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  • Death toll stands at 22 in Turkish earthquake; 1,000 hurt

    Date: 2020-01-25 13:29:40 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:24 - ID:8283989

    ANKARA, Jan 25 (MENA) - The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 22 Saturday, with more than 1,000 people injured, ABC News reported. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, speaking at a televised news ....

  • Australia just confirmed 3 more Wuhan coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-01-25 09:47:13 GMT - Australia - World - SN:17 - ID:8283730

    CANBERRA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Australia has just confirmed a total of four Wuhan coronavirus cases, CNN reported on Saturday. Three men who traveled from China to Sydney, Australia, have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, health authorities ....

  • Nepal confirms its first case of Wuhan coronavirus

    Date: 2020-01-25 09:15:31 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:15 - ID:8283665

    KATHMANDU, Jan 25 (MENA) - Nepal has confirmed its first case of the Wuhan coronavirus, CNN reported on Saturday. The patient is a 31-year-old Nepali man studying for his PhD in Wuhan, said spokesman for the country's Health Ministry, Mahendra ....

  • Australia reports first coronavirus case

    Date: 2020-01-25 06:56:09 GMT - Australia - World - SN:10 - ID:8283575

    CANBERRA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of the Wuhan coronavirus in its second-largest city. The man, a patient in his 50s, had been in Wuhan before returning on January 19 to Melbourne, Health Minister Jenny ....

  • Malaysia confirms 3 Coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-01-25 06:44:40 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:8 - ID:8283550

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 (MENA) - Three people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus here, Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said Saturday, marking the first cases of the potentially deadly disease in Malaysia. The three Chinese ....

  • US confirms second Wuhan coronavirus case

    Date: 2020-01-24 22:19:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:8283453

    WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - A second case of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States has been identified in Chicago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in a press briefing. The patient is a Chicago resident in her 60s. ....

  • No specific dates for Putin-Lukashenko meeting yet — Kremlin

    Date: 2020-01-24 19:35:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:8283317

    MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - No specific dates for the next meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have been set yet, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. "No specific dates yet," he ....

  • UK eases travel advisory to Pakistan

    Date: 2020-01-24 19:34:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:39 - ID:8283365

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (MENA) - The UK has changed its travel advice to reflect the improved security situation in Pakistan, the UK Embassy in Islamabad said in a statement on Friday. Today’s announcement is the result of a comprehensive review of UK ....

  • Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with Cuba over FM’s 'inadmissible comments'

    Date: 2020-01-24 17:39:12 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:35 - ID:8283342

    LA PAZ, Jan 24 (MENA) - Bolivia has suspended its diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Foreign Ministry of Bolivia’s interim government said in a statement on Friday. The suspension was due to "recent inadmissible comments" by Cuban Foreign ....

  • China deploys military medics to combat coronavirus outbreak

    Date: 2020-01-24 17:37:01 GMT - China - World - SN:34 - ID:8283336

    BEIJING, Jan 24 (MENA) - China has deployed its military medics to help to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which claimed 26 lives so far and led to the isolation of millions of people in the country, state media reported on Friday. As many as ....

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