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Nineteen killed in massive China forest fire

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The blaze started near Xichang in the southwestern province’s mountainous Liangshan prefecture
BEIJING • Eighteen firefighters and one forestry guide ...
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‘Just as a sick person has the right to be cared for, the dead person has the right to this dignified treatment’
BÉTHUNE • A ringing bell breaks the ...
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Urns in Wuhan prompt new questions of virus’ toll

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BEIJING • The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan are ...
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India turns coaches into isolation wards

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NEW DELHI • Indian Railways, the world’s fourth-biggest network, is converting at least 5,000 coaches into isolation wards amid fears the world’s most ...
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Indonesia bans foreign entry to curb virus spread

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The govt also plans to mobilise volunteers to fight the virus spread in coastal villages and vast hinterlands of the archipelago
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Global lockdown tightens as virus deaths mount

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PARIS • Lockdowns aimed at halting the march of the coronavirus pandemic have extended worldwide as the global death toll mounts and the US outbreak ...
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President Putin’s economic isolation doesn’t look so bad now

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Russia’s Finance Ministry has been funnelling excess revenues from taxes on oil exports into a giant rainy-day fund
MOSCOW • Russian President ...
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Japan plans record RM2.4t stimulus

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TOKYO • Japan’s ruling party proposed the country’s biggest-ever stimulus package worth ¥60 trillion (RM2.39 trillion) as the spreading coronavirus locks ...
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An Indian fund manager buys daily despite bear market

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MUMBAI • A high-performing fund manager went against the crowd as the Indian stock market crashed on the virus.
We’ve “been buyers every day”, said ...
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Half of world’s airline capacity grounded by virus

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JAKARTA • The global airline industry is operating with less than half the capacity it had in mid- January after slashing ...
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US virus death toll exceeds official China tally

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The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in ...
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Billionaire Mistry seeks up to RM4.3b by pledging Tata stake

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MUMBAI • The Shapoorji Pallonji Group, controlled by billionaire Pallonji Mistry and his family, is in preliminary discussions to borrow as much as US$1 ...