Day: January 28, 2020

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

Coronavirus: Indian student from Wuhan, mother in Ujjain hospital

3:27 pm January 28, 2020

Indore: A woman and her son, who recently returned from Wuhan in China, were admitted in hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain for possible exposure to novel Coronavirus, prompting the state government to step up vigil. According to officials of the Health department, the duo included the medical student who had returned to India from Wuhan, […]

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‘I’m being raped’: Harvey Weinstein accuser details alleged assault

‘I’m being raped’: Weinstein accuser details alleged assault

5:25 am January 28, 2020

NEW YORK: As she tried to fight off Harvey Weinstein’s advances, Mimi Haleyi told him “no, no, no” before he held her down on a bed and forcibly performed oral sex on her, she said in emotional testimony Monday at Weinstein’s trial. Haleyi, one of two women whose assault accusations led to Weinstein’s trial, took […]

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Mongolia closes border, China extends holiday to fight virus

Mongolia closes border, China extends holiday to fight virus

5:12 am January 28, 2020

BEIJING: China expanded its sweeping efforts on Monday to contain a dangerous new virus, extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading infection as the death toll rose to 81. Mongolia closed its vast border with China, and Hong Kong and Malaysia announced they were barring entry to […]

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Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

Trump offers China help as virus spreads, markets reel

3:06 am January 28, 2020

SHANGHAI: U.S. President Donald Trump offered China whatever help it needed on Monday to control a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 81 people, stranded tens of millions during the biggest holiday of the year and rattled global markets. With provincial authorities taking increasing flak from the public over their initial response, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang […]

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Pilot of Kobe Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

Investigators work scene of Kobe Bryant’s chopper crash

12:06 am January 28, 2020

CALABASAS, California: Investigators worked Monday on a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed in foggy weather considered dangerous enough that local police departments had grounded their choppers. About 20 investigators were on the scene where everyone aboard was killed Sunday morning in a wreck that left […]

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