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Jokowi announces Indonesia’s first two confirmed COVID-19 cases
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that two Indonesians have tested positive for COVID-19, the first two confirmed cases of the disease in the country. Jokowi said that the two people, a 64-year-old and her 31-year-old daughter, had been in
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Thailand reports first COVID-19 death
BANGKOK: A 35-year-old Thai retail worker became Thailand’s first COVID-19 fatality yesterday, the Department of Disease Control said. Its director-general Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoen said the man had been down with dengue fever since late January and was later diagnosed with COVID-19 and transferred to
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COVID-19: New cases had been confirmed in Hubei
BEIJING: China’s central Hubei province, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported less than 200 cases of new infections for the first time since January. Hubei had 196 new confirmed cases yesterday, the National Health Commission said today, sharply
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COVID-19: Death toll in mainland China rise to 2,788
BEIJING: The death toll of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China has risen by 44 to 2,788, and the number of confirmed cases has increased by 327 to 78,824, Sputnik news agency reported the state health committee as
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Earthquake magnitude 6.2 attacks Tanimbar region
INDONESIA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the Tanimbar region in Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on today. The quake was at a depth of 49 km (31 miles), according to EMSC. The Indonesia Geophysics Agency said
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COVID-19: Mainland China had 406 new confirmed cases yesterday
SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Mainland China had 406 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections, yesterday, the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said today, down from 508 cases a day earlier. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far
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COVID-19: Hong Kong unveils US$15 billion stimulus to boost economy
HONG KONG: Hong Kong unveiled measures worth HK$120 billion (US$15 billion), in its annual budget today to bolster an economy grappling with a coronavirus outbreak and months of anti-government protests. Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the measures would include handouts
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‘Namaste Trump’: Modi holds huge rally for president’s visit
AHMEDABAD: US President Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium yesterday, promising “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared military equipment on the planet” at his biggest rally
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10 including three children hurt in Songkhla bombing
SONGKHLA: Ten people, including three children, were injured in a bomb explosion today in Saba Yoi here in Thailand. Saba Yoi police chief Colonel Kongtup Sanatip said a homemade bomb weighing 10 kilogrammes attached to a motorcycle parked by a roadside, had detonated
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NGO: Strict enforcement before the next haze hits
KUALA LUMPUR: A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has called for strict enforcement against open burning to eliminate the perennial haze in the region. Ecotourism & Conservation Society Malaysia (ECOMY) said the haze is man made and its resolution lies in the prevention
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