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WHO experts visit Chinese virus epicentre
Beijing, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Experts from the World Health Organization have visited the locked-down central Chinese city at the epicentre of the ...China reports 150 more virus deaths
Beijing, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): China’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 2,592 on Monday, after the National Health Commission reported ...Canada warns indigenous rail blockades could cripple economy
Montreal, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): The Canadian government warned Sunday that indigenous protests that have blocked rail lines for more than two weeks ...Israeli warplanes hit Gaza, Syria
Jerusalem, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Israeli aircraft hit what the military said were Islamic sites in the Gaza Strip and Syria late Sunday. ...US senator calls Trump policy on Iran a ‘total disaster’
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (APP): US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s policy on Iran “has been a ...Turkey says 8 killed by quake on Iran border
Istanbul, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said Sunday eight people were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude ...Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles Iran-Turkey border: USGS
Tehran, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Iran’s northwestern border with Turkey on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. ...South Korea reports two more coronavirus deaths, 123 new cases
Seoul, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): South Korea reported two more deaths from coronavirus and another 123 cases Sunday, with nearly two thirds of ...Coronavirus: Mass closure in Italy
Italy, 23rd Feb 2020: Italy has introduced “extraordinary measures” to tackle the spread of the biggest outbreak of the new coronavirus in ...Japan emperor says ill empress has ‘ups and downs’
Tokyo, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has said his wife Empress Masako “still has ups and downs” as she battles to ...