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Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon awarded with Sunhak Peace Prize

Published On: February 5, 2020 02:02 PM NPT By: Republica

SOUTH KOREA, Feb 5: Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has bagged the Sunhak Peace Prize during the World Summit 2020 General Assembly held in Seoul on Wednesday.

Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals

Published On: February 4, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Feb 4: Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused its first death in the semi-autonomous territory and authorities feared it was spreading locally.

Locust swarms threaten more countries in eastern Africa - FAO

Published On: February 4, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

NAIROBI, Feb 4: Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Monday.

WHO working on recommendations for resuming flights to China

Published On: February 4, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, Feb 4: The World Health Organization (WHO) is having a teleconference this week with travel and tourism industry representatives to work on recommendations on protecting their crews so they can resume flights to China, a senior WHO official said on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan evacuates 250 from China

Published On: February 4, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

TASHKENT, Feb 4: Uzbekistan has evacuated 250 people from China amid the coronavirus outbreak and will place them in quarantine after their arrival in Tashkent, the Central Asian nation’s state airline said on Tuesday.

New virus has infected more than 20,600 globally

Published On: February 4, 2020 06:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CHINA, Feb 4: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 20,600 people globally.

Rushing downstairs at end of school, 14 Kenyan children killed in stampede

Published On: February 4, 2020 05:10 PM NPT By: Reuters

NAIROBI, Feb 4: Fourteen children were killed in a stampede as they rushed down a staircase at the end of classes at a primary school in western Kenya on Monday, officials said.

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95

Published On: February 4, 2020 03:54 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NAIROBI, KENYA, Feb 4: Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died. He was 95.

Belgium confirms its 1st case of coronavirus

Published On: February 4, 2020 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Feb 4: Belgium has reported its first case of a new virus in a person who was repatriated from the Chinese epicenter of the outbreak.

Hong Kong records first virus death, Macau shuts casinos

Published On: February 4, 2020 01:27 PM NPT By: Reuters

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Feb 4: Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed more than 420 people, spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth.