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Coronavirus: China reports 4 deaths, 31 new cases

China rushes to build new hospital for virus within 10 days

2:52 pm January 24, 2020

Beijing: China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 to serve a […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

US investigating second suspected case of Chinese virus

6:05 am January 24, 2020

Houston: Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a new and deadly Chinese virus, officials said Thursday. Brazos County, northwest of Houston, “is investigating a suspected case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV),” officials wrote in a statement on Facebook. “The patient traveled from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Trump invites Netanyahu to US for peace plan talks

5:47 am January 24, 2020

Jerusalem: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election rival to Washington next week to discuss Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. The White House said the talks would take place on Tuesday. “President Trump asked me to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

Hundreds of Central American migrants cross into Mexico

5:38 am January 24, 2020

Ciudad Hidalgo (Mexico): Hundreds of Central American migrants surged into Mexico Thursday, wading unopposed across a river on the Guatemalan border where Mexican troops had used tear gas earlier in the week to keep them back, AFP journalists at the scene reported. Once on the other side of the Suchiate River, the migrants quickly formed […]

Study traces coronavirus origin to snakes

10:27 pm January 23, 2020

Beijing: Tracing the origins of highly contagious and life-threatening viruses is hugely imperative for formulating preventive strategies and treatment methods in the face of future outbreaks. A new study provides important insights into the potential origins of the most recent outbreak of viral pneumonia in China, which started in the middle of December and now […]