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Police SWAT team arrive after a hostage situation was reported at a mall in suburban Manila (AFP Photo)

Hostages at Manila shopping mall freed, captor subdued

Around 30 people were locked up in a shopping mall by a disgruntled former security guard

3 March 2020 1:16 PM IST

South Korean soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus in front of the Daegu city hall in Daegu, South Korea (AP Photo)

Covid 19 crisis in China wanes even as epidemic takes hold in US,...

The worldwide death toll has topped 3,000, and the number of cases tops 89,000 in about 70 countries

3 March 2020 12:23 PM IST

Covid 19 cases approach 5,000 in South Korea

Covid 19 cases approach 5,000 in South Korea

In South Korea, 28 people have died so far due to coronavirus

3 March 2020 9:55 AM IST

This aerial photo taken on February 7, 2020 shows an overview of the Thammasat Urban Farming Green Roof, designed by landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani. AFP Photo

Thailand-'s innovative battle against the climate crisis

New analysis by the Nestpick 2050 Climate Change City Index says the Thai capital could be hardest hit by global warming

2 March 2020 5:17 PM IST

This aerial photo taken on February 7, 2020 shows an overview of the Thammasat Urban Farming Green Roof, designed by landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani. AFP Photo

Thailand-'s innovative battle against the climate crisis

New analysis by the Nestpick 2050 Climate Change City Index says the Thai capital could be hardest hit by global warming

2 March 2020 5:10 PM IST

Members of a police SWAT team take positions outside one of the entrances to a mall after a hostage situation was reported in suburban Manila. AFP Photo

One injured, dozens held hostage by former security guard in Manila

Workers and customers were evacuated from the V-Mall shopping centre in Manila early Monday after gunshots rang out

2 March 2020 2:37 PM IST

People stand behind a police tape outside the V-Mall where gunshots rang out inside, in Manila, Philippines on Monday. AP photo

Sacked security guard opens fire at Manila mall, takes dozens hostage

The gunman, who was armed with a pistol, shot one person at the V-Mall

2 March 2020 1:11 PM IST

A paramedic wearing protective gear adjusts his goggles as he prepares to carry patients by ambulance in Daegu, South Korea. AFP Photo

South Korea going all out to contain COVID 19, Moon Jae-in says

The country reported 376 new cases on Sunday, taking the toll to 3,526

1 March 2020 3:17 PM IST

This handout from Malaysias Department of Information Malaysias incoming Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin receiving documents from King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah before taking the oath as the countrys new leader at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur. AFP Photo

Muhyiddin sworn in as Malaysian PM, Mahathir vows to fight on

The decision by the monarch to pick Muhyiddin was greeted with shock as Mahathir-'s allies claimed he had enough support...

1 March 2020 1:03 PM IST

President Donald Trump, center, speaks about the coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House on Saturday, Feb. 29 (AP image)

With battered economies, coronavirus is rewriting realities of life

While the new coronavirus has extended its reach across the world, definite geographic clusters of infections were...

1 March 2020 12:25 PM IST

A clerk checks the temperature of a shopper at a department store amid growing concern over the coronavirus outbreak in Pyongyang, North Korea.AP Photo

North Korea to quarantine people with COVID 19 symptoms

North Korea has not confirmed any cases of the virus, but a month-long quarantine period had been imposed on people...

29 Feb 2020 11:47 AM IST

South Korean Army soldiers wearing protective gears gather to spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus at the Dongdaegu train station in Daegu, South Korea. AP Photo

COVID 19 cases continue to surge in South Korea as WHO sounds maximum...

More than 2,900 people have died and 85,000 have been infected worldwide

29 Feb 2020 11:26 AM IST