Draft U.N. resolution condemns Israeli annexation in Trump peace plan
A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel peace proposal.
Mainland China reports 65 new coronavirus deaths on February 4, total at 490
The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China reached 490 as of Tuesday, up 65 from the previous day, the country’s National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
China’s virus-hit Wuhan creates more hospitals as demand for beds surges
The Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is converting an additional eight buildings, including gymnasiums, exhibition centers and sports centers, into hospitals, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
Passengers on cruise liner docked in Japan test positive for coronavirus – media
Almost a dozen people on a cruise liner at the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, TV Asahi reported on Wednesday, citing the health ministry.
One dead, 81 injured in Mexico after truck ferrying migrants overturns
One person died and 81 others were injured on Tuesday when a truck crammed with Central American migrants flipped over in Southern Mexico on a highway that leads to the United States, according to officials in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
China virus to delay U.S. export surge from trade deal: White House adviser
The White House’s top economic adviser said on Tuesday that China’s coronavirus would delay a surge in U.S. exports to China expected from the Phase 1 trade deal set to take effect later this month.
U.S. may stage additional evacuation flights in China’s virus-hit Wuhan on February 6
The U.S. Department of State said it may be staging additional evacuation flights for private U.S. citizens in China’s virus-hit Wuhan on Thursday.
UK to send another civilian aircraft to help Britons leave Wuhan – Sky News
Britain’s Foreign Office will charter another civilian aircraft to help British nationals and their dependents leave China’s Wuhan for the UK on Sunday amidst the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Sky News reported late on Tuesday.
Brazil sending two planes to evacuate citizens from virus-hit China
Brazil on Tuesday obtained authorization from China to fly two planes to the city of Wuhan at the center of the new coronavirus outbreak to evacuate Brazilian citizens who asked to be repatriated.
China’s Hubei province, epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, reports 65 new deaths on February 4
The number of deaths in China’s central Hubei province from a coronavirus outbreak had risen by 65 to 479 as of Tuesday, Chinese state television reported on Wednesday.
