South Korea’s Moon urges calm amid protests over coronavirus quarantine sites
South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged residents not to give in to fear as the country prepared to evacuate the first of around 700 citizens from the epicenter of the new coronavirus epidemic in China on Thursday.
Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags to burn
Business is booming at Iran’s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn.
Mexican activist who fought to protect monarch butterflies found dead
Environmental activist Homero Gomez, who fought to protect the famed monarch butterfly, has been found dead in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, a local authority said, two weeks after he disappeared.
U.S. bans 13 Salvadorans over 1989 Jesuit priest killings
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued a public designation for 13 current and former Salvadoran military officials for what it called gross human rights violations during El Salvador’s civil war three decades ago.
More Japanese evacuated from China virus epicentre as death toll climbs
A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 to 170 and infections also jumped.
Venezuela’s Maduro proposes re-opening consular relations with Colombia
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said he was willing to re-establish consular relations with neighboring Colombia, amid a standoff between the two countries over a fugitive former Colombian senator who was captured in Venezuela.
Heatwave and high winds bring renewed wildfire threat in Australia
Large swathes of southeast Australia were bracing on Thursday for a days-long heatwave that threatens to stoke bushfires that have been burning for months.
Three Japanese returnees from Wuhan test positive for coronavirus: NHK
Three Japanese who returned from Wuhan, China, on a government-chartered flight on Wednesday have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday, citing the health ministry.
China virus outbreak death toll rises to 170 as infections rise
China’s National Health Commission said on Thursday the total number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the country has risen by 38 to 170 as of end-Wednesday, as the number of infected patients rose by more than 1,700.
Coronavirus outbreak poses risk to U.S. Fed’s economic outlook
The outbreak of a new virus that originated in the central-Chinese city of Wuhan is likely to slow China’s economic growth at least in the near term and could hurt its trading partners around the world.
