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New virus has infected more than 71,000 people globally
Published On: February 17, 2020 06:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, FeB 17: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 71,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
Gunmen kill 24 in attack near church in Burkina Faso
Published On: February 17, 2020 04:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO, Feb 17: Gunmen killed 24 men , including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso, an official said. It was the latest attack against a religious leader in the increasingly unstable West African nation.
China parliament may delay key annual March session: Xinhua
Published On: February 17, 2020 02:12 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 17: The Chinese parliament’s top committee will meet on Feb. 24 to discuss whether to delay the annual March meeting of the full parliament, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, amid the country’s coronavirus outbreak.
Toxic gas leak kills 5, sickens dozens in Karachi port city
Published On: February 17, 2020 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KARACHI, PAKISTAN, Feb 17: A toxic gas leak killed five people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said Monday.
North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in 22 days amid virus outbreak
Published On: February 16, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, Feb 16: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 22 days amid an outbreak of coronavirus, state media reported on Saturday, to visit a national mausoleum and mark the anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il’s birth.
Nine homeless drug users shot dead in Afghan capital - police
Published On: February 16, 2020 07:20 PM NPT By: Reuters
KABUL, Feb 16: Gunmen shot dead nine homeless drug users in the Afghan capital, officials said on Sunday, shining a light on chronic drug abuse in the world’s biggest producer of opium but a rare incident of apparently coordinated violence against addicts.
New virus has infected more than 69,000 people globally
Published On: February 16, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 16: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 69,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.
Xi’s early involvement in virus outbreak raises questions
Published On: February 16, 2020 05:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Feb 16: A recent speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping that has been published by state media indicates for the first time that he was leading the response to a new virus outbreak from early on in the crisis.
China says coronavirus curbs start to work; 70 more cases on cruise ship
Published On: February 16, 2020 03:38 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Feb 16:The number of new coronavirus cases in China fell on Sunday and a health official said intense efforts to stop its spread were beginning to work, as another 70 people tested positive on a virus-stricken cruise ship quarantined in Japan.
Yemen's air strikes 'kill 31 civilians' after Saudi jet crash
Published On: February 16, 2020 01:06 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Feb 16: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement accused the Saudi-led coalition of carrying out retaliatory air strikes on Saturday that killed at least 30 people including civilians, in the latest flare-up of a five-year war.
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