Putin pardons U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia: RIA cites Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to pardon Naama Issachar, a U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges, RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a Kremlin statement.
Morgan Stanley warns coronavirus could drag on global, Chinese GDP growth
Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday the coronavirus outbreak in China was likely to hurt global growth in the near-term and could shave up to 1 percentage point off Chinese growth in the first quarter.
Abu Dis, an unlikely capital for a future Palestinian state
Abu Dis, the town earmarked for the Palestinian capital in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, lies a short distance to the east of Jerusalem’s walled Old City.
Trump says he spoke to China’s Xi, U.S. working closely with China on coronavirus
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the United States was working very closely with China on the coronavirus outbreak.
France’s Macron accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of breaking Libya promises
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey’s president on Wednesday of breaking promises made at a conference on Libya after Turkish warships and Syrian fighters arrived in the north African country.
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:
