Women with defective French breast implants may claim damages only in France: EU court adviser
Victims of defective breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) may only get compensation if they had the procedure in France, an adviser at Europe’s top court said on Thursday, in a potential blow to thousands of women worldwid…
UK’s Johnson committed to ‘golden era’ in China relations: ambassador
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still committed to the so-called “golden era” in relations between London and Beijing, China’s UK ambassador said on Thursday.
Thailand encourages homemade sanitizers, masks amid scarce supplies
Thailand’s health authorities on Thursday encouraged people to make hand sanitizers and masks at home to guard against the spread of the new coronavirus.
Prada says has temporarily shut some stores in mainland China, Macau
Italian luxury group Prada has decided to temporarily close some of its stores in mainland China and Macau due to the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Thursday.
Bomb found attached to UK-bound lorry in Northern Ireland, police say
Police in Northern Ireland found a bomb attached to a haulage lorry in County Armagh, planted by dissident republicans and intended to travel across the Irish Sea to Britain, the police said in a statement on Thursday.
Syria’s warring sides face off in town east of Idlib city
Syrian government forces battled rebels and weathered Turkish artillery barrages on Thursday as they tried to seize Saraqeb town in northwestern Idlib province in a new push to recapture the last rebel stronghold, witnesses and a war monitor said.
France calls for an end to hostilities in Syria’s Idlib
France repeated on Thursday its demands for an end to hostilities in the Syrian province of Idlib, and added that attacks by the Syrian regime and its allies represented a violation of international, humanitarian law.
Israeli-Palestinian violence rises after Trump peace plan
At least two Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank and 16 Israelis were hurt on Thursday in a surge of violence that erupted amid strong Palestinian anger at a U.S. peace plan.
Palestinian and Israeli farmers pay the price as politicians bicker
Israel and the Palestinian Authority have opened a new front in their decades-long conflict by getting locked in a trade dispute – and farmers on both sides of the border are paying the price.
UK over-reacted to coronavirus outbreak, says Chinese ambassador
Britain’s advice to its nationals to leave China because of the coronavirus oubreak in Hubei province was an over-reaction, the Chinese ambassador to London said on Thursday.
