Canary Islands hotel locked down over coronavirus
A four-star hotel in Spain’s Canary Islands was locked down on Tuesday, with all guests barred from leaving until further tests were carried out after a case of coronavirus, government spokeswoman Maria Montero said on Tuesday.
Sweden summons Chinese ambassador to demand release of Gui Minhai
Sweden’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned China’s ambassador to Sweden to demand the release Chinese-born Swedish citizen Gui Minhai, a day after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail on charges of illegally providing intelligence to foreigners.
U.S. wants Afghan president to postpone planned inauguration
The United States wants Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to defer his second-term inauguration over concerns it could inflame an election feud with his political rival and jeopardize U.S.-led peacemaking efforts, two sources familiar with the matter said …
Netanyahu revives settlement plan opponents say cuts off East Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he was reviving Israel’s most contentious settlement plan, a proposal that opponents say would split the West Bank, cut off East Jerusalem and make a contiguous Palestinian state impossible.
‘History disappears’ as dam waters flood ancient Turkish town
Every day hundreds of people gather on the banks of the Tigris river in southeast Turkey to watch a 12,000-year-old town disappearing before their eyes.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets the Rio samba parade treatment
Brazil’s top samba “schools” have peppered the country’s annual carnival celebrations with a sizzling fusion of music, dance and costumes, and plenty of jabs at far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
Germany tightens carnival security after car driven into crowd injures 60
Germany increased security at some carnival processions on Tuesday after a local man plowed his car into a parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen, injuring around 60 people, including at least 18 children.
Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women
The Scottish parliament on Tuesday is due to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women – the first nation in the world to do so.
Egypt’s Mubarak, ousted by popular revolt in 2011, dies aged 91
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a popular uprising against corruption and autocracy, died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Mubarak, the ‘Pharaoh’ toppled by the Arab Spring, dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday, never expected to be president. But when a very public assassination thrust the former bomber pilot into the job, he made it his mission never to give it up.
