UK’s Intertek temporarily shuts Hong Kong garment office over coronavirus case
British product quality testing firm Intertek Group Plc said on Sunday it had temporarily shut its Hong Kong Garment Centre in Kowloon from Feb. 11 for two weeks after an employee contracted the new coronavirus.
North Macedonia parliament dissolves, sets poll date, after EU shuns talks
North Macedonia’s parliament dissolved itself on Sunday and set April 12 for an early election, eight months ahead of the end of the current term, in what is seen as a major test for the pro-EU policies of former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s Social Demo…
Gunmen kill TV journalist in Somalia, say police
Gunmen killed a TV and radio journalist in Somalia’s Afgooye district on Sunday, police said.
Electronic glitch triggers Dominican Republic vote suspension
Dominican Republic’s nationwide municipal elections were suspended only four hours after voting began on Sunday due to a glitch in the electronic voting system, officials said.
Turkey says two killed in car bomb attack near Syria border
A car bomb attack by the Kurdish YPG militia killed two people and wounded five on Sunday in the northeastern Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the Turkish border, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Netanyahu says Israeli airliners have started overflying Sudan
Israeli commercial planes have started overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country’s de-facto leader this month.
Macron picks minister to lead Paris mayor battle after sexting scandal
French President Emmanuel Macron picked his widely respected health minister on Sunday to reinvigorate a campaign to win over Paris City Hall that fell apart when his previous candidate pulled out over a sexting scandal.
Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, ahead of Turkey-Russia talks
Syrian government forces made significant advances on Sunday in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the ar…
Israel hopes Germany, other ICC members will help stave off Palestinian investigation
(This February 16 story changes “thousands of killings” to “reports of more than 200 killings and thousands of injuries” and changes December to January in paragraph 2)
Americans disembark from virus-hit cruise; China says new cases slow
American passengers were taken off a cruise liner on Sunday to fly home after being quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said the rate of new coronavirus cases had slowed, calling that proof its steps to fight the outbreak were working.
