BEIJING: A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while the US Consulate in the city at the epicenter announced it will evacuate its personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight. China’s health minister said the […]
Read MoreBarcelona: The death toll from a violent storm that has wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain’s eastern and southern coastline rose to 11 on Thursday, with rescue workers still searching for four people. The latest victim was a 50-year-old man who was fishing in coastal Ametlla de Mar, according to civil protection authorities in […]
Read MoreLucknow: At least 11 people, including an 8-year-old boy, have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh as the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act turned violent in the state, officials said on Saturday. After Friday prayers, protesters clashed with police at several places in the state and hurled stones and torched vehicles, they said. While […]
Read MoreBeijing: The death toll in a landslide which buried a village in southwest China rose to 36, state broadcaster CCTV said Sunday, with 15 still missing days after the disaster struck. The state-run People’s Daily said rescue work is ongoing at the site in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province, where a thick torrent of mud buried […]
Read MorePatna: Two more people died in Bihar flood on Tuesday, with the death toll climbing to 106 in the calamity that affected 80.55 lakh people in 12 districts, officials said. Both the deaths have taken place in Madhubani district. However, water levels have started receding in several districts and consequently the number of relief camps […]
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