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China quarantines 94 travellers on flight from South Korea
China has quarantined 94 travellers from a flight from South Korea as a precaution against a further spread of the new coronavirus epidemic after...
Hong Kong pledges handouts to residents to counter economic woes
The Hong Kong government on Wednesday announced 10,000-Hong Kong-dollar (1,280-US-dollar) handouts to adult permanent residents in a bid to tackle the city's economic downturn.Financial Secretary...
Egypt to hold military funeral for deposed president Mubarak
Egypt is holding a military funeral on Wednesday for Hosny Mubarak, the country's long-time president who was toppled during the Arab Spring protest wave,...
Death toll rises to 20 from riots in Indian capital; hundreds badly injured
At least 20 people have been killed in the Indian capital during violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim groups over a new citizenship law,...
Coronavirus to cut Diageo drink sales by up to £325 mn
British drinks group Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, on Wednesday said the coronavirus would slash annual sales by up to...
Curfew call in Indian capital after 20 die in sectarian clashes
Riot police patrolled the streets of India's capital on Wednesday and the city's leader called for a curfew following battles between Hindus and Muslims...
U.S. braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and...
Five dead, three missing after Jakarta floods
Five people were killed, three more are missing and thousands are unable to return to their waterlogged homes after floods submerged parts of Indonesia’s...
Mubarak, the ‘Pharaoh’ toppled by the Arab Spring, dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday, never expected to be president. But when a very public assassination thrust the former bomber pilot into the...
Saudi Arabia Sentences Eight on Charges of Spying for Iran
A Saudi criminal court on Tuesday sentenced one citizen to death and seven others to jail on charges of treason and spying for the...
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