China virus death toll rises to 41; over 1,300 infected worldwide
BEIJING – The death toll from China’s
coronavirus outbreak jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier as
authorities curb travel and cancel public...
US troops diagnosed with ‘traumatic brain injury’ after Iran strike
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Friday
said 34 service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, following
missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq...
20 killed after strong quake jolts Turkey
ELAZIG – A powerful earthquake struck
eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 20 people.
The 6.8-magnitude quake shook Elazig
province, around 550 km (340 miles)...
China virus death toll mounts to 25
BEIJING – A new
coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected over 800, the government
said on Friday.
China’s
National Health Commission said 830 cases had...
Gas truck explodes in Lima; 2 persons killed
LIMA – A truck
carrying natural gas exploded on Thursday in Peru’s capital, killing at least
two people and injuring 48 others.
The truck burst into...
US crew killed in air tanker crash identified
SYDNEY – Three
United States firefighters who died when their air tanker crashed while
battling blazes in Australia have been identified.
Captain Ian
McBeth, first officer Paul Clyde...
China locks down city amid virus outbreak
BEIJING – China is putting on lockdown
a city of 11 million people considered at the epicenter of a new coronavirus
outbreak that has killed 17...
Death toll rises to 20 from New Zealand volcano eruption
WELLINGTON – The death toll rose to 20
on Thursday from a volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island last month,
as two people still missing...
5 French tourists missing after Quebec mishap
TORONTO – A tour guide died and five
French tourists were missing after a group of snowmobilers plunged through the
ice into the water near Québec’s...
China virus death toll rises to 9; US reports first case
BEIJING – The death toll from a new
flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed
cases mostly in the city of...