The fatal shooting of a Chinese professor called Bing Liu, on US soil is fuelling wild conspiracy theories across the globe. The 37-year-old assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead in his house.

Chinese professor's murder in US fuels conspiracy theories

The death toll in China's coronavirus continued to rise on Friday (February 7) with authorities reporting at least 636 deaths with infections rising past 31,000.

Death toll from coronavirus in China rises to 638

The Chinese doctor who had flagged the possibility of coronavirus outbreak in December 2019 died in the early morning on Friday (February 7). Li Wenliang's death was reported by the Wuhan Central Hospital, a little after 3 am local time in China.

Chinese coronavirus whistleblower doctor dead