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  • Colombia car explosion kills, injures 18

    Date: 2020-02-18 11:30:49 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:28 - ID:8316848

    BOGOTA, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least seven people have died, and 11 others were injured as a result of a car explosion in western Colombia, Major General Jorge Isaacs Hoyos Rojas, a local army commander, was quoted by Sputnik as saying on ....

  • Kazakhistan affirms no coronavirus cases among nationals on Japan cruise ship

    Date: 2020-02-18 08:40:46 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:18 - ID:8316676

    ASTANA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Kazakh Healthcare Minister Yelzhan Birtanov affirmed on Tuesday that no coronvirus cases have been reported among the Kazakh nationals on board of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is docked in Japan, according to ....

  • Japan: All virus-free Diamond Princess passengers could leave ship by Friday

    Date: 2020-02-18 07:38:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8316613

    TOKYO, Feb 18 (MENA) - All passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship who have tested negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to disembark by Friday, The Japan Times quoted health minister Katsunobu Kato as having said Tuesday. The Japanese ....

  • S. Korean presidential plane arrives in Japan to evacuate 5 people from quarantined cruise ship

    Date: 2020-02-18 07:32:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8316611

    SEOUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - A South Korean presidential plane arrived in Japan on Tuesday to evacuate four nationals and a Japanese spouse from a quarantined cruise ship docked near Tokyo, after an increase in onboard infections of the new coronavirus, ....

  • Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus: Suga

    Date: 2020-02-18 07:31:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8316566

    TOKYO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, The New York Times reported. "We’re currently preparing to start clinical trials using ....

  • Pakistani PM hopes for reaching peace deal in Afghanistan

    Date: 2020-02-18 07:26:08 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8316609

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (MENA) - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said he hopes a peace deal is signed at the earliest between the US and the Afghan Taliban, which he believes will pave the way for an intra-Afghan dialogue that can work out a ....

  • Britain to evacuate citizens from coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess

    Date: 2020-02-18 07:15:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:8316568

    LONDON, Feb 18 (MENA) - The British government has said it is “working to organise a flight” to evacuate citizens stranded on a stricken cruise ship where more than 450 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus, The Guardian ....

  • Two men suspected of plotting terror attacks detained in Kazakhstan

    Date: 2020-02-18 06:30:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:8316523

    MOSCOW, Feb 18 (MENA) - Two supporters of extremist movement were detained in Almaty City on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in public places, Sputnik News Agency reported quoting the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan as ....

  • Coronavirus death toll tops 1,800 as 780mn remain on lockdown in China

    Date: 2020-02-18 05:54:44 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8316506

    BEIJING, Feb 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China's 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel restrictions and other quarantine measures, CNN reported. All ....

  • Hospital director dies in China's Wuhan

    Date: 2020-02-18 05:39:11 GMT - China - World - SN:2 - ID:8316502

    BEIJING, Feb 18 (MENA) - The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, The New York Times reported quoting state television. Liu Zhiming, the director of ....

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