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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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10 killed, injured in explosion in Pakistan's Quetta
Date: 2020-02-17 16:24:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8316067
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (MENA) - Two people were killed and seven injured in a blast that took place on the city's Shahra-e-Iqbal Road near the Quetta Press Club on Monday, Geo News network reported. Police and security forces cordoned off the scene ....
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ISESCO says shaping the future one of organization's main objectives
Date: 2020-02-17 14:28:14 GMT - Morocco - World - SN:43 - ID:8315682
RABAT, Feb 17 (MENA) - Director-General of the Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ISESCO) Salem bin Muhammad Al-Malik said on Monday the organization has chosen to create the future as one of its main pillars in ....
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China accuses US of large-scale cyber theft
Date: 2020-02-17 12:03:39 GMT - China - World - SN:29 - ID:8315469
BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - The US government and relevant departments, in violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations, have conducted large-scale, organized and indiscriminate cyber theft, tapping and surveillance ....
