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Gas leak kills, injures 6 in Pakistan
Date: 2020-02-08 07:36:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8302519
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (MENA) - One person died and five others injured during an explosion following a gas leak at a house in Paksitan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, according to Samaa TV. Rescue teams were immediately called to pull the ....
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64 coronavirus cases on cruise ship in Japan's Yokohama
Date: 2020-02-08 07:23:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:8302521
TOKYO, Feb 8 (MENA) - Three more people on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan's Yokohama have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Japanese health ministry said Saturday, bringing the total number of people from the vessel infected to ....
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Malaysia confirms 15th coronavirus case
Date: 2020-02-08 07:11:53 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:8 - ID:8302522
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (MENA) - A 15th person has been infected by the Wuhan coronavirus in Malaysia, CNN reported Saturday. Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the patient is a 59-year-old woman from Wuhan. (MENA) K A E/A A E ....
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Taiwan just confirmed its 17th coronavirus case
Date: 2020-02-08 07:11:34 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:7 - ID:8302478
TAOPEI, Feb 8 (MENA) - Taiwan confirmed its 17th Wuhan coronavirus case Saturday, CNN reported, quoting the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The patient is a man in his 20s and the son of an infected couple. He is now in isolation. The family ....
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Trump fires two major impeachment figures
Date: 2020-02-08 06:46:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8302453
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump fired two key impeachment witnesses Friday, dismissing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert at the National Security Council, and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, ....
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Pangolins are possible coronavirus hosts, Chinese scientists say
Date: 2020-02-07 22:50:35 GMT - China - World - SN:47 - ID:8302411
BEIJING/LONDON, Feb 7 (MENA) - A new study out of China suggested that endangered pangolins — a scaly anteater — are the most likely link between the coronavirus, bats and humans. While initial speculation pointed to seafood, snakes and another ....
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China's Hubei reports 81 new Coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-02-07 22:49:53 GMT - China - World - SN:46 - ID:8302429
BEIJING, Feb 6 (MENA) - Chinese Health authorities in Hubei province – epicentre of the novel coronavirus epidemic – reported 81 new deaths attributable to the contagion and 2,841 newly confirmed cases, South China Morning Post reported. This ....
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Russian lawmaker killed in helicopter crash in Tatarstan
Date: 2020-02-07 20:49:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:8302343
MOSCOW, Feb 7 (MENA) - Airat Khairullin, a deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Committee on Agriculture, was killed in a helicopter crash in Tatarstan and two more people, who were on board, are in critical condition, a source at the lower house of ....
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Plane carrying Canadians from China's Wuhan arrives in Ontario
Date: 2020-02-07 17:54:19 GMT - Canada - World - SN:37 - ID:8302247
OTTAWA, Feb 7 (MENA) - A plane carrying Canadians from Wuhan, China, has landed at a military base in Ontario where they will spend 14 days under quarantine, ABC News reported on Friday. The evacuation flight was arranged by the Canadian ....
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Trump: Pelosi ripping speech 'very disrespectful', 'very illegal'
Date: 2020-02-07 17:53:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8302245
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump claimed Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi committed a crime by ripping up a copy of his speech at the State of the Union on Tuesday evening, according to the Hill. "I thought it was a ....
