WHO chief says 80% of China virus cases are in Hubei province
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that 80% of China’s coronavirus cases are in the central Hubei province, and that not all provinces have been affected.
Romanian lawmakers topple centrist cabinet, weeks of political jostling ahead
Romanian lawmakers toppled the three-month-old centrist minority government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Wednesday, raising the prospect of an early parliamentary election which Orban’s party says it is confident of winning.
Cold, disease threaten more than half a million Syrians fleeing Idlib fighting
Cold weather, disease and a lack of shelter and medicine threaten hundreds of thousands of civilians as they flee fighting in Idlib province, in one of the biggest upheavals of Syria’s nine-year civil war, aid groups and doctors said.
Finland to grant Terrafame permit to mine uranium: source
The Finnish government will on Thursday give the green light for Terrafame to start mining and refining uranium at an existing mine in eastern Finland, a government source told Reuters on Wednesday.
China air force cleared for Singapore Airshow amid virus concerns
China’s air force will participate in the upcoming Singapore Airshow, the Chinese defense ministry and event organizers said on Wednesday, as concerns over the spread of a coronavirus overshadow Asia’s biggest aerospace and defense event.
U.S. bans Bulgarian judge who let suspected spy leave for Russia
The United States imposed a travel ban on Wednesday against a Bulgarian judge accused of having wrongly allowed a former lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia to leave the country.
International business meeting in Singapore linked to three coronavirus cases
At least three Asian businessmen who attended a meeting of more than 100 international delegates at a Singapore hotel have contracted coronavirus, while others are showing symptoms, authorities said on Wednesday.
What we know about the new coronavirus in China
The rapid spread of a new coronavirus in China is alarming health experts. Here is what we know – and do not know – about the virus:
China virus hits cruise ships, carmakers, airlines and Airbus
Thousands of passengers and crew on two cruise ships in Asian waters were placed in quarantine for China’s coronavirus on Wednesday as airlines, carmakers and other global companies counted the cost of the fast-spreading outbreak.
Second avalanche in eastern Turkey kills dozens of rescuers
Two avalanches in eastern Turkey have killed 38 people, most of them buried by the second downslide while working to rescue victims of the first, officials said on Wednesday.
