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How China returnee spread Coronavirus in USA
The fast-spreading coronavirus has been confirmed in the USA after a man in Chicago contracted the virus from his wife who traveled to China. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) d…
Australia fires : State of emergency declared for Canberra region
Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) have declared a state of emergency as massive bushfires rage south of Canberra. It is the worst fire threat to the territory in nearly two decade…
WHO declares coronavirus global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared coronavirus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the decision …
Russian strikes kill 10 civilians in Syria's Idlib as army advances
Russian air strikes near a bakery and a medical clinic in Syria's rebel-held Idlib region killed 10 civilians on Thursday as government forces kept up a ground offensive.The government and its allies…
Coronavirus: China's richest man donates N6.4bn to scientists developing vaccine
China's richest man and founder of the e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba, Jack Ma, has donated 100 million Yuan (N5,225,827,550) to help scientists develop a vaccine for coronavirus. The billionaire ea…
Coronavirus : India records first case
The Indian government on Thursday confirmed that a patient in Kerala State, Southern India had tested positive for novel coronavirus, the first case of the virus which originated in China and has so …
British Airways suspends all flights to China over coronavirus
British Airways has suspended all direct flights to and from mainland China after Britain warned against all but essential travel to the country due to the coronavirus outbreak. BA.com, the airline’s…
Brexit to be sealed with final Brussels vote
Brexit Day is to be set in stone Wednesday when the European Parliament in Brussels casts a vote ratifying the terms of Britain’s divorce deal from the EU.The historic legislative act the last for th…
Chinese Doctors 'Cure' Coronavirus Patient Using HIV Wonder Drugs
Doctors in China are claiming to have cured a patient suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus using a HIV wonder drug. The Chinese authorities said the patient, who received the medication during a drug…
Earth quake hits Caribbean islands, triggering evacuations
A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday in the Caribbean between Jamaica and Cuba, triggering a brief tsunami alert and sending hundreds of people pouring onto the streets of Havana. The trem…
US Forces Recovers Bodies From Site Of Crashed Jet In Afghanistan
US forces in helicopters on Tuesdaqy recovered the remains of the crew killed when one of its military jets went down in a Taliban-controlled area, hours after Afghan forces trying to reach the wreck…
US confirms crash of its military airplane in Afghanistan
The United States has announced that its military aircraft crashed in Afghanistan on Monday. Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor’s office in Ghazni city, had said that the plane crash…
Reporter barred from Mike Pompeo trip over interview
The US state department has removed an NPR reporter from the press pool for Secretary Mike Pompeo’s upcoming foreign trip, days after a tense interview with another NPR journalist. The radio network …
China confirms 4500 cases of coronavirus
China has confirmed more than 4,500 cases of a new virus, with 106 deaths. Most have been in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak began in December. More than 45 cases have been confirmed in …
China races against the clock to build virus hospitals
Hundreds of workers are toiling around the clock at the site of a field hospital that China is racing to build within days to treat a rapidly growing number of patients stricken by a deadly virus.The…
UK unveils new visa scheme
Britain on Sunday announced a new fast-track visa scheme for top scientists, researchers and mathematicians as it prepares a new immigration system for life outside the European Union.Prime Minister …
US Embassy In Baghdad Comes Under Attack; Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester
The US embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone came under attack from rocket fire on Sunday evening. Five rockets crashed into a riverbank near the embassy in the Iraqi capital leaving …
China CoronaVirus death toll rises to 25, with 830 confirmed cases
The death toll in China's viral outbreak has risen to 25, with the number of confirmed cases also leaping to 830, the government said on Friday. The National Health Commission said authorities were a…
Full Interview :U.S. new visa rules for pregnant women
On Thursday, the Department of State announced amendments to some visa regulations aimed at curtailing what is known as “birth tourism’’ in the United States. Birth tourism is a practice …
Archbishop Of Canterbury Speaks On Boko Haram killing Of CAN Chairman And Other Christians In Nigeria
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby has reacted to the killing of Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adam…