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Impeachment: Trump lawyers prepare to deliver defence in Senate

Impeachment: Trump lawyers prepare to deliver defence in Senate

Donald Trump’s lawyers prepared to deliver his first full-throated defence Saturday in the Senate’s historic impeachment trial after Democratic prosecutors spent three days making their case for the United States president’s removal from office. Capping 24 total hours of arguments, Democrats told the 100 senators that Trump abused the power of the presidency in pressuring […]

Doctor dies treating Coronavirus patients in China

Doctor dies treating Coronavirus patients in China

A Wuhan hospital doctor has died nine days after contracting the deadly coronavirus as he battled to save infected patients in the city – as the death toll from China’s outbreak jumped to 41 today. Liang Wudong, 62, who had been treating patients in Wuhan, died from the virus this morning, state-run China Global Television Network […]

Countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus

Countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus

A SARS-like virus has claimed 41 lives since emerging on Dec 31 in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here is a list of countries that have so far confirmed cases of the so-called coronavirus. Hong Kong and British scientists have estimated that between 1,300 and 1,700 people in the city may have […]

Coronavirus: Death toll hits 41 as cases soar to nearly 1,300 in China

Coronavirus: Death toll hits 41 as cases soar to nearly 1,300 in China

A deadly viral outbreak in China has now killed 41 people, while the number of infected cases has soared to nearly 1,300, authorities said Saturday (Jan 25). The 15 new deaths all took place in Wuhan, the city of 11 million where the deadly respiratory contagion first emerged, the Hubei Health Commission said. At least […]

34 US soldiers suffered traumatic head injuries in Iranian missile strike

34 US soldiers suffered traumatic head injuries in Iranian missile strike

…President Donald Trump had initially said no troops had been injured in the January 8 strike on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq   Strikes were in retaliation for the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani The Pentagon has revealed that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes […]