Shanghai rolls out guideline for tourist attractions to control epidemic
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:32 pm
Shanghai/Xinhua/UNI: Shanghai on Friday rolled out a guideline for the municipality's A-grade tourist attractions to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic.
Iran to hold parliamentary elections on Friday
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:30 pm
Tehran/Sputnik/UNI: The elections to Iran's 290-seat unicameral parliament will be held across the country on February 21.
Australia issues 42 arrest warrants for nationals in Syria suspected of IS links
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Canberra,/UNI: Australian Federal Police has obtained 42 arrest warrants for its citizens accused of supporting the Islamic State in Syria, including women from the Al-Hawl camp, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
South Korea registers first Coronavirus death
Feb 20, 2020, at 08:25 pm
Seoul/UNI: South Korea confirmed the country's first fatality from the new Coronavirus on Thursday, while the total number of people infected by the deadly disease, recently named Covid-19, rose to 104.
Southern Philippine grenade blast kills 2 children
Feb 20, 2020, at 07:27 pm
Manila/Xinhua: A rifle grenade exploded inside a house in Dipolog City in the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing two boys aged eight and five, a military general said.
Suspected perpetrator of Hanau attack in Germany found dead at home, 1 more body discovered
Feb 20, 2020, at 10:31 am
Moscow, Feb 20 (Sputnik) A suspected perpetrator of the shooting attacks in the German town of Hanau was found dead at his home on Thursday, the police of southeastern Hessen said.
China's doping control officers need to go through strict medical check before work
Feb 19, 2020, at 06:46 pm
Beijing/Xinhua:The doping control officers (DCOs) must pass virus test and relative medical check before they are allowed to carry out doping tests amid a nationwide fight against the new coronavirus, China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) said here on Wednesday.
Chinese military hackers steal Equifax data of 13 million Britons
Feb 18, 2020, at 08:35 pm
Beijing/IBNS: In a “criminal heist” spanning the globe, Chinese military hackers allegedly stole personal information of more than 13 million Britons, media reports said on Tuesday.
Feb 18, 2020, at 08:31 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A leaked Chinese government document has shown how issues, like growing a beard, wearing a veil or accidentally visiting a foreign website, were among the justifications shown to send Uyghur Muslims to China’s detention camps in Xinjiang province.
Thai economy to surge over 3 pct next year: central bank
Feb 18, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Banghok/Xinhua/UNI: The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Tuesday said that despite the slowing global economy, drought and delay of the fiscal 2020 budget, a gradual recovery will come at the second and third quarter this year.
Syrian army completely secures Aleppo city from rebels' shelling
Feb 18, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Damascus/Xinhua/UNI: The Syrian government forces on Monday said that Syria's northern city Aleppo has been finally made safe from shelling after a wide-scale military operation, saying that dozens of villages and towns returned under government control as a result of the current military operation..
South Korea sends presidential jet to return 4 citizens aboard virus-stricken liner: reports
Feb 18, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/UNI: South Korea has sent a presidential plane to Japan to evacuate four of its citizens from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise liner, media reported on Tuesday.
Car explosion on highway in western Colombia kills 7, injures 11: Local Army Chief
Feb 18, 2020, at 05:01 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: At least seven people have died, and 11 others were injured as a result of a car explosion in western Colombia, Major General Jorge Isaacs Hoyos Rojas, a local army commander, said on Tuesday.
China's airlines cancel 78,000 flights, return 13 million tickets amid COVID-19 outbreak
Feb 18, 2020, at 04:59 pm
Beijing/Sputnik/UNI: China's numerous airlines have canceled some 78,000 flights and returned about 13 million tickets due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak, deputy head of the country's state property control and management committee, Ren Hongbin, said on Tuesday.
Norway charges 2019 mosque shooter with terrorism, murder
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:43 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Norwegian prosecutors on Monday pressed terrorism and murder charges against Philip Manshaus, who attacked a mosque and killed his step-sister last August.
Iraq: Education access still a challenge in former ISIL-controlled areas
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:21 am
New York/IBNS: More than two years after the defeat of ISIL in Iraq, some children in areas formerly controlled by the terrorist group still cannot access school or get the necessary documentation required for enrollment, a UN report published on Monday finds.
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:19 am
New York/IBNS: The crisis in north-west Syria has reached a “horrifying new level”, the UN Humanitarian Affairs chief warned on Monday.
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:07 am
New York/IBNS: Education is the “great equalizer” and Parliaments have a major role to play in scaling up action to ensure that adequate financial resources are allocated to education, girls’ education and technical and vocational training throughout in national budgetary processes, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Monday.
European council president highlights role of EU-US alliance in conversation with Pelosi
Feb 17, 2020, at 07:58 pm
Brussels/Sputnik: European Council President Charles Michel on Monday stressed the importance of the transatlantic alliance between the European Union and the United States, as well as shared EU-US values with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
World Bank Group launches initiatives supporting women entrepreneurs
Feb 17, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Dubai/IBNS: The World Bank Group announced two new initiatives to improve access to start-up financing and e-commerce markets for women entrepreneurs, at the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Summit.
Beijing to build mask factory in 6 days
Feb 17, 2020, at 05:30 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: Beijing will convert an industrial building into a new mask factory in six days to meet the surging demand amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Bizzare coincidence: Dean Koontz 1981 fictional novel predicted coronavirus, internet users debate
Feb 17, 2020, at 05:09 pm
London/IBNS: At a time when China is witnessing a massive coronavirus outbreak, an excerpt of a novel, which was written by Dean Koontz in 1981, has suddenly set the social media on fire with its content.
First plane carrying evacuated Americans from coronavirus-stricken cruise ship lands in US
Feb 17, 2020, at 05:04 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The first of two planes chartered by the United States to bring its nationals home from a quarantined cruise ship in Japan has landed at a military base in the state of California, media said Monday.
Two people injured in shooting in school in Turkish capital: Ankara Governor's Office
Feb 17, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two people have been injured in a shooting at a lyceum in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the Ankara Governor's Office said on Monday, adding that students had been evacuated from the school.
Forest fire breaks out at major national park in northeastern Thailand
Feb 17, 2020, at 04:36 pm
Bangkok/Xinhua/UNI: A forest fire suspected to have been caused by nearby burning activities broke out on Sunday inside a major national park in northeastern Thailand, a senior government official said on Monday.
Four civilians killed in roadside bombing in Yemen's Hodeidah
Feb 17, 2020, at 09:07 am
Aden, Yemen/Xinhua/UNI: Four civilians were killed on Sunday as a roadside bomb exploded in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a military official told Xinhua.
Iraqi Security Services confirm 3 rockets landed in Baghdad's Green Zone
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:29 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The Iraqi security services on Sunday confirmed earlier reports on a rocket attack on Baghdad's so-called green zone, adding that three projectiles landed in the area.
Syrian military shoots down 5 drones targeting oil refinery in homs - reports
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: The Syrian armed forces has shot down five unmanned aircraft attempting to attack an oil-processing plant in Syria's western province of Homs, Sham FM radio station reported on Sunday.
Two injured in knife attack in Moscow church - Interior Ministry
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:22 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two people were injured in a knife attack on Sunday in the Moscow church of St. Nicholas, Russia’s Interior Ministry said.
Four killed,14 injured in car crash in eastern Myanmar
Feb 16, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Yangon/Xinhua/UNI: Four people were killed with 14 others injured in a car crash in Myanmar's Shan State, according to a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday.