Russia steps up airport screening of Chinese travelers over coronavirus fears
Russian airports have stepped up screening of travelers arriving from China to try to identify people infected with the new coronavirus, airport officials said on Tuesday.
China’s Chongqing city confirms five cases of new coronavirus
China’s Chongqing city has confirmed five cases of infection from the new coronavirus, the city’s health authority said on Tuesday.
Rescuers dig for trekkers missing in Nepal avalanche
Rescuers began digging through several feet snow at two mountainside locations in Nepal on Tuesday where four South Korean trekkers and three Nepali guides are thought to be trapped, officials said.
U.S. decries Iran threat to withdraw from global nuclear treaty
A U.S. envoy said on Tuesday that Iran would be sending a “very, very negative message” if it quits the 1970 global nuclear non-proliferation treaty after European countries accused it of violating a separate 2015 deal with world powers.
Dutch prosecutors say father confined children and abused them in remote farmhouse
A father facing charges of sexual abuse in a Dutch court had held six of his nine children captive for nearly a decade at an isolated farmhouse, telling them “bad spirits” would enter their bodies if they talked to outsiders, prosecutors said on Tuesda…
Greta says planting not enough after Trump backs trillion tree plan
Greta Thunberg said planting trees was not enough to address climate change on Tuesday, in an apparent rebuke to a planting pledge in Davos by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Spain’s foreign minister to meet Venezuela’s Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will visit Spain and meet the new foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya, Spain’s government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said on Tuesday, without providing further details of the visit.
Britain wants friendly relationship with EU in the future: UK PM’s spokesman
Britain wants a future relationship with the European Union to be based on friendly cooperation, the prime minister’s spokesman said on Tuesday when asked about a report suggesting London could be fined if it breaks the terms of a trade deal.
South Korea’s T’Way Air halts launch of Wuhan flights over virus concerns
South Korean budget airline T’way Air has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled launch of a new route to the Chinese city of Wuhan because of rising concern over the spread of a new coronavirus, a company official said.
North Korea says won’t be bound by nuclear testing pledge
North Korea on Tuesday said that as the United States had ignored its year-end deadline for nuclear talks, it no longer felt bound by commitments, which included a halt to its nuclear testing and the firing of inter-continental ballistic missiles.
