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Maldives probes knife attack against 3 f Male, Feb 6 (TIWN) Three suspects have been arrested for stabbing three foreigners in an attack in the Maldives allegedly claimed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group, officials said on Thursday. 06-Feb-2020
Wuhan speeds up diagnosis of NCoV patien Wuhan, Feb 6 (TIWN) As more hospitals were being set up and qualified third-party institutions joining in, the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is now able to test nearly 4,200 nucleic acid samples per day, authorities said on Thursday. 06-Feb-2020
Ex-Malaysian PM's wife attends hearing i Kuala Lumpur, Feb 6 (TIWN) Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak took the stand on Wednesday in a court here for the first time in connection with a trial over three corruption charges. 06-Feb-2020
Iran's judiciary sentences 'CIA spy' to Tehran, Feb 6 (TIWN) The spokesman of Iran's Judiciary said on Tuesday that the country's Supreme Court has approved the death sentence of an Iranian national who was spying for the US. 06-Feb-2020
Coronavirus: China calls for internation Beijing, Feb 6 (TIWN) China on Tuesday called for international cooperation to combat the public health crisis from the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). 06-Feb-2020
Six held for cheating people on promise Kolkata, Feb 5 (TIWN) The Kolkata police have busted a gang which defrauded people by promising to arrange "friendship" with high class men and women and arrested six people including two women, a senior officer said on Tuesday. 05-Feb-2020
UK journalists stage mass walk out London, Feb 5 (TIWN) UK journalists staged a mass walk out in the wake of Downing Street's decision asking senior reporters from some of the the countrys major news organisations to leave before a briefing on Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Brexit plans, it was reported on Tuesday. 05-Feb-2020
1 civilian killed in fresh ceasefire vio Srinagar, Feb 4 (TIWN) One civilian was killed and 4 others injured in firing by Pakistan in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night. 04-Feb-2020
Japan developing rapid test kit for coro Tokyo, Feb 3 (TIWN) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said a rapid test kit for the novel coronavirus is being developed for use at institutions across the country in an effort to detect infections swiftly. 03-Feb-2020
512 prisoners released in SL to mark I-D Colombo, Feb 3 (TIWN) Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has granted a general amnesty to 512 prisoners serving minor sentences to mark the 72nd Independence Day which is celebrated annually on February 4, the President's Media Division (PMD) said on Monday. 03-Feb-2020
US, India celebrate 70 yrs of Fulbright New Delhi, Feb 3 (TIWN) The United States and India on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the prestigious Fulbright exchange program which has awarded scholarships to over 11,000 Indians and Americans so far. 02-Feb-2020
China coronavirus toll reaches 304, 14,3 Beijing, Feb 3 (TIWN) Chinese health authorities on Sunday said that the death toll in the country due to the deadly novel coronavirus has increased to 304, with 14,380 infected cases. 03-Feb-2020
8 B'deshi evacuees from Wuhan hospitalis Dhaka, Feb 3 (TIWN) Eight of the 312 Bangladeshis evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, have been hospitalised in Dhaka, the media reported. 03-Feb-2020
US Congresswoman regrets booing Hillary Washington, Feb 2 (TIWN) Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American Congresswoman, has said that she regrets booing former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at an earlier event in Iowa, the media reported on Sunday. 02-Feb-2020
UK flags disappear in EU as Brexit trans London/Brussles, Feb 2 (TIWN) The European Union (EU) has removed all traces of the UK from its buildings after Britain ended its 47-year relationship with the bloc, a media report saod. 02-Feb-2020
China exempts tariffs on US imports used Beijing, Feb 2 (TIWN) China announced tax exemptions on supplies imported from the US to fight the coronavirus outbreak, that has killed 304 people in the Asian giant, adding that it would provide financial aid to companies to soften the effects of the crisis on the country's economy. 02-Feb-2020
Pakistan's debt surges by 40% in 15 mont Islamabad, Feb 1 (TIWN) With around a 40 per cent increase in Pakistans public debt and liabilities in 15 months, the Pakistan government has conceded major violations of the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act (FRDLA) for massively exceeding debt acquisition limits, a media report said. 01-Feb-2020
US bars foreigners who recently visited Washington, Feb 1 (TIWN) The US has declared a public health emergency over the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus and said it would deny entry to any foreign nationals who have visited China in the past two weeks, it was reported on Saturday. 01-Feb-2020
UK officially leaves EU after 47 yrs London, Feb 1 (TIWN) The UK has officially left the European Union (EU) after 47 years of membership and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum, finally putting an end to one of the most divisive political issues in the country's history, media reports said on Saturday. 01-Feb-2020
Coronavirus: Worldwide cases overtake 20 Beijing, Feb 1 (TIWN) Even as the number of deaths from the new coronavirus in China touched 213, infection in nearly 10,000 other persons took such cases worldwide beyond those reported during the Sars epidemic in over two dozen countries in 2003. 01-Feb-2020