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Shanghai, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year holiday and more big businesses shut down or told staff to work from home in an effort to curb the spread. Premier Li Keqiang visited the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak,...
Jan 27 (BBC) - Bryant, 41, was travelling in a private helicopter when it came down and burst into flames. The LA county sheriff said there were no survivors. Early reports had suggested five people were on board. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, was widely considered one of the greatest players in the game's history. Tributes from celebrities and fellow...
Colombo, January 18 (newsin.asia) - A spate of hacks on WhatsApp accounts have spurred a decidedly unsettled buzz across Colombo since last night. Reports have also come in from India and Pakistan. The hack takes control of your account by activating your mobile number on another device. Once this is done, the owner no longer has access to their account. For obvious...
Latest news from the US media says, Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran with 176 people on board The crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq. US officials say they believe the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was hit by a missile,...
November 21 (newsin.asia) - Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo a short while ago. Rajapaksa was sworn in as Prime Minister after Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned from the post on Wednesday. Wickremesinghe sent in his official resignation letter on Thursday morning which...
November 20 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday stepped down from his post after tendering his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, just days after his party's presidential candidate, Sajith Premadasa lost the presidential elections.
November 17 (newsin.asia): Sri Lanka's president-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa told newsin.asia a short while ago while leaving the elections commission in Colombo that he was extremely happy for winning the presidential poll on Saturday. "I will now begin to work for my people, all the citizens of Sri Lanka, and I thank all of them". He said that he will work...
November 17 (newsin.asia) - The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Sunday claimed that presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won the presidential election by winning 53% of the total votes. In a statement, MP Dullas Alahapperuma said although the final official results were yet to be released they had sufficient information that Gotabaya Rajapaksa had won the polls. Dullas urged...
September 24 (CBS News) - A powerful 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Pakistan on Tuesday, damaging dozens of homes and shops and killing at least 19 people and injuring over 300, officials said. According to state-run Pakistan Television, four children were among the dead in Mirpur, a town in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir. Raja Qaiser, a deputy commissioner in...
August 2 (Independent) - Police in Bangkok say at least six bomb blasts went off at a number of locations in the city on Friday, as the Thai capital hosted a key regional security summit. A seventh device was recovered unexploded, officials said, as the Thai prime minister ordered an urgent investigation to find the perpetrators. Four people were injured in the...
