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Wuhan hospital director fighting coronavirus outbreak dies
The head of a leading hospital in China’s central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease today, state television said, becoming the second prominent Chinese doctor to have succumbed to the pathogen. Liu Zhiming,
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Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case: Convicts to be hanged on March 3
All four convicts of the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case will be executed on March 3 at 6 am. The fresh date was issued by Patiala House court yesterday. Reacting to the new date, Nirbhaya’s mother said that she was
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PCM: No to APG during Hari Raya
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Paralympic Council (PCM) has disagreed with the Philippines’ proposal to host the 2020 ASEAN Para Games (APG) during the Aidilfitri Hari Raya celebration in May. Its president, Datuk Seri Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin said the organisation rejected the proposal and
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Two more affected by COVID-19 in S’pore, total up to 77
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry confirmed two more positive cases of COVID-19 in the republic here yesterday, bringing the tally to 77. One of the case involves a one-year-old male Singaporean baby who was among the group of Singaporeans evacuated from
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India’s top court orders equal roles for women in army
NEW DELHI: India’s top court ruled yesterday that women could serve as army commanders, dismissing the government’s stance that male soldiers were not ready to accept orders from female officers as “disturbing”. The Supreme Court also ordered the government to
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Hong Kong leader increases relief funds to tackle coronavirus
HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today increased a relief fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus outbreak as she urged residents to accept the government’s quarantine plans for returning passengers from a cruise ship stranded in Japan.
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India refuses entry to British lawmaker critical of Kashmir policy
LONDON: A British lawmaker, who chairs an all-party group on Kashmir, has been denied entry to India after she criticised the government’s decision to strip the disputed Himalayan region of its constitutional autonomy. Debbie Abrahams, a MP for the opposition
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Japan to start trials using HIV treatment for coronavirus
TOKYO: Japan is aiming to start trials soon using an HIV treatment for the coronavirus, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said today. “We’re currently preparing to start clinical trials using HIV medication on the novel coronavirus,” Suga, the government’s top
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China legal activist who called on Xi to ‘give way’ arrested
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have arrested a prominent rights activist and legal scholar who had called on President Xi Jinping to step down over his handling of crises, including the coronavirus outbreak, two fellow activists said yesterday. Xu Zhiyong had been
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Coronavirus infections slow in China, Apple warns of iPhone shortages
BEIJING: The number of new coronavirus infections in mainland China fell below 2,000 today for the first time since last month, Chinese health officials said, although global experts warn it was still too early to say the outbreak is being
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