Pompeo plays down rift with Britain over Huawei, but steadfast on Chinese threat
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday sought to defuse tension over Britain’s decision to allow China’s Huawei a role in its communication network, but described the Chinese Communist Party as the biggest threat of the current era.
U.S. to renew waivers on Iran nuclear work, sanction nuclear organization: sources
The United States will allow Russian, Chinese and European firms to continue work at Iranian nuclear sites to make it harder for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, but will impose sanctions on its nuclear entity and top official, sources said on Thursda…
Russia frees U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in drug bust after Putin pardon
Russia freed a U.S.-Israeli woman on Thursday who had been jailed on drugs charges, after President Vladimir Putin granted her a pardon following a high profile lobbying campaign championed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump launches coronavirus task force as U.S. readies more Wuhan evacuations
The Trump administration launched a task force with a brief to protect the United States from the fast-spreading coronavirus, as the country prepared to evacuate more of its citizens from the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan, China.
French court overturns earlier guilty verdict on cardinal Barbarin
A French appeals court on Thursday overturned an earlier ruling against Philippe Barbarin, a Roman Catholic cardinal who was convicted last year of failing to report sexual abuse charges.
Russian plane makes emergency landing after passenger bomb threat
Russian airline S7 said on Thursday one of its planes had been forced to make an emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport after a passenger stood in the aisle and said she had an explosive device.
Malta court condemns minister for clearing journalist memorial
Malta’s constitutional court ruled on Thursday that former justice minister Owen Bonnici had violated freedom of expression when he repeatedly ordered government workers to clean away a makeshift memorial to murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Get us out of here, plead foreign students at China virus epicenter
Foreign students stuck in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavurus outbreak, are launching social media campaigns, making phone calls and writing letters urging their governments to get them out as soon as possible.
China virus deaths rise to 170 as hit to global economy looms
Hundreds of foreign evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan entered quarantine on Thursday as deaths from a fast-spreading virus rose to 170 and markets shuddered at the impact of an inevitable big hit to the world’s No. 2 economy.
Factbox: What to watch from the WHO statement on the new coronavirus
A World Health Organization panel is meeting in Geneva on Thursday to assess the latest evolution in the new coronavirus, which has killed 170 people and spread from China to at least 16 other countries.
