Venezuela seizes Citgo executives who were under house arrest
Venezuelan police seized executives of U.S. refiner Citgo who were under house arrest, their families and an attorney said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump met with opposition leader Juan Guaido.
WHO says too early to say coronavirus peaking in China
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was too early to say that China’s coronavirus outbreak was peaking, but noted that the country had recorded its first day of a drop in the number of new infections.
China wages ‘people’s war’ on coronavirus as cruises, companies hit
Chinese President Xi Jinping declared a “people’s war” on Thursday against the fast-spreading coronavirus whose impact has been felt around the world from slowing factory floors to quarantined cruise liners.
China’s central bank Beijing operation ensures more re-discounted loans for coronavirus-hit firms: Shanghai Securities News
The Chinese central bank’s Beijing operation said it will ensure re-discounted loans issued in the first quarter of 2020 will be at least 10 billion yuan, as part of efforts to shore up firms hit by the coronavirus, Shanghai Securities News reported.
U.S. citizen kidnapped in east Afghanistan: media reports
A U.S. citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, according to media reports on Thursday.
FBI says about 1,000 investigations open into attempted tech theft by China
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that China was seeking to steal U.S. technology by “any means necessary” and the law enforcement agency has about 1,000 investigations open into Chinese technology theft across its 56 regional offices.
U.S., allies should consider Nokia, Ericsson investments to counter Huawei: Barr
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday stressed the threat posed by Huawei Technologies and said the United States and its allies should consider investing in Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson to counter the Chinese company’s dominance in n…
New UK coronavirus case was not contracted in China: PM’s spokesman
The third person in the United Kingdom to test positive for coronavirus was a British citizen who had travelled from an Asian country, but not China, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Thursday.
Gerry Adams’ successor paves potential Sinn Fein path to power in Ireland
For decades Sinn Fein activists insisted the star power of Gerry Adams, a former Irish Republican Army spokesman, could not be replicated among the party’s Irish nationalist base.
UK PM Johnson backs U.S. peace plan in call with Netanyahu
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated his support for a U.S. Middle East peace plan and a two-state solution in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Johnson’s spokesman said on Thursday.
