Hong Kong, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Virgin Australia on Thursday became the first international airline to completely withdraw all its services between Australia and Hong Kong amid the coronavirus outbreak, while announcing that the route was…
Beijing, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll due to the fast-spreading novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 563, authorities said on Thursday, while the number of confirmed cases also rose to 28,018. The…
Washington, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Members of the Indian-American community were disappointed with the chaos that took place within the Democratic Party in the Iowa caucus earlier this week, a media report said. All eyes were…
By Arul Louis New York, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump moving the acrid political battleground from the ornate chamber to the November election’s squalid arena of rallies and social…
Kathmandu, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Crucial meetings between the governments of Nepal and China, along with a number of Beijing-led infrastructure projects, have been delayed amid the fast-spreading novel coronavirus outbreak, a media report said on…
Islamabad, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the poliovirus was spreading in the country from Afghanistan and that special arrangements were being made to monitor cross-border movement of people from…
Beijing, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) China will halve rates of additional tariffs on some US products starting from February 14 in a bid to promote the healthy and stable development of bilateral economic and trade relations,…
Washington, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) American Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, who pleaded guilty to 11 financial crimes in 2009, has sought an early release from his 150-year prison sentence, saying he was dying of kidney failure,…
Washington, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two Democratic lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia. “With the New START Treaty just one year from expiration, we…
Washington, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido described his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House as very productive. Wednesday’s closed-door meeting, came a day after Trump invited Guaido to…
Hong Kong, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hong Kong authorities have announced that everyone entering the city from China will from Saturday undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Chief Executive…
Washington, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time in six years, the US trade deficit in goods and services has declined in 2019, falling by 1.7 per cent due to the uneven reduction in both…
Tokyo, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the number of people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus on board a quarantined cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama has increased…
Geneva, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Health Organization (WHO) lauded China for the quick construction of two new hospitals in Wuhan for patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, saying it was a remarkable effort. The…
Jerusalem, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 14 people were injured, including one in critical condition, on Thursday after a car rammed onto pedestrians in the Israeli city of Jerusalem, police said. The incident occurred at…
Damascus, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Syria’s air defence on Thursday responded to fresh Israeli missile strikes over the capital Damascus. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, Xinhua news agency…
Jakarta, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, but authorities did not issue a tsunami alert. The quake struck at 1.12 a.m. on Thursday, with the epicentre…
Ramallah, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the UN Security Council (UNSC) next week over the US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, better known as the Deal of the Century,…
Islamabad, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Chinese national who was admitted to an Islamabad hospital earlier this week over fears that he may be infected by the coronavirus, has tested negative for the fatal disease, according…
Islamabad, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has said that because former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, was not permitted to be with him in London, cardiologists had to change the pre-decided…