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Countries track passengers from virus‑hit cruise ship as Hondius heads to Spain
Authorities seek to trace passengers who disembarked before outbreak was detected Three people have died, eight believed to have contracted virus Ship heading to Spain’s Tenerife Human-to-human transmission is uncommon […]
Authorities: Tourists could not have caught hantavirus in Chile, last local case in 2019
SANTIAGO, May 8 — Two cruise ship passengers who died of hantavirus were not infected in Chile when they traveled through the country, the Chilean health ministry said yesterday. A […]
Hackers block access to Canvas platform used by thousands of US schools, affecting Harvard, Stanford and others
WASHINGTON, May 8 — US universities including Harvard, Stanford and thousands of other institutions were hit by a massive cyber hack yesterday following an earlier data breach. The attack, claimed […]
Philippines’ Marcos says Asean demonstrating capacity to respond to Middle East war
CEBU, May 8 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said today the regional bloc Asean was standing together to demonstrate its capacity to respond with unity and resolve amid uncertainty […]
More than 75 survivors compensated, nearly 200 claims pending in Harrods Al‑Fayed sexual abuse case
LONDON, May 8 — More than 75 survivors have been awarded “full compensation” for suffering sexual abuse at the hands of late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, and nearly another 200 […]
‘Everything’s an issue’: Polls close with Britons poised to punish Starmer’s embattled Labour
LONDON, May 8 — Polls closed across England, Scotland and Wales late yesterday, with beleaguered Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Conservative rivals both braced for heavy losses as […]
India school meal scare: 165 children ill after free lunch, snake found in pot
HYDERABAD, May 8 — About 165 children were taken ill yesterday after eating free school lunch in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Families of some children said a snake […]
Australia charges two women with ‘crimes against humanity’ for keeping slave under Islamic State rule in Syria
SYDNEY, May 8 — Two Australian women “kept a female slave” after travelling to Syria in 2014 to support the Islamic State group, police said today after they were charged […]
WHO says hantavirus outbreak ‘limited’, warns more cases possible after cruise ship deaths
GENEVA, May 8 — The World Health Organisation said yesterday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the […]
US, Iran trade fire; Trump downplays clash as ‘love tap’, warns of tougher action unless deal signed ‘FAST!’
US and Iran exchange fire, but Trump says ceasefire still in effect Iran says US violated ceasefire and it returned fire US says it acted in self-defence and none of […]