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.
Russia frees U.S.-Israeli backpacker 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.
Three Japanese evacuees from Wuhan test positive for virus, 2 had no symptoms
Two of three Japanese people evacuated from China and found to be infected with a new coronavirus had not shown symptoms, the health ministry said on Thursday, adding to worries about the fast-spreading virus and its economic fallout.
South Korean officials face eggs, invective as quarantine plane takes off
Angry South Koreans volleyed eggs and expletives on Thursday at a minister and officials trying to defuse their ire over plans to quarantine hundreds of citizens set to be flown home from the epicentre of a new virus epidemic in China.
Immigration to Switzerland rises ahead of vote on EU free-movement deal
Net immigration to Switzerland rose again last year, official data showed on Thursday, ahead of a May referendum pushed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party on ending an accord with the European Union on the free movement of citizens.
College burned in militant attack in northern Mozambique
Militants torched a teacher training college run by a local charity in northern Mozambique, a director of the organization and a security analyst said on Thursday, although it appeared that no one had been wounded.
China tells firms to resume production of medical goods for virus control
China’s cabinet on Thursday told firms to resume production of key medical goods for virus controls, amid widespread shortages.
