GM to restart production in China from Feb. 15
General Motors said on Monday it would restart production in from Feb. 15 in China, where the country is dealing with a coronavirus epidemic which has killed more than 900 people.
Taiwan again scrambles jets to intercept Chinese planes, tensions spike
Taiwan’s air force scrambled for a second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by Beijing as its own, as tensions between the two took on a potentially dangerous military dimension.
Ireland’s Fianna Fail says talk of Sinn Fein coalition ‘premature’
The director of elections of Ireland’s center-right Fianna Fail party on Monday said it was “completely premature” to talk of forming a coalition government with Sinn Fein, but said it would talk to its left-wing rival.
Sixty-six new infections of coronavirus confirmed on ship off Japan: statement
Sixty-six new infections of the coronavirus have been confirmed on board the Diamond Princess ship off the coast of Japan, the ship’s operator, Princess Cruises, said in a statement.
Ireland’s Fine Gael said will try to form a government
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael party still hopes to lead the next government, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Monday after initial results indicated the party will have the second- or third-largest number of seats in parliament….
Britain declares coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health
Britain on Monday declared the new coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health, giving the government additional powers to isolate those suspected of being infected.
China slowly gets back to work as nearly 100 more die from coronavirus
Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people, most of them on the mainland.
Sinn Fein says preference is to form a left-wing government
Sinn Fein’s first priority is to form a government with fellow left-wing parties, but the Irish nationalist party will also talk to the country’s dominant center-right parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, leader Mary Lou McDonald said on Monday.
Australia’s Monash to open Indonesia’s first foreign university campus
Monash University has won approval to set up the first foreign university campus in Indonesia, the Australian institution said on Monday, as Southeast Asia’s biggest economy moves to free up areas of restricted investment.
Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of Merkel’s CDU, won’t run for chancellor: source
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and her protegee, will not run for chancellor in next year’s federal election, a source in her party said on Monday.
