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February 23, 2020 9:17 PM

Xi Jinping says coronavirus epidemic is China's 'biggest health emergency'

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that the Novel Corona virus epidemic is his country's largest public health emergency since its founding. He said this at a meeting in Beijing today on curbing the epidemic that has killed over 2,400 people. <br />'' &am...

February 23, 2020 8:51 PM

18 injured as car rams through crowd in Dhaka

<span style="color: #222222;">At least 18 people were injured today as a car ploughed through a crowded place at Kurmitola in Dhaka. Four of the injured persons are reported to be critical.<br />''</span><br />'...

February 23, 2020 5:29 PM

Quake in Iran kills eight in neighbouring Turkey

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran on Sunday killed eight people in neighbouring Turkey. The official Anadolu news agency quoted Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu confirming the deaths. The news agency also reported Health Minister Fahrettin Koca saying 21 people were injured and...

February 23, 2020 12:47 PM

Riek Machar swears in as first vice president in South Sudan

<span style="color: #222222;">In South Sudan, rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president today. The rebel leader returns as first vice president in a transition government which will serve for 36 months.<br />''</span&...

February 23, 2020 8:46 AM

Nine labourers killed when a marble mine collapsed in NW Pak

<span style="color: #222222;">Official of Provincial Disaster Management Authority Informed that the marble mine caved in in Bampokha area of district Buner of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<br />''<br />''Fifteen miners a...

February 22, 2020 9:09 PM

Iran reports 5th death from coronavirus

Iranian health authorities today reported the fifth death from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatality was from among 10 new confirmed cases of the virus in the country.<br />'' <br />'' So far, 28 cases have been confirmed in Iran, i...

February 22, 2020 9:00 PM

Egyptian court acquits two sons of Hosni Mubarak

<span style="color: #222222;">An Egyptian court today acquitted two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and six others in a case known in the Egyptian media as stock exchange manipulation.</span><br />'' <span s...

February 22, 2020 5:55 PM

Togo goes to polls as President seeks likely fourth term

Togo went to the polls today in an election widely expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe claim a fourth term in power and extend his family's half-century domination of the West African nation.<br />'' <br />'' The incumbent, 53, has led the ...

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