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Passenger plane crashes at Istanbul airport, at least 52 injured
Date: 2020-02-05 19:46:59 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:70 - ID:8299735
ANKARA, Feb 5 (MENA) – A plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport as it attempted to land, ABC News reported on Wednesday. At least 52 people have been injured and transferred to local hospitals, according to ....
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WHO seeks $675 million to fight new virus
Date: 2020-02-05 17:58:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:8299626
Geneva, Feb 5 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called for US$675 million in donations for a plan to fight the novel Coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered particularly "at risk". "Today we're ....
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WHO: 24,363 confirmed nCoV cases in China, 490 deaths
Date: 2020-02-05 17:44:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8299623
GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom said that there are 24,363 confirmed coronavirus cases in China and 490 deaths so far. "In the last 24 hours, we had the most cases in a single day ....
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WHO says there are 'no known' treatment of coronavirus so far
Date: 2020-02-05 14:32:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:8299366
GENEVA, Feb 5 (MENA) - The World Health Organization played down reports of a drug breakthrough against the coronavirus. “There are no known effective therapeutics against this 2019-nCoV and WHO recommends enrollment into a randomized controlled ....
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Guterres calls for normalizing situation with issuance of US visas to diplomats
Date: 2020-02-05 13:12:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8299034
MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) - The situation with issuance of US visas to diplomats attending UN events in New York should be normalized, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a press conference. "As a matter of fact, I'm very concerned and very ....
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Chinese Foreign Ministry: Egypt among 21 countries assisting Beijing against coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-05 08:48:54 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:8298722
BEIJING, Feb 5 (MENA) - The Chinese Foreign Ministry said 21 countries, including Egypt, offered medical assistance to China to help it confront the novel coronavirus. These countries also include South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, ....
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Trump vows overseas troop cuts in State of the Union address
Date: 2020-02-05 07:58:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8298565
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - President Donald Trump hailed the U.S. military as “unmatched anywhere in the world” and vowed to use it to pursue terrorists worldwide in his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday night as quoted by CNN. But also ....
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Philippines reports third confirmed case of novel coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-05 07:55:44 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:8298671
MANILA, Feb 5 (MENA) - A 60-year-old Chinese woman has been confirmed as the country’s third case of the novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV, CNN Philippines reported Wednesday, quoting the Department of Health. The Chinese national arrived in Cebu ....
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Coronavirus deaths rise to 491 in mainland China
Date: 2020-02-05 06:48:20 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8298608
BEIJING, Feb 5 (MENA) - Deaths from the new coronavirus rose to 491 in mainland China on Wednesday while new cases on a Japanese cruise ship, in Hong Kong and in other places showed the increasing spread of the outbreak and renewed attention toward ....
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13 corona virus cases reported in Australia
Date: 2020-02-05 06:11:48 GMT - Australia - World - SN:6 - ID:8298585
CANBERRA, Feb 5 (MENA) - An eight-year-old boy has been diagnosed with coronavirus, taking the number of confirmed cases in Australia to 13 people, CNN reported. The child, from Wuhan which is the epicentre of the virus outbreak in the central ....
