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WHO’s emergency panel to meet on China virus

GENEVA. KAZINFORM A World Health Organization emergency panel will meet on Wednesday to discuss the outbreak of a new virus in China which has claimed six lives, an official said.

Society > Healthcare

22.01.2020 10:11

U.S. man diagnosed with coronavirus from China, 1st case outside Asia

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM A U.S. man in Seattle has been diagnosed with a new coronavirus from China after traveling to the country, in what has become the first confirmed case in the United States and the first outside of Asia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

Society > Healthcare

22.01.2020 09:07

Iranian runner nominated for the world’s best athlete

ORUMIYEH. KAZINFORM – Iranian runner Sadeq Mazaheri has been nominated as the best athlete in the world by the World Athletics, IRNA reports.

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21.01.2020 22:14

Turkish tailor sews small wonders

KONYA. KAZINFORM - A Turkish tailor has sewed the world’s smallest jean jacket in the central Konya province of Turkey, Anadolu reports.

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21.01.2020 21:53

Dozens of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells: study

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - Dozens of already-developed drugs designed not for killing cancer cells have previously unrecognized anti-cancer activity, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Cancer, Xinhua reports.

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21.01.2020 21:07

S. Korea on high alert amid possible human-to-human spread of new coronavirus

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's quarantine authorities said Tuesday they are ratcheting up efforts to contain a new type of Chinese coronavirus amid reports that the virus can spread among people, after the country reported the first confirmed case of the SARS-like disease early this week, Yonhap reports.

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21.01.2020 20:12

Former senior public security official sentenced for bribery in China

TIANJIN. KAZINFORM - Meng Hongwei, former vice minister of public security, was sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison for taking bribes at a court in Tianjin Tuesday, Xinhua reports.

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21.01.2020 16:25

At least 9 killed after flash flood brings down crowded bridge in Indonesia

JAKARTA. KAZINFORM At least nine people were killed and one remained missing after a flash flood made a crowded hanging bridge over a river in Indonesia collapse, officials said Monday.

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21.01.2020 10:02

Search for 4 S. Koreans missing in Himalayas suspended due to bad weather

KATHMANDU/SEOUL. KAZINFORM The search for four South Koreans missing in the Himalayas was suspended due to inclement weather hours after being resumed, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.

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21.01.2020 08:08

China confirms human-to-human transmission of 2019-nCoV, infections among medical staff

BEIJING. KAZINFORM A high-level expert team of China's National Health Commission Monday confirmed people-to-people transmission of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and infections among medical staff.

Society > Healthcare

21.01.2020 07:49

Chile latest country to confirm participation in Expo 2020 Dubai

DUBAI. KAZINFORM - Chile is now intensifying preparations for its participation at Expo 2020 Dubai, under the theme of 'Sustainability, Diversity, Tradition, and Progress' which embrace the four pillars of Chile and the principles it values, WAM reports.

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20.01.2020 22:08

Trend of record temperatures to continue: expert

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - It is no surprise that 2019 was the second-hottest year ever recorded, and this trend will continue from now on, according to a Turkish scientist, Anadolu reports.

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20.01.2020 21:12

Golf ball-sized hail battering southeastern Australia

CANBERRA. KAZINFORM - Parts of southeastern Australia are being pelted by hailstones the size of golf balls, big enough to smash car windows and injure birds, less than 24 hours after the region was hit by massive dust storms, CNN reports.

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20.01.2020 20:04

Around 220 confirmed as carriers of new coronavirus in China

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - Health authorities in the central China city of Wuhan said Monday that 198 people have been so far confirmed as infected with a new coronavirus, with 19 cases elsewhere in China reported, taking the total in the country to 217, Kyodo reports.

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20.01.2020 19:16

Data of over 8,000 at M'bishi Electric feared leaked in cyberattack

TOKYO. KAZINFORM Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Monday that personal information of over 8,000 job applicants, employees and retirees, and data regarding government agencies and other business partners may have been compromised in a massive cyberattack, Kyodo reported.

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20.01.2020 17:57

Parasite wins Screen Actors Guild award for acting ensemble in run-up to Academy Awards

SEOUL. KAZINFORM «Parasite,» Bong Joon-ho's black comedy film, has clinched a key award at this year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in the United States, the film's latest achievement that bodes well for its showing at the Academy Awards next month, Yonhap reports.

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20.01.2020 17:05

World leaders must address ‘shameful’ disparities in education spending: UN children’s agency

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM A new report from the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, shows that a third of adolescent girls from the poorest households have never been to school, and spending on education is heavily skewed towards wealthier households.

Society > Education and Science

20.01.2020 13:40

Australia bushfires threaten the future of 327 plant, animal species

SYDNEY. KAZINFORM Devastating bushfires raging in Australia since September threaten the future of at least 327 protected animal and plant species by destroying up to 80 percent of their habitat, the Australian government said Monday, EFE reported.

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20.01.2020 13:24

S. Korea reports 1st confirmed case of China coronavirus

SEOUL. KAZINFORM South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia, Yonhap reports.

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20.01.2020 10:42

Israeli, Canadian researchers develop 3D heart tissues

JERUSALEM. KAZINFORM Israeli and Canadian researchers have developed engineered three-dimensional (3D) heart tissues from induced human stem cells, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) reported Sunday.

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20.01.2020 10:14

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