Hong Kong bars Hubei residents from entering city as coronavirus fears intensify
Hong Kong authorities on Sunday barred residents of China’s Hubei province, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, from entering the city, in response to mounting pressure to enact preventative measures to contain the spreading epidemic.
Seven killed in truck blast in northern Syria’s Azaz: civil defense forces
A truck packed with explosives blew up in the city of Azaz in northern Syria on Sunday, killing seven people and wounded a number of others, civil defense forces said.
Hong Kong to ban entry of people from virus outbreak province
Hong Kong’s government said on Sunday it will ban residents of China’s Hubei province, where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported, or people who have visited Hubei in the past 14 days from entering the city from Monday.
Twenty soldiers killed in Mali attack, government says
About 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday, the government said.
Nearly 50 dead, thousands displaced as storms lash southeast of Brazil
At least 46 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the south east of the country, authorities said on Sunday.
Mayor of China’s Wuhan expects another 1,000 virus cases in the city
The mayor of China’s Wuhan, epicenter of an outbreak of a coronavirus that has killed 56 and infected more than 2,000 in China, said on Sunday he expects another 1,000 new patients in the city, highlighting the immense pressure on Wuhan’s infrastructur…
Iraq security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad and other cities
Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in renewed clashes with protesters in Baghdad and other cities on Sunday, Reuters witnesses and security sources said.
U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia seeks pardon: Interfax
Naama Issachar, a U.S.-Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges, has asked for a pardon, Interfax news agency reported, citing a statement by her lawyers.
India’s Republic Day celebrations marked with protests, blasts
Hundreds of thousands of Indians protested across the country on Sunday against a citizenship bill that many fear is discriminatory against the minority Muslim community.
Hong Kong protesters torch planned virus quarantine building
A group of protesters set alight the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong on Sunday that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility for the coronavirus outbreak.
