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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Nine people were killed in the helicopter crash that claimed the life of NBA star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Los Angeles officials confirmed on Sunday. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said eight passengers and the pilot of the aircraft died in the accident. “There were no survivors… There were nine people on board the aircraft, the pilot plus eight individuals,” Villanueva said. The helicopter crashed in […]
by Gokan GUNES ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) — Hopes faded Sunday of finding more survivors from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the death toll climbed to 35. Nearly 4,000 rescue workers combed through debris in freezing temperatures, helped by mechanical diggers, in vain hopes of finding anyone alive in the city of Elazig. Three bodies were found in the city center, 38 hours after the 6.8-magnitude […]
by Rim Taher TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — The Libyan capital’s sole functioning airport came under renewed fire Sunday, as fighting broke out hours after the UN mission in the country condemned ongoing violations of an arms embargo. The UN mission in Libya, UNSMIL, condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the rocket strikes on Tripoli’s Mitiga airport, which has been hit by repeated attacks in recent months. UNSMIL said in a statement Sunday evening that the […]
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AFP) — The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeastern Brazil has risen to 37, authorities said Sunday. In addition to the dead, the number of injured has risen to 12 and of those missing to 25, local Civil Defense officials said. The dead have yet to be identified. Many were buried by landslides or in the debris of collapsed houses, which in many poorer parts of Brazil […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities said Sunday there are now five confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States and more are expected. Nancy Messonnier, head of the respiratory disease section at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said around 100 people in 26 states are being investigated for the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Of the confirmed cases, all five people had traveled to Wuhan, […]
ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck eastern Turkey rose to 31, officials said Sunday, as rescue efforts continued. The magnitude 6.8 quake hit on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province but also affected neighbouring cities and countries. The Turkish government’s disaster and emergency management agency (AFAD) said 31 people died, the majority in Elazig but at least four […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A patient in California’s Orange County was Saturday confirmed as the third person on US soil infected with the new deadly virus that originated in China, health officials said. The infected person was a traveler from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak, the Orange County Health Care Agency said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the patient had tested positive for […]
WUHAN, China (AFP) –The United States is arranging a flight to evacuate personnel and American citizens trapped at the epicentre of a deadly virus in central China, the US State Department said on Sunday. The flight will leave on Tuesday from the city of Wuhan to take consular personnel to San Francisco, the department said in an email to Americans in China, warning that there would be limited space for private citizens. “This capacity […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s Disneyland announced it was shutting its doors on Sunday until further notice over the deadly virus outbreak in central China, a day after city authorities classified the crisis as an emergency. The park said it was taking the step to protect “the health and safety of our guests and cast members” and said refunds would be given. Ocean Park, a rival amusement park on Hong Kong’s main […]
(Eagle News) – New Zealand was rocked by a series of quakes – specifically two magnitude 5.1 and magnitude 5.3 tremors – according to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The shaking was felt starting 10:45 a.m. (UTC time) of Jan. 25 (6:45 pm Manila time), measuring magnitude 5.1 which occurred 50 kilometers northwest of Paraparaumu with a depth of 86.2 kilometers, followed by a magnitude 5.3 quake occurring 162 kilometers south southeast […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s first “presumptive” case of a new coronavirus has been detected in a man who returned to Toronto from the Chinese city where the virus first appeared, health officials announced Saturday. “We have the first presumptive case confirmed of this novel coronavirus here” in Toronto, Eileen de Villa, head of the city’s public health agency, said at a press conference. The patient, a man in his 50s, had been staying […]
Shanghai reports first death from virus infection WUHAN, China (AFP) — The death toll from a virus in China has risen to 56 and the number of people infected across the country is nearing 2,000, authorities said Sunday. Fifteen more people have died and at least 688 new cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed, according to the National Health Commission. Among the new deaths, 13 were in Hubei, the province at the […]
