Kushner says he hopes Israel waits on sovereignty steps in West Bank
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank, following the announcement of a U.S. peace plan.
Japan hopefully has time to build virus defenses before Olympics: professor
Vaccines against a coronavirus that has killed 170 people in China probably won’t be ready by the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, a professor who looked at health risks ahead of the Games said, adding that he hoped that there was enough time to bui…
China virus toll rises to 170 as fear grows over global economic hit
Countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to stop the spread of an epidemic that has killed 170 people as worry about the impact on the world’s second-biggest economy rattled markets.
Russia to pause electronic visas to Chinese nationals: foreign ministry
Russia will temporarily stop issuing electronic visas to Chinese nationals from Thursday in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the foreign ministry said.
Policymakers fret over risk to global growth from China virus outbreak
A rapidly spreading virus outbreak in China is emerging as a potentially major new risk to the global economy and leaving policymakers, still grappling with the impact of the Sino-U.S. trade war, fretting over the widening fallout.
U.S. says will arrange more evacuation flights from Wuhan around February 3
The U.S. government will lay on extra evacuation flights from Wuhan with capacity for private U.S. citizens on or about Feb. 3, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday.
Heatwave and high winds threaten to reignite Australian wildfires
Swathes of southeast Australia were bracing on Thursday for a days-long heatwave that threatens to stoke bushfires that have been burning for months.
Eight foreign nationals caught in avalanche on Japan’s Hokkaido, one unconscious
Eight foreign nationals were caught up in an avalanche at a ski resort on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido on Thursday, one of whom was unconscious, police said.
Shot fired at Delhi protest against citizenship law, one wounded
An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding one person, witnesses said, the first such incident in the capital city during more than a month of demonstrations.
Tech heaven: Drone academy students help map out Africa’s future
For Ethiopian aeronautical engineer Lydia Elias, building and piloting a drone to support humanitarian and development projects on the continent of her birth has been a lifelong dream.
