‘Animals live for man’: China’s appetite for wildlife likely to survive virus
For the past two weeks China’s police have been raiding houses, restaurants and makeshift markets across the country, arresting nearly 700 people for breaking the temporary ban on catching, selling or eating wild animals.
Virus spreads on cruise ship in Japan, U.S. passengers flying home
Hundreds of passengers were preparing to be evacuated from a cruise ship on Sunday after spending two weeks under quarantine off Japan over the coronavirus, with Americans flying home on chartered evacuation planes early Monday morning.
UK’s Intertek temporarily shuts Hong Kong garment office over coronavirus case
British product quality testing firm Intertek Group Plc said on Sunday it had temporarily shut its Hong Kong Garment Centre in Kowloon from Feb. 11 for two weeks after an employee contracted the new coronavirus.
North Macedonia parliament dissolves, sets poll date, after EU shuns talks
North Macedonia’s parliament dissolved itself on Sunday and set April 12 for an early election, eight months ahead of the end of the current term, in what is seen as a major test for the pro-EU policies of former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s Social Demo…
Gunmen kill TV journalist in Somalia, say police
Gunmen killed a TV and radio journalist in Somalia’s Afgooye district on Sunday, police said.
Electronic glitch triggers Dominican Republic vote suspension
Dominican Republic’s nationwide municipal elections were suspended only four hours after voting began on Sunday due to a glitch in the electronic voting system, officials said.
Turkey says two killed in car bomb attack near Syria border
A car bomb attack by the Kurdish YPG militia killed two people and wounded five on Sunday in the northeastern Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the Turkish border, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Netanyahu says Israeli airliners have started overflying Sudan
Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country’s de-facto leader this month.
Macron picks minister to lead Paris mayor battle after sexting scandal
French President Emmanuel Macron picked his widely respected health minister on Sunday to reinvigorate a campaign to win over Paris City Hall that fell apart when his previous candidate pulled out over a sexting scandal.
Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, ahead of Turkey-Russia talks
Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the ar…
