Portugal minister condemns far-right MP’s attack on black colleague
Portugal’s justice minister condemned parliament’s sole far-right lawmaker on Wednesday for a social media post in which he called for a black fellow MP with dual Portuguese-Guinean citizenship to be “returned to her own country”.
Taliban kill at least 29 Afghan security personnel in renewed clashes
At least 29 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in Taliban attacks that followed air and ground assaults by government forces on the Islamist group at the weekend.
Italian far-right leader says terrorized by online stalker
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, told a court on Wednesday she feared for her three-year-old daughter after an online stalker claimed on Facebook that the child was his.
Yemen’s Houthis say they fired at Aramco, other Saudi targets
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had fired rocket and drone strikes at Saudi targets including Aramco oil facilities, the group’s first claim of such attacks since it offered to halt them four months ago.
The new coronavirus: What is it and how does it behave?
The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China in December has infected thousands of people and triggered alarm around the world. Here’s what we know about it:
U.S., Japan pull nationals from China, big virus economic hit forecast
The United States and Japan flew nationals out of China’s virus epicenter on Wednesday and some big-name airlines suspended flights as deaths leapt to 133 and a senior economist predicted a major impact on growth.
American Airlines joins others in suspending some China flights as demand sags
American Airlines Group Inc, the largest U.S. carrier, said on Wednesday it would suspend flights from Los Angeles to Beijing and Shanghai, as demand has sagged amid a coronavirus outbreak in China that has prompted other airlines to also cancel flight…
Gays in Hungary facing increased government hostility: rights group
Hungary’s gay community is facing increased government “attacks” and fears that its hard-won rights, and an improvement in public acceptance of them, may be at risk, a rights group said.
Finland confirms its first coronavirus case
Finland on Wednesday confirmed its first coronavirus case, on a Chinese traveler from Wuhan, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare said.
U.S. military won’t be in contact with Wuhan evacuees -Pentagon
U.S. military personnel won’t have any direct contact with U.S. evacuees who are being flown to a U.S. military base in southern California from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of an outbreak of the coronavirus, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
