Seven missing after Pakistan building collapse as death toll hits 16
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistani rescuers using their bare hands searched Friday for seven people missing after an apartment building…
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Adviser to Iran’s foreign minister dies of coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- An adviser to Iran's foreign minister who took part in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis…
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China reports 30 virus deaths, rise in new infections and imported cases
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on Friday, with fresh infections rising…
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S. Korea threatens retaliation over ‘irrational’ Japan virus quarantine
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Seoul threatened to retaliate Friday over what it called Tokyo's "irrational" plan to quarantine arrivals…
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Kim Jong Un offers South Koreans ‘comfort’ over virus: Seoul
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a personal letter to "comfort" South Koreans fighting…
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Sri Lanka seizes record drugs haul at sea
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka(AFP) -- Two foreign trawlers packed with over $33 million worth of heroin and crystal methamphetamine were seized…
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Bhutan confirms first coronavirus case
THIMPHU, Bhutan (AFP) -- The isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has reported its first case of the coronavirus after a…
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‘Near-isolation’ – coronavirus throws S. Korea Olympic plans into chaos
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Travel restrictions around the world on arrivals from virus-hit South Korea are…
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South Korea’s Culture Minister urges churches to suspend gatherings to contain COVID-19 spread
by Rona Lacap EBC Correspondent in South Korea (Eagle News) -- As cases of the novel coronavirus continues to spread,…
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Wuhan doctor recounts fears and hope at virus frontline
by Laurie CHEN BEIJING, China (AFP) -- One month after makeshift hospitals opened to chaos and confusion at the epicenter…
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