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Homemade ‘Batmobile’ towed away by Moscow police
A replica of Batman's Batmobile has been seized by Moscow traffic police, Russia's interior ministry announced.
15:11 | 27/02/2020
Coronavirus updates: First cases in Austria, Croatia and Switzerland
Europe's biggest outbreak is in Italy with some 283 infections - from just three before Friday - and seven dead while Croatia, Austria and Switzerland all reported cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday (Feb 25).
23:09 | 25/02/2020
Italy reports second death among 30 COVID-19 cases
Both Italy and Iran reported more deaths among new cases of coronavirus on Saturday (Feb 22).
18:38 | 22/02/2020
South Korea reports second COVID-19 death, total 433 infection cases
South Korea reported its second death on Saturday (Feb 22) from the novel coronavirus as the number of new cases rose by 299, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to 433.
13:40 | 22/02/2020
Woman plays violin as surgeons remove brain tumor
A patient at a British hospital played Mahler and Gershwin on the violin while a tumor was removed and helped surgeons avoid damage to her brain, the UK hospital where she underwent the procedure said.
23:31 | 19/02/2020
Passengers leave coronavirus-wracked Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan after 14-day quarantine
Relieved passengers began leaving a coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday (Feb 19) after testing negative for the disease.
15:23 | 19/02/2020
Viral hysteria: Three armed men steals hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong
Three armed robbers who stole hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong (China) were being hunted by police on Monday (Feb 17), in a city hit by a wave of panic-buying in recent days with supermarket shelves emptied of crucial goods such as toilet paper, hand sanitiser, rice and pasta.
16:57 | 17/02/2020
14 Americans repatriated from quarantined ship off Japan, test positive for coronavirus
Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were among more than 300 US citizens evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said Monday (Feb 17).
16:22 | 17/02/2020
Three rockets hit near US embassy in Iraq capital, no casualties
Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy early Sunday (Feb 16), the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country, reported AFP.
17:24 | 16/02/2020
Countries to evacuate citizens on Diamond Princess ship while COVID-19 cases keep rising
The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said Sunday (Feb 16). Coutries were preparing to evacuate some of its citizens from the ship.
14:20 | 16/02/2020
COVID-19 outbreak: Egypt confirms first case as death toll in China surges past 1,500
Egypt's health ministry on Friday (Feb 14) announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Africa. Meanwhile, the death toll from China surged past 1,500 on Saturday after 139 more people died in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.
14:21 | 15/02/2020
COVID-19 cases on Japan ship rise to 218: Health minister
The new confirmed cases raise the number of infections detected on the Diamond Princess to 218, in addition to a quarantine officer who also tested positive for the coronavirus.
13:46 | 13/02/2020
Hubei reports 242 deaths in just one day and 14,840 new COVID-19 cases
The number of fatalities and new cases from China's coronavirus outbreak soared on February 13, with 242 more deaths and nearly 15,000 new cases in Hubei province.
10:46 | 13/02/2020
Japan confirms 39 new coronavirus cases linked to cruise ship, including one quarantine officer
Thirty-nine more people have tested positive for the coronavirus (nCoV) on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan as well as one quarantine officer, bringing the total to 175, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday (Feb 12).
16:46 | 12/02/2020
66 more people on Diamond Princess cruise ship ship off Japan have nCoV
Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has found 66 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (nCoV), Japan Times reported on Monday (Feb 10).
15:33 | 10/02/2020
