 2019

Xinhua 2020-01-27 17:33:48

China's transport sector registered robust development in 2019, reporting expanded size and improved structure, data from the country's transport regulator showed. The country's fixed-asset investmen...

Rouhani calls for unity, accuses Trump of exploiting rift

Rouhani calls for unity, accuses Trump of exploiting rift

-- 2020-01-27 14:56:15

Iranians should not allow US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” approach to harm national unity ahead of parliamentary elections, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech,...

Death toll from coronavirus in China rises to 81

Death toll from coronavirus in China rises to 81

REUTERS 2020-01-27 14:45:46

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year holiday and more big businesses shut down or told staff to work from home in an...

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...

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...

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...

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...