REUTERS 2020-02-08 10:46:50
The new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China is almost certain to become more deadly than SARS on Saturday as the death toll passed 700, health experts warned of mask shortages and more cases were c...
-- 2020-02-07 19:26:33
A Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for warning against a "SARS-like" coronavirus before it was officially recognised died of the virus on Friday, triggering a wave of mourning in China and rare onli...
-- 2020-02-07 18:55:12
The world is facing a chronic shortage of gowns, masks, gloves and other protective equipment in the fight against a spreading coronavirus epidemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Gheb...
-- 2020-02-07 18:35:52
Iran will soon disclose new information about the missile attack it carried out against a US base in Iraq last month, the ISNA news agency on Friday reported Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards' aer...
-- 2020-02-07 12:49:41
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl on the premises of the US embassy in the Indian capital, Delhi. The man was arrested on Sunday after the child's parent...
REUTERS 2020-02-07 11:59:37
Chinese president Xi Jinping assured US president Donald Trump on Friday that China is doing all it can to contain a new coronavirus that has killed almost 640 people, including a doctor who sounded t...
REUTERS 2020-02-07 11:14:43
A Chinese doctor who tried to warn the world about a new coronavirus died of the disease on Friday, prompting an outpouring of sorrow as the death toll passed 630 and Beijing declared a “people&...
-- 2020-02-07 00:22:49
Weddings don't always go exactly to plan, but as coronavirus infections continue to rise, one celebration went ahead without the bride and groom, reports BBC. Singapore couple Joseph Yew and his wife...
REUTERS 2020-02-06 14:24:41
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and his party this week face their first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago, with the divisive turmoil likely to win...
-- 2020-02-06 10:59:22
The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that ha...
Reuters 2020-02-05 10:59:59
The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday, as two US airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a quara...
-- 2020-02-04 17:24:34
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed optimism that justice will finally be done to Rohingyas though this is going to be a long, hard and challenging pro...
REUTERS 2020-02-04 13:07:36
Myanmar has reimposed an internet shutdown in two conflict-torn western states, after partially lifting the blackout five months ago, a leading telecoms operator said late on Monday. Norwegian mobile...
-- 2020-02-04 13:01:28
Australia suspended parliament on Tuesday to honor the victims of a national bushfire crisis that has killed 33 people, as more than 100 fires remained ablaze across the country’s east coast. P...
BBC 2020-02-04 11:25:45
China's top leadership has admitted "shortcomings and deficiencies" in the country's response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The rare admission came from the Politburo Standing Committee, which...
REUTERS 2020-02-04 10:08:07
China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll rose on Tuesday by a new daily...
AP 2020-02-03 19:59:17
Chinese scientists say they have more evidence that the new virus that recently emerged in China likely originated in bats. In two papers published Monday in the journal Nature, scientists report that...
-- 2020-02-03 12:06:35
Panic-stricken residents have emptied shelves in major supermarkets in Hong Kong, stockpiling meat, rice, cleaning products and soap as fears escalate over a coronavirus epidemic on the mainland. The...
-- 2020-02-02 17:30:44
China has reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu in the country's Hunan province amid a rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic. The country’s Ministry of Agricultur...
Xinhua 2020-02-02 17:18:00
Chinese experts warned that the novel coronavirus could be transmitted through the digestive system, according to the latest findings. They found viral nucleic acids in patients' stool and rectal s...
Reuters 2020-02-02 13:48:26
The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the United States and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented by US President Donald Trump, Pal...
-- 2020-02-02 11:03:48
Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic on Saturday and said it would halt all flights to and from China. The government said it would also stop issuing visas for for...
REUTERS 2020-02-02 10:49:27
China’s new confirmed infections from the coronavirus outbreak increased by a daily record, up by 2,590 cases on Saturday to top 14,000, as the quickly growing epidemic prompted global travel re...
-- 2020-02-02 10:46:02
A man has died of the coronavirus in the Philippines in the virus's first confirmed fatality outside China. The patient was a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan, in Hubei province, where the virus wa...
Xinhua 2020-02-01 20:06:05
More hospitals designed to replicate the SARS treatment model are popping up across China as the country mobilises medical resources nationwide to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Beijing has begun...
Reuters 2020-02-01 14:01:10
The evacuation of Thai nationals from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in China could take place “in a matter of days”, Thailand’s government said on Saturday. Three offici...
REUTERS 2020-02-01 12:46:20
The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259, the country’s health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals...
Xinhua 2020-01-31 17:16:07
Authorities have declared a bushfire state of emergency in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced the state of the emergency on Friday. It marks the first t...
-- 2020-01-31 14:12:17
Health authorities in Hubei, the Chinese province at the centre of the coronavirus epidemic, said on Friday that deaths from the disease had risen to 204, a sharp increase that underscores concerns ab...
Reuters 2020-01-30 16:51:31
Countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to stop the spread of an epidemic that has killed 170 people as worry about the impact on the world&...
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