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Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, relief effort overwhelmed - U.N.
Published On: February 18, 2020 07:50 PM NPT By: RSS
BEIRUT/GENEVA, Feb 18: Government air strikes have hit hospitals and displaced persons camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll
Published On: February 18, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, Feb 18: Afghanistan’s election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took place.
Seven killed as military vehicle explodes in southeast Colombia
Published On: February 18, 2020 06:55 PM NPT By: Reuters
BOGOTA, Feb 18: Seven people were killed and 11 more injured when a military vehicle exploded while travelling down a highway in southeast Colombia, in a key drug-trafficking region where illegal armed groups vie for control, a high-ranking military official said on Tuesday.
Quarantine on cruise ship in Japan comes under question
Published On: February 18, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, Feb 18: An extraordinary two-week quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Wednesday, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo.
HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul
Published On: February 18, 2020 06:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Feb 18: HSBC will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of a deep overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of global uncertainties, from Brexit to the trade wars to the new coronavirus.
Iran's Khamenei calls for high turnout in parliamentary election
Published On: February 18, 2020 05:08 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Feb 18: A high turnout in a parliamentary election will display unity in Iran against “enemies”, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted on Tuesday, days before the vote seen as a referendum on the clerical establishment’s popularity.
Head of hospital dies in coronavirus epicenter; global economic impact spreads
Published On: February 18, 2020 04:13 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Feb 18: The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday as Apple Inc warned its sales would suffer because of the epidemic, casting a chill on global stock markets.
Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie
Published On: February 18, 2020 03:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MILAN, Feb 18: The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected or could abide.
'Don't be kidnapped by China': Taiwan tells WHO in bid for separate virus tally
Published On: February 18, 2020 02:14 PM NPT By: Reuters
TAIPEI, Feb 18: Taiwan urged the World Health Organization on Tuesday not to be “kidnapped” by China, as more countries put travel curbs on its citizens because the health agency groups the island’s coronavirus cases with China in the battle on the outbreak.
Japan targets HIV drug trials to fight coronavirus; cruise ship evacuations continue
Published On: February 18, 2020 01:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Feb 18: Japan plans to trial HIV medications to treat patients infected with coronavirus as its growing number of cases poses an increasing threat to the economy and public health, the government’s top spokesman said on Tuesday.
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