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Trump trial could end soon; Alexander says no to witnesses
Published On: January 31, 2020 11:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 31: Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee declared late Thursday he will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony and boosting chances the Senate will vote quickly to acquit the president.
New virus infects 7,700 in China, dozens in other countries
Published On: January 30, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CHINA, Jan 30: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 7,700 people on the mainland and dozens in other countries.
Do masks offer protection from new virus? It depends
Published On: January 30, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEATTLE, Jan 30: People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea have told parents to equip their children with masks and hand sanitizer when they return from winter vacation. But do the masks work? It depends.
Thousands kept on board Italian liner amid coronavirus scare
Published On: January 30, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
ROME, Jan 30: Some 6,000 people are being kept on board an Italian cruise ship as tests are carried out on two Chinese passengers suspected of having caught coronavirus, a spokesman for the Costa Crociere cruise company said on Thursday.
Europe sends evacuation flight to China to bring 350 home
Published On: January 30, 2020 05:49 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LISBON, Portugal, Jan 30: An A380 passenger plane left southern Portugal on Thursday en route to China where it will pick up hundreds of Europeans who want to escape the new virus that has put a large swath of central China in a lockdown.
India reports its first case of coronavirus
Published On: January 30, 2020 05:17 PM NPT By: Reuters
BENGALURU, Jan 30: India reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, saying a woman in the southern state of Kerala had tested positive in an outbreak that originated in China, killing 170 people, and spread abroad.
Brain injuries in Iraq put attention on invisible war wounds
Published On: January 30, 2020 04:28 PM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan 30: The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by American troops in Iraq this month is an example of America’s episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands over the past two decades but is not yet fully understood.
China says it is confident of minimizing virus transmission risks on planes
Published On: January 30, 2020 04:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Jan 30: China is confident it can minimize the risks of a new virus being transmitted on airplanes, and the small number of cases reported abroad show it is having success in controlling its spread, an official at the civil aviation authority said.
Heatwave and high winds threaten to reignite Australian wildfires
Published On: January 30, 2020 03:44 PM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, Jan 30: Swathes of southeast Australia were bracing on Thursday for a days-long heatwave that threatens to stoke bushfires that have been burning for months.
Terror attacks drop, but Pakistan ‘not out of the woods’
Published On: January 30, 2020 03:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan, Jan 30: Terror attacks in Pakistan plummeted by more than 85% over the last decade. It’s a welcome statistic for the country, but one that risks being overshadowed by international concern over its efforts to curb terror funding and lingering militant activity that could test any future peace agreement in neighboring Afghanistan.
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