(Reuters) – A Chinese fisherman was killed on Friday in a South Korean coastguard operation to apprehend his vessel which was operating illegally off South Korea’s west coast, the South Korean coastguard said. Coastguard officers fired eight bullets when they raided the boat in the Yellow Sea. While the coastguard said no bullet wound or bleeding was immediately found on the crew member, a hospital official said the crew member appeared to have been killed […]
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Top US Health Chief says Ebola must not become the ‘Next AIDS’
A top US health chief likened the current Ebola epidemic to the AIDS crisis of decades ago and warned that the world should act quickly to prevent it from becoming a similarly devastating public health crisis.
Aquino: “Indonesia has indeed been a true friend to my people”
President Benigno S. Aquino III and fellow leaders in the Asia-Pacific region were welcomed by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the opening session of the 7th Bali Democracy Forum Friday morning, where he paid tribute to the Indonesian leader as a “big brother.” President Aquino was greeted by President Yudhoyono upon his arrival at the Bali International Convention Center for the opening of this year’s forum. President Yudhoyono officially opened the 7th Bali […]
Hong Kong students undaunted by authorities’ rejection of talks
(Reuters) – Hong Kong student protesters said on Friday they were determined to maintain their campaign for full democracy, undaunted by the city government’s rejection of talks aimed at defusing a standoff that has shaken communist China’s capitalist hub. The government’s decision to call off the talks with the students scheduled for Friday came as democratic lawmakers demanded anti-graft officers investigate a $6.4 million business payout to the city’s pro-Beijing leader while in office. The […]
Spain blames Ebola infection on human error as nurse worsens
(Reuters) – The health of a Spanish nurse with Ebola worsened on Thursday and four other people were put into isolation in Madrid, while the government rejected claims that its methods for dealing with the disease weren’t working, and blamed human error. Teresa Romero, 44, is the first person to have contracted Ebola outside of Africa, after becoming infected by one of two Spanish priests repatriated from Africa with the disease. In total, eight people […]
Australian nurse is under observation in hospital with suspected Ebola
(Reuters) — Health officials in Queensland on Thursday (October 9) said they are testing a 57-year-old nurse who recently returned from Sierra Leone for the Ebola virus. The nurse was a volunteer with the Red Cross in West Africa, treating patients with the deadly virus, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said. “She came back into the country, she was perfectly well at that time, she did not have any symptoms, she did not have a fever. So, it’s only since this morning that she’s […]
At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in Yemeni capital
(Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt in a district of the Yemeni capital where supporters of Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement were to have held a rally, witnesses said. A Reuters witness counted at least 20 bodies after the attack on a checkpoint held by the Houthis, the country’s main power brokers since their paramilitary forces seized the capital on Sept 21 following weeks […]
Australian Jets strike first Islamic state targets in Iraq
Australian fighter jets have made their first strike against Islamic State militants in Iraq where a US-led coalition is engaged in a fierce bombing campaign to weaken the group.
Vietnam oil tanker released by pirates, two sailors injured – company official
HANOI Wed Oct 8, 2014 11:02pm EDT (Reuters) – Pirates that captured a Vietnamese oil tanker last week after it left Singapore have released the vessel, the company that owns the ship said on Thursday. Two of the tanker’s 18 crew have been injured and the pirates took part of its cargo of more than 5,000 tonnes of gas oil, said Nguyen Vu Diep, a manager at the Haiphong Sea Product Shipbuilding Co. “Officers from […]
First US Ebola patient dies
The first Ebola patient to be recorded in the United States has passed away.
Renewed assault on Kobani; 21 dead in Turkey as Kurds rise
By Daren Butler and Jonny Hogg MURSITPINAR Turkey/ANKARA Wed Oct 8, 2014 8:39pm EDT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters launched a renewed assault on the Syrian city of Kobani on Wednesday night, and at least 21 people were killed in riots in neighbouring Turkey where Kurds rose up against the government for doing nothing to protect their kin. Heavily outgunned defenders said Islamic State militants had pushed into two districts of the mainly Kurdish border […]
Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis
BY LISA MARIA GARZA AND RICHARD VALDMANIS (Reuters) – The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil, has also been given the experimental medication brincidofovir. A hospital in Nebraska said it is using the same drug to treat […]
