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  • 1st coronavirus case confirmed in London

    Date: 2020-02-13 06:10:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:1 - ID:8309816

    LONDON, Feb 13 (MENA) - The first coronavirus case has been confirmed in London on Thursday, The Sun reported. The woman contracted the virus in China and flew to the UK where she tested positive at a hospital in central London this ....

  • WHO says new coronavirus cases in China have stabilized, but warns that could change

    Date: 2020-02-12 21:26:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:82 - ID:8309689

    GENEVA, Feb 12 (MENA) - New coronavirus cases in China appear to have stabilized in recent days, but world health officials cautioned the public against reading too much into those numbers, CNBC reported. The outbreak could still get worse, ....

  • Two suspected letter bombs explode in the Netherlands

    Date: 2020-02-12 10:44:58 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:26 - ID:8308587

    AMSTERDAM, Feb 12 (MENA) - Two suspected letter bombs went off on Wednesday in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam and Kerkrade but no one was injured, Euronews quoted the police as saying. The first explosion was reported shortly before 08:00 CET at a ....

  • Russia Develops Cutting-Edge Anti-Hypersonic Missile System

    Date: 2020-02-12 09:55:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8308474

    MOSCOW, Feb 12 (MENA) - Russian engineers have kicked off the creation of an ultra-long-range air-launched missile with a separable warhead that can intercept high-speed and maneuvering targets, Russian news agency Sputnik reported on ....

  • S. Korea's 3rd evacuation plane arrives from virus-hit Wuhan

    Date: 2020-02-12 07:08:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:8308253

    SEOUL, Feb 12 (MENA) - South Korea's third evacuation flight from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived back in Seoul on Wednesday, carrying 147 of its citizens, their Chinese spouses and family members, with five of them showing ....

  • Japan to ban entry of people from Zhejiang

    Date: 2020-02-12 06:32:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8308214

    TOKYO, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government will ban people from the Chinese province of Zhejiang from entering the country starting Thursday, to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, NHK reported. Prime Minister ....

  • Germany confirms two more cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2020-02-12 06:15:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:8308218

    BERLIN, Feb 12 (MENA) - Germany confirmed two more cases of coronavirus in the southern state of Bavaria, raising the overall number of known cases in Europe's most populous country to 16, The New Yotk Times reported. The two new cases of ....

  • Pentagon: 109 troops suffer brain injuries from Iran strike

    Date: 2020-02-11 18:26:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:8308008

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The number of US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon has said, as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month ....

  • WHO officially names coronavirus 'COVID-19'

    Date: 2020-02-11 17:06:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:8307913

    GENEVA, Feb 11 (MENA) - The coronavirus causing a deadly outbreak in China has been named COVID-19, the World Health Organization has announced. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the global body, announced the new name at a ....

  • World Radio Day celebrates radio & diversity

    Date: 2020-02-11 12:21:09 GMT - France - World - SN:43 - ID:8307089

    PARIS, Feb 11 (MENA) - Under the theme "radio and diversity," UNESCO’s 2020 edition of World Radio Day will focus on radio’s responsibility as "a platform for democratic discourse." The international organization is encouraging radio stations ....

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