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Soldiers carry a person out of Terminal 21 Korat mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute killed a few people and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to the busy mall where shoppers fled in terror. (AP)World
Thai mall gunman shot dead after massacre of 21 people

The shooter, a soldier armed with an assault rifle, holed himself up in a mall and posted updates on Facebook

9 Feb 2020 9:02 AM IST

Thai soldier kills 20 shoppers in mall while posting Facebook updatesWorld
Thai soldier kills 20 shoppers in mall while posting Facebook updates

Mall secured by police but whereabouts of killer not known

9 Feb 2020 12:52 AM IST

Japan cruise ship Diamond Princess. ANI photoWorld
No Indian quarantined on Japan ship diamond princess tested positive...

As many as 61 of some 3700 people onboard the vessel have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus

8 Feb 2020 11:30 AM IST

The cruise ship Diamond Princess is docked at Yokohama Port, near Tokyo on Friday. AP PhotoWorld
41 new cases of coronavirus reported from a quarantined cruise ship

The Japanese media reported there were 2,257 people aboard

7 Feb 2020 2:52 PM IST

A self-contained breathing apparatus and a photo of recruits is pictured on a plaque inside a Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy dormitory which has been designated as a 2019 novel coronavirus quarantine site for travellers from Hubei Province in China. AFP photoWorld
Coronavirus sparks racism: Petition to ban Chinese gets 5 lakh...

A health lecturer at the University of Sydney, said the responses from governments may have compounded prejudice

7 Feb 2020 11:08 AM IST

Travellers wearing protective face masks at the departure area of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. AFP photoWorld
21 Kerala medical students stranded in Chinese airport

The students were told that except Singapore citizens, no foreign nationals from China could board the flight

6 Feb 2020 2:35 PM IST

A security guard checks the temperature of people entering Yu Park in Shanghai. AFP photoWorld
Coronavirus kills 563, cases cross 28K

Among the deceased, 70 were from Hubei Province and its provincial Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak

6 Feb 2020 11:26 AM IST

A medical staff member collects a sample taken from a person to be tested for the new coronavirus at a quarantine zone in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photoWorld
Newborn tests positive for coronavirus in Wuhan

The disease is believed to have emerged in Dec in a Wuhan market that sold wild animals, and spread rapidly as people...

5 Feb 2020 6:39 PM IST

This photo taken A medical staff member checks a patient infected by the novel coronavirus inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in Chinas easter Shandong province. AFP PhotoWorld
Coronavirus outbreak: -'Working hard to ensure safety of Indians,-'...

The death toll in China because of the virus has gone up to 490 while the number of confirmed cases has touched 24,300.

5 Feb 2020 1:33 PM IST

Medical workers in protective suits lead a passenger tested positive for a new coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Yokohama Port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. AP photoWorld
Coronavirus deaths touch 490, Japan records 10 cases on ship

Ten people from the cruise ship tested positive and were taken to hospitals, while 3,700 passengers on the ship will be...

5 Feb 2020 1:06 PM IST

Malaysian PM Mahathir MohamadWorld
‘It-'s temporary’: Malaysia curbs India palm oil import amid CAA...

Malaysia-'s push to implement B20 biodiesel starting this month will also help sustain high crude palm oil prices, the...

4 Feb 2020 11:54 AM IST

Two AirAsia chiefs will step aside for at least two months as authorities and the airline look into claims that aerospace giant Airbus paid the company USD 50 million to secure a plane order. (Photo: File)World
2 AirAsia chiefs step aside as probe into Airbus bribery scandal...

Both men were to stand down -'for a period of two months or such other period that the company may deem fit-', the...

4 Feb 2020 11:45 AM IST

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