South Korea to announce about 10 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday: Yonhap
South Korea has confirmed about 10 new cases of the coronavirus and will announce the positive test results later on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed health officials.
Mainland China reports 1,749 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Feb. 18
Mainland China had 1,749 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the country’s National Health Commission said on Wednesday, down from 1,886 cases a day earlier and the lowest since Jan. 29.
No rush on bill to allow mining on Brazilian indigenous lands, speaker says
Brazil’s lower house speaker, Rodrigo Maia, said on Tuesday that a bill to allow for mining on protected indigenous lands will not be given the urgency in Congress that some would like.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro offers credit for indigenous farmers as he pushes to open their lands
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands, as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who…
Trump blasts proposed U.S. restrictions on sale of jet parts to China
President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other components to China’s aviation industry and suggested he had instructed his administration not to implement them.
South Koreans return home from quarantined ship off Japan: Yonhap
A presidential jet brought home six South Koreans and a Japanese spouse from a quarantined cruise ship docked off Japan on Wednesday, according to Yonhap news agency.
Bolsonaro and son blast probe of Brazil hit man killed by police
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his son on Tuesday hurled criticism at state authorities investigating the death of an alleged hit man who was suspected of involvement in the murder of a well-known Rio de Janeiro councilwoman.
U.S. slaps sanctions on Russian oil firm in swipe at Venezuela’s Maduro
The United States on Tuesday ramped up pressure on Venezuela by blacklisting a subsidiary of Russian state oil major Rosneft that President Donald Trump’s administration said provides a financial lifeline to President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro offers credit for indigenous farmers as he pushes to open their lands
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands, as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who…
China’s Hubei province reports 132 new coronavirus deaths on Feb. 18
The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 132 to 1,921 as of Tuesday, the province’s health commission said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.
