Zurich police use tear gas, water cannons on World Economic Forum protesters
Swiss police on Wednesday used water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas to subdue demonstrators in Zurich who ignited fireworks and threw bottles as part of a protest targeting the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) conference in Davos.
Irish PM willing to enter grand coalition with main rival
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said for the first time on Wednesday that he would consider entering an unprecedented coalition government with the country’s second-largest party and historic rival Fianna Fail after next month’s election.
Cathay to let crew wear masks on all flights due to new coronavirus
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will allow all crew members and frontline employees to wear surgical masks due to concerns over a new coronavirus, and said passengers to and from Wuhan, China, could change or cancel flights for free through Mar…
Factbox: Key facts about Wuhan, epicenter of China’s virus outbreak
Here are key facts about China’s central city of Wuhan, home to more than 11 million people, which has emerged as the epicenter of a new virus outbreak that has infected 440 people and killed nine, spurring comparisons to the SARS epidemic of 2003.
WHO says will decide on Thursday if China virus is a global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will decide on Thursday whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of a new flu-like virus spreading in and beyond China.
Pompeo says will travel to Ukraine ‘before too long’ amid impeachment trial
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he would travel to Ukraine sometime soon, but gave no date for his planned visit to the country central to President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.
China’s Wuhan shuts down transport as global alarm mounts over virus spread
Deaths from China’s new flu-like virus rose to 17 on Wednesday, with more than 540 cases confirmed, leading the city at the center of the outbreak to close transportation networks and urge citizens not to leave as fears rose of the contagion spreading….
Saudi Arabia to screen travelers from China after virus outbreak
Saudi Arabia will start screening passengers arriving from China and take other preventive measures following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China, the kingdom’s health ministry said on Wednesday.
Five French tourists missing after deadly Quebec snowmobile accident
A tour guide died and five French tourists were missing after a group of snowmobilers plunged through the ice into the water near Québec’s Lac-Saint-Jean Tuesday night, police said.
U.S. Secretary of State cautions nations against taking ‘easy money’ from China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday, cautioned nations against taking “easy money” from China, warning it could be counterproductive, in a second attack in as many days against China’s economic role in the region.
