Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian flights suspended to and from China
Lufthansa is suspending its own, Swiss and Austrian Airlines flights to and from China until Feb. 9, the German airline said on Wednesday.
In bid to reinvigorate independence drive, Spain’s Catalonia gets set for snap regional election
The pro-independence head of the Catalonian government said on Wednesday he planned to call a snap regional election in a move that could have a major impact on Spain’s national politics.
UNICEF sends six tonnes of masks and other gear to help fight China virus
A six-tonne shipment of respiratory masks and protective suits for health care workers landed in China on Wednesday for distribution in Wuhan, the epicenter of a spreading coronavirus outbreak, the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.
UK to evacuate around 200 of its citizens from China on Thursday
Britain expects around 200 passengers to be on board a charter flight evacuating its citizens from China which is due to leave the country on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s political spokesman said.
Into the Brexit unknown, a dis-United Kingdom exits the European Union
The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday, casting off into an uncertain Brexit future that also challenges Europe’s post-World War Two project of forging unity from the ruins of conflict.
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean cancels three trips on coronavirus outbreak
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said on Wednesday it had canceled three trips scheduled in February, after consultation with health authorities over the spread of coronavirus that has killed more than 100 people and infected thousands in China.
U.S., Japan pull nationals from China virus city, huge economic hit forecast
The United States and Japan evacuated their nationals from a quarantined city while British Airways suspended flights to mainland China as deaths from a new virus leapt to 132 and a government economist predicted a huge hit to the economy.
Chinese farmers, supermarkets race to supply food to locked down Wuhan
China has told farmers to step up vegetable production, opened roads for delivery trucks and is punishing those trying to profit in order to keep feeding residents of the locked down city of Wuhan at the centre of the new coronavirus outbreak.
Russia to charge five former policemen with framing prominent reporter
Russia arrested five former police officers on Wednesday on suspicion of planting drugs on a prominent journalist last year to frame him.
Governments should decide on any evacuations from virus zones: WHO
It is for governments to decide whether to evacuate their nationals from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
