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Japan confirms 2nd new-coronavirus infection
Date: 2020-01-24 08:06:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:8282508
TOKYO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Japan's health ministry confirmed Friday a second infection in the country with a new deadly virus that has been rapidly spreading from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, Kyodo News Agency reported. The patient is a man in ....
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Coronavirus not yet a global health crisis, WHO says
Date: 2020-01-23 20:01:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:8282348
GENEVA, Jan 23 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday decided not to declare the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global emergency despite the spread of the dangerous respiratory infection from China to at least five other countries, ....
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Six soldiers killed in ambush - Mali army
Date: 2020-01-23 13:53:22 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:43 - ID:8281808
BAMKO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Six soldiers were killed and several were wounded in an overnight attack in central Mali, the army said Thursday. The troops came under fire late Wednesday from "unidentified armed men" in Dioungani, an area in the central ....
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6 dead, missing after snowmobiles break through ice in Quebec
Date: 2020-01-23 11:00:21 GMT - Canada - World - SN:26 - ID:8281454
OTTAWA, Jan 23 (MENA) - One person is dead and the search continues for five missing tourists from France after a group of snow mobilers who were travelling off trail plunged through the ice Tuesday night near Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean, Canadian ....
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3 Americans dead after firefighting water bomber crashes in rural Australia
Date: 2020-01-23 09:41:49 GMT - Australia - World - SN:18 - ID:8281279
CANBERRA, Jan 23 (MENA) - Three American crew members have died in Australia after an air tanker crashed in the state of New South Wales, where fires continue to burn out of control, CNN reported Thursday. The water-bombing tanker had been ....
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Korean Air to suspend flights to Wuhan by end-January
Date: 2020-01-23 09:18:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:8281287
SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's national flag carrier, said Thursday it will suspend its flights to Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of a new SARS-like virus, by the end of this month, Yonhap news agency reported. ....
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S. Korean unit in Hormuz Strait ready for any circumstances: defense ministry
Date: 2020-01-23 08:36:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8281162
SEOUL, Jan 23 (MENA) - The South Korean military unit dispatched to the Strait of Hormuz maintains a full readiness posture to deal with any situations in accordance with its operation guidelines, Yonhap reported Wednesday quoting the defense ....
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Britons told not to go to Coronavirus-hit China's Wuhan
Date: 2020-01-23 08:35:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:8281104
LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) - UK's Foreign Office has advised Britons against all but essential travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan after a new virus killed 17 and infected hundreds, Sky News reported on Thursday. Wuhan's local transport networks, ....
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New Zealand's White Island volcano disaster death toll rises to 20
Date: 2020-01-23 08:35:07 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:8 - ID:8281105
WELLINGTON, Jan 23 (MENA) - The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption has risen to 20, as two people still considered missing were officially confirmed dead, ABC News reported Thursday. The two individuals were 40-year-old ....
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China coronavirus deaths rise to 17
Date: 2020-01-23 08:27:35 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8281101
BEIJING, Jan 23 (MENA) - Deaths from China’s new virus rose to 17 with more than 540 cases confirmed, increasing fears of contagion from an infection suspected to originate from illegally-traded wildlife, according to CNBC. The previously ....
