Thai soldier kills at least 10 in shooting rampage - police

Published On: February 8, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

BANGKOK, Feb 8:  A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a shooting rampage on Saturday in Nakhon Ratchasima in the north east of Thailand and remains at large, police said.

U.S. awaits China's approval to send in experts as part of WHO team

Published On: February 8, 2020 06:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

SHANGHAI, Feb 8:  U.S. experts on infectious diseases, including government officials, are awaiting approval to enter China to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, having been included on a list proposed by the World Health Organization, a U.S. embassy spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.

Overnight brawl in Kazakhstan leaves 8 dead, scores wounded

Published On: February 8, 2020 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

NUR-SULTAN/ALMATY, Feb 8: A brawl and a series of clashes in several villages in Kazakhstan’s southern Zhambyl province have left eight people dead and scores wounded, Interior Minister Yerlan Turgumbayev said on Saturday.

New virus has infected more than 34,800 people globally

Published On: February 8, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Feb 8: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 34,800 people globally.

NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following months of deadly anti-government protests over a new citizenship law.

WHO warns of global shortage of coronavirus protective equipment

Published On: February 7, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, Feb 7: 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 (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

GAUHATI, INDIA, Feb 7: India’s prime minister said on Friday that his government will continue its peace push in the insurgency-wracked northeastern region bordering China and Myanmar where accords with key rebel groups have led to the surrender of thousands of fighters in recent weeks.

China scientists identify pangolin as possible coronavirus host

Published On: February 7, 2020 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

BEIJING, Feb 7:  The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, the world’s only scaly mammals, which are prized in Asia for food and medicine, Chinese researchers said.

New virus has infected more than 31,400 people globally

Published On: February 7, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Feb 7: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 31,400 people globally.

India arrests top Kashmiri leaders under controversial law

Published On: February 7, 2020 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JAMMU, India, Feb 7:  Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without trial, officials said on Friday.