Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells Congress priorities are tax reform, jobs
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform, central bank autonomy, job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation.
Chinese citizens turn to virus tracker apps to avoid infected neighborhoods
Chinese citizens are using mapping programs and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighborhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face.
Factbox: Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
China said it would welcome assistance from the United States to fight a coronavirus outbreak, a day after it accused Washington of scaremongering, and as the death toll in China rose on Tuesday to 425.
French officers shoot man armed with knife who entered police station
French police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he challenged officers inside a police station in eastern France on Monday, a spokesman for the national Gendarmerie said.
Rushing downstairs at end of school, 14 Kenyan children killed in stampede
Fourteen children were killed in a stampede as they rushed down a staircase at the end of classes at a primary school in western Kenya on Monday, officials said.
Factbox: Airlines suspend China flights because of coronavirus outbreak
Airlines are suspending flights to China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak.
U.S. whipping up panic, China says, as markets recoil from virus
China accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over a fast-spreading coronavirus with travel restrictions and evacuations as Chinese stocks plunged on the first day back from the extended Lunar New Year holiday.
All Canadians evacuated from virus-hit China will be placed in quarantine – Ottawa
All Canadians evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China will be placed in quarantine for 14 days once they arrive at a military base in the province of Ontario, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monday.
What the EU wants: Commission outlines post-Brexit deal with London
The European Commission on Monday published a negotiating mandate for EU governments to endorse on Feb. 25 to start talks with Britain on a deal governing post-Brexit relations.
Johnson says he will toughen rules on terrorism cases after London attack
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would act to stop the early release from prison of convicted terrorists following a street attack by an Islamist militant days after he was set free half way through his jail term.
