Sorrow and triumph, an Auschwitz survivor’s journey back to a former hell
Jona Laks could smell the burning flesh as she walked towards death at the Auschwitz crematorium. More than 75 years later, aged 90, she has returned to what was the most notorious Nazi death camp of World War Two’s Jewish Holocaust.
One killed as Iraqi security forces clash with protesters
Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by high-level corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs, Reuters witnesses and security sources said.
Turkey searches for last people missing from quake that killed at least 38
A woman and her young child were pulled out alive from under a collapsed building before Turkey began winding down its rescue operation on Sunday following an earthquake that killed at least 38 people.
Trump to meet with Netanyahu and Gantz as he readies Mideast peace plan
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold back-to-back meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday as he prepares to release his long-delayed Middle East peace plan.
Libya’s Haftar makes push in western Libya
Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar sought on Sunday to open a new front by moving forces towards the city of Misrata, which is allied to the country’s internationally recognised government, officials and residents said.
French citizens to be evacuated from Wuhan by airplane: minister
French citizens will be evacuated from the Wuhan area in China that is the center of a coronavirus outbreak, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Sunday.
China testing HIV drug as treatment for new coronavirus, AbbVie says
China is testing an HIV drug as a treatment for symptoms of the new coronavirus that is rapidly spreading, said drugmaker AbbVie Inc on Sunday.
China’s cabinet to extend Lunar New Year holidays: state broadcaster
China’s cabinet announced it will extend the Lunar New Year holidays to Feb. 2, to strengthen the prevention and control of the new coronavirus, state broadcaster CCTV reported early on Monday.
Trump to meet with Israel’s Netanyahu and Gantz on peace plan on Monday
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold back-to-back meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz on Monday, and likely share some details of his Middle East peace plan, a U.S. source familiar with the…
Alibaba’s Taobao takes down overpriced face masks on its marketplace
Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace said on Sunday that it has removed sales of face masks from shops that show “unstable prices or false advertising”, as prices for the products surged as Chinese consumers race to protect themselves from the coronavirus outb…
