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  • 3rd Indian tests positive for coronavirus on board quarantined Japan cruise ship

    Date: 2020-02-14 13:54:22 GMT - India - World - SN:23 - ID:8311792

    NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (MENA) - A third Indian crew member has tested positive for the novel coronavirus aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess, NDTV quoted the Indian embassy in Tokyo as saying. Embassy officials, who claim to be in touch with all ....

  • Baby born on migrant boat rescued near Canary Islands

    Date: 2020-02-14 13:25:48 GMT - Spain - World - SN:21 - ID:8311915

    MADRID, Feb 14 (MENA) - Spanish authorities said Friday that they have rescued a group of 86 migrants that included a baby who was born during the perilous journey in the open sea to reach Europe, ABC News reported. Emergency services for the ....

  • Japan to send 5th charter flight to coronavirus-stricken Hubei province

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:25:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8311661

    TOKYO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi says the government will send a fifth charter flight to evacuate Japanese citizens from the coronavirus-stricken Chinese province of Hubei. Motegi told reporters that arrangements ....

  • Daesh financier raising almost $4mln for terrorists detained near Moscow - security service

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:24:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8311674

    MOSCOW, Feb 14 (MENA) - A financier of Daesh terrorist group, who has raised over 25 million rubles ($3.94 million) for the needs of terrorists, has been detained in the Moscow region, the Russian Federal Security Service said on Friday. "We have ....

  • ​​​​​​​Eight children killed, injured in Afghan Kunduz explosion

    Date: 2020-02-14 10:07:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8311622

    KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - At least five children were killed and three others wounded in an explosion in the northern province of Kunduz, Tolo news channel reported, quoting the Afghan Interior Ministry as saying. In a statement, the ministry said ....

  • Official says avalanches in Afghanistan kill 21 people

    Date: 2020-02-14 09:21:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8311486

    KABUL, Feb 14 (MENA) - A series of avalanches struck a central province in Afghanistan killing at least 21 people, authorities said Friday. ABC News channel quoted spokesman for the ministry of disaster management Ahmad Tameem Azimi as saying ....

  • US Senate passes bipartisan resolution to curb Trump's war authority on Iran

    Date: 2020-02-13 21:59:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8311209

    WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The US Senate passed a bipartisan war powers resolution on Thursday aimed at reining in US President Donald Trump’s ability to use military action against Iran without prior Congressional approval, ABC News reported. ....

  • Japan confirms 1st coronavirus death as more infections reported

    Date: 2020-02-13 19:18:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:71 - ID:8311078

    TOKYO, Feb 13 (MENA) - A woman in her 80s infected with the new coronavirus died Thursday, becoming Japan's first confirmed fatality, the Japanese health minister said, as more cases of infection were reported besides the hundreds on a quarantined ....

  • WHO: No significant shift in mortality or severity of coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-02-13 19:13:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:70 - ID:8311077

    GENEVA, Feb 13 (MENA) – The latest figures from China do not show a “significant shift in the pattern of mortality or severity” of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s Dr Michael Ryan has said. He explained that while China reported ....

  • European Union could consider border closings if coronavirus escalates: Croatian minister

    Date: 2020-02-13 17:38:17 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:65 - ID:8311037

    BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (MENA) - A Croatian health official said closing borders across the European Union is an option if the coronavirus outbreak escalates — but global officials say that step is not necessary yet, CNN reported Thursday. Vili Beroš, ....

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