Qatar bans arrivals from Thailand, 13 other countries over virus fears
CAIRO: Qatar has temporarily barred travellers from 14 countries, including Thailand, from Monday as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the government announced...
[Newsmaker] 46 infections confirmed at apartment complex in Daegu
(Yonhap)Forty-six residents of an apartment complex in Daegu, the city at the center of South Korea’s novel coronavirus outbreak, were confirmed to have contracted...
Korea’s virus cases top 7,100 amid signs of infection slowdown
South Korea continued to see its number of new coronavirus infections rise on Sunday, with an additional 367 cases bringing its total to 7,134,...
170 hospitalised after eating stale food at ceremony near Larkana
FOOD poisoning victims crammed on the few beds as they receive medical aid at the CMCH.—Dawn
LARKANA: More than 170 people, including 71 children, suffered...
Glamour and equality at Pattaya transgender pageant
PATTAYA: After her friends were killed in transphobic attacks at home in Brazil, Ariella Moura's aim was to make a statement against gender discrimination...
Korea’s geostationary environmental monitoring satellite in orbit
(Ministry of Science and ICT-Yonhap)South Korea's geostationary environmental monitoring satellite has successfully reached its designated orbit around the Earth, the science ministry said Sunday.The...
Italy to quarantine millions around Venice and Milan
Italy prepared Saturday to quarantine more than 10 million people around the financial capital Milan and the tourist mecca Venice for nearly a month...
No country for young women? Myanmar’s battle against rape
YANGON - Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it is regarded...
Some 4.7 million face masks hit stores Saturday
People wait to purchase face masks at a Hanaro-mart in Seoul on Saturday. (Yonhap)Amid government-led efforts to ramp up the production and supply of...
