Chinese embassy wants Danish paper to apologize for coronavirus cartoon
China’s embassy in Denmark has demanded an apology from daily Jyllands-Posten after it published a cartoon of the Chinese flag with its five yellow...
Germany confirms first case of coronavirus
BERLIN – Authorities in Germany have
confirmed the country’s first case of the new virus that emerged in central
China.
The Health Ministry in the southern
state of...
Asian demand for face masks soars
TOKYO – Panic and pollution drive the
market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of
the virus from China is...
Trump to unveil Mideast peace plan
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is
set to unveil his administration’s much-anticipated Mideast peace plan in the
latest American venture to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Odds of...
30 persons killed in Brazil rainstorms
BRAZIL – At least 30 people have died
during severe rainstorms in Minas Gerais state, authorities said.
The victims were buried in landslides
or washed away...
‘Homemade bomb’ explodes at HK hospital
HONG KONG – A suspected small-scale
homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital here on Monday, causing the
temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries...
Rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad amid protests
Baghdad – At least three rockets struck the United States (US) embassy in
Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Sunday.
One rocket hit the embassy cafeteria
while two others...
India, Brazil sign 15 accords to deepen ties
DELHI – India
and Brazil have signed 15 accords aimed at forging closer ties between the two
emerging market giants across a range of sectors, both...
Wuhan to build 2 hospitals as virus death toll rises to 56
SHANGHAI – Over
2,000 people globally have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast
majority of them in China, where 56 people have died from...
UN calls for int’l help amid swarms of locusts in East Africa
AFRICA – The
United Nations (UN) has called for international help to fight huge swarms of
desert locusts sweeping through East Africa.
A spokesman for
the UN’s Food...