New York: US President Donald Trump returned home on Wednesday after a whirlwind visit to India that he tweeted on arrival “was great” and “very successful”. Stepping off the Air Force One, he plunged into domestic politics telling reporters at the Joint Base Andrews that he had watched the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate’s debate Tuesday night […]
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World’s oldest man dies days after Guinness record
Tokyo: Japan’s Chitetsu Watanabe, recognized at 112 years as the oldest man in the world, has passed away 11 days after he received the Guinness World Record certificate, his family said on Tuesday. Watanabe died on Sunday night, Efe news reported. He received the official certificate on February 12 at a nursing home in Joetsu […]
Trump will be seventh US President to visit India
New York: When Donald Trump is greeted with a crescendo of “Namastes” when he lands in Ahmedabad he will be the seventh US President to visit India while in office. He visited India in 2014 as a real estate businessman, but this will be a presidential visit. President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, who came to […]
China coronavirus toll increases to 2,442, over 76,000 affected
Beijing: The overall death toll in mainland China due to the deadly coronavirus increased to 2,442 on Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases reached 76,936, according to health authorities. The National Health Commission said that it received reports of 648 new confirmed casesand 97 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang […]
4 Aussies among Japan cruise ship evacuees contract COVID-19
Sydney/Tokyo: Authorities confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday among Australians recently evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which had been quarantined in Japan after hundreds of cases were detected on board. The four tested positive out of 17 evacuees after experiencing respiratory problems symptoms on arrival in Darwin, the country’s health ministry […]
Trump to encourage India-Pak bilateral dialogue: Official
New York: US President Donald Trump will encourage India and Pakistan to hold bilateral dialogue, but for that Islamabad will have to crackdown on terrorism, according to a senior administration official. “I think what you’ll hear from the President is very much encouraging a reduction in tensions between India and Pakistan, encouraging the two countries […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook stalked by an Indian-origin man
San Francisco: The iPhone maker has been granted a temporary restraining order against an Indian-origin man who was said to be harassing its CEO Tim Cook and has shown up at his residence in Palo Alto twice. According to reports, the man, named Rakesh “Rocky” Sharma, carrying a bottle of champagne and flowers showed up […]
29-yr-old Wuhan hospital doctor, dies from coronavirus
Wuhan: Peng Yinhua, a doctor from a Wuhan hospital that receives patients infected with the deadly coronavirus, has died from the virus, authorities said on Friday. Peng, 29, a respiratory acute care medical professional, became infected while working at the First People’s Hospital of Jiangxia district of Wuhan, reports Xinhua news agency. He was hospitalized on […]
China coronavirus death toll breaches 2,000
Beijing: The death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China crossed 2,000-mark on Wednesday with 136 new deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 74,185, China’s health authorities said. In its daily report, the National Health Commission (NHC) said that 2,004 people had died of the disease known as COVID-19. NHC said […]
Wuhan hospital director dies of coronavirus
Beijing: Liu Zhiming, director of Wuchang hospital in Wuhan, the city at the centre of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, according to a statement released by local government authorities. Earlier this month, Li Wenliang, a 34-year-old doctor in Wuhan who was sanctioned for attempting to bring the coronavirus to […]