Covid-2019 is official name for disease caused by new coronavirus says WHO
Feb12,2020: The World Health Organization(WHO) says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-2019. It ...
Google takes on EU in court over record antitrust fines
BRUSSELS Feb 12,2020: Google (GOOGL.O) will on Wednesday seek to overturn the first of three hefty European Union antitrust fines at ...
Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb to 174
An additional 39 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japan coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus, ...
WHO chief sees chance to stop virus, warns of ‘grave’ threat
Feb 12,2020: The death toll in China from the new coronavirus epidemic jumped on Wednesday, as the chief of the World Health ...
Mali president acknowledges contacts with jihadists
Feb11,2020: Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has for the first time acknowledged contacts with jihadist insurgents, an option ...
China virus toll passes 1,000 as Xi visits frontline hospital
Feb11,2020: The toll from China’s deadly coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000 on Tuesday after President Xi Jinping called for ...
Iran satellite launch fails, in blow to space programme
Iran said it “successfully” launched a satellite Sunday but failed to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme ...
Thai city holds vigil for 29 victims of ‘unprecedented’ mass shooting
Feb10,2020: Holding candles and writing condolences as monks chanted prayers, hundreds of Thais held an evening vigil Sunday for the ...
Cameroon polls overshadowed by violence, boycott
Feb 9,2020:Central African country of Cameroon is voting today for national legislature and local councils in the polls overshadowed ...
Coronavirus death toll in China climbs to 811, overtaking SARS toll
Feb 9,2020:The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 800 in mainland China on Sunday, overtaking global fatalities in the ...