Russia expels Japanese journalist in military espionage row: RIA
Russia said on Monday it expelled a Japanese journalist last month for trying to obtain secret information related to military capabilities in the Russian Far East, the RIA news agency reported.
Lebanese MPs debate 2020 budget as protesters throw stones at police
Projected revenues in Lebanon’s 2020 budget may be unrealistic because of a contraction in the country’s economy, the chairman of the parliamentary budget committee said on Monday, as protesters hurled rocks at police near to where the draft law was un…
Lebanon parliament passes 2020 budget: Lebanese media
Lebanon’s parliament passed a 2020 budget on Monday, Lebanese media reported, as the country grapples with a debilitating financial crisis.
Catholic clergy abuse victim leads drive to shakeup establishment politics in Chile
A Chilean sexual abuse victim who took on the Catholic Church has announced plans to form a new political party, one of several that has emerged since protests rocked the country late last year.
German Auschwitz prosecutor recalls powerful tales from Holocaust survivors
Of the hundreds of testimonies he heard from survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, retired German prosecutor Gerhard Wiese says the one that touched him most was of a Jewish father who had tried but failed to save his twins from the gas chambe…
Taiwan to inspect travelers to enforce mask export ban, will permit personal use
Taiwan will inspect people leaving the island to ensure they are not breaking a temporary ban on exporting face masks amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus which started in China, but people carrying them for personal use will be exempted.
Cambodia confirms first case of coronavirus -health minister
Cambodia has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Monday.
Inquiry into London’s deadly Grenfell fire begins asking who was to blame
(This Jan. 27 story corrects 10th paragraph to make clear British, not U.S., subsidiary of Saint-Gobain supplied insulation material)
Protests against Gambia president bring 137 arrests, multiple injuries
Gambian police arrested 137 people and more than two dozen were injured as protests calling for President Adama Barrow to honor a pledge to step down after three years in office turned violent for the first time, the government said.
China county offers reward for identifying people from virus-hit Wuhan
A county in northern China is offering 1,000 yuan ($145) to tipsters who report the presence of anyone from Wuhan, epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, who has not already registered with authorities, the local government TV station said on Monday.
