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The coast guard, navy divers and other rescuers recovered the bodies of 14 women, one child and a man after the wooden boat capsized off St Martin's Island, a senior official said.

The Netherlands-flagged ship was sailing in a westerly direction, 96 km (60 miles) off the southern coast of Vietnam on Tuesday morning, according to data from the Marine Traffic ship tracking website.

Among these, Xiaomi is seeking 5 billion yuan ($716 million) in loans to produce and sell medical equipment including masks and thermometers.

The Pakistan foreign minister conceded that many countries were reluctant to speak on the Kashmir issue and the Citizenship Amendment Act because of their economic interests as India was a big trade market for them.

The budget would raise military spending by 0.3% to $740.5 billion for the fiscal year 2021, starting October 1 and propose higher outlays for defense and veterans.

The night was peppered with heavy exchanges of gunfire and desperate escape bids by frightened shoppers who had sent cascades of messages to friends and family ofrom cupboards, toilets and under tables as the gunman stalked the mall.

The army said tanks 'targeted two Hamas military posts in the northern Gaza Strip' in response to the projectile, in the latest round of violence in the wake of the United States unveiling its controversial peace plan.

The 60-year-old citizen died at a hospital in Wuhan, China on February 6, said the US embassy.

FBI Director Chris Wray said that Russia, just as it did in 2016, is relying on a covert social media campaign aimed at dividing American public opinion and sowing discord.

The funding will be used to strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts, the foundation said, including protecting at-risk populations and developing vaccines and diagnostics.

The US and China agreed in January to a deal that ended their trade war, with Beijing agreeing to buy an additional $200 billion in American goods over the next two years.

Last year was the worst for Hong Kong's growth since 2009, when the financial hub was hit hard by the global financial crash.

There is no official figure as to how many Brazilians are in Wuhan. It was estimated to be about 70, although some of those citizens came home before the city was effectively shut off.

A second hospital with 1,500 beds is under construction. Restrictions were tightened still further in one city by allowing only one family member to venture out to buy supplies every other day.

The Level 4 of US travel advisory means asking citizens not to travel to the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) along with the LoC. The rest of the areas in Pakistan continues to remain on Level 3 of the travel alert.

The number of new deaths and newly confirmed cases have both spiralled higher on a daily basis since China sounded the nationwide alarm a week ago.