BEIJING: China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported on Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by Feb 3 to serve a rising number of patients …

As the death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 22 on Saturday — with more than 1,000 people injured — Pakistan has offered to lend assistance. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday in a Twitter post offered help to Ankara and condoled over the loss of precious lives. “Deeply saddened by the loss of so …

Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a cigar lounge outside Chicago, police said. The shooting happened just after 10pm on Friday at the Humidor Cigar Lounge in Lisle, police there said. Several victims needed life-saving aid, police said in a statement posted to Facebook. The number of people injured wasn’t immediately released. The statement said the suspect was …

Limited mobile data services and internet will be temporarily restored in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, ending nearly a six month communications lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy. Access will be limited to about 300 “whitelisted” websites and internet speed would remain low, the local Jammu and Kashmir government said in a notice …

The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier as the Lunar New Year got off to a gloomy start, with authorities curbing travel and cancelling public gatherings. More than 1,300 people have been infected globally with a virus traced to a seafood market in the central city of Wuhan that was …

Democratic lawmakers concluded their opening arguments in Republican President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate on Friday with a warning that he was a threat to democracy and would abuse his power again if he is not removed from the office. On the third and final day of opening statements, Democrats tried to cement their case that Trump …

Taylor Swift has been riding high of late as she bagged back-to-back accolades and surged as one of the leading musicians around the world. And as fans geared up to witness their idol take the Grammys by storm, they were in for some bad news instead as rumour has it, the 30-year-old Bad Blood singer will be completely opting herself out of …

Taylor Swift has kept her relationship with Joe Alwyn away from the public eye but it looks like the singer may finally be ready to introduce him to the world. In her new documentary Miss Americana, the 30-year-old Lover crooner opens up about her relationship with the 28-year-old British actor and how she fell for him. In the Netflix documentary, Taylor spills the …

Demi Lovato had recently been all over the news following her crumbling relationship with Austin Wilson but she has her head held high as she moves on with life with a more positive approach. The 27-year-old Skyscraper crooner during an interview with Apple Music opened up about her sexuality and how she wants to take on future relationships in her life. …

SRINAGAR: Internet services are likely to be partly restored in Indian occupied Kashmir from Saturday, ending a five-and-a half-month government-imposed blackout in the disputed valley, but social media will stay offline, local authorities said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government imposed a communications blackout in early August when it stripped the portion of Kashmir it controls — the country’s only Muslim-majority …