Ireland’s Fine Gael said will try to form a government
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael party still hopes to lead the next government, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Monday after initial results indicated the party will have the second- or third-largest number of seats in parliament….
China slowly gets back to work as nearly 100 more die from coronavirus
Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people, most of them on the mainland.
Britain declares coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health
Britain on Monday declared the new coronavirus a serious and imminent threat to public health, giving the government additional powers to isolate those suspected of being infected.
Sinn Fein says preference is to form a left-wing government
Sinn Fein’s first priority is to form a government with fellow left-wing parties, but the Irish nationalist party will also talk to the country’s dominant center-right parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, leader Mary Lou McDonald said on Monday.
Australia’s Monash to open Indonesia’s first foreign university campus
Monash University has won approval to set up the first foreign university campus in Indonesia, the Australian institution said on Monday, as Southeast Asia’s biggest economy moves to free up areas of restricted investment.
Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of Merkel’s CDU, won’t run for chancellor: source
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and her protegee, will not run for chancellor in next year’s federal election, a source in her party said on Monday.
Cabin fever under quarantine: Oscars, eating, and short glimpses of sky
Some cruise ship passengers savored lavish meals; others watched movies or pored over Oscar ballots, held rapt by the live Academy Awards broadcast. The lucky few whose turn it was to get fresh air paced the decks, reveling in a glimpse of blue sky.
China says 27 foreigners in the country have been infected with coronavirus, 2 dead
China’s Foreign Ministry said that 27 foreigners in the country have been confirmed infected with the new coronavirus as of Monday morning, and two had died.
Police chief, deputy governor sacked after clashes in Kazakh province
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday sacked the police chief and a deputy governor of the southern Zhambyl province, where 10 people were killed in ethnic clashes last week, his office said.
Philippines seeks scrapping of ‘abusive’ broadcaster’s franchise
The Philippine government on Monday urged the Supreme Court to cancel the franchises of the country’s top broadcaster, ABS-CBN Corp, a move slammed by opposition lawmakers and activists as an attack designed to intimidate independent media.
