For one Chinese family in New York, it was simply time to go home, virus or not
Jonathan Niu got to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport five hours early on Friday, not least because he had a lot of luggage to check for his flight to his native China: He was hauling back boxes filled with hundreds of face masks.
Firefights, blocked roads in Mexican city after senior cartel leader detained
Armed men blocked roads, burned cars and there were reports of shootouts in the city of Uruapan in western Mexico after a senior leader of the Los Viagras cartel was detained, local media and a source from the prosecutor’s office said.
U.S. declares coronavirus a public health emergency
The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China.
Germany confirms seventh coronavirus case
Germany on Friday confirmed a seventh case of coronavirus, identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive.
U.S. envoy warns Palestinians against raising opposition to U.S. peace plan at U.N.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft warned the Palestinians on Friday that bringing their displeasure with the U.S. peace plan to the world body would only “repeat the failed pattern of the last seven decades.”
Trump spoke to Ethiopia’s Abiy, expressed optimism on giant Nile dam -White House
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, expressed optimism that an agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was near and would benefit all parties involved, a White House spokesman said.
Nearly 200 Americans airlifted from China placed under coronavirus quarantine
Reuters) – Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China and voluntarily confined to a California air base for 72 hours of coronavirus screenings were placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine on Friday, as U.S. health officials intensified precautions ag…
Iraq’s Basra airport to deny entry to travellers from China and Chinese citizens over coronavirus – state news agency
Iraq’s Basra International Airport will deny entry to passengers of any nationality travelling to Iraq from China, the state news agency reported on Friday amid fears from the coronavirus outbreak.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan say final agreement on Blue Nile dam ready by next month
Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam that sparked a years-long diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa.
UK flags taken down at EU buildings in Brussels ahead of Brexit
Britain’s Union Jack was removed from lines of EU member state flags at the European Council and European Parliament buildings in Brussels on Friday evening ahead of the United Kingdom’s exit from the bloc at midnight (2300 GMT).
