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Hong Kong Begins Mandatory 2-Week Quarantine for People Coming From Mainland China
Authorities hope the prospect of quarantine will virtually halt cross-border traffic while allowing the city to remain stocked with food and goods from the mainland.
UK Woman Who Ran Away to Join ISIS Loses Challenge Aimed at Restoring Her Citizenship
Former Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked her citizenship, but she challenged the decision before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
Taiwan Says Virus Couple Likely Infected on Hong Kong Flight to Italy
Also among the new infections was a woman in her forties who spent the Lunar New Year in Macau with three other family members.
Death Toll in Turkey Avalanche Disaster Rises to 39: Report
Rescue workers, aided by dogs, were conducting scans in the eastern Van province Thursday to find the missing, according to the official Anadolu news agency.
Indonesian Woman Charged with Blasphemy Spared Prison for Bringing Dog into Mosque
Margareth testified that she went into the mosque because she was being chased and heard voices in her head saying her husband was getting married there.
‘Division Amongst Us’: Imran Khan Attacks OIC as Saudi Arabia Unwilling to Accept Kashmir Request
There is a growing frustration in Islamabad as it had sought an urgent meeting of OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the Kashmir issue, but Saudi Arabia has not accepted the request.
Coronavirus May Cost Australian Universities 'Billions' as Travel Restrictions Imperil Semesters, Placements
The virus's outbreak came in between Australia's academic years, which begin in February, and as many of the country's roughly 165,000 Chinese university students had returned home for the Lunar New Year.
Plane Skids off Runway in Istanbul, Breaks into Three after Landing; Dozens Injured
The Pegasus Airlines plane was arriving at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport from the Aegean city of Izmir in very wet weather when it skidded off the runway.
Inviting Maduro's Rival to State of the Union Speech, Trump Vows to 'Smash' Venezuelan President
In an extraordinarily direct sign of support, Trump invited Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido -- considered interim president by some 60 countries -- to watch his State of the Union address from the guests' gallery above.
'Naked Photos' of Hollywood Director Harvey Weinstein Shown to New York Jury in Rape Case Trial
The photos may have been used to corroborate Jessica Mann's (a woman Weinstein is accused of raping) testimony last week, which described Weinstein's naked body.
The Wuhan Coronavirus: Explaining the Origins of a Disease on the Move
Though Chinese authorities played down the likelihood of human-to-human transmission at first, it has now become clear there is significant and sustained transmission from person to person.
UAE, World's 6th Largest Producer of Oil, Discovers Trillions of Cubic Feet of Gas Reserves
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co said about 80 trillion cubic feet (2.2 trillion cubic metre) of shallow gas resources were discovered between the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the largest of the seven-member UAE.
Pentagon to Provide Quarantine Housing as US Confirms Its 8th Case of Coronavirus
US citizens who have traveled within the past two weeks to Hubei will be subject to a mandatory quarantine of 14 days, believed to be the incubation period of the virus, officials said.
Chinese American Communities Rattled by Coronavirus, Cancel New Year Events
The precautions were on display Friday in a string of majority-Asian population cities in Southern California, Alhambra, San Gabriel and Arcadia that are linked together just east of Los Angeles.
Russia Dropping Case Against Sisters Who Killed Abusive Dad: Lawyer
Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan together stabbed their father Mikhail to death in July 2018 at their home in Moscow after he subjected them to rape and abuse and prevented them from attending school.
EU Chief Warns UK There is No Strength in 'Splendid Isolation'
'We want to have the best possible relationship with the United Kingdom, but it will never be as good as membership,' EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.