Thai police believe shooter in mall basement, has no hostages
Thai police believe a soldier who has killed at least 21 people is holed up in the basement of a shopping mall in northeastern Thailand and that he does not have hostages, a police officer said on Sunday.
Deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak surpass deaths from SARS
The number of new coronavirus deaths on the Chinese mainland hit 811 by end of Feb. 8, the National Health Commission said on Sunday morning, surpassing that of the SARS epidemic in 2002/2003.
Mainland China reports 89 new coronavirus deaths on February 8
The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 811 as of the end of Saturday, up 89 from the previous day, the country’s National Health Commission said on Sunday morning.
Air China cuts flights between China and U.S. due to coronavirus epidemic
State carrier Air China said late on Saturday it will “adjust” its flights between China and the United States due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Sinn Fein Irish election surge leaves three main parties tied
Support for left-wing Irish nationalists Sinn Fein surged in an election on Saturday, leaving it tied with the party of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar but unlikely to emerge with the highest number of seats, an exit poll showed.
American, Afghan soldiers killed in shootout in Afghanistan: New York Times
U.S. and Afghan forces came under attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said in Kabul as they launched investigations into what the New York Times described as a deadly shootout between Afghan and American soldiers during a joint exercis…
Death toll hits 21 from Thai shooting after raid into mall
A member of the Thai security forces was killed early on Sunday in a raid into a shopping mall to try to stop a soldier on a shooting rampage, bringing the total death toll to 21, the health minister said.
China’s Hubei province reports 81 new deaths from coronavirus on February 8
The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak had risen by 81 to 780 as of Saturday, the province’s health commission said in a statement on its website on Sunday morning.
Israel drawing up map for West Bank annexations: Netanyahu
Israel has begun to draw up maps of land in the occupied West Bank that will be annexed in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
Near tie between three main parties in Irish election: exit poll
An Irish national election exit poll on Saturday showed the three main parties on an almost identical share of the vote.
