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3 kept in isolation ward in Delhi-NCR for possible coronavirus exposure

7:59 pm January 28, 2020

New Delhi: Three Delhi-NCR residents with a travel history to China have been kept under observation in an isolation ward at RML Hospital for possible exposure to the deadly novel coronavirus, officials said. The three — all men aged between 24 and 48 — were admitted on Monday and their samples have been sent for […]

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 […]

Kobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class

Basketball star Kobe Bryant, four others dead in helicopter crash

3:46 am January 27, 2020

California: Kobe Bryant, who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and was considered one of basketball’s all-time greats, was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday morning, officials said. He was 41. Four other people died in the crash in a remote field around 10 a.m. (1800 GMT) about 40 […]

Death toll rises to 11 in Spain as Storm Gloria ebbs

5:32 am January 24, 2020

Barcelona: 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 […]

Nepal constitutes committee to investigate death of eight Indian tourists

9:13 pm January 22, 2020

Kathmandu: Nepal has formed a five-member team to investigate and submit a report within 15 days into the death of eight Indian tourists, including four minors, who died in their room at a resort in the Himalayan country as the postmortem of the bodies was underway here on Wednesday. Tragedy struck a group of 15 […]