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Protesters attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq Taiwan passes law to
Supporters of Shia militias breach the outer walls of the compound, chanting ‘Death to America’
combat China infl uence
Agence France Presse
Baghdad ‘Iran will be
Iraqi supporters of proIran
held fully It aims at curtailing Beijing’s impact on the island’s politics
factions attacked the U.S.
Embassy in Baghdad on
Tuesday, breaching its outer responsible’ Agence France-Presse
Taipei
wan’s society over China’s
infi ltration from all sides”.
wall and chanting “Death to Taiwan passed a controver “We passed the Bill to pre
America!” in anger over wee Agence France Presse sial bill on Tuesday aimed at vent China, which is Tai
kend air strikes that killed Washington countering China’s infl uence wan’s only threat, from us
two dozen fi ghters. President Donald Trump on the selfruled island, less ing its sharp power and its
It was the fi rst time in said on Tuesday he expects than two weeks before it capital to pollute, manipu
years protesters have been Iraq to “use its forces” to goes to the polls to elect a late or sabotage Taiwan’s de
able to reach the U.S. Embas protect the U.S. Embassy in new President. mocratic activities,” said
sy, which is sheltered behind Baghdad as he blamed Iran The “antiinfi ltration Bill” DPP lawmaker Wang Tingyu
a series of checkpoints in the for orchestrating an “at pushed by President Tsai after the Bill was passed.
highsecurity Green Zone. tack” that breached the Ingwen’s Beijingsceptic rul Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen The Mainland Aff airs
A stream of men in mili wall of the compound. ing party became law des Council, Taiwan’s top China
tary fatigues, as well as some Iraqi supporters of pro pite strong objection from Democratic Progressive Par policymaking body, said the
women, marched through Iran factions protested at the Opposition Kuomintang ty (DPP) at the polls. new law would help streng
those checkpoints to the Em the Embassy on Tuesday, (KMT) party. Outside Parliament, do then the island's “democrat
bassy walls with no apparent chanting “Death to Ameri It bans “hostile” foreign zens of proChina activists ic defences”.
reaction from Iraqi security ca,” throwing rocks, tear forces from activities such as waved banners reading In Beijing, the Taiwan Af
forces. ing down security cameras campaigning, lobbying, “down with Tsai Ingwen” fairs Offi ce lashed out at the
The demonstrators waved Under siege: Protesters burning property outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. *
AP and setting a sentry box making political donations, and “Green (DPP) Terror”. DPP over the new law.
fl ags in support of the ablaze in anger over wee disrupting social order or The Bill has been a hot “The DPP imposes ‘Green
Hashed alShaabi, a mostly protesting U.S. air strikes calls on Tuesday, carrying for two weeks on holiday but kend air strikes that killed spreading disinformation re topic in the runup to the Terror’ for its political and
Shia network of Iraqi armed that killed at least 25 fi ghters posters reading: “Parliament other staff were present and two dozen fi ghters. lated to elections. Violators elections as relations with election gains to damage
groups that has received from a hardline Hashed fac should oust U.S. troops, or had not been evacuated, a “We expect Iraq to use face a maximum fi veyear China have dominated the crossstrait exchanges while
training and weapons from tion known as Kataeb Hez else we will.” diplomatic source said. its forces to protect the Em prison term and a fi ne of up campaign. Ms. Tsai, who has creating hostility and con
Iran. bollah (Hezbollah Brigades) Others carried banners The U.S. shut down its bassy, and so notifi ed!” Mr. to around $3,32,000. described the vote as a fi ght frontation between the two
They threw rocks and on Sunday. with Mr. Trump's face consulate in the southern Trump tweeted, saying for Taiwan’s freedom and sides,” offi ce spokeswoman
wrenched security cameras Those strikes were in res crossed out. port city of Basra last year af Iran “will be held fully res ‘Green Terror’ democracy, is seeking a se Zhu Fenglian said, according
off the walls, ignoring calls ponse to a volley of 36 rock They scrawled “No to ter indirect fi re it blamed on ponsible” for the unrest. KMT lawmakers displayed a cond term against the KMT’s to the Xinhua news agency.
over megaphones to leave ets last week that killed one America!” and “Soleimani is Iranbacked factions. In his tweet, Mr. Trump placard reading “Protest evil Han Kuoyu, a city Mayor China still sees selfruling,
the Embassy compound. U.S. contractor at an Iraqi my commander” on the Em It still operates a consulate said the U.S. had “strongly law” during a parliamentary who favours warmer rela democratic Taiwan as part
In response, U.S. guards base, the fi rst American ca bassy walls, referring to a in the northern Kurdish city responded” to the attack sitin and abstained from tions with Beijing. of its territory and has
fi red an initial volley of bul sualty in a string of rocket at leading commander in Iran’s of Erbil. that killed the U.S. contrac voting on the Bill. They She has said the Bill was a vowed to one day reunify it
lets, then switched to tear tacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. Revolutionary Guards Corps Iraq had long feared being tor, and “always will.” urged voters to punish Tsai’s response to “fears in Tai — by force if necessary.
gas and fl ash bang stun gre The U.S. has around 5,200 and Tehran’s pointman for caught in the middle of esca Defense Secretary Mark
nades to disperse the crowd. troops deployed across Iraq Iraq, Major General Qasem lating tensions between its Esper said the Pentagon
The Hashed said at least
62 people were wounded.
Caretaker Prime Minister
to train security forces and
prevent any resurgence of
the Islamic State jihadist
Soleimani.
Among those at the prot
ests were Iraq’s National Se
two main allies, the U.S. and
Iran. But now it appears that
ties between Washington
was deploying extra troops
to Baghdad to provide se
curity for the Embassy.
China, U.S. will sign ‘Phase One’
Adel Abdel Mahdi said that group. curity Adviser Faleh alFay and Baghdad are fraying fast, “The Department of De
the crowds that had stormed
the U.S. Embassy should
leave the compound
The rocket attacks have
not been claimed but U.S. se
curity assessments have lar
yadh — who is also the head
of the Hashed — and other
top Hashed offi cials.
with Mr. Abdel Mahdi’s go
vernment threatening to
summon the U.S. Ambassa
fense is working closely
with the Department of
State to ensure the security
trade deal on Jan. 15: Trump
“immediately”. gely blamed them on Kataeb Some Hashed fi gures dor. of our Embassy and per Reuters sentatives of China” and that farm, energy and manufac
“We recall that any aggres Hezbollah. drew parallels between Dozens of lawmakers also sonnel in Baghdad,” Mr. Washington he would later travel to Beij tured goods while address
sion or harassment of fo Tuesday’s attack and the called on the government to Esper said in a statement. U.S. President Donald ing to begin talks on the next ing some disputes over intel
reign embassies will be fi rm ‘Oust U.S. troops’ hostage crisis at the U.S. Em review an agreement allow Mr. Esper gave no de Trump said on Tuesday that phase. lectual property.
ly prohibited by the security Following the deadly strikes, bassy in Tehran in 1979. ing the U.S. troop deploy tails, but the deployment is ‘Phase One’ of the trade deal Last week, Mr. Trump However, no version of
forces,” Mr. Abdel Mahdi's of the Iraqi government an The U.S. Embassy in Iraq ment, saying the strikes likely to involve a small with China would be signed said he and Chinese Presi the text has been made pu
fi ce said several hours after nounced three days of is already operating at a frac amount to a violation of so number of U.S. marines, on January 15 at the White dent Xi Jinping would host a blic, and Chinese offi cials
the attack began. mourning while Kataeb Hez tion of its full diplomatic vereignty that renders the according to a source. House, though considerable signing ceremony to ink the have yet to publicly commit
Following his statement, bollah and other proIran staffi ng after the State De pact obsolete. The State Department confusion remains about the deal. to key planks, such as in
some of the crowd pulled factions in the Hashed de partment pulled out nones The U.S., meanwhile, ac said that the U.S. personnel details of the agreement. The deal, struck earlier creasing imports of Ameri
back but others set up tents, manded the “withdrawal of sential employees in May. cused Iraq of failing to “pro at the Embassy were safe The President wrote in a this month, is expected to caqn goods and services by
swearing to pursue a sitin. the American enemy”. U.S. Ambassador Matthew tect” U.S. interests in the and there was no plans to tweet that he would sign the reduce tariff s and boost Chi $200 billion over the next
The demonstrators were Protesters echoed those Tueller has been outside Iraq country. evacuate them. deal with “high level repre nese purchases of American two years.
AlShabab claims deadly Pak. media
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Ominous glow mogul rejects
bombing in Somalia rape charges
At least 79 people died in the attack
Press Trust of India
Associated Press were among the dead and Islamabad
Nairobi Turkish President Recep The chief executive of one
Tear gas fi red as Hong
Somali Islamist group Al Tayyip Erdogan condemned of Pakistan’s most infl uen
Kong rings in New Year
HONG KONG
Shabab has claimed respon the attack, the second worst tial newspapers has denied
The Hong Kong police fired sibility for a truck bomb in bombing in Somalia’s histo accusations that he raped
tear gas a few minutes into the capital, Mogadishu, that ry. The explosion came at an acclaimed fi lmmaker, in
2020 as prodemocracy killed at least 79 people last rush hour on Saturday as a case that has spotlighted
protesters took their week, including many stu Somalia returned to work af sexual abuse targeting men
movement into the new year dents. ter its weekend. Most of and added momentum to
with midnight countdown The claim of responsibili those killed were university the #MeToo movement.
rallies and a massive march ty was made by the group’s and other students return Director Jamshed Mah
planned for January 1. AFP spokesman Sheikh Ali Mo ing to class. mood Raza took to social
hamud Rage in an audio AlShabab is now able to media over the weekend to
China probes pneumonia
post on proAlShabab web make its own explosives, its allege that Dawn newspap
outbreak amid SARS fears
BEIJING
sites. AlShabab, which is al “weapon of choice,” United er’s Hameed Haroon raped
China is investigating an lied to AlQaeda, carries out Nations experts monitoring him 13 years ago.
outbreak of viral pneumonia, frequent bombings in the sanctions on Somalia said Mr. Haroon, who hails
state media reported on capital. earlier this year. from one of Pakistan’s
Tuesday, amid online Rage said the bombing The group had previously wealthiest families, issued
speculation that it might be targeted a “hostile Turkish relied on militarygrade ex a denial in Dawn on Mon
linked to SARS, the flulike convoy” near a busy check plosives captured during as Tough task: Firefi ghters trying to save a property from nearby bushfi res in the town of Sussex Inlet in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday. day, calling the accusations
virus that killed hundreds of point at an entrance to the saults on an African Union More than 200 fi res are burning across the States of New South Wales and Victoria, threatening several towns. GETTY IMAGES * “simply untrue and inten
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Protesters end siege of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Kim promises to unveil
a ‘new strategic weapon’
We scored a huge win, which no one had done before; now, the ball is in Parliament’s court, says spokesperson of Shia militia
North Korea ends test moratoriums
Agence France-Presse Mohammad Mohyeddin later tacks killed a U.S. contractor,
Baghdad said it had decided to abide prompting the retaliatory Associated Press
ProIran demonstrators left by the Hashed’s order. “We U.S. air strikes that killed 25 SEOUL
IN BRIEF
Tear gas fi red at Hong Kong 16 inmates die
in Mexican
Pope sorry for slapping devotee
protesters during march prison fi ght Woman yanked him towards her, almost causing him to fall
Reuters Agence France-Presse
Agence France-presse MEXICO CITY Vatican City
HONG KONG
Sixteen inmates were killed Pope Francis apologised on
Will create a prosperous A huge New Year’s Day pro
country for all: Gotabaya and fi ve were wounded in a Wednesday for slapping a
democracy rally in Hong prison fi ght in the northern woman, who had grabbed
COLOMBO
Kong ended in mass arrests Mexican state of Zacatecas, him as he greeted a crowd of
Sri Lankan President
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his
and police fi ring tear gas at authorities said, in one of devotees, shortly before he
New year message, said that hardcore protesters, as de the worst outbreaks of vio delivered a speech denounc
he would create a prosperous monstrators sought to carry lence in the country’s trou ing “every form of violence
country for all communities their movement’s momen bled penal system since against women.”
to live in peace, adding that tum into 2020. President Andres Manuel The image of a visibly an
development is the answer to The Civil Human Rights Lopez Obrador took noyed Pope Francis slapping
issues faced by the Tamils. PTI Front, the umbrella group power. his way free from the clutch
which organised the march, New Year rally: Anti-government protesters during a The fi ght broke out es of an admirer as he
Netanyahu to seek claimed that more than a demonstration on the New Year’s Day in Hong Kong. *
REUTERS around 2:30 p.m. on Tues walked by Catholic faithful
immunity in graft case million people participated day afternoon at the Re on New Year’s Eve instantly This combination of pictures shows a woman grabbing Pope
JERUSALEM
in Wednesday’s rally, which on the city’s main island. sider proBeijing — including gional Center for Social went viral on social media. Francis’ hand as he greets devotees, followed by the Pope
Israeli Prime Minister
had approval from the auth Police used pepper spray, Starbucks and banking giant Reintegration in the town An apology followed. “We slapping his way free on New Year’s Eve in Vatican. AFP *
Benjamin Netanyahu on
orities. tear gas and water cannon, HSBC. of Cieneguillas. lose patience many times,”
Wednesday said he will ask
But after a peaceful start, while hardcore protesters Police said around 400 An inmate was arrested the Pope confessed. said before celebrating Mass square and was turning
Parliament to grant him
immunity from corruption
violence erupted within lobbed petrol bombs, built people were arrested for of with a fi rearm, and three “It happens to me too. I at the Vatican. away when a woman cried
charges, a step that is hours, with police and makeshift barricades and fences, including “unlawful more guns were found in apologise for the bad exam The Pope was greeting out something, yanked his
expected to delay his trial for masked protesters facing off vandalised property belong assembly and possession of the prison, as well as va ple given yesterday,” the children before the Nativity hand and almost caused him
months. AP in several neighbourhoods ing to businesses they con off ensive weapons”. rious knives. head of the Catholic church scene on Saint Peter’s to fall.
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2 Mother, suffering a setback,
has zest. Wonderful! (7) Bhooma came as Andal
reposting (8) 3 The endless chat about roofi ng The Lord is anxious to save jivatmas and grant them
15 Vex a hill dweller in Assam (4)
material (6) moksha, but this anxiety is even greater in His Consort, said
M.A. Venkatakrishnan, in a discourse. When Rama is exiled
16 Pitilessly batters ear of 4 Mission teacher's fi rst query to the forest, Sita insists on accompanying Him. She says She
homeless child (6,4) (4) will walk in front on Him, and will trample down any thorns
6 Evil rot settles in Chennai, for
in the path, thus making the way smooth for Him. While this
18 This old man is an annual
example (8) is certainly a mark of Sita’s devotion to Lord Rama, it also
fi gure appearing on the dot
has a symbolic meaning. She is indicating that She will sof
(6,4)
7 Knotty party game? (7) ten the hearts of people, so that they become ready to re
20 Turkish ruler overwhelms fi ve ceive Him.
of a group (4) 8 Date that remains unchanged With this characteristic anxiety for jivatmas, Bhooma De
by girl (6,9) vi asks Lord Varaha to suggest some easy ways of reaching
23 Facility — one working in part His feet. He has already given the world many ways of reach
of building (8) 9 Reveries that may still occur at ing Him. But these are too diffi cult for most people. So Bhoo
night? (9)
24 Swordsman is one who is ma Devi wants something easier. In reply to her question,
undecided (6) 14 Immediately, one working
Lord Varaha says that there are two easy ways of reaching
with editor is posted (9) Him — one is singing about Him; the other is to surrender to
26 Beg with one politician for a Him. But Goddess Earth is not content to merely know the
different role (7) answer to Her question. She aims to inform the world about
17 Thoroughly cooked! Congrats!
Solution to puzzle 12821 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku what the Lord told Her in private. She wants to make the se
27 One is held to entertain for a (4,4)
■ ACROSS long period (7) cret of liberation public, so as to benefi t all mankind. So, She
19 Stumbled but gave takes the avatara of Andal. Anantazhvan, a disciple of Rama
1 State that keeps one away from information about ruler (7)
28 More irregular to go after new nujacharya, wrote a work titled Goda Catusloki, which re
Congress? (8) one signalling approval (6) cords the greatness of Andal. Anantazhvan says that the
5 Grandmother has setback in 21 Announce: former wife's
Lord’s Consort came as Andal, with the quickness of an ar
French town (6) 29 Engineer considered to be about to destroy mail (7)
rescued (8)
row shot from a bow. Bhoo Devi’s Gayatri mantra says She is
10 A halfproud star recreated
22 The French notice to dhanurdharAyai, that is the One who has a bow in Her hand.
computer images (7) Anantazhvan must have had this in mind, when he de
■ DOWN temporary owner (6)
11 Rail crashes — in a bit of scribed Andal’s speedy descent to the earth. Andal’s Thirup
emergency, there's another 1 With this, the hemline may go 25 That woman has nothing that pavai contains the essence of the Vedas, and recitation of
transport (7) up or down (8,7) goes on foot (4) Her verses takes us nearer God.
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Taiwan’s top military offi cial killed in crash Relief for Netanyahu as SC
Air Force’s Gen. Shen Yiming was among 8 killed as chopper forcelanded in a hilly area near Taipei refuses to rule on his eligibility
Reuters Ms. Tsai, who is seeking
TAIPEI reelection, cancelled all PM asks Parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution
Taiwan’s top military offi cial campaign activities until Sa
was among eight people turday, while opposition pre Isabel Kershner described the election pe
killed on Thursday, after a sidential candidate Han Kuo JERUSALEM riod as a “kingdom of uncer
helicopter carrying them to yu of the Kuomintang party With Prime Minister Benja tainty,” adding a ruling
visit soldiers crashed in a called off campaigns until min Netanyahu under in would signifi cantly depend
mountainous area near the Friday. “Kuomintang urges dictment, Israel’s Supreme on the results and which
capital Taipei, the Defence related authorities to probe Court on Thursday refused candidate comes out on top.
Ministry said. the incident as soon as possi to weigh in on whether a Under Israeli law, a Prime
The main portion of the ble and make a thorough prime ministerial candidate Minister charged with
helicopter lay in a northern check on the same type of charged with serious crimes crimes can remain in offi ce
forest wreathed in mist, its aircraft to prevent the trage can be asked to form a new until a fi nal verdict, in part
blades shattered, as dozens dy from happening again,” government. to ensure legal authorities
of rescuers combed the the party said in a statement. The decision gave Mr. Ne Benjamin Netanyahu cannot topple a Prime Minis
wreck for survivors, pictures The helicopter involved in tanyahu a temporary re ter. The resignation of an Is
released by emergency auth Thursday’s incident was one prieve ahead of a general court to resolve the question raeli leader automatically
orities showed. of 60 UH60M Black Hawk election on March 2 and of Mr. Netanyahu’s eligibili brings down the govern
helicopters the United States staved off a potential show ty, after he was indicted in ment. There is nothing in
Five survive sold to Taiwan in 2010, the down between the govern November on charges of the law to stop Mr. Netanya
The reasons for the crash, in Major loss: A rescue team searching for missing military offi cers after the helicopter crashed offi cial Central News Agency ment and the judiciary. bribery, fraud and breach of hu, Israel’s longestserving
the wake of a forced landing, near Taipei on January 2. Air Force General Shen Yiming, inset, died in the crash. REUTERS *
said. On Wednesday, he took trust in three corruption cas Prime Minister, from run
were unknown, the military Although the Unites States the contentious step of ask es. He has denied any ning for a fourth consecutive
said in a statement, adding Defence Minister to launch our military and national kesman told a news confe has no formal diplomatic ties ing Parliament to grant him wrongdoing. term in offi ce, and there is
that the chief of general staff , an investigation. defence.” rence broadcast live on with Taiwan, it is the island’s immunity from prosecution. During the hearing, the no limit to how many terms
Air Force General Shen Yi “We must fi nd out the rea The Defence Ministry said television. strongest international back Mr. Netanyahu is Israel’s fi rst judges made clear they felt it he can serve.
ming, had died, while fi ve of son for the incident,” she it had dispatched a rescue er and main arms supplier. sitting Prime Minister to be was premature to rule on the Mr. Netanyahu is accused
the 13 aboard survived. told reporters in the north team following the Black Elections on Jan. 11 The de facto U.S. Embassy charged with crimes and the petition before the election of trading offi cial favours
Gen. Shen, who took up eastern county of Yilan, Hawk helicopter’s crash in The incident, which comes a in Taiwan expressed its con fi rst to run for reelection — the third in a year — and worth hundreds of millions
his post in July, was Taiwan’s where the helicopter had New Taipei City, after avia week before democratic Tai dolences, saying it stood rea while under such a serious they appeared far from eag of dollars to Israeli media
highestranking general to been heading after setting tion authorities lost contact wan holds presidential and dy to assist in the aftermath legal cloud. er to intervene at such a del moguls in exchange for posi
die in the line of duty, Presi out from Taipei. with the craft at 8:07 a.m. parliamentary elections on of the tragedy, but without Dozens of people from Is icate time. tive news coverage, as well
dent Tsai Ingwen said, ad “Most importantly, (we) “Eight of our colleagues January 11, disrupted cam detailing what such help rael’s hightech industry and In their ruling on Thurs as cigars, Champagne and
ding that she had asked the must ensure the stability of were killed,” a military spo paign events. might entail. academia had petitioned the day, the three senior justices jewellery. NY TIMES
U.S. airlines face risk of extremist Turkey approves Libya military deployment
activity in Pakistan airspace: FAA Ankara had received a request for ment motion as a “political
signal” aimed at deterring
Exercise caution during fl ight operations, the regulator warns support from the Tripolibased govt. Haftar’s Army.
“After it passes, if the oth
Press Trust of India airspace of Pakistan due to aircraft operating at low alti Agence France-Presse and the United Arab Emi er side changes its attitude
Ankara
New Delhi extremist/militant activity,” tudes, including during the rates. and says, ‘OK, we are with
The U.S. Federal Aviation said the FAA, in a notice to arrival and departure phas Turkey’s Parliament passed President Recep Tayyip drawing, we are abandoning
Administration (FAA) on airmen (NOTAM) dated De es of fl ights. a Bill on Thursday approving Erdogan’s offi ce confi rmed our off ensive,’ then what
Thursday warned American cember 30, 2019. “The ongoing presence of a military deployment to Li last Friday that a request for should we go there for?”
airlines and their pilots that The NOTAM is applicable extremist/militant elements bya, aimed at shoring up the military support had been The Bill passed easily
there is risk involved in oper to all U.S.based airlines and operating in Pakistan poses UNbacked government in received from the Tripoli through Turkey’s Parlia
ating fl ights in Pakistan air U.S.based pilots. a continued risk to U.S. civil Tripoli. based Government of Na ment, by 325 votes to 184.
space due to “extremist or The U.S. regulator said in aviation from smallarms The beleaguered Tripoli tional Accord (GNA). Military push: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaking at a A UN report in November
militant activity”, according its NOTAM that there conti fi re, complex attacks against government has been under No details have been given symposium in Ankara on Thursday. REUTERS *
said several countries were
to an offi cial document. nues to be a risk to U.S. civil airports, indirect weapons sustained attack since April on the scale of the potential violating the arms embargo
“Exercise caution during aviation sector from attacks fi re, and antiaircraft fi re, by military strongman Gen deployment, and VicePresi yet been set. ding that parliamentary ap on Libya in place since the
fl ight operations. There is a against airports and aircraft any of which could occur eral Khalifa Haftar, who is dent Fuat Oktay told state “We are ready. Our armed proval would be valid for a overthrow of its longtime
risk to U.S. civil aviation op in Pakistan, particularly for with little or no warning,” it backed by Turkey’s regional news agency Anadolu on forces and our Defence Mi year. dictator Moamer Kadhafi in
erating in the territory and aircraft on the ground and said. rivals — Saudi Arabia, Egypt Wednesday that no date had nistry are ready,” he said, ad He described the Parlia 2011.
arrest warrant for Ghosn
Former Nissan boss fl ed from Japan
unveil government programme Islamabad to boost ties
It comes after Pak. skipped Malaysia event
Reuters The Greens and the conservatives form coalition govt. Press Trust of India created over Pakistan skip
BEIRUT/TOKYO Islamabad ping the Kuala Lumpur sum Castro drops out of 2020
Lebanon received an Inter Agence France-Presse himself as a tough antiimmi ing the OeVP as “powerful as Abu Dhabi Crown Prince mit to apparently appease presidential race
pol arrest warrant on Thurs Vienna gration fi ghter — said his Pe never before”. Sheikh Mohammad bin Saudi Arabia and the UAE. WASHINGTON
day for fugitive former Nis Austria’s conservatives and ople’s Party (OeVP) and the It is the Greens’ fi rst entry Zayed Al Nahyan on Thurs Prime Minister Khan had Julian Castro, the grandson
san boss Carlos Ghosn, their Green partners were Greens had “succeeded in into the Austrian govern day arrived here on a day confi rmed Pakistan’s parti of a Mexican immigrant who
while Turkey launched an set to present the govern uniting the best of both ment at a national level — long visit, amidst criticism cipation in the summit host became San Antonio Mayor
investigation into his daring ment programme of their worlds” in protracted nego and that in the unlikely mar of the UAE for siding with ed by Malaysia, but skipped and a U.S. Housing Secretary,
escape from Japan. unprecedented coalition, a tiations aimed at “protecting riage of conservatives and Saudi Arabia to put pressure the event at the eleventh suspended his 2020
Ghosn has become an in plan with rightwing leader the climate and borders”. ecologists. on Pakistan to skip a key hour due to pressure exert Democratic presidential run
ternational fugitive after he Sebastian Kurz’s clear impri Observers say Germany conference of Muslim na ed by Saudi Arabia and the on Thursday after a
revealed on Tuesday that he Carlos Ghosn matur that could set a Euro ‘Daring experiment’ and others may follow suit as tions in Malaysia. United Arab Emirates — key candidacy overshadowed by
had fl ed to Lebanon to es pean precedent. “Historic accord fi xed” ran parties seek to cater to vo Prime Minister Imran fi nancial backers of the more famous liberals. His
cape what he called a Lebanon, the country of his The two parties an the Kurier daily’s main hea ters’ increasingly populist Khan received the Crown cashstripped country. departure from the
campaign, a month or so
“rigged” justice system in childhood, where his invest nounced late on Wednesday dline on Thursday, while a sentiments as well as wor Prince at the Nur Khan Air The Summit from Decem
ahead of early nominating
Japan. ments include a stake in a that they had agreed to gov column in the leftleaning ries about climate change base and personally drove ber 1921 was seen by Saudis
contests in Iowa and New
The Interpol red notice bank, real estate and a ern together after key elec Standard described the coa amid student protests fol him from the airport. It was as an attempt to create a
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was received by Lebanon’s vineyard. tion gains in September fol lition as a “daring experi lowing calls by activist Greta for the second time that Mr. new bloc in the Muslim Democratic candidates in a
internal security forces and Meanwhile, Turkish pol lowing a corruption scandal ment” and a “political Thunberg . Khan drove his vehicle as he world that could become an still crowded field seeking
has yet to be referred to the ice has detained seven peo that broke apart 33yearold adventure”. In Austria’s September did during the Prince’s last alternative to the dysfunc the party’s nomination to
judiciary, a Lebanese judi ple as part of an investiga Mr. Kurz’s ruling coalition Papers said the pact bore polls, the Greens got 13.9% visit in January 2019. tional Organisation of Islam take on Republican President
cial source told Reuters. tion into Ghosn’s passage with the far right. the conservatives’ stamp, while the OeVP got 37.5% of The visit comes in the ic Cooperation led by the Donald Trump in November
Ghosn has deep ties to through the country. Mr. Kurz — who has styled with tabloid Oesterreich bill votes. wake of the controversy Gulf Kingdom. election. REUTERS
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Iran vows revenge after U.S. kills General Who was Qassem Soleimani
Tens of thousands of angry Iranians take to the streets of Tehran, chanting ‘Death to America’ He was the main architect of Iran’s recent foreign interventions
Stanly Johny where he stood in Iran’s cording to the New Yorker
Agence France-Presse diately” and U.S. nationals A leading Hashed mem
Baghdad working at southern oil fi elds ber, Hadi alAmeri, urged Major General Qassem Solei complex power dynamics, profi le of the General. What
A furious Iran threatened to were being evacuated, Iraq’s lawmakers “to take a bold mani, the commander of in which the hardliners, he did was to build and train
avenge a U.S. strike that Petrol Ministry said. decision to oust foreign Iran’s Quds Force who was moderates and reformists Shia militias and send them
killed a top Iranian comman Early on Friday, a preci troops from Iraq, because killed in a U.S. air strike in compete for infl uence to Syria to fi ght the rebels
der at Baghdad’s internation sion drone strike struck two their presence has become a Baghdad on Friday, had an through elections and other along with the regime.
al airport on Friday, raising cars belonging to Iraq’s threat for Iraqis”. illustrious career as a spy means. In 1999, when stu He also coordinated with
fears of a wider regional con Hashed alShaabi, a paramili master and military strate dents revolted against the re Hassan Nasrallah, the leader
fl ict between the archfoes. tary force with close ties to Additional troops gist. Always a defender of gime, Soleimani and other of Hezbollah, in strategising
The Pentagon said U.S. Iran, as they drove away Some 5,200 U.S. troops are the Islamic revolution, Solei senior military fi gures wrote the war. In 2013, the regime
President Donald Trump from Baghdad International stationed across the country, mani was so close to Spreme a letter to the then reformist troops, Shia militias and
had ordered Qasem Soleima Airport. and a U.S. defence offi cial Leader Ali Khamenei that he President, Mohammad Kha Hezbollah fi ghters captured
ni’s “killing” after a proIran Soleimani also served as told AFP that some addition once called him “the living tami, demanding action Qusayr, a town on the Syria
mob this week laid siege to Iran’s pointman on Iraq, vis al forces had arrived in re martyr of revolution”. As against protesters. “Our pa Lebanon border, from the
the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi iting the country in times of cent hours to boost security Khamenei once said about tience has run out,” they rebels, which was one of the
capital. turmoil. at the American Embassy. another fallen soldier, in the wrote, warning that if the go early victories of the Assad
Iran’s supreme leader Aya Muhandis was the Hash Iraqi Prime Minister Adel end, Soleimani “drank the vernment didn’t crush the regime in the civil war.
tollah Ali Khamenei pro ed’s deputy chief, but was Abdel Mahdi said the strike sweet syrup of martyrdom”. protests, the military would. Though the Russian inter
mised “severe revenge” for mired in the Islamic had been planning an “immi widely recognised as the real was a “fl agrant violation” of vention in 2015 actually
Soleimani’s death, the big Republic. nent” attack “that would shotcaller within the group. a security accord with the War hero NEWS ANALYSIS turned around the confl ict,
gest escalation yet in a feared Mr. Trump tweeted a pic have put dozens if not hun A replacement for him has U.S., warning it would “spark Soleimani joined the Iranian the real ground support for
proxy war between Iran and ture of an American fl ag with dreds of American lives at not yet been named. Both a devastating war in Iraq”. Army immediately after the The police fi nally cracked the Assad regime came from
the U.S. on Iraqi soil. no comment, then followed risk”. were under U.S. sanctions. Meanwhile, Mr. Khamenei revolution. He was on the down on the protesters. the Iranians. And it’s Solei
Angry Iranians took to the up by declaring Soleimani Ceremonies to mourn has named Esmail Qaani, the frontlines during the 1980 In recent years, when Iran mani who oversaw that
streets of Tehran chanting should have been killed “ma Americans told to leave them will be held on Satur deputy head of the Revolu 88 IranIraq war. His com has rapidly expanded its ground support. Syria was
“Death to America” and ny years ago”. The U.S. Embassy in Bagh day, when Iraq’s Parliament tionary Guards’ foreign oper manders were so impressed presence in both Iraq and his war.
holding up posters of Solei U.S. Secretary of State dad urged all American citi is also set to hold an emer ations arm, as the successor by his bravery during the Syria and ties between Teh He applied the same stra
mani, who was widely ad Mike Pompeo said Soleimani zens to leave Iraq “imme gency meeting. to Soleimani. war that they promoted the ran and Washington were tegy in Iraq in the war
young soldier, in his 20s, to fastdeteriorating, Soleimani against the IS. The Iran
head the 41st Tharallah Divi was very much in focus. In trained militias, which was
India condemns vandalism at Gotabaya seeks electoral, sion of the Islamic Revolu 2018, he responded directly bombed by the U.S. last
tionary Guard Corps (IRGC). to a warning from President month that precipitated the
In 1990, he was named the Donald Trump against the current crisis, were in the fo
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15 Awfully ignorant about
4 Cover the walls again — from
top to bottom or the other Pitfalls in life
way around (7)
institution head limiting There was a poor man, who ardently craved wealth. He did
supplies (9) 5 That woman, consumed by a severe penance, and when God appeared before him he said
deadly sin, is most green (7) he wanted a lot of wealth. God gave him a stick and said,
18 Philosophy of life a frog in the
well cannot have (5,4) 6 Temporarily place a winter “Every time you strike this stick on the ground, you will get
garment (5) one thousand gold coins. But the moment you lose your
21 Graduates beginning to
temper, the stick will disappear and so will all your wealth.”
transform primarily industrial 7 Easy answers to clues from The poor man took the stick and went away happily. On the
district (5) election losers (53) way, a sanyasi asked him why he carried a stick with him.
22 A small attempt to describe The poor man tapped the stick on the ground, and as God
8 Insult Sri Lanka’s tourer
whirling moon in space
regularly (4)
had promised, a thousand gold coins showed up. The sanya
science (9) si then asked the poor man many questions, which the latter
24 Ancient Greek region backing
14 Tire out in struggles to answered patiently at fi rst. But with more and more ques
top class repeatedly (5)
establish basic truths (8) tions being asked the poor man lost his patience and spoke
angrily to the sanyasi. Immediately, the stick as well as the
26 Picks extraordinary place 16 Old boys and Gail are moved
coins disappeared, as God had warned.
outside limits of Tiruvallur (7) to take it up from essential
The story shows the impermanence of wealth and how
passages (9)
27 Old vessel brought back by we can lose everything we possess in a matter of minutes,
master awaiting confi rmation 17 Could be too genial but act said M.A. Manickavelu in a discourse. If we run after wealth
(2,5) independently (2,2,5) and other material possession, there will be darkness and
Solution to puzzle 12823 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku worry in our lives. But when we seek God, we get jnana. Thi
28 Groom roped in mate to hold 19 Single out one very behind (7) ruvalluvar says that in order to get rid of desires, we must
■ ACROSS
the advantage (11) seek the One who has no desires. Vallalar says that we spend
1 Rapidly airlift a PAC turnout 20 Encouraging words to proceed
(2,1,4,4) in the same direction (3,2,2) our lives in the pursuit of various things. This ruins our
■ DOWN
9 Sailor at square to drink — health and fi nally our lives end. Joy is like a mirage. Be like a
dresses cheaply (5,2) 1 Behind the queen, girl’s 22 Gets nogreat snakes (4) mother to me, prays Vallalar to Muruga. Saint Appar saw
10 Sisterly kind doesn’t complete depressed in fading light (9) Lord Siva as every one of his relatives. Manickavachagar saw
23 Availability status of draft
exam (7) Lord Siva as his parents. Vallalar in his Tiruarupta says to
2 Accord to a good bloodline, beer in bar (2,3)
11 Discharge His Excellency in Lord Siva: “When a father punishes a child, the mother
essentially (5)
peculiar situation (5) 25 Starts noticing absolutely comes to its support. If a mother is harsh with the child,
12 Poor versifi er sees American 3 Ma blessed runaway characters patent, pliable, attractive then the father comes to its support. But, if you turn against
author with sample (9) brought together (9) leather (5) me, to whom will I turn for comfort?”
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Stopping a war
Mortars hit U.S. embassy compound mains would be fl own to
Iran, which has declared
three days of mourning and
U.S. President Donald Agence France-Presse clutch of other Iranian and based, security sources and religious rituals.
Trump said he had decided
Baghdad Iraqi fi gures. the Iraqi military said. Iraqis worry the U.S. strike
to “terminate” Iran’s military Two mortar rounds hit the In Baghdad, mortar Security sources there could unleash a new wave of
mastermind to prevent an Iraqi capital’s Green Zone rounds on Saturday evening reported blaring sirens and destabilisation for Iraq.
“imminent” attack on U.S. on Saturday and two rockets hit the Green Zone, the said surveillance drones Amid the tensions, the
diplomats and troops. “We slammed into a base highsecurity enclave where were sent above the base to Pentagon said up to 3,500
took action last night to stop housing U.S. troops, the U.S. embassy is based, locate the source of the additional U.S. troops would
a war,” he insisted. “We did security sources said, a day security sources said. rockets. be dispatched to Iraq’s
not take action to start a after a deadly American The Iraqi military said The Iraqi military neighbour Kuwait, to boost
war.” But a furious Iran has strike that killed Iran’s that one projectile hit inside confi rmed the missile some 14,000 reinforcements
vowed revenge for the killing CommanderGeneral the zone, while another attacks in Baghdad and on already deployed to the re
of Soleimani, the chief archi Qassem Soleimani. landed close to the enclave. Balad base and said there gion last year. About 5,200
tect of its military operations The precision drone Sirens rang out at the U.S. were no casualties. U.S. troops are stationed
across West Asia. strike outside the Baghdad compound, sources there U.S> troops and across Iraq to help fi ght the
airport on Friday killed said. diplomats had been bracing
“The response for a mili
tary action is a military ac
tion,” Iranian Ambassador to
Iranian commander
Soleimani, top Iraqi
A pair of Katyusha
rockets then hit the Balad
themselves for more rocket
attacks following the
IS. As a result of the tensions,
NATO said it was suspending
its training activities in Iraq
Australia PM criticised for bushfi re ad
the United Nations Majid paramilitary chief Abu airbase north of Baghdad, precision drone strike that and a U.S. defence offi cial Agence France-Presse front foot on Saturday, an heralding his announce
Takht Ravanchi told CNN, Mahdi alMuhandis and a where American troops are killed Soleimani. said that Americanled coali Sydney nouncing increased military ments about the military,
calling the strike an “act of CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC tion forces would “limit” op Australian Prime Minister assistance to beleaguered and his Liberal Party made a
war”. “By whom, by when, erations. U.S. citizens were Scott Morrison faced re volunteer fi refi ghters. similar post linking to the
where? That is for the future had on Friday been “in Zarif slammed as “foolish”. media.The strike killed a to meanwhile urged to leave newed criticism on Satur In a string of media ap party website.
to witness.” formed of Iran’s position and Foreign Minister Moham tal of fi ve Iranian Guards and Iraq immediately and Ameri day, after sharing bushfi re pearances, he vowed every The nonpartisan Austra
In the hours after the in turn delivered the mes mad Javad Zarif spoke with fi ve members of Iraq’s can staff were evacuated themed party campaign ads resource would be provided lia Defence Association, a
strike, the U.S. reached out sage of the United States”. his Chinese counterpart Hashed alShaabi paramili from oil fi elds in the south. that opponents condemned to help ease a disaster that publicinterest watchdog,
to Iran, with which it has had Iran’s Revolutionary Wang Yi, who argued that tary network, whose mem Iraq’s proIran factions as “disgusting” and a res has killed 23 people and said the Liberal Party advert
no direct diplomatic ties for Guards said Washington had “the dangerous U.S. military bers have close ties to Teh have seized on Soleimani’s pected defence association burned swathes of the coun was a “clear breach” of con
decades. used “diplomatic measures” operation violates the basic ran. death to push Parliament, said was “milking” the crisis. try, announcing more fund ventions keeping the mili
Switzerland, whose em to urge Tehran to respond norms of international rela Among the dead was the which convenes on Sunday, Facing sustained anger ing for waterbombing tary out of politics and ac
bassy in Tehran represents “in proportion” to the strike tions and will aggravate re Hashed’s deputy Abu Mahdi to revoke the security agree for his handling of the planes. But he found himself cused the party of “milking
U.S. interests, confi rmed on —a message Iran’s Foreign gional tensions and turbu alMuhandis, who was a top ment allowing U.S. forces on monthslong crisis, Mr. Mor in fresh scandal late on Sa ADF support to civil agen
Saturday its charge d’aff aires Minister Mohammad Javad lence,” according to Chinese adviser and personal friend Iraqi soil. rison sought to get on the turday after tweeting a video cies fi ghting bushfi res”.
China replaces
top envoy in
Indianorigin MP to bid Lebanon banks close over clients’ demands ELSEWHERE
Targeted for mocking Saudi royals through satire
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SUDOKU said on Saturday. “The death
toll has risen to 53 people,
Ghanem alMasarir’s videos have been viewed more than 300 million times on YouTube with one person missing,”
disaster agency spokesman
David Segal through cyberattacks on his covery, and the police visit, Agus Wibowo said. Reuters
London social media platforms. prompted Mr. alMasarir to
No one has skewered the take an unusual step: He Neutral pronoun ‘they’
Saudi royal family as gleeful Campaign by Riyadh sued the Kingdom of Saudi is word of the decade
NEW YORK
ly as Ghanem alMasarir. A few months before the pol Arabia, demanding an apolo
The neutral pronoun “they”
In hundreds of videos ice showed up at his door, gy and unspecifi ed damages,
has been voted word of the
posted to YouTube — which Mr. alMasarir says, the cam for ruining his phones and
decade by U.S. language
have been viewed more than paign against him escalated. causing personal distress
experts, beating out other
300 million times — Mr. al His smartphones had and anxiety. “You’re dealing contenders that included
Masarir sits at a desk, usually turned unaccountably slug essentially with the mafi a,” “climate” and “meme”.
at his home in North Lon gish, and at the behest of a Mr. alMasarir said, during a “They” is used in English by a
don, off ers a jovial greeting friend — familiar with the meeting at the offi ces of growing number of non
in Arabic, then launches into side eff ects of covertly in Leigh Day, a law fi rm that is binary individuals, people
a series of embarrassing Sau stalled spyware — he asked a representing him on a “no who do not identify as either
direlated stories. The tone is cybersecurity watchdog win, no fee” basis. “Except male or female. They prefer
sharply satirical, the delivery Living dangerously: Ghanem alMasarir, a Saudi dissident group to fi gure out why. they have diplomatic pass the plural neutral pronoun to
a bit hammy. satirist and YouTube star, in London. NYT * After examining his smart ports and a lot of money.” bypass the traditionally male
One of his favourite tar phones, Citizen Lab, a non Mr. alMasarir came to Bri “he” or female “she”. AFP
gets is Mohammed bin Sal In October 2018, Mr. al he was quietly alerted to an profi t organization based in tain 16 years ago, seeking
man, the Saudi Crown Masarir says, the British pol apparent Saudi plan to kid Toronto, told him that they both an education and a way 2 foreigners involved in
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku Prince, whom he long ago ice visited his home to deliv nap him, a headsup that had been infected with Pega to denounce his native coun Ghosn fl ight: Turkey
ISTANBUL
tagged with a nickname, er an offi cial warning about a came from an unlikely sus, a virus created by an Is try from afar. Along the way,
Turkey on Saturday said two
now widely used by detrac threat to his life. They left source: the Saudi intelli raeli tech company, NSO he discovered his inner per
foreigners were involved in
tors, that translates to “the him with a “panic button” gence agent later accused of Group. It turns smartphones former and YouTube, an on businessman Carlos Ghosn's
bear that has gone astray.” As system, attached through his masterminding the murder into allpurpose surveillance line platform that provided transit through Istanbul as he
mild as this may sound to phone line, that summons of Jamal Khashoggi, The tools, hoovering up texts and both a steady fl ow of income fl ed Japan on his way to
Western ears, calling some the authorities when activat Washington Post oped co emails, eavesdropping on and a prominence he had Lebanon. “There are two
one a bear in West Asia is ed, but they off ered no spec lumnist killed in 2018 in the calls and tracking locations. never imagined. A 2018 list foreigners involved in the
tantamount to calling him fat ifi cs about the source of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Citizen Lab found digital of thought leaders in the transit,” Turkish Justice
and ugly, and “astray” in this threat. And the Saudi regime has footprints on Mr. alMasarir’s Arab world compiled by Glo Minister Abdulhamit Gul told
context means immoral, cor To Mr. alMasarir, it’s no spent years trying to intimi smartphones leading direct bal Infl uence ranked him No. CNN's Turk broadcaster
rupt, essentially a gangster. mystery. Years ago, he says, date Mr. alMasarir, he says, ly to Saudi Arabia. That dis 17. NY TIMES during an interview. AFP
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U.S. will target 52 sites if Iran retaliates: Trump Military base used by U.S.
forces in Kenya attacked
U.S. President ups the ante as mourners across the country pay their respects to Soleimani after his body reached home
‘Aircraft, choppers & vehicles destroyed’
Donald Trump is just a
Reuters
DUBAI
Raised concerns
Pompeo told Fox News.
Former VicePresident Joe
nian fl ag being unloaded
from a plane as a military
logue to ease tensions,
Oman News Agency report says it won’t respect limits since Kenya sent troops into
Somalia in 2011 as part of an
“Working alongside our
Kenyan partners, the airfi eld
Mr. Trump’s suggestion that Biden and other Democrats band played. ed on Sunday. African Union force protect is cleared and still in the pro
the U.S. could strike targets criticised Mr. Trump’s Thousands of mourners Oman, which maintains Associated Press lopment. These would from ing the internationally cess of being fully secured,”
of importance to Iranian cul tweets, with some including marched through the streets friendly ties with both the Tehran now on be based on Iran's backed government — which said the US Africa Command
ture raised eyebrows. U.S. Senator Elizabeth War of Ahvaz, beating their U.S. and Iran, has previously Iran’s state television re technical needs. the jihadists have been try (AFRICOM) in a statement.
Colin Kahl, a former Oba ren saying the President was chests in live footage aired been a gobetween for the ported that the country will It did not elaborate on ing to overthrow for more The nearby civilian airport
ma administration national threatening to commit a war on state TV. Soleimani’s cas two countries. no longer abide by any of what levels it would imme than a decade. at Manda Bay, which brings
security offi cial, wrote on crime. “The more the walls ket was driven amidst the Iran summoned the Swiss the limits set under the nu diately reach in its pro The Lamu region, which tourists visiting Lamu Island
Twitter that he found it close in on this guy, the more large crowds on the back of a envoy representing U.S. in clear deal signed with six gramme. includes popular tourist — a UNESCO World Heritage
“hard to believe the Penta irrational he becomes,” said truck. terests in Tehran on Sunday major powers in 2015. The International Atomic beach destination Lamu Is Site — was closed for several
gon would provide Trump Mr. Biden. to protest against Mr. Trump The station cited a go Energy Agency, the United land, lies close to the Somali hours after the incident, ac
targeting options that in Meanwhile, the body of Mourning in Iraq saying Washington would vernment spokesman as Nations watchdog observ frontier and has suff ered fre cording to the civil aviation
clude Iranian cultural sites. Soleimani was returned to The body of Iranianbacked target Iranian sites if Tehran saying Iran would not res ing Iran’s programme, quent attacks, often carried authority.
Trump may not care about Iran on Sunday, the offi cial Iraqi militia leader Abu Mah attacks Americans or U.S. pect any limits set in the could not be immediately out with roadside bombs. AlShabaab said in a state
the laws of war, but DoD (De IRIB news agency reported. di alMuhandis, who was assets. pact on the number of ura reached for comment. Njuguna said “an attempt ment it had “successfully
partment of Defense) plan While many Iranians have killed in the attack with So On Saturday evening, a nium enrichment centrifug However, Iran said that was made to breach security stormed the heavily fortifi ed
ners and lawyers do... and rallied in to show grief over leimani, was also fl own to rocket fell inside Baghdad’s es it could use, which meant its cooperation with the at Manda Air Strip” at military base and have now
targeting cultural sites is war the death of Soleimani, re Ahvaz, according to IRIB. Green Zone near the U.S. there would be no limits on IAEA “will continue as be 5:30am but it was repulsed. taken eff ective control of part
crime.” garded as the country’s se Tens of thousands of peo Embassy, another hit the its enrichment capacity, the fore.” The statement said “Four terrorists’ bodies of the base”.
Downplaying the com cond most powerful fi gure ple marched in Iraq on Satur nearby Jadriya neighbour level to which uranium Iran’s steps could be re have so far been found. The AFRICOM accused AlSha
ments, the U.S. Secretary of after Supreme Leader Aya day to mourn Soleimani and hood and two more were could be enriched, or Iran's versed if Washington lifted airstrip is safe,” he said, ad baab of lying in order to
State Mike Pompeo has de tollah Ali Khamenei, others alMuhandis, chanting fi red at the Balad air base. nuclear research and deve its sanctions on Tehran. ding that a fi re had broken create false headlines.
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Bangladesh orders arrest Dozens held
after protest
Cambodia building collapse
of ‘fugitive’ former Chief Justice in Hong Kong kills 36 people, injures 23
Agence France-Presse
Justice Sinha and 10 others face charges of embezzlement Hong Kong The seven-storey guesthouse was under construction
6 German tourists killed Petrol bombs were hurled
by drunken driver in Italy Agence France-Presse a blow to the credibility of at a Hong Kong police sta Reuters
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Dhaka the judiciary in the Muslim tion and dozens of people PHNOM PENH
A drunken driver speeding on A Bangladesh court ordered majority country. Justice were arrested on Sunday Thirtysix people were killed
a mountain road plowed into the arrest on Sunday of Sinha, 68, now lives in North following a march against and 23 more injured when a
a group of young German former Chief Justice Suren America. socalled parallel trading tourist guesthouse under
tourists in northern Italy dra Kumar Sinha and 10 oth He was the fi rst Hindu to near the Chinese border. construction in Cambodia
early on Sunday, killing six ers on charges alleging they be made Chief Justice of the The Democratic Party collapsed, trapping workers
people and injuring 11 others, embezzled nearly half a mil offi cially secular Muslimma said about 10,000 people under rubble, offi cials said
Italian authorities said. The lion dollars, a prosecutor jority nation of 168 million. marched peacefully in on Sunday.
deadly crash occurred in a said. Justice Sinha’s departure Sheung Shui district, but Offi cials said rescue oper
village of Valle Aurina, “All of them are fugitives Surendra Kumar Sinha came after a rare statement violence erupted after pol ations ended two days after
northeast of Bolzano in the
from justice,” prosecutor from the Supreme Court in ice ordered protesters to the sevenstorey concrete
Alto Adige region, shortly
Khurshid Alam Khan said, verdict on judicial indepen October 2017 said other disperse. building collapsed on Friday
after 1 a.m. as the Germans
adding that Mr. Sinha was dence that went against the judges had accused him of The marchers were prot in the coastal town of Kep, Mountain of rubble: Rescue personnel working at the site in
gathered near their tour bus.
accused of embezzling mo government, but fl ed Ban graft and refused to sit with esting against parallel trad about 160 km southwest of Kep, where a building collapsed, on Sunday. AFP *
They were between the ages
of 20 and 25. The largely ney and laundering it from gladesh in late 2017 amid al him on the top bench. ing, which sees thousands the capital Phnom Penh.
Germanspeaking one bank account to legations he had been forced Just months earlier, Jus of mainlanders cross the The 36 dead included six Kep Governor Ken Satha However, Prime Minister
autonomous region, with its another. to step aside. tice Sinha had led the SC in a border every day to bulk children and 14 women, offi said that the owners of the Hun Sen defended the go
ski resorts in the Dolomites, Justice Sinha headed the Opposition groups and decision that scrapped Par buy goods such as infant cials said in a statement that building, a Cambodian cou vernment response and said
of northern Italy is popular South Asian nation’s Su rights activists said the de liament’s power to sack top formula to sell at a profi t in did not detail why children ple, had been detained for that no offi cials in Kep pro
with German tourists. AP preme Court for a landmark parture of Justice Sinha was judges. China. were at the site. questioning. vince would be fi red.
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House to vote on limiting Trump’s war powers China’s PLA begins major
military drill in Tibet
Lawmakers seek to bar President from conducting a campaign against Iran without obtaining approval from Congress
It displays advanced tank, howitzer
Reuters
Washington
making classifi ed his formal
notifi cation to Congress of 2 rockets fall Press Trust of India
U.S. lawmakers have few op
tions for tamping down any
the attack on Saturday.
Under the U.S. War Pow near U.S. Beijing
day, and Democrats said from committing U.S. armed strike that killed top Iraqi Army (PLA) Tibet Military
they will attempt quickly to forces from any foreign ac and Iranian commanders. Command started its New Both the tank and howitz
pass legislation to bar him — tion lasting over 60 days Sunday's attack was the Year exercises in which it er, which were revealed to
or any future U.S. comman without Congress’ approval. second night in a row that has deployed helicopters, the public on October 1 last
derinchief — from conduct By making the War Powers the Green Zone was hit and armoured vehicles, heavy year, are specifi cally de
ing a campaign against Iran notifi cation classifi ed, Mr. the 14th time over the last artillery and antiaircraft signed with advantages for
without obtaining Congress’ Trump limited lawmakers’ two months. A third rocket missiles across the region plateau regions and can play
approval. ability to talk about it, and hit a family home outside from Lhasa, capital of Tibet, important roles in safe
Late on Sunday, House of sidestepped the law’s goal of the Green Zone, wounding to the border defence front guarding border areas, the
Representatives Speaker keeping Americans in four, medical sources said. lines with elevations of report said. Their deploy
Nancy Pelosi said the Demo formed about military ac Final prayers: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani Sunday's attack came more than 4,000 m, state ment in the Tibet Military
craticled chamber would in tion, some legal experts said. praying near the coffi n of General Qassem Soleimani in Tehran on Monday. REUTERS *
hours after hardline group run Global Times reported. Command will enhance
troduce and vote this week “It may be in formal com Hashed alShaabi asked Ira IndiaChina Line of Ac PLA’s capability in the pla
on a War Powers Resolution pliance with the war powers qi security forces to “get tual Control (LAC) covered teau regions, it quoted an
that would force Mr. Trump
to stop military action
against Iran within 30 days.
resolution, but it is inconsis
tent with the general goal of
providing transparency and
Huge crowds at General’s funeral away” from U.S. troops at
joint bases across Iraq.
3,488 km, including the bor
der along Arunachal Pra
desh and Sikkim. China
expert as saying.
Both were equipped with
powerful engines, enabling
But with Mr. Trump’s fel information to the American claims Arunachal Pradesh them to manoeuvre effi
low Republicans in control of
the Senate and showing little
people,” said Oona Hatha
way, a professor at Yale Un
Reuters
DUBAI/WASHINGTON
ders of U.S. President Do
nald Trump has stoked con
through which it could act.
The size of the crowds in
‘Iraq, U.S. need as part of South Tibet. ciently in Tibet’s terrains.
inclination to break from iversity’s law school. Hundreds of thousands of cern across the globe that a Tehran, which state media to work out
their party’s leader, there is
scant expectation any legis
lation could win enough sup
Trump took to Twitter on
Sunday to say his posts
would serve as notifi cation
Iranians thronged Tehran’s
streets on Monday for the
funeral of military comman
broader confl ict could erupt
in the region.
“I promise to continue
said numbered in the mil
lions, mirrored the masses
that gathered in 1989 for the
troop pullout’ German police kill
port to become law. Long
time foes Tehran and Wash
to Congress that the country
“will quickly & fully strike
der Qassem Soleimani,
killed by a U.S. drone strike,
martyr Soleimani’s cause as
fi rmly as before with the
funeral of the Islamic Repu
blic’s founder, Ayatollah Ru
Reuters
Baghdad
knife-wielding attacker
ington have been in a war of back” if Iran strikes any U.S. and his successor promised help of God, and in return hollah Khomeini.
words since Friday, when person or target, and that he to drive U.S. forces out of the for his martyrdom we aim to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Associated Press did not stop despite several
Qassem Soleimani was killed had no legal requirement to region in revenge. get rid of America from the ‘National hero’ Abdul Mahdi on Monday Berlin orders to do so, a 27year
in a U.S. drone strike at Bagh inform Congress. The coffi ns of Soleimani region,” said General Esmail Soleimani was a national he told the U.S. Ambassador Police in western Germany old police offi cer fatally shot
dad airport. The attack Legal experts disagreed, and Iraqi militia leader Abu Ghaani, the new comman ro to many Iranians, even to Baghdad, Matthew shot and killed a 37yearold him.
stoked concerns about all saying the war powers law Mahdi alMuhandis, who al der of the Quds Force, the those who did not consider Tueller, that both coun man who allegedly tried to Several local media re
out war if Tehran retaliates. required a formal report to so died in Friday’s attack in elite unit of Iran’s Revolu themselves supporters of tries should work together attack them with a knife, the ported that the assailant had
Congress, and did not allow Baghdad, were passed over tionary Guards charged with Iran’s clerical rulers. on implementing an Iraqi German news agency dpa shouted “Allahu Akbar,” or
Retaliatory action such a blanket clearance the heads of mourners overseas operations. Aerial footage showed pe parliamentary resolution reported on Monday. “God is great” in Arabic dur
On Sunday, Mr. Trump dou ahead of time, especially not chanting “Death to “God the Almighty has ople packing thoroughfares, on U.S. troops’ withdrawal. The man, whose name ing the attack, but after
bled down on his threats to via social media. America”. promised to take martyr So a welcome show of national “The PM stressed the was not given, fi rst used a checking whether extre
target Iran for any retaliatory The War Powers Act was Iran's Supreme Leader leimani’s revenge. Certainly unity for the government af importance of mutual club to attack a police car in mism was a possible motive
attacks and Iran said it was passed in 1973, largely in res Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept actions will be taken,” he ter deadly protests in No cooperation on imple front of a precinct in Gelsen for the attack, investigators
stepping back from commit ponse to President Richard while leading mourners in told state television. vember. Iran’s longstanding menting the withdrawal of kirchen on Sunday night, said on Monday that “initial
ments to a 2015 nuclear deal Nixon’s secret bombing of prayer for the funeral of Other political and mili demand that U.S. forces quit foreign troops, in line with and then threatened two of assumptions of a terrorist
with six major powers. Cambodia. Senate Demo Soleimani. tary leaders have made simi the region gained traction the Iraqi Parliament’s reso fi cers with the club and a motive were not substantiat
Mr. Trump broke prece cratic Leader Chuck Schum The killing of Soleimani, lar threats without off ering on Sunday when Iraq’s Par lution, and to set relations knife, dpa reported. ed.” The assailant is a di
dent by failing to inform con er and Senator Bob Menen the architect of Iran’s drive specifi cs. liament backed a recom with the U.S. on a proper As the man came toward vorced Turkish citizen, who
gressional leaders before the dez urged Mr. Trump to to extend its infl uence across Iran has a range of allied mendation by the PM for foundation,” his offi ce said the offi cers with the club was known for previous vio
attack on Soleimani, and by declassify the notifi cation. the Middle East, on the or proxy forces in the region ouster of all foreign troops. in a statement. and knife in his hands and lent acts.
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Pak. arrests main accused in Corbyn set to
be replaced
1917 wins big at Golden Globes
Nankana Sahib vandalism case on April 4 Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood wins most awards
Associated Press Agence France-Presse
He has been charged under anti-terrorism, blasphemy laws LONDON Los Angeles
Bolton willing to testify Britain’s opposition La War epic 1917 shocked the
if subpoenaed by Senate Press Trust of India bour Party will announce Golden Globes on Sunday by
WASHINGTON
Former National Security
Lahore
The main accused in the re
India summons Pak. envoy its new leader on April 4,
about four months after
claiming the top prize for
best drama fi lm, while Quen
Adviser John Bolton said on cent vandalism at the Gurd Press Trust of India “Shah was summoned suff ering a bruising defeat tin Tarantino’s Once Upon a
Monday that he is “prepared wara Nankana Sahib in Pa New Delhi today to lodge strong in the general election. Time in Hollywood won the
to testify” if he is kistan’s Punjab province was India on Monday protest at the recent acts of The party decided the ti most honours, massively
subpoenaed by the Senate in arrested and charged with a summoned Pakistan’s vandalism and desecration metable on Monday at a boosting their prospects for
its impeachment trial of nonbailable section of the meeting of the National Ex next month’s Oscars.
Chargé d'aff aires Syed of the holy Gurdwara Sri
President Donald Trump. “I stringent antiterrorism act ecutive Committee. Once Upon a Time in Hol-
Haider Shah and lodged a Janam Asthan at Nankana
have concluded that, if the and blasphemy, a senior pol Labour had its worst lywood” — an homage to Top honours: Sam Mendes with best director and best picture
strong protest over Sahib, and the targeted
Senate issues a subpoena for ice offi cer said on Monday. showing since 1935, 1960s Tinseltown — won awards for 1917 in Beverly Hills, California. AP
my testimony, I am prepared
desecration of Gurudwara killing of minority Sikh *
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Arrest warrant in Japan A Pakistani novelist and Harvey Weinstein was hit
for Carlos Ghosn's wife Spain’s Parliament on Tues New York Times columnist Agence France-Presse Mr. Kurz’s People’s Party with new sex crimes charg
TOKYO
day confi rmed Socialist said on Tuesday that secur VIENNA (OeVP) and the Greens es in Los Angeles on Mon
Prosecutors in Japan on leader Pedro Sanchez by a ity agents raided the offi ces The leader of Austria’s con agreed last week to govern day just as his highprofi le
Tuesday obtained an arrest razorthin margin as Prime of his publisher here and servatives Sebastian Kurz together after the last admi trial in a separate case
warrant for Carole Ghosn, Minister for another term at confi scated all the copies was sworn in on Tuesday as nistration with the farright opened in New York, kick
wife of former Nissan chief the helm of the country’s of his book about the coun the world’s youngest demo fell apart in a corruption ing off proceedings key to
Carlos Ghosn, who last fi rstever coalition govern try’s former military dicta cratically elected leader, at scandal. Both the OeVP and the #MeToo movement.
month jumped bail and fled ment since its return to de tor Zia ul Haq. the head of a coalition with the Greens made key gains The case in California
the country for Lebanon, mocracy in the 1970s. Mohammad Hanif, the Greens following the col in September’s snap polls. stems from a twoyear
where he was reunited with Mr. Sanchez, who has Pedro Sanchez whose muchacclaimed A lapse of his previous alliance President Alexander Van probe into allegations from
his wife. AFP stayed on as a caretaker pre Case of Exploding Man- with the farright. der Bellen reminded the several women that the dis
mier, won 167 votes in the what would be the fi rst coa goes is a parody about the Vowing to “protect the cli new government that “citi graced Hollywood mogul
Putin meets Assad in
350seat Assembly com lition government in Spain former dictator killed in a mate and the borders”, the Sebastian Kurz zens have great expectations assaulted them in Los An
surprise Syria visit
DAMASCUS
pared to 165 against, with a since the country returned plane crash in 1988, 33yearold has become of you,” adding that “trust geles and Beverly Hills.
Russian President Vladimir decisive 18 abstentions by to democracy following the blamed the Pakistani spy Chancellor of the Alpine ceremony with his predeces must be rebuilt”. According to the char
Putin met his Syrian Catalan and Basque separa death of longtime dictator agency, the InterServices country’s fi rst government sor Brigitte Bierlein, Mr. The government aims to gesheet, Weinstein alleged
counterpart Bashar alAssad tist MPs. Francisco Franco in 1975. Intelligence (ISI), for the to include the Greens, an ar Kurz said it was “good to be please both parties by push ly went to a Los Angeles
on Tuesday during a surprise He plans to form a minor Spain has been without a raid. However, an ISI offi rangement called “exotic” able to continue working for ing for Austria to be carbon hotel on February 18, 2013
visit to Damascus, his first ity coalition government proper government for cial described Mr. Hanif ’s and “unlikely” by Austrian Austria” and promised: “We neutral by 2040 and also and raped a woman after
since the start of the nearly with hardleft party Pode most of the past year after claim as a cheap attempt to media. will strive every day to give continuing previous strict pushing his way into her
nineyear war. AFP mos this time around, in two inconclusive polls. gain popularity. Speaking at a handover our best.” antiimmigration measures. room.
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Won’t give black boxes to U.S.: Iran ‘FB helped 10,000 camels to be killed ELSEWHERE
put Trump in
White House’
in droughthit Australia
It’s not yet clear which country the fl ight recorders will go to for the investigation
Stress on scarce food, water resources
Agence France-Presse ter takeoff from Tehran on Agence France-Presse
Tehran Wednesday, Iran said it had Las Vegas Agence France-Presse driest year on record in
Iran’s aviation authority said recovered the Boeing 737’s A senior Facebook execu Sydney 2019, with the severe
Pedro Sanchez sworn in
it would not hand over to two black boxes. tive on Tuesday said the Snipers took to helicopters drought causing some
as Spain Prime Minister
Americans the recovered Mr. Abedzadeh said that world’s biggest social net in Australia on Wednesday towns to run out of water
MADRID
black boxes of a Boeing 737 based on global aviation work unintentionally to begin a mass cull of up to and fuelling deadly bush Pedro Sanchez was sworn in
that crashed on Wednesday, rules, it was the right of the helped put Donald Trump 10,000 camels as drought fi res that have devastated as Prime minister on
killing all 176 passengers and country where air crashes in the White House but drives big herds of the feral the country's southeast. Wednesday, becoming head
crew. occur to carry out the inves warned against dramatic animals to search for water The fi veday cull in the of Spain's first coalition
“We will not give the black tigation. “This accident will rule changes. closer to remote towns, en Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yan government since the return
boxes to the manufacturer be investigated by Iran’s The Trump campaign dangering indigenous kunytjatjara (APY) Lands — of democracy in the 1970s.
(Boeing) and the Ameri aviation organisation but the did use Facebook to rally communities. home to about 2,300 indige He took the oath before King
cans,” Iran Civil Aviation Or Ukrainians can also be pre Workers carrying items retrieved from the site in Shahedshahr, support for his presidential Local offi cials in South nous people in the north Felipe VI. AFP
ganisation head Ali Abedza sent during the incident’s in where a UIA plane crashed on Wednesday. AP *
run, and the social net Australia state said “ex west of South Australia — is
work should be mindful of tremely large” herds have the fi rst in the State, local 4 killed in car bombing
deh said, quoted by Mehr vestigation,” he added.
been encroaching on rural media reported. “These (ca near Somalia Parliament
news agency. Under the rules of the In However, according to crash investigations, said it that without making moves
MOGADISHU
“It’s not yet clear which ternational Civil Aviation Or aviation experts, the coun has not received any request that stifl e free political dis communities — threatening mel) groups are putting
At least four people were
country the black box will go ganization, of which Iran, tries that are capable of ana from Iran. course, Andrew Bosworth scarce food and drinking pressure on the Aboriginal
killed, including a senior
to for the investigation,” he Ukraine and the U.S. are all lysing black boxes are few — The airline said the Boe said in a post on his perso water, damaging infrastruc communities and the pasto
government official, and 10
added. members, air crash investi notably Britain, France, Ger ing 737 had been built in nal Facebook page, trig ture, and creating a danger ral operations as the camels wounded when a car bomb
Following the crash of Uk gations are led by the coun many and the U.S. France’s 2016 and checked only two gered by The New York ous hazard for drivers. search for water,” the APY exploded close to a
raine International Airlines try where the accident Accident Investigation Bu days before the accident. It Times publishing an inter It comes after Australia Lands executive committee checkpoint near Somalia's
(UIA) fl ight PS752 shortly af occurred. reau, which handles air was UIA’s fi rst fatal crash. nal memo he wrote. experienced its hottest and said in a statement. Parliament in Mogadishu. AFP
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Iran plane crash: Ukraine to British royals feel hurt by the
probe possible missile strike way Harry and Meghan quit
No consultation before stepping back from their senior role
Lebanon issues travel
‘A terrorist act, a drone collision and an engine blast are the other possibilities’
Reuters
ban for Carlos Ghosn Anton Troianovski LONDON
BEIRUT KIeV Britain’s royal family is hurt
Lebanese prosecutors issued
Investigators will look into and disappointed by Prince
a travel ban for fugitive
the possibility that a missile Harry and his wife Meghan
exNissan chief Carlos Ghosn
and asked him to hand in his shot down the Ukrainian Markle’s surprise announce
French passport on Thursday, passenger jet that crashed in ment that they will step back
following an Interpolissued Iran, a senior Ukrainian offi from their senior roles and
red notice against him. The cial said on Thursday, but he spend more time in North
ban comes after Mr. Ghosn did not rule out a range of America, a royal source said.
was interrogated by other possibilities for the dis Prince Harry and Ms. Mar
prosecutors about the aster that killed at least 176 kle’s decision to step away
charges he faces in Japan people. from royal duties sent shock
over financial misconduct. AP The offi cial, Oleksiy Dani waves through the royal fa
lov, Secretary of the National mily as neither Queen Eliza Part-time royals: A fi le photo of Prince Harry and wife Meghan
Five left-wing Ministers
Security and Defense Coun beth nor Prince Charles, Markle in west London. AFP *
EU Council chief defends Iran MPs approve Brexit Bill, Trump ‘statue of liberty’
deal after Trump call to quit it ItU.K. set for Jan. 31 exit
will now go to the House of Lords
burned in Slovenian town
Council President says EU has its own interests and vision Associated Press ter three days of debate that The wooden structure was built to criticise populist politics
London brought none of the frayed
Agence France-Presse Britain, France and Germa Britain passed a major mil tempers, latenight sessions Agence France-Presse
Brussels ny — have led eff orts to save estone on the road to Brexit and knifeedge votes that Ljubljana
The President of the Euro the deal, which has been when the House of Com marked previous rounds of Suspected vandals on Thurs
pean Council, Charles Mi crumbling since Mr. Trump mons on Thursday ap Brexit wrangling over the day burned a wooden statue
chel, defended the crum pulled out in 2018 and reim proved a Bill authorising the past year. of U.S. President Donald
bling Iran nuclear deal on posed sanctions, and Mr. Mi country’s departure from After passing through Trump built last year by a
Thursday after U.S. Presi chel insisted that it re the European Union at the Parliament’s unelected group of villagers to criticise
dent Donald Trump urged mained vital. end of the month. House of Lords — which can populist politics, local auth
Europe to quit it, but “The JCPOA agreement Lawmakers voted by 330 delay but not overturn the orities said.
warned Tehran against “irre was an important achieve 231 to pass the Withdrawal result in the Commons — the The statue of Mr. Trump,
versible acts” that would ment after 10 years of nego Agreement Bill, which sets Bill should become law in complete with his trade
sink the accord. Charles Michel tiations and remains an im the terms of Britain’s depar time for the U.K. to leave the mark mane, blue suit, white
The President of the Euro portant tool for regional ture from the 28nation EU on the scheduled date of shirt and red tie was built
pean Council used a call top Generals. stability,” Mr. Michel’s offi ce bloc. The comfortable ma January 31 and become the last August. The statue was
with Iran’s President Hassan On Wednesday, Mr. said in its readout of his call jority won by Prime Minis fi rst nation to quit the bloc. moved in December to Mo
Rouhani to call for a deesca Trump calmed fears of all with Mr. Rouhani, adding ter Boris Johnson’s Conser Brexit Secretary Stephen ravce, where vandals dam
lation of tensions after Teh out war, but demanded that that Mr. Michel had insisted vatives in an election last Barclay said he welcomed aged it by drawing a mous
ran carried out missile other parties to the 2015 Iran that “the EU has its own in month secured the Bill’s the “constructive scrutiny” tache on its face in a clear
strikes on U.S. military bases nuclear deal follow his lead terests and its vision” — im passage despite the opposi of the Lords but hoped the reference to Hitler. On
in Iraq in retaliation for the and withdraw from the pact. plicitly distancing EU capi tion of smaller parties. Upper House would not try Thursday, unidentifi ed van The wooden sculpture resembling U.S. President Trump on
assassination of one of its The European parties — tals from Washington. The Bill was approved af to delay the Bill. dals set the statue on fi re. fi re in Moravce, Slovenia, on Thursday. AP *
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Iranian missile downed airliner: Trudeau U.S. rejects Iraq request to
This may have been unintentional, but Canadians have questions and they deserve answers, says PM
Agence France-Presse missile” probably brought
discuss troop withdrawal
Ottawa down the plane.
Canada Prime Minister Justin The U.S. National Tran Says it is ready for a conversation, but not about pullout
Trudeau said on Thursday sportation Safety Board late
“multiple” intelligence on Thursday said it had re Agence France-Presse prosperous and stable Iraq.”
sources indicate that Iran ceived formal notifi cation of Washington President Donald Trump
shot down a Ukrainian airlin the crash from Iran and The United States on Friday has described the 2003 US
er after it took off from Teh would send a representative rejected a request by Iraq to invasion of Iraq as a mistake
ran, killing all 176 on board, to join the crash probe. start talks on pulling out its and in the past criticised U.S.
including 63 Canadians. Iran’s Foreign Ministry 5,200 troops, notching up troop deployments, in Iraq
Mr. Trudeau’s comments earlier invited the U.S. plane the discord after Washing and elsewhere, as wasteful.
came as video emerged that maker Boeing to “partici ton killed a top Iranian Gen Nonetheless, he has res
appeared to show the mo pate” in the inquiry. eral in Baghdad. ponded angrily to Iraqi ef
ment the airliner was hit. With tensions high bet Angry at an attack seen as forts to expel U.S. troops,
That and other footage ween the U.S. and Iran, the violating Iraqi sovereignty even threatening sanctions
posted on social media in disaster unfolded just hours and enmeshing the country on a country promoted as a
creasingly pointed to a catas after Tehran launched ballis again in war, Iraq’s caretaker Iraq’s caretaker premier U.S. partner.
trophic mistake by Tehran’s tic missiles towards bases in Prime Minister asked Secre Adel Abdel Mahdi Mr. Pompeo, speaking to
air defense batteries in bring Iraq housing U.S. troops. tary of State Mike Pompeo reporters, said that the U.S.
ing down Ukraine Interna Ukraine called for United late on Thursday to send a discuss troop withdrawal, troops’ mission in Iraq was
tional Airlines Flight PS752 Nations support for a broad delegation to begin withdra but our right, appropriate “very clear” — training local
early on Wednesday. investigation, and sent 45 Paying tribute: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a candlelight vigil in Ottawa on wal arrangements. force posture in the Middle forces and fi ghting the Islam
The video, which The New crash investigators to Tehran Thursday for the victims of the plane crash in Tehran. AP *
The State Department East,” State Department spo ic State extremist group.
York Times said it verifi ed, to take part in the inquiry led said it was ready for “a con keswoman Morgan Ortagus “As times change and we
shows a fastmoving object
rising at an angle into the sky
by Iranian authorities.
U.S. hands over ‘important Enough proof versation” — but not about
removing troops.
said in a statement. get to a place where we can
deliver up on what I believe,
before a bright fl ash is seen, Tehran rebuff s claims
missile struck “At this time, any delega ‘Force for good’ and the President believes,
which dims and then conti
nues moving forward. Sever
But Iran’s civil aviation chief
denied on Friday that a mis data’ on crash to Ukraine plane: Boris
tion sent to Iraq would be
dedicated to discussing how
Calling the U.S. “a force for
good,” Ms. Ortagus said:
is our right structure, with
fewer resources dedicated to
al seconds later an explosion sile downed the Ukrainian to best recommit to our stra “We want to be a friend and that mission, we will do so,”
is heard. airliner. “One thing is for cer Goal is to establish the truth: Zelensky tegic partnership — not to partner to a sovereign, he said.
Citing information from tain, this airplane was not hit Agence France-Presse
allies as well as Canada’s own by a missile,” Iran’s civil avia Agence France-Presse London
intelligence, Mr. Trudeau tion chief Ali Abedzadeh British Prime Minister Bo
U.S. sanctions target eight top
Kiev
said the plane appeared to said, adding that “any re U.S. offi cials have given Kiev ris Johnson said on Thurs
have been hit by an Iranian marks made before the data “important” information day that there was now “a
surfacetoair (SAM) missile. is extracted (from the plane’s about the crash of a Ukrai body of information” that
“We know this may have
been unintentional. Cana
dians have questions, and
black box fl ight recorders) ...
is not an expert opinion.”
Mr. Abedzadeh said Teh
nian airliner in Iran, Presi
dent Volodymyr Zelensky
said on Friday after phone
the Ukrainian Boeing 747
was brought down by an
Iranian missile.
Iran offi cials, metals industry
they deserve answers,” Mr. ran had invited “Americans, talks with U.S. Secretary of Ukrainian President “There is now a body of
Trudeau told reporters. Canadians, the French, Uk State Mike Pompeo. Volodymyr Zelensky information that the fl ight ‘It will continue until regime stops funding global terrorism’
Mr. Trudeau was backed rainians and the Swedish” to Mr. Zelensky said on Fa was shot down by an Ira
by other Western leaders, in be present during the inves cebook that the possibility “We are grateful for the nian Surface to Air Missile. Agence France-Presse House briefi ng. Among the dollars in revenue.
cluding British Prime Minis tigations, showing that “we the plane had been shot valuable support of the Un This may well have been Washington offi cials targeted in the new The sanctions also includ
ter Boris Johnson, who said are honest in our proce down by a missile was not ited States in investigating unintentional,” Mr. John The United States on Friday measures were Ali Shamkha ed a network of three enti
mounting evidence pointed dure”. He said the missile ruled out “but it has not yet the causes of the crash,” Mr. son said in a statement on announced fresh sanctions ni, the secretary of Iran’s Su ties that are based in China
to a missile strike. theory could not be “scientif been confi rmed.” Zelensky told Mr. Pompeo, the air disaster in which against eight top Iranian offi preme National Security and the Seychelles as well as
U.S. President Donald ically correct” because it was He asked for Ukraine to according to a statement re four British passengers cials it accused of working to Council, Mohammad Reza a vessel “involved in the pur
Trump indicated that Wash not possible for an airliner to be given all the information leased by his offi ce. died. destabilise the region, as Ashtiani, the Iranian armed chase, sale, and transfer of
ington offi cials believed that be hit and “continue fl ying needed to conduct a tho He said he met chargş e He reiterated the call for well as against more than a forces Deputy Chief of Staff Iranian metals products,”
the plane was struck by an for 60 to 70 seconds”. rough investigation. d’aff aires Kristina Kvien and “all sides urgently to dees dozen leading producers of and Gholamreza Soleimani, the Treasury said in a
Iranian missile. “I have my And “the debris collected “Our goal is to establish received important informa calate to reduce tensions in metals in the Islamic the head of the Basij militia, statement.
suspicions,” Mr. Trump said, has been in a very limited the undeniable truth,” he tion which could help in the the region.” “We are work republic. a volunteer force loyal to the Mr. Mnuchin said the
adding that “somebody area. If there was an explo said. “The value of human investigation.” Mr. Zelensky ing closely with Canada “As a result of these ac regime. measures hitting Iran’s eco
could have made a mistake.” sion in the wings it should life is above all political and Foreign Minister Vadym and our international tions, we will cut off billions The U.S. Treasury also nomy “will continue until
The Netherlands said that have been much more scat motives.” Prystaiko also met with oth partners and there now of dollars of support to the slapped sanction on 17 Ira the regime stops the funding
its military intelligence also tered,” he added, noting that In a phone call with Mr. er U.S. offi cials including needs to be a full, transpa Iranian regime,” Treasury nian metals producers and of global terrorism and com
had information indicating analysing the black box data Pompeo, he thanked Wash Ms. Kvien, the acting U.S. rent investigation,” into the Secretary Steven Mnuchin mining companies, which, it mits to never having nuclear
that an “Iranian antiaircraft “will take time”. ington for its support. Ambassador to Ukraine. plane crash, he added. told reporters at a White said, generated billions of weapons.”
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Qaboos, the Sultan who shielded
Oman from regional turmoil
He was the longestreigning ruler in the Arab world
Agence France-Presse
Muscat
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos, who
died on Friday aged 79,
transformed the former Ara
bian Peninsula backwater in
to a modern state and
soughtafter mediator while
shielding the sultanate from
a region in turmoil.
The intensely private Sul
tan — the longestreigning
ruler in the modern Arab
world — left no apparent heir Omani Sultan Qaboos in a March 2000 photo in Muscat. *
AP
and the royal family was
charged with selecting a suc a muststop for Western and Sultan Qaboos did not con
cessor. Instead, however, Arab diplomats as well as test Egypt’s 1979 peace trea
they opted for the Sultan’s military chiefs alike. ty with Israel, opening a
own choice, his cousin The Sultan’s fi rst foreign trade offi ce in Tel Aviv in the
Haitham bin Tariq, who was trip was to Iran, whose Shah mid1990s — shuttered in
named in a sealed letter that — along with the British — 2000 during a Palestinian
Sultan Qaboos had prepared helped him quell the Marxist uprising.
in case of a deadlock. insurgency he inherited
Sultan Qaboos was born from his father in the restive Arab Spring protests
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Iran agrees deescalation is only way to solve crisis Queen, senior royals set
for crisis talks with Harry
Protesters angry over handling of plane crisis want leaders to quit; Trump warns Tehran against killing demonstrators
Meghan to join via conference call
Agence France-Presse
Reuters
DUBAI
Rockets hit Iraq Olympic
Iran signalled on Sunday it base hosting medallist fl ees
favours a deescalation after
days of heightened tensions U.S. troops to Netherlands
with the U.S. during which
both sides fi red missiles and Reuters Associated Press
Tehran accidentally shot TIKRIT Dubai
Bangladesh arrests Rival Libya groups agree to ceasefi re
according to British media. turned to Vancouver island
Ms. Markle will join the off the country’s Pacifi c
meeting via conference call coast, where the family
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Taiwan’s leader meets with Hong Kong
bars entry of
U.S. to expel a dozen Saudi
U.S. offi cial after election win HRW chief trainees after base attack probe
Reuters
China slams various countries for congratulating Tsai Hong Kong Some of them had links to extremist movements: CNN
Malta gets new PM after The global head of Human
reporter murder outcry Associated Presss Japan, issued statements Rights Watch said he was Agence France-Presse While the dozen or more military personnel currently
Agence France-Presse congratulating the leader denied entry on Sunday to Washington trainees are not accused of training in the United States
VALLETTA
Beijing
Outsider Robert Abela is set and the island’s elections. Hong Kong, where he was The U.S. will expel at least a aiding Alshamrani, some and found no “immediate
to become Malta’s new Fresh from a landslide re But Beijing, which views scheduled to launch the or dozen Saudi military stu were found to have connec threat scenario.”
premier on Sunday after election victory, Taiwanese Taiwan as part of its territo ganisation's latest world re dents accused of extremist tions to extremist move Defense Department offi
Prime Minister Joseph President Tsai Ingwen met ry, denounced their actions port this week. links and child pornogra ments or in possession of cials halted operational
Muscat’s downfall over the on Sunday with the de facto as violating the oneChina Kenneth Roth, the phy, after an investigation child pornography, CNN training for Saudi Arabian
murder of a journalist. Mr. U.S. Ambassador to Taipei, principle. group's executive director, into a shooting rampage by a reported. military students in the Unit
Abela was elected leader of as China warned that coun “The Chinese side ex said he was blocked at Saudi offi cer in Florida, me The probe, which was ed States following the at
the Labour Party, meaning he tries should stick with recog Tsai Ingwen presses strong dissatisfac Hong Kong airport from dia reported Saturday. carried out by the FBI, also tack, though classroom in
automatically takes the role nizing communistruled tion and resolute opposition entering. “The report de In December, Mohammed found that several had not struction continued.
of PM. In the election runup, Beijing as the rightful go thanked him for his support. to this,” said Foreign Minis scribes how the Chinese Alshamrani, who was in the reported the assailant's dis The 21yearold gunman,
Mr. Abela did not criticise Mr. vernment of “one China,” in China slammed offi cials try spokesman Geng government is undermin United States as part of a turbing behaviour before a lieutenant in the Saudi
Muscat, who announced in cluding Taiwan. from the U.S. and other Shuang. ing the international hu Saudi military training pro the attack, according to The Royal Air Force, was armed
December he would quit
William Brent Christen countries for congratulating “We oppose any form of man rights system. But the gram, opened fi re in a class Washington Post. with a lawfully purchased
following anger over his
sen, a U.S. diplomat who is Ms. Tsai for her landslide offi cial exchange between authorities just blocked my room at the Pensacola Naval handgun, and is reported to
perceived efforts to protect
director of the American In victory. Taiwan and countries that entrance to Hong Kong, il Air Station, killing three sai Background checks have posted a manifesto on
friends and allies from a
probe into the 2017 slaying
stitute in Taiwan, congratu U.S. Secretary of State have established diplomatic lustrating the worsening lors and wounding eight oth In December, the Pentagon Twitter before the shooting
of blogger Daphne Caruana lated Tsai on her victory in Mike Pompeo, as well as top relations with China,” he problem,” Mr. Roth said in er people before being shot said it had conducted back denouncing America as “a
Galizia. AFP Saturday’s election, and she diplomats from Britain and said in a statement. a tweet. dead by police. ground checks on all Saudi nation of evil.”
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Iran nuclear deal: EU launches dispute mechanism Severe weather kills 130
in Pakistan, Afghanistan
Britain, France and Germany charge Tehran over ‘transgressions’ that could ultimately lead to reimposition of UN sanctions
Associated Press
People stranded due to heavy snowfall
BRUSSELS
Britain, France and Germany
Iran’s actions, but to register
today our concerns that Iran
is not meeting its commit
Tehran makes arrests
ratcheted up pressure on
Iran on Tuesday to cease its
violations of a landmark nu
ments,” the countries said in
a joint statement.
EU foreign policy chief Jo
over plane shooting
clear deal, stressing that they sep Borrell, who coordinates Reuters rest since the U.S. killed
want to resolve diff erences the agreement, said the pres DUBAI Iran’s most powerful mili
through talks while starting sure on Iran from Europe Iran said on Tuesday it had tary commander in a drone
the clock on a process that does not mean sanctions will arrested people accused of a strike on January 3.
could result in a socalled automatically be slapped on role in shooting down a Uk Iran shot down the plane
“snapback” of United Na the Islamic Republic. rainian airliner and had also when its military was on
tions sanctions. detained 30 people involved high alert, hours after fi ring
The three countries, ‘Maximum pressure’ in protests that have swept missiles at U.S. targets in
which signed the interna The Europeans stressed that the nation since the military Iraq. It admitted the mistake
tional agreement in 2015 they want to “resolve the im belatedly admitted its error. after days of denials. Driving dangerously: Trucks passing through a snowcovered
along with the U.S., Russia passe through constructive Last week’s shooting Since the offi cial admis highway in Khanozai, Pakistan, on Tuesday. AFP *
and China, said in a letter to diplomatic dialogue” and Tension soars: A fi le photo of technicians at the Arak heavy down of Ukraine Interna sion, protesters, many of
the European Union’s fo made no threat of sanctions water nuclear reactor’s secondary circuit in Iran. AP *
tional Airlines fl ight 752, them students, have held Agence France-Presse northern mountainous
reign policy chief that they in their statement. They also which killed all 176 people daily demonstrations, Islamabad areas, according to offi cials.
had no choice but to trigger specifi cally distanced them known as the Joint Compre solved, the matter could be aboard, has created a new chanting “Clerics get lost!” Avalanches, fl ooding and To the southeast, in Balo
the deal’s “dispute mechan selves from sanctions im hensive Plan of Action, or brought before the UN Se crisis for the Islamic Repu and calling for the removal harsh winter weather has chistan province, at least 31
ism,” given Iran’s ongoing posed by the U.S., which JCPOA, seeks to prevent Iran curity Council and could blic’s clerical rulers. of Supreme Leader Ayatol killed more than 130 people people were killed in sepa
transgressions. Washington has said is part from producing a nuclear then result in the snapback President Hassan Rouha lah Ali Khamenei, in power across Pakistan and Afghan rate weatherrelated
of a “maximum pressure” weapon — something Iran in of sanctions that had been ni promised a thorough in for more than 30 years. istan in recent days, offi cials incidents.
Limited options campaign against Tehran. sists it does not want to do — lifted under the deal. vestigation into the “unfor Police have responded to said on Tuesday, as authori “Most of those who died
The three said they rejected “Our three countries are by putting curbs on its atom Meanwhile, Iran’s Fo givable error” in an address some protests with a violent ties struggled to reach peo were women and children,”
Tehran’s argument that Iran not joining a campaign to im ic programme in exchange reign Ministry warned the on Tuesday. It was the latest crackdown, video posts on ple stranded by heavy snow said Mohammad Younus, an
was justifi ed in violating the plement maximum pressure for economic incentives. European countries about in a series of apologies by social media showed. Prot fall. offi cial with the provincial
deal because the U.S. broke against Iran,” they said. “Our Under its dispute resolu the “consequences”. “If the the leadership that has done ests on Tuesday appeared At least 93 people died disaster management auth
the agreement by pulling out hope is to bring Iran back in tion mechanism, countries Europeans... seek to abuse little to quell public anger. peaceful, with scores gath and 76 were injured across ority, adding that hundreds
unilaterally in 2018. to full compliance with its have 30 days to resolve their (this process), they must also Tehran has faced an esca ering at two Tehran univer Pakistan — with several still remained stranded.
“We have therefore been commitments.” problem, though that can be be prepared to accept the lating confrontation with sities. “Where is justice?” missing — while a further 39 Across the border in Af
left with no choice, given The 2015 nuclear deal, extended. If it cannot be consequences”. the West and a wave of un some shouted. were killed in Afghanistan, ghanistan, over 300 houses
according to offi cials. were either destroyed or
Forecasts suggest more partially damaged through
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‘Russians hacked fi rm linked to Bidens’ vote today on
Pakistanoccupied Kash
mir was the worsthit area,
with 62 people killed and 10
Tamim Azimi, a spokesman
for the Natural Disaster
Management Authority.
others missing, the State “A cold snap, heavy
They could have been looking for embarrassing material on the former VP, say experts impeachment Disaster Management Auth snowfall and rains that start
ority said in a statement. ed two weeks ago have
Nicole Perlroth talk of the Bidens, Ukraine presidential campaign. In Agence France-Presse In the picturesque but caused damage,” he said,
Matthew Rosenberg and impeachment was dom that case, once they had the Washington confl ictriven Neelum Valley adding that most casualties
Boris Johnson rejects call With President Donald inating the news in the U.S. emails, the Russians used The U.S. House of Repre in PoK, heavy snowfall trig were caused after roofs col
for Scottish referendum Trump facing an impeach Experts say the Russians trolls to spread and spin the sentatives will vote on gered several avalanches, lapsed under thick snow.
LONDON ment trial over his eff orts to could be searching for po material, and built an echo Wednesday on sending ar including one that killed at Hardest hit were south
British Prime Minister Boris pressure Ukraine to investi tentially embarrassing mate chamber to widen its eff ect. ticles of impeachment least 19 people. ern Kandahar, Helmand, Za
Johnson on Tuesday rejected gate former Vice President rial on the Bidens — the same Then, as now, the Russian against Donald Trump to “An avalanche hit their bul and western Herat pro
a request by Scotland's Joe Biden and his son Hunter kind of information that Mr. hackers from a military intel the Senate, setting the village, 10 people are still vinces.
devolved government for Biden, Russian military hack Trump reportedly wanted ligence unit known formerly stage for the President’s missing,” the SDMA said. In Herat, seven people —
another referendum on ers have been boring into the from Ukraine when he as the GRU, and to private re trial for abuse of power, Frequent avalanches and all members of the same fa
independence. In a letter to Ukrainian gas company at pressed for an investigation searchers by the alias “Fancy House Speaker Nancy Pelo landslides occur in PoK dur mily and including children
First Minister Nicola the centre of the aff air, ac of the Bidens and Burisma, Bear,” used socalled phish si announced. ing the winter, often block — died when their roof
Sturgeon, the leader of the cording to security experts. setting off a chain of events Joe Biden ing emails get some of the “The President and the ing roads and leaving com caved in, Mr. Azimi added.
Scottish National Party, the The hacking attempts that led to his impeachment. Burisma staff into handing Senators will be held ac munities isolated. Harsh winters often take
PM noted that a previous against Burisma, the Ukrai The Russian tactics are of emails from Hillary Clin over login credentials, and countable,” she said. “The Authorities have shut a heavy toll in mountainous
referendum held in 2014 had nian gas company on whose strikingly similar to what ton’s campaign chairman managed to get inside com tered schools, while several Afghanistan, and the coun
American people deserve
been billed as a “once in a
board Hunter Biden served, American intelligence agen and the Democratic National pany servers, said Area, a se the truth, and the Constitu highways and roads were try remains poor despite bil
generation” vote. AFP
began in early November, as cies say was Russia’s hacking Committee during the 2016 curity fi rm. NY TIMES tion demands a trial.” closed across the country’s lions of dollars in aid.
‘Sanders thought woman
could not win presidency’
WASHINGTON
Elizabeth Warren said on
Monday that fellow
China stands by Sri Lanka, says Wang Yi Huge sinkhole swallows bus,
kills six in northwest China
Democratic presidential
candidate Bernie Sanders told Foreign Minister’s visit marks Beijing’s fi rst highlevel engagement with the new govt.
her he didn’t think a woman
could win the White House Meera Srinivasan ture projects, including the is a small country that is stra
when they met privately in COLOMBO port in the southern town of tegically located. “As a re Agence France-Presse
2018. Mr. Sanders aides have Visiting Chinese Foreign Mi Hambantota, for which Chi sult, the country has to face Beijing
accused Ms. Warren’s nister Wang Yi has pledged na holds a 99year lease. many political challenges. An enormous sinkhole swal
campaign of leaking what not to allow “any outside in Commenting on the appa The only way to overcome lowed a bus and pedestrians
they said was an inaccurate fl uences” to interfere with rent concern, including from them is to be economically in northwest China, spark
description of what was said Sri Lanka’s internal matters, India, on Chinese involve strong. The economic inde ing an explosion, killing six
during the meeting. AP President Gotabaya Rajapak ment in the region, Mr. Raja pendence will ensure politi people and leaving four
sa’s offi ce said on Tuesday. paksa told foreign media last cal independence,” his offi ce more missing, state media
‘Ex-Pope wants name “As Sri Lanka’s strategic month that countries such as quoted him as telling the top said on Tuesday.
removed from new book’ partner China will continue Chinese Foreign Minister India, Singapore, Japan, Aus Chinese offi cial. Footage showed people at
VATICAN CITY to standby Sri Lanka’s inter Wang Yi with President tralia, and ASEAN countries Mr. Wang, according to a bus stop running from the
Former Pope Benedict wants ests. China stands for the Gotabaya Rajapaksa. could invest in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa’s offi ce, collapsing road as the vehi
his name removed as co country’s sovereignty, terri “That is how you can coun assured him saying: “Sri Lan cle — jutting into the air —
author of a new book on the torial integrity and indepen Beijing’s fi rst highlevel en ter, just complaining won’t ka may have less landmass, sank into the ground. Rescue mission: A bus being lifted out after it fell into a
issue of priestly celibacy, his sinkhole at Xining in China's Qinghai province. AFP
dence. We will not allow any gagement with the new go do,” Mr. Rajapaksa had said. but will soon be strong eco Several people disap *
private secretary said on
outside infl uences to inter vernment in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa is nomically. China will be with peared into the sinkhole as it
Tuesday. Excerpts were
fere with matters that are es scheduled to visit Beijing Sri Lanka in its striving to spread, including what ap are often blamed on con the staterun broadcaster
released at the weekend,
angering Catholic scholars,
sentially internal concerns of Debt concerns next month, following his reach this goal”. peared to be a child. The in struction works and the CCTV said.
who said Benedict risked Sri Lanka,” Mr. Wang The visit bears signifi cance fi rst state visit abroad to In Further, conveying Presi cident also triggered an ex country's rapid pace of A rescue operation involv
undermining his successor, pledged, according to a in the wake of prevalent con dia late November. dent Xi Jinping’s greetings, plosion inside the hole, development. ing more than 1,000 people
Pope Francis. In the book, the press statement issued by cern over Colombo’s out In his meeting with the Mr. Wang congratulated video showed. The incident occurred at and 30 vehicles was under
Pope emeritus defended Mr. Rajapaksa’s media divi standing debt to China over Chinese Foreign Minister, “China’s old friend” Mr. Ra Sinkholes are not un around 5:30 p.m. (0930 way, according to Xinhua,
priestly celibacy. REUTERS sion. The meeting marks several largescale infrastruc the President said Sri Lanka japaksa for his poll victory. known in China, where they GMT) on Monday in Xining, the offi cial news agency.
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Crash was a bitter tragedy: Khamenei years in jail for protests
But the incident should not be allowed to overshadow Soleimani’s martyrdom, says Iranian leader
They took part in violent rallies in 2018
Agence France-Presse ters were unrepresentative
Tehran of the Iranian people as a Associated Press
Iran’s Supreme Leader said whole, who had turned out Islamabad
World’s shortest man on Friday that demonstra in their hundreds of thou A Pakistani court has sen
dies in Nepal at 27 tions at home over its acci sands for Soleimani’s funer tenced 86 members of a rad
KATHMANDU dental downing of a Ukrai al. Praising the slain general, ical Islamist party to 55year
The world’s shortest man nian airliner were Ayatollah Khamenei said his prison terms each for taking
who could walk, as verifi ed by unrepresentative of the Ira actions beyond Iran’s bor part in violent rallies in 2018
Guinness World Records, died
nian people and accused the ders were in the service of over the acquittal of a Chris
on Friday at a hospital in
country’s enemies of exploit the “security” of the nation. tian woman in a blasphemy
Nepal. Khagendra Thapa
ing it for propaganda case, a party offi cial said on
Magar, who measured 67.08
cm, died of pneumonia at a
purposes. 11 U.S. soldiers injured Friday. The verdicts, un
hospital in Pokhara, where he Leading the main weekly Meanwhile, U.S. Central usually harsh for Pakistan,
lived with his parents. He fi rst Muslim prayers in Tehran for Command said on Thursday were announced late on
won the title in 2010 after his the fi rst time since 2012, Aya that at least 11 American Thursday night by the court
18th birthday. He lost it briefl y tollah Ali Khamenei said the troops were injured in an Ira in Rawalpindi. The trial had
only to regain it in 2015. AFP January 8 downing was a nian attack on an Iraqi base lasted for over a year.
“bitter” tragedy but should Honouring a soldier: Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading Friday prayers in Tehran. *
AFP where American soldiers Pir Ejaz Ashrafi , a senior Supporters of Pakistani
China sees second death not be allowed to oversha were deployed, although the leader of the radical Teh Islamist group Tehreeke
due to SARS-linked virus dow the “sacrifi ce” of one of board. “The plane crash was Guards. Khamenei said they appeared smaller than a US military had previously reekeLabbaik party, said Labbaik in Lahore. AP *
BEIJING
Iran’s most storied comman a bitter accident, it burned Iran’s enemies had seized on nationwide wave of demon maintained there were no the sentences would be ap
A second person has died in
ders, assassinated in a U.S. through our heart,” Ayatol the plane tragedy in a bid to strations prompted by a fuel casualties. pealed. Among those sen family there. Pakistan’s blas
China from a SARSlinked
drone strike in Baghdad. lah Khamenei said in an ad undermine the Islamic repu price hike in November. At At the time of the attack, tenced was Ameer Hussain phemy laws are often used
virus that has aff ected dozens
dress punctuated by cries of blic. least 300 people died in a most of the 1,500 U.S. sol Rizvi, the brother of fi re to settle scores or intimidate
and appeared in two other
Asian countries, with a new
‘Enemies were happy’ “Death to America” from the “Our enemies were as crackdown by security forc diers at the base had been brand cleric Khadim Hus followers of minority reli
case reported in Thailand on His sermon came after a congregation. “But some happy about the plane crash es after those demonstra tucked away in bunkers, af sain Rizvi who heads the gions, including Shia Mus
Friday. Authorities said a traumatic month for Iran in tried to... portray it in a way as we were sad... happy that tions, according to Amnesty ter advance warning from party. “Justice has not been lims. A charge of insulting Is
69yearold man died on which the country had ap to forget the great martyr they found something to International. superiors. done,” Ashrafi told . “We lam can bring the death
Wednesday in Wuhan, the peared on the brink of war dom and sacrifi ce” of Major question the Guards, the On Friday, antiriot police The strike caused signifi will challenge the verdicts.” penalty, and the mere accu
city believed to be the with the United States before General Qasem Soleimani, armed forces, the system,” staged a massive deploy cant material damage but no sation of blasphemy is so
epicentre of an outbreak of a mistakenly shooting down the assassinated head of the he said. The air disaster trig ment in Tehran, an AFP cor casualties, according to pre Asia Bibi case metimes enough to whip up
coronavirus from the same the Ukrainian jet with the foreign operations arm of gered scattered protests in respondent said. Ayatollah vious reports from the U.S. The 86 were charged with vengeful mobs, even if
family as SARS pathogen. AFP loss of all 176 people on Iran’s elite Revolutionary Tehran and other cities, but Khamenei said the protes military. damaging public property, courts acquit defendants.
beating people up and dis Last year, authorities ar
rupting normal life by stag rested Mr. Rizvi for leading
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3 Peacekeepers return leader to
league (5) Muruga gives positivity
held out to be rewritten (9) 4 Cadres seriously helping to Ulaganatha Pillai wrote a set of verses, which give in simple
make furniture (7)
14 Not doing well, enter average Tamil, a list of don’ts. He says that we should not speak ill of
stronghold (6) 6 Tennis arena with three feet of anyone, we should never forget the love of our mothers. We
open space (9) should not make friends with those who are scheming. We
16 Dish with gold at a stable level should never harm others. At the end of each verse, Ulaga
(7) 7 Communication device missing
natha Pillai says that we should worship Murugan. Ulaga
one new element (5)
19 Rule curtailed military unit (7) natha Pillai’s verses are usually taught to school children to
8 Segment of accord read fully is keep them on the right path. The same sentiments are ex
21 Humble manner of saint (6) scary (8) pressed in sacred literature also, except that in this case it is
done at a higher level, and the verses are more philosophi
23 Confl ict where unionist usurps 11 Upset with detailing of two
one secret agreement (9) door car (4)
cal in nature.
In one of the verses in Deivamani Malai, Vallalar gives a
25 Primarily obese, survive on 15 One rodent nearly breaking list of all the positive things that result when Murugan is
fruit (5) cable of luxury car (9) worshipped, said M.A. Manickavelu in a discourse. He says
17 Company that set up a rule? that if Murugan is worshipped, then it will rain copiously.
26 Free a French isle captured by
(4,5) Crops will be bountiful. A person who seeks the feet of Mu
one that protects (6)
rugan, will be blessed with intelligence and fame. He will
27 Clear and wellorganised 18 Rule out (caught) in the know the correct path he has to take in life. He will have
timetable (8) beginning (8) wealth, and a good paying profession. He will not lack
Solution to puzzle 12834 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku anything. He will be blessed with a peaceful nature.
28 European left regular cricket 20 Nothing around a dead skin
■ ACROSS (4) In his Vadivudai Manikka Malai, Vallalar sys that if a man
side (6)
worships the Goddess of the Thiruvottriyur temple, he will
1 Give wrong advice to lady 29 Great one, he transformed a 21 Order partner to accept have a happy family life. He will have a contented life with
missing second mentor (8) nation’s mark of history (8) nondisclosure agreement (7) his wife and his children. In Abirami Andadi, Abirami Bhat
5 Afraid of religious chapter 22 Ruling royal engineers tar elaborates on all the boons that the gracious glances of
moving back (6) ■ DOWN followed last month (6) Goddess Abirami will confer on Her devotees. They will be
blessed with wealth and with education. They will never be
9 Understood dealer is worried 1 Man boxes royal black stone 24 Slip by line at vaulted recess
dejected. They will acquire a graceful divine beauty. They
(8) (6) (5)
will be blessed with relatives who have no evil thoughts in
10 Grand diamonds replaced — 2 Stop splitting cocktail having a 25 Daggers one bishop evidently their mind. In short, worship of Abirami will give a person
mess up package (6) fi zz (9) left inside at fi rst (5) everything that is desirable in life.
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Xi voices fi rm support for Myanmar China reports four new cases
33 deals signed during the fi nal day of the visit by the Chinese President; leader also meets Suu Kyi caused by coronavirus strain
Agence France-Presse Kyaukhphyu deepsea port FB apologises
Nay Pyi Taw and economic zone, located Nearly 50 people have been infected across the world
China’s Xi Jinping doubled in a part of Rakhine State left for name gaff e Reuters
down on his support for fal largely unscathed by the has advised against any tra
Beijing
len rights icon Aung San Suu 2017 violence. Agence France-Presse vel restrictions for China.
Kyi on Saturday, signing do There was also a letter of Nay Pyi Daw China reported four more The Wuhan Municipal
zens of infrastructure and intent for “new urban deve Facebook apologised on cases of pneumonia be Health Commission
trade deals and meeting with lopment” in Myanmar’s big Saturday for a distasteful lieved to be caused by a new (WMHC) said on Saturday
the Myanmar Army chief ac gest city Yangon and feasibil mistranslation of Chinese coronavirus strain, causing the four new individuals
cused of overseeing a geno ity studies for rail links. President Xi Jinping's name rising concern globally that a diagnosed with the new vi
cide against Rohingya Mus from Burmese language disease health offi cials do rus are in stable condition,
lims. The Chinese China-Myanmar corridor posts during his much not yet fully understand adding it has confi rmed 45
President’s state visit to The aim is to carve out a so touted visit to Myanmar. could spread during a key cases in the city as of Thurs
Myanmar’s purposebuilt called “ChinaMyanmar Eco The automatic transla holiday period. A woman with a protective day. A day earlier, the com
capital came as Western in nomic Corridor” — a path of tion feature on Myanmar’s The new virus, which was mask in Wuhan. GETTY IMAGES
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mission confi rmed the death
vestors give a wide berth to infrastructure from China’s Facebook rendered the vis discovered in the central of a second patient.
the country due to the Roh landlocked south to Myan iting President name from Chinese city of Wuhan, be ing worries globally as many Nearly 50 people are now
ingya crisis. mar’s western Rakhine state Burmese into English as longs in the same large fami of the 1.4 billion Chinese pe known to have been infected
A 2017 military crackdown Standing by an ally: Chinese President Xi Jinping with which would serve as Beij “Mr S***hole”. ly of coronaviruses that in ople will travel abroad dur globally, but all of them eith
on the minority, which UN Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw on Saturday. AP *
ing’s longawaited gateway to The error most notably cludes Severe Acute ing the Lunar New Year holi er live in Wuhan or have tra
investigators called geno the Indian Ocean. appeared on the offi cial Fa Respiratory Syndrome days that begin next week. velled to the city.
cide, forced around Myanmar’s eff orts to safe lingers among the public. The signing ceremony cebook page of Myanmar’s (SARS), which killed nearly Authorities around the A report published by the
7,40,000 people from west guard its legitimate rights More than 30 agreements came between sitdown civilian leader Aung San 800 people globally during a world including in the Unit London Imperial College’s
ern Rakhine state over the and interests and national were signed Saturday on Mr. meetings with Ms. Suu Kyi Suu Kyi. 2002/03 outbreak that also ed States, Thailand and MRC Centre for Global Infec
border into Bangladesh. Beij dignity in the international Xi’s fi nal day of his visit — and powerful Army chief “Mr S***hole, President started in China. South Korea have stepped tious Disease Analysis said
ing has stood by the increas arena” and for it to advance with Ms. Suu Kyi and Mr. Xi Min Aung Hlaing, who was of China arrives at 4 PM,” Though experts say the up monitoring of travellers there are likely “substantial
ingly isolated nation and “peace, stability and deve seated across from each oth put under sanctions by the said a translated announ new virus does not appear to from Wuhan as part of their ly more cases” of the new
reaffi rmed its position in a lopment in Rakhine State”. er on long tables alongside U.S. after being accused of cement posted earlier be as lethal as SARS, there is eff orts to prevent the disease coronavirus than currently
joint statement in Chinese related Ministers. masterminding the Rohingya Saturday. little known about its origins from spreading. announced by Wuhan auth
state media as Mr. Xi’s plane Largest investor Details were scant but crackdown. “We sincerely apologise and how easily it can spread. The World Health Organi orities: its base scenario esti
left the capital after two The Asian giant is now Myan among the 33 deals was a Myanmar says it was de for the off ense this has Thailand and Japan have zation (WHO) has also mate is that there would be
days, escorted by fi ghter jets. mar’s largest investor even concession and shareholders fending itself against attacks caused,” Facebook said in confi rmed new cases of the warned that a wider out 1,723 cases showing onset of
China “fi rmly supports as distrust of its ambitions agreement on the $1.3 billion by militants. an emailed statement. virus earlier this week, stok break is possible, though it related symptoms by Jan. 12.
Simpsons actor says he will no longer
voice Indian character Apu
This comes 2 years after racism claims marred the show
Agence France-Presse mentary by comedian Hari
Los Angeles Kondabolu, who inter
Actor Hank Azaria will no viewed fellow entertainers
longer voice the Indian cha of Indian and South Asian
racter Apu in The Simpsons, origin to document their
U.S. media reported, more feelings about the character.
than two years after accusa Both Mr. Azaria and Simp-
tions of racism marred the sons creator Matt Groening
longrunning animated se refused to appear in the doc
ries. Apu Nahasapeemapeti Hank Azaria. *
AP umentary to answer ques
lon is the manager of the tions. But Mr. Azaria later
show’s KwikEMart conve the character. “What they’re told a reporter from the TMZ
nience store and a mainstay going to do with the charac celebrity website that Kon
of the TV comedy, which re ter is their call,” Mr. Azaria dabolu “made some really
cently celebrated its 30th told U.S. fi lm news website interesting points” and
year on air. SlashFilm on Friday. “It’s up “gave us a lot at The Simp-
He is voiced by white ac to them and they haven’’t sons to think about.”
tor Mr. Azaria, whose sorted it out yet. All we’ve The Simpsons stars Hom
marked accent for the role agreed on is I won’t do the er, the family patriarch
has been criticised by view voice anymore.” Creators of working for a nuclear power
ers, who have also accused The Simpsons found them station, his wife and voice of
writers of using Indian stere selves under fi re in late 2017 reason Marge, and children
otypes in their treatment of with the release of a docu Bart, Lisa and Maggie.
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Rain douses fi res across Australia House Democrats outline
But they also bring new threat of fl ooding in some areas
case against Trump
Agence France-Presse
Sydney
The trial is to open later this month
Rain and thunderstorms Associated Press Mr. Giuliani or Mr. Trump or
Macron rushed from
doused longburning bush Washington Donald Trump Jr. theatre during protest
fi res across much of eastern House Democrats were on Mr. Trump on Friday PARIS
Australia on Saturday, but Saturday preparing to out named Ken Starr, the pro French President Emmanuel
they also brought a new line their case for removing secutor whose investigation Macron and his wife were
threat of fl ooding in some President Donald Trump two decades ago led to the rushed from a Paris theatre
areas. Major bushfi res conti from offi ce, as opposing impeachment of President late on Friday after
nued to rage in regions of sides in the impeachment Bill Clinton, along with protesters tried to burst in
the south and southeast of case look ahead to the open former Harvard Law profes and disrupt the performance.
the country that have so far ing of the trial in the Senate. sor Alan Dershowitz, to his Riot police were out in force
missed out on the rain, in Mr. Trump on Friday ap defence team. The additions as dozens of people staged a
cluding in wildliferich for pointed several nationally bring experience in the pol demonstration outside the
ests on Kangaroo Island off known lawyers to the team itics of impeachment as well theatre where the two were
the southern coast. that will defend him in the as constitutional law to Mr. watching The Fly. AFP
The fi re service in New proceedings, set to open on Trump’s madeforTV legal Indigenous leaders
South Wales (NSW) State, Tuesday. team. Both Mr. Starr and Mr. oppose Amazon policy
the country’s most populous Quenching thirst: A koala licking rainwater near Moree, New The submission of the le Dershowitz have been fi x PIARACU
and the hardest hit by the South Wales, Australia. PAMELA SCHRAMM VIA REUTERS
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gal brief follows the latest re tures on Fox News Channel, Brazilian President Jair
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku crisis, said 75 fi res continued velations in the case against Mr. Trump’s preferred tele Bolsonaro’s pledge to open
to burn on Saturday, down State was hit by severe in more than a decade. Mr. Trump. Democrats on vision network. up the Amazon to mining
from well over 100 a few storms overnight, causing Fires continued to burn Friday released more infor Mr. Dershowitz said he companies was tantamount
days earlier. “Rain continues some fl ash fl ooding and road out of control in southern mation — documents, text will deliver constitutional to “genocide”, indigenous
to fall across a number of fi re closures though no deaths New South Wales and neigh messages and photos — arguments defending Mr. leaders said on Friday at a
grounds,” the State’s rural or injuries were reported. bouring Victoria State, but turned over by Lev Parnas, Trump from allegations that meeting to oppose the
fi re service said, adding that Both States have suff ered forecasters expected signifi an indicted associate of he abused his power. government’s environmental
“benign conditions” of rain from one of the longest cant rainfall in those areas Trump lawyer Rudy Giulia Mr. Trump says he did policies. Hundreds of elders
and cooler temperatures droughts in modern Austra Sunday and Monday, raising ni. The release included nothing wrong and argues gathered this week at Pairacu
were helping eff orts to con lian history and some areas hopes that some of those multiple photos of Mr. Par that Democrats have been to form a united front against
tain the remaining blazes. saw more rain on Friday and blazes could be brought un nas, a Sovietborn Florida out to get him since before Mr. Bolsonaro’s
To the north, Queensland on Saturday than had fallen der control as well. businessman, posing with he took offi ce. environmental policies. AFP
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Trump’s defence team terms Harry, Meghan to drop titles,
impeachment charges ‘brazen’ retire as working royals
Lawyers call the case unconstitutional and bid to remove the President dangerous No more public funding; home renovation cost to be repaid
10 arrested for protest
against Putin in Moscow Michael D. Shear attack on the right of the Reuters
MOSCOW Nicholas Fandos American people to freely LONDON
More than a thousand WASHINGTON
opposition activists of various
choose their President,” they Prince Harry and his wife
stripes marched in central President Donald Trump’s said in the response, which Meghan Markle will no lon
Moscow on Sunday after legal defence team strenu was Mr. Trump’s fi rst legal ger be working members of
President Vladimir Putin ously denied on Saturday submission in the impeach Britain's monarchy and they
proposed redrafting the that he had committed im ment proceeding, ahead of a will pay their own way in life
Constitution, unleashing peachable acts, denouncing fuller brief due on Monday. as they embark on an inde
political upheaval. Protesters the charges against him as a “This is a brazen and un pendent future, Bucking
— mostly young antifascist “brazen and unlawful” at lawful attempt to overturn ham Palace said on
activists — chanted tempt to cost him reelection the results of the 2016 elec Saturday.
“Revolution” and “No to as House Democrats laid out tion and interfere with the They will also no longer
dictatorship”. About ten in meticulous detail their 2020 election, now just use their “Royal Highness”
people, including a protester case that he should be re months away.” titles, the palace said in an Freedom at a cost: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry leaving
who carried a placard urging moved from offi ce. All set for trial: President’s lawyers say the case is driven by a announcement. The an Windsor Castle after their marriage, in this fi le photo. AP *
Libya summit seeks end to fi ghting 450 wounded members of my family,” ‘Kind words, fi rm line’ lion). It remained unclear
Queen Elizabeth said in a Royal commentators said it what public funds would be
in two days of statement.
“I recognise the challeng
amounted to an “abdica
tion” from the royal family
spent on their security.
Buckingham Palace declined
Eight die in blaze at Tehran says it
will launch
Iran to examine black boxes Two offi cials hurt as Hong
Czech disability home satellites Offi cial had earlier said the recorders were headed to Kiev
Kong rally turns violent
Agence France-Presse the mentally handicapped,” Associated Press Told to disperse, crowd beats up police
Prague said Jitka Gavdunova, the TEHRAN Reuters Mr. Rezaifar had been qu
At least eight people died Mayor of Vejprty, a small Iran said on Sunday that DUBAI oted by Iran’s semioffi cial Agence France-Presse ters, who beat them with
and thirty were injured after town on the German border two newly constructed Iran is trying to analyse the Tasnim news agency on Sa Hong Kong umbrellas and sticks, an
a fi re at a home for people some 100 km northwest of satellites have passed black boxes of a Ukrainian turday as saying the black Two police offi cers were AFP reporter on the scene
with learning disabilities in Prague. prelaunch tests and will airliner that its military shot boxes could not be decoded beaten bloody by prode said.
a western Czech town early Mr. Volenik said all of be transported to the down this month, the state in Iran and would be sent to mocracy protesters in Hong Two offi cers were seen
on Sunday, rescuers said. those aff ected were adults. nation’s space centre for IRNA news agency reported Ukraine after Kiev’s repeat Kong Sunday as violence with bloody head wounds as
“A total of 38 people were The broadsheet DNES eventual launch, without on Sunday, denying a report ed requests. erupted at a rally calling for colleagues shielded them
aff ected by the fi re, of them daily quoted Ms. Gavdunova elaborating. that a decision had been ta The Boeing 737800 was greater democratic free from further attacks. “We
eight unfortunately died,” as saying the clients of the Telecommunications ken to send the plane’s re A crate said to be containing en route from Tehran to the doms in the heart of the city. strongly condemn all the
emergency services spokes home had tried to set it on Minister Mohammad Javad corders to Ukraine. the two black boxes, in Ukrainian capital. Most of Trouble fl ared when pol rioters and violent acts,”
man Prokop Volenik told fi re in the past, and that the Azari Jahromi tweeted and All 176 people on board Tehran. REUTERS/FILE
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those on board were Ira ice ordered the authorised police spokesman Ng Lok
AFP. home was understaff ed. called it an “important the plane were killed in the nians or dual nationals. gathering to disperse after chun told reporters.
He said 30 people were People from the town research step”. Iran has January 8 crash. Otherwise, our options are Ukraine has previously offi cers conducting stop and Video posted online
taken to hospital — one in a tried to help when the fi re not said when it will Canada, which had 57 citi Ukraine and France, but no said it expected the recor searches on nearby streets showed an organiser asking
critical condition, three broke out but eight clients launch the satellites, but zens on board, and other decision has been taken so ders to be handed over, had water bottles and paint the offi cers to show their
with serious injuries and 26 suff ocated. “The Deputy often coordinates its countries that lost nationals, far to send them to another while Canadian Prime Minis thrown at them by angry warrant cards which they
with light or no injuries. Mayor ran into the fi re to launches with national have said the fl ight data and country,” Hassan Rezaifar, a ter Justin Trudeau has said crowds. did not, a frequent gripe
Czech media said the fi re help the clients and he paid holidays. It will celebrate voice recorders should be director in charge of acci France was one of the few A group of plainclothes among protesters.
had been put out. for it. He’s now in hospital the 41st anniversary of the analysed abroad. dent investigations at Iran’s countries with the ability to offi cers who were speaking Soon, riot police swept
“The fi re broke out in the under observation,” said Islamic Revolution next “We are trying to read the Civil Aviation Organization, read information on the with organisers were then into the area and fi red tear
boys’ section of a home for Ms. Gavdunova. month. black boxes here in Iran. told IRNA. recorders. set upon by masked protes gas to disperse the crowds.
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Virus outbreak spreads to Beijing, Shanghai Three Sikhs killed in clashes
Curbing the outbreak and saving lives a top priority as the number of cases more than triples: Xi Jinping within community in London
Humantohuman
Reuters
BEIJING
Iran says it may pull out of NPT Death for 10 in
2001 Dhaka
Pak. urges U.S. to get it off FATF grey list
Agence France-Presse
Tehran
NPT will be considered,” Fo
reign Minister Mohammad blast case Beijng meeting to scrutinise Islamabad’s eff orts in fi ghting terror fi nancing
Iran said on Monday it will Javad Zarif was quoted as
consider withdrawing from saying by the Iranian parlia Press Trust of India Press Trust of India Group that would start on Ja cided to keep Pakistan on its ween October 2019 to Janu
the Treaty on the NonProlif ment’s website. Dhaka Islamabad nuary 21. The briefi ng will go ‘Grey’ list for failure to curb ary 2020 to implement the
eration of Nuclear Weapons The landmark 2015 deal Ten members of the Har Pakistan has urged the U.S. over whether Pakistan has funnelling of funds to terror group’s recommendations.
(NPT) if a dispute over its reached with Britain, China, katul Jihad alIslami (Huji), to support its bid to exit from complied with an earlier groups LeT, JeM and others. Foreign Minister Shah
atomic programme goes be France, Germany, Russia a banned militant group in the grey list of the FATF agenda presented to it by the If not removed off the list by Mehmood Qureshi had said
fore the UN Security and the U.S. gave Iran relief Bangladesh, were on Mon ahead of a key meeting of the Parisbased fi nancial task April, Pakistan may move to in Washington on Friday that
Council. from sanctions in return for day sentenced to death for international terror fi nanc force, The News reported. a blacklist of countries that Pakistan hoped the U.S.
Britain, France and Ger curbs on its nuclear pro a bomb attack on a Com ing watchdog in Beijing, in face severe economic sanc would back its eff orts to get it
many launched a process Mohammad Javad Zarif gramme. Since the U.S. pul munist Party rally here in which it will scrutinise Isla Black list, next? tions, such as Iran. off the list at the FATF’s Beij
last week charging Iran with lout, Iran has progressively 2001 that killed eight peo mabad’s eff orts to adopt The Pakistani delegation is Pakistan has submitted a ing meeting, the Dawn new
failing to observe the terms tion over sanctions the U.S. rolled back its commitments ple. stricter laws against terror fi led by Minister for Economic 650page review report to spaper reported.
of the 2015 nuclear deal, a reimposed on it after unilat to the accord — the Joint The bomb attack by the nancing and money Aff airs Division Hammad Az the FATF on January 8. The This meeting is very im
move that could eventually erally withdrawing from the Comprehensive Plan of Ac group had left eight people laundering. har, comprises representa report was in response to portant for us as it leads to a
see the Security Council landmark accord in 2018. tion — in retaliation. It has dead, and injured over 50. A Pakistani delegation ar tives of National Counter 150 questions raised by the plenary meeting in Paris in
reimpose international sanc The European move “has hit out at the three European Four sentenced convicts rived in Beijing on Sunday Terrorism Authority (Nacta), FATF over new Pakistani pol April, where the world body
tions on the country. no legal basis” and if they nations for failing to live up were present in the court for the threeday facetoface the Foreign Ministry, the icies on money laundering. will decide whether Pakistan
Iran has accused the three take further measures, to their promises to ease the on Monday. Six others are talks with the Financial Ac State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The report outlined the remains on the list or is ta
EU member states of inac “Iran’s withdrawal from the impact of U.S. sanctions. still on the run. tion Task Force Working The FATF in October de steps taken by Pakistan bet ken off , he said.
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held over FB
Virus claims sixth victim, infects over 300
says ‘nobody likes Sanders’ posts on govt. WHO to decide today if the outbreak is an international public health emergency
She refused to say if she endorsed him
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse
Islamabad
Reuters
BEIJING Taiwan
Key Ministers retained in
new Russian government
New York
Minister Sergei Lavrov and mentary that “nobody likes freedoms in Pakistan. for the Lunar New Year Taiwan on Tuesday
Defence Minister Sergei him.” Azharul Haq Wahid, holiday. reported its fi rst
Shoigu. Finance Minister Ms. Clinton also refused who worked for a small te Round the world, airports confi rmed case of the new
Anton Siluanov was also to say whether she would levision channel and a tightened screening of tra SARSlike coronavirus as
retained. AFP endorse and campaign for Hillary Clinton newspaper, made com vellers from China as offi cials Anxious travellers: People arriving at the Beijing railway the government warned
Mr. Sanders if he becomes ments about the Pakistani confi rmed the coronavirus station to head home for the Lunar New Year on Tuesday. * AFP the public against
Bangladesh court shuts establishment on his Face strain is contagious between travelling to the Chinese
the Democrats' choice to he got nothing done. He was
231 factories to save river book account. He recently
take on President Donald a career politician.” humans. had been bound from Beij Zhou Xianwang told Chinese city of Wuhan, where it
DHAKA
Trump in November's elec “It's all just baloney and I wrote that a court decision The World Health Organi ing for the Thai resort of state television on Tuesday. emerged.
Bangladesh’s High Court has
tion. “He was in Congress feel so bad that people got to lift the death penalty on zation (WHO) called a meet Phuket before she and her Fifteen medical personnel The patient is a
ordered the shutdown of 231
factories that have for years. He had one sena sucked into it,” he adds. former military ruler Per ing for Wednesday to consid husband decided to cancel are among those infected. Taiwanese woman in her
contributed to Dhaka's main tor support him,” Ms. Clin Mr. Sanders, a leftist Se vez Musharraf had er declaring a global health their air tickets. Thailand has reported fi fties, living in Wuhan,
river becoming one of the ton, 72, says in a fourpart nator, is among the leaders “mocked” the Constitu emergency. Authorities have con two cases and South Korea who returned to the island
world's most polluted. The series due to air on stream in the race for the 2020 De tion. A police report said “We’ll stay at home dur fi rmed more than 300 cases one, all involving Chinese on Monday with
court ordered action against ing site Hulu in March. mocratic nomination. “antistate and defamatory ing the holiday. I’m scared as in China, mostly in Wuhan. travellers from Wuhan. Ja symptoms including fever,
factories dumping effluents “Nobody likes him, nobo He sits second in national material” was noted on his I remember SARS very well,” There have been six pan and Taiwan also con coughing and a sore
into the Buriganga. AFP dy wants to work with him, polls behind Joe Biden. Facebook account. said Zhang Xinyuan, who deaths in that city, Mayor fi rmed one case each. throat.
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Myanmar must “take all dabased Rohingya activist Bangladesh. UN investigators ruling would force the coun occasionally fl outed them, The neighbouring city of “But there is a lack of food A deadly virus outbreak
measures within its power to said. Majority Buddhist concluded that the military try to improve their situa and the court has no formal Huanggang was also placed and disinfectants, and we that has prompted China
prevent all acts” prohibited Myanmar generally refuses campaign had been execut tion. “We need protection,” mechanism to enforce them. on lockdown from Thursday need more resources. We to lock down some 20
night. hope everyone can under million people does not
Travel closures were also stand that we are feeling as yet constitute an
imposed on roads, rail or pu though it is the end of the international public health
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President Gotabaya’s remarks on Brain injury Trump must be removed Iraqis protest,
POINT DUMMY to 34 troops in seek ouster
TEXT. missing persons spark concern Iran strike: U.S. if found guilty, says Schiff of U.S. forces
Democrats to make fi nal arguments
Death certifi cates only after proper probe, his offi ce clarifi es Reuters Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON Reuters tive Adam Schiff , the lead Baghdad
Meera Srinivasan rebel LTTE. “We cannot ac bly conscripted.” The Pentagon said on Fri WASHINGTON House manager, said Mr. Thousands of supporters
Two dead in machine COLOMBO cept the new President’s re Ms. Ananthanatarajah day that 34 service mem Democrats serving as pro Trump had used U.S. fo of populist Iraqi cleric
shop blast in Houston
HOUSTON
President Gotabaya Rajapak marks,” said Leelathevi does not agree. “How can it bers had been diagnosed secutors in U.S. President reign policy for his own per Moqtada Sadr gathered in
A massive explosion at a sa’s recent remarks that Ananthanatarajah, secretary be that those who surren with traumatic brain injury Donald Trump’s impeach sonal interest, and that fail Baghdad on Friday for a
machine shop ripped through those reported missing from of the Association for the Re dered to the Army were also following missile strikes by ment trial in the Republi ing to oust him from offi ce rally to demand the ouster
a Houston neighborhood on the time of the civil war were latives of the Enforced Dis killed by the LTTE? That too Iran on a base in Iraq ear canled Senate will make would open the door to a of U.S. troops, putting the
Friday. At least two people “actually dead” have appearances in the North after they declared that the lier this month. their case he improperly in “lot of damage”. protesthit capital on edge.
were killed and several sparked concern among fa and East. war had ended?” she asked. Last week, the U.S. mili terfered in Congress’ probe “This is why if you fi nd The march rattled the
injured while homes were milies of disappeared “My 34yearold son sur Tamil MP M.A. Sumanthi tary said 11 U.S. troops had of his dealings with Ukraine him guilty, you must fi nd separate, monthsold prot
damaged by the blast. REUTERS persons. rendered to the Army at the ran said: “President @Gota been treated for concus in their fi nal day of argu that he should be removed. est movement that has
Relatives, mostly women, Omanthai checkpoint, just bayaR seems to know that sion symptoms after the at ments on Friday. Because right matters. Be gripped the capital and
Johnson signs agreement of thousands reported mis after the war ended in May even those who were surren tack on the Ain alAsad air Democratic managers cause right matters and Shiitemajority south since
for Britain to leave EU
sing have been protesting in 2009. We were all there. dered to the military AFTER base in western Iraq and from the House of Represen truth matters. Otherwise we October, demanding a go
LONDON
Sri Lanka’s Tamilmajority They said they would ques the war ended have died! He this week said additional tatives will try to convince are lost,” Mr. Schiff said in vernment overhaul, early
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson signed Britain's EU
north and east for nearly tion him and release him. I should say HOW those 3,000 troops had been moved Senators and the U.S. public his closing argument on elections and more
divorce deal on Friday after three years now, demanding am still waiting,” she said. odd people died... ” out of Iraq for potential that the Republican Presi Thursday. accountability.
EU’s top officials earlier did that authorities share the President Rajapaksa told The President said that af injuries. dent is guilty of the charge Once Democrats con Thousands of men, wo
likewise. “Today I have signed whereabouts of their chil the UN Resident Coordina ter “necessary investiga On Wednesday, Presi of obstructing Congress for clude their opening argu men and children massed
the Withdrawal Agreement dren/husband, forcibly dis tor in a recent meeting that tions”, steps would be taken dent Donald Trump ap withholding key witnesses ments, Mr. Trump’s legal under grey skies in the Jadi
for the U.K. to leave the EU appeared during the years of the missing persons were to issue death certifi cates peared to play down the in and documents from the team will have up to 24 riyah district of east Bagh
on January 31st,” Mr. Johnson the brutal war between the dead, adding that most were and provide support for the juries, saying he “heard investigation. hours over three days to dad, chanting “Get out, get
said in a tweet. AFP State armed forces and the “taken by the LTTE or forci families, his offi ce said. that they had headaches”. Democratic Representa mount a defence. out, occupier!”
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Bolsonaro’s supporters want me to be punished, says journalist; calls President a threat to democracy
Ernesto Londoño ment. “Prohibiting the duty Mr. Greenwald could wind
Letícia Casado to inform is a cultural set up in jail.
RIO DE JANEIRO
back,” Supreme Court Jus The articles tarnished the
Reading through the hacked tice Marco Aurelio Mello said image of Mr. Bolsonaro’s Johnson, Trump discuss
cellphone messages of Brazi in an interview. “I can’t con most popular Cabinet mem telecom security
lian prosecutors and judges, ceive of a journalist being ber, Justice Minister Sergio LONDON
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‘Get rid’ of Ukraine envoy, Trump says on tape Palestinians threaten
Marie Yovanovitch was an ‘impediment’ to his alleged campaign to pressure Ukraine to dig up dirt on Biden
to quit Oslo Accords
They slam U.S. President’s West Asia plan
Agence France-Presse pressure the government of Mr. Trump’s distinctive voice with Ukrainian offi cials, try
Washington Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe is clear. ing to force out Ms. Yovano Agence France-Presse cupation”, Mr. Erekat said.
Ramallah
Turkey earthquake Donald Trump demanded Biden, a potential election In an interview with vitch,who Mr. Trump even The IsraeliPalestinian In
death toll rises to 31 the dismissal of Marie Yova opponent for the President. MSNBC News last week, Mr. tually removed in May 2019. Palestinian offi cials threa terim Agreement, signed in
ELAZIG novitch, the Ambassador to The issue is central to Mr. Parnas said Mr. Trump Saturday’s recording cor tened on Sunday to with Washington in 1995, sought
The death toll from a Ukraine and a key fi gure in Trump’s ongoing impeach “knew exactly what was go roborates much of what Mr. draw from key provisions of to put into practice the fi rst
powerful earthquake which the President’s impeach ment trial in the U.S. Senate. ing on” with his and Mr. Fru Parnas said in his TV inter the Oslo Accords, which de Oslo peace deal agreed two
struck eastern Turkey rose to ment trial, according to a vi His order to fi re the Am man’s eff orts to pressure Uk view, including that he knew fi ne relations with Israel, if years earlier. The agree
31, officials said, as rescue deo recording released to bassador came after Mr. Par rainian authorities to Mr. Trump — something the U.S. President Donald ment set out the scope of
efforts continued. The U.S. media on Saturday. nas told him that Ms. Yova investigate Mr. Biden. President has denied. Trump announces his West Palestinian autonomy in the
magnitude 6.8 quake hit on The footage was reported novich was an impediment, His appearance came af Asia peace plan next week. West Bank and Gaza.
Friday, with its epicentre in ly taken during an April 2018 and claiming that she had ter Democrats released doc Increased pressure Chief Palestinian negotia Israeli Prime Minister
the small lakeside town of
donor dinner at a hotel and privately disparaged the Pre uments that showed Mr. Giu The release of the tape in tor Saeb Erekat said that the Benjamin Netanyahu is due
Sivrice in Elazig province but
released to news outlets by sident. “Get rid of her!” Marie Yovanovitch liani worked with Mr. Parnas creases pressure on U.S. Se Palestine Liberation Organi to meet Mr. Trump at the
also affected neighbouring
an attorney for Lev Parnas, Mr. Trump says on the to pressure Kiev to investi nators to subpoena witness sation reserved the right “to White House on Monday.
cities. Nearly 80 buildings
collapsed while 645 were
an indicted associate of Mr. tape, reportedly addressing Images taken at an awk gate Mr. Biden. es for the impeachment trial, withdraw from the interim The Palestinians, who see
heavily damaged in Elazig Trump’s personal attorney a White House aide at the ward angle appear at the Both Mr. Parnas and Mr. a move several polls show agreement” if Mr. Trump east Jerusalem as the capital
and Malatya. AFP Rudy Giuliani. dining table. start of the one hour, 23mi Fruman were charged with has strong support among unveils his West Asia plan. of their future state, say Mr.
Mr. Parnas and his busi “Get her out tomorrow. I nute long video. violating U.S. campaign fi the U.S. public. Mr. Trump’s initiative will Trump’s plan buries the
Taal volcano calms down, ness partner Igor Fruman don’t care. Get her out to The rest of the recording nance laws in October. White House lawyers be turn Israel’s “temporary oc twostate solution that has
evacuation orders lifted are key players in Mr. morrow. Take her out. OK? shows a tan background, as if The documents also gan Mr. Trump’s defence in cupation (of Palestinian ter been the cornerstone of glo
MANILA Trump’s alleged campaign to Do it.” the camera was covered, but showed the pair, working the trial on Saturday. ritory) into a permanent oc bal West Asia diplomacy.
An explosive eruption of
restive Taal volcano no longer
appears imminent, Philippine
authorities said on Sunday.
They lifted most of a mass
evacuation order but warned
Rockets land near U.S. ‘U.S. won’t lift curbs on Iran for dialogue’ Got threatened
by Trump on
residents to remain ready to
flee. The seismological
Embassy in Iraq capital Tehran had sought the withdrawal of sanctions as a precondition for talks Twitter: Schiff
agency said steadily shrinking
ash and gas emissions were
Agence France-Presse tion the U.S. Embassy.
Baghdad The rocket fi re comes two Reuters Iran’s Foreign Minister the highest levels in decades Reuters
signs of “decreased tendency DUBAI
A volley of rockets landed day after thousands massed Mohammad Javad Zarif res after the U.S. killed Iranian WASHINGTON
towards hazardous explosive
eruption”. AFP near the U.S. Embassy in the in Baghdad in response to a The United States will not lift ponded on Sunday by tweet General Qassem Soleimani Democratic U.S. House im
Iraqi capital Baghdad on call by populist cleric Moq sanctions on Iran in order to ing an excerpt from the in in a drone strike in Baghdad peachment manager Adam
19 killed in attack on Sunday, two security sourc tada Sadr for a rally to de negotiate, U.S. President Do terview with German on January 3, prompting Schiff said on Sunday he
Mali army base es told AFP, in the latest un mand the ouster of U.S. nald Trump tweeted late on magazine Der Spiegel pu Iran to fi re missiles days later believes Republican Presi
BAMAKO
claimed attack on American troops from Iraq. Saturday, seemingly in res blished on Friday, where he at bases in Iraq where U.S. dent Donald Trump’s com
Armed men attacked an Army
installations in the country. Meanwhile, Iraqi security ponse to a Der Spiegel inter said Iran is still open to nego troops are stationed. ment that he has not yet
camp in Mali near the border
with Mauritania, killing 19
One security source said forces shot live rounds to view with Iran’s Foreign tiations with U.S. if sanctions Tensions between the two “paid the price” was in
soldiers on Sunday. The camp three Katyusha rockets hit clear protests in Baghdad Minister. are lifted. have been increasing steadi tended as a threat.
in Sokolo in the Segou region near the highsecurity com and the south for a second “Iranian Foreign Minister ly since Mr. Trump pulled Mr. Trump launched at
remains under control by pound while another said as day on Sunday, but thou says Iran wants to negotiate Raised tensions the United States out of tack on Democrats, includ
Malian Armed Forces, the many as fi ve struck the area. sands of determined stu with The United States, but “@realdonaldtrump is bet Donald Trump Iran’s nuclear pact with ing Mr. Schiff , over the Se
armed forces said. The attack Later, Iraq’s security forc dents fl ooded the streets to wants sanctions removed. ter advised to base his fo world powers in 2018 and nate impeachment trial
wasn’t claimed but bears the es said in a statement that keep up their movement, @FoxNews @OANN No reign policy comments & de said in the tweet with the in reimposed sanctions that earlier on Sunday, saying
hallmarks of jihadi groups fi ve rockets hit the highse demanding removal of what Thanks!” Mr. Trump tweeted cisions on facts, rather than terview excerpt. have driven down Iran’s oil on Twitter “he has not paid
linked to al-Qaeda based in curity Green Zone with no they consider a corrupt rul in English on Saturday and @FoxNews headlines or his Tensions between Iran exports and hammered its the price, yet, for what he
the Wagadu forest. AP casualties. It did not men ing elite and snap elections. later in Farsi. Farsi translators,” Mr. Zarif and the U.S. have reached economy. has done to our Country!”
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Trump denies telling Bolton
virus-hit Wuhan as toll rises to 81 Ukraine aid was tied to probe Democrats want the exNSA, other offi cials to testify in trial
Slovenia's PM resigns, Prime Minister promises medical reinforcements and adequate market supply
calls for snap poll Agence France-Presse tailed case that Mr. Trump
LJUBLJANA
Reuters Washington withheld military aid and a
Slovenian Prime Minister
SHANGHAI President Donald Trump on White House meeting to
Marjan Sarec resigned on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday denied that he told pressure his Ukrainian coun
Monday and called for an will “inspect and direct” ef his former National Security terpart to open investigation
early election, saying his forts to control a virus out Advisor John Bolton that mil into Mr. Biden and the form
minority government could break in the central city of itary aid to Ukraine was tied er VicePresident’s son Hun
not push through important Wuhan and promised rein to Kiev investigating his pol ter, who served on the board
legislation. The governing forcements, as provincial itical rivals. of a Ukrainian gas fi rm.
coalition of five centre-left authorities faced accusa Mr. Trump’s tweets came Democrats quickly seized
parties, which took power in tions from the public of a fai after The New York Times re on the report to press de
September 2018, held only lure to respond in time. ported on Sunday that Mr. mands that Mr. Bolton and
43 out of 90 seats in Mr. Li, clad in a blue pro Bolton alleges as much in a President Donald Trump, other key people in the
Parliament. REUTERS left, with former NSA John
tective suit and mask, draft of his upcoming book. White House be called testi
thanked medical workers in “I NEVER told John Bol Bolton. REUTERS
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fy in Mr. Trump’s impeach
Iran’s Rouhani warns
of threat to democracy Wuhan, the capital of Hubei ton that the aid to Ukraine ment trial.
TEHRAN
province and the epicentre was tied to investigations in Mr. Bolton he wanted to A key point of Mr.
Iran's President has warned of of the outbreak, as the death to Democrats, including the keep frozen $391 million in Trump’s impeachment de
threats to the country’s toll rose on Monday to 81. Bidens. In fact, he never aid to Ukraine until Kiev fence has been that there
“democracy and national “Li ... thanked frontline complained about this at the helped with a probe into his was no quidproquo. Mr.
sovereignty”, after a body of medical workers for their all time of his very public termi Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump’s team has main
ultra-conservative rivals out eff orts in treating pa Pledge of support: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, centre, speaking with medical workers at the nation,” Mr. Trump tweeted Mr. Trump was im tained that the holdup in aid
disqualified the candidates, tients and urged them to pay Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in central China's Hubei province on Monday. AP/XINHUA *
on Monday. “If John Bolton peached last month for was separate from his re
weeks before polls. Mr. attention to their own pro said this, it was only to sell a abuse of power and obstruc quests for an investigation
Rouhani's and his allies are
locked in a fight with the
Guardian Council over the
tection,” Xinhua news agen
cy said. “He required eff orts
to guarantee medical re
Malaysia bans visitors; Berlin mulls rescue book.”
Citing Mr. Bolton’s unpu
blished manuscript, NYT
tion of Congress.
House of Representatives
prosecutors have spent
into the Bidens. Mr. Bolton’s
reported assertion in the
manuscript would undercut
move. AFP sources supply, race against Associated Press A statement issued on Meanwhile, Germany’s wrote that Mr. Trump told three days laying out a de this.
time to treat patients and en BEIJING Monday by the Prime Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Syria forces set to Malaysia’s government has Minister’s Department said said his country was
sure adequate market supply
enter key rebel hub
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Defying U.S., U.K. gives 5G role to Huawei Xi says China fi ghting ‘demon’
Chinese company’s involvement will be capped at 35% and it will be banned from all critical networks virus as death toll rises to 106
Reuters networks and locations such EU will not ban Huawei,
LONDON as nuclear sites and military but impose 'strict' 5G rules
Prime Minister Boris John bases, the government said. BRUSSELS
First humantohuman infections reported outside China
son granted Huawei a limited The decision will dismay The EU will not ban Huawei or
role in Britain’s 5G mobile President Donald Trump’s any other company in Europe, a Agence France-Presse
network on Tuesday, resist administration which fears top official said on Tuesday, Wuhan
ing U.S. pressure to exclude China could use Huawei to despite intense pressure from President Xi Jinping said on
the Chinese company from access Western communica Washington to shun the firm Tuesday China was in a
over spying fears. The European
next generation communica tions. It warned London that struggle against a “demon”
Commission will unveil
tions over fears Beijing could giving Huawei a role would epidemic, as the death toll
recommendations to member
use them to spy. risk intelligence cooperation from the new SARSlike virus
states on Wednesday, but
Britain had to weigh its commissioner Thierry Breton
soared to 106 and the fi rst
“special relationship” with U.K.specifi c solution said that Brussels will choose cases of humantohuman
the U.S. against Chinese “This is a U.K.specifi c solu tight scrutiny over any blanket contagion were detected
trade and investment ties tion for U.K.specifi c reasons New connection: Pedestrians near a Huawei advertisement at ban. abroad.
which it wants to develop af and the decision deals with a bus stop in central London. AFP *
test of his postBrexit foreign cretary Nicky Morgan said ployed at the edge of the government’s statement, but “This evidencebased de in Beijing as a host of nations
policy to date, ruled that following a meeting of the network. British cyber security offi cision will result in a more prepared to airlift their citi
“highrisk vendors” would
be allowed into the “non
National Security Council
chaired by Johnson.
China’s Ambassador to
London Liu Xiaoming said
cials said they had always
treated the company as a
advanced, more secure and
more costeff ective telecoms
zens from Wuhan, the epi
centre of the outbreak. Hong Kong cuts air,
sensitive” parts of 5G The telecoms industry has last year that a block on Hua “high risk” vendor. infrastructure that is fi t for “Chinese people are cur
networks.
However, their involve
warned that banning Huawei
would cost it billions of dol
wei would hurt Chinese
trade and investment in Bri Evidencebased decision
the future,” Huawei vice pre
sident Victor Zhang said.
rently engaged in a serious
struggle against an epidemic
ferry links with China
ment will be capped at 35%, lars and delay the 5G roll tain, telling the BBC it would Huawei said it was reassured A U.S. offi cial involved in of a new type of coronavirus
they will be excluded from out. Huawei’s equipment is “send a very bad message by the U.K. government’s talks with the U.K. said the infection,” Mr. Xi told WHO Agence France-Presse and all ferry services
the sensitive core, where da already used by Britain’s big not only to Huawei but also confi rmation that it could limitations were a positive chief Tedros Adhanom
Hong Kong suspended to “reduce the
ta is processed, and they will gest telecoms companies to Chinese businesses”. continue working with its step, but didn't go far Ghebreyesus. Hong Kong on Tuesday mobility of people from
be banned from all critical such as BT and Vodafone, Huawei was not men customers to keep the 5G enough. announced drastic both sides”, city leader
Pledges transparency measures to cut the Carrie Lam said, adding
“The epidemic is a demon, number of people six of 14 border
and we cannot let this de crossing into the city checkpoints will close
Trump unveils West Asia plan, Palestinians protest mon hide,” the Chinese lead
er said, pledging that the go
vernment would be
from mainland China.
With tour groups from
the mainland already
from January 30.
Hong Kong has
declared the new
transparent and release in suspended, the new coronavirus a public
Proposal includes Palestinian state with capital in eastern Jerusalem, recognition to Israeli settlements formation on the virus in a measures include emergency and on
“timely” manner. blocking individual Saturday ramped up
Reuters Netanyahu said, comparing were braced for initial Pales His comments came after travellers from visiting measures to reduce the
WASHINGTON Mr. Trump’s peace plan to tinian skepticism but hoped anger simmered on Chinese the city. risk of more infections.
U.S. President Donald former President Harry Tru that over time they will agree social media over the han The number of fl ights Eight people in Hong
Trump on Tuesday pro man’s 1948 recognition of to negotiate. dling of the health emergen from the mainland to Kong are known to be
posed creation of a Palesti the state of Israel. “On this Mr. Trump has endorsed a cy by local offi cials in central Hong Kong will be halved suff ering from the illness.
nian state with capital in day, you became the fi rst proposed map outlining the Hubei province, where the
eastern Jerusalem, depen world leader to recognise Is two states, the offi cials said. disease fi rst emerged in
dent on Palestinians taking rael’s sovereignty over areas The Palestinian state would December. to spread earlier this month. growing, with Japan and
steps to become selfgovern in Judea and Samaria that be double the size of land Some experts have Since then, the number of Germany on Tuesday re
ing, as part of a peace plan to are vital to our security and that Palestinians currently praised Beijing for being cases has soared — doubling porting the fi rst humanto
end decades of confl ict in central to our heritage,” he control and would be con more reactive and open to more than 4,500 in the human infections outside
the region. added, using the Biblical nected by roads, bridges and about this virus compared to past 24 hours. China.
Senior administration offi Talking peace: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli PM names for the West Bank. tunnels, the offi cial said. its handling of the Severe Until now, all cases in
cials said that under Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, right, in Washington. BLOOMBERG *
Meanwhile, thousands of Acute Respiratory Syndrome Contagion abroad more than a dozen countries
Trump’s proposed West Asia Skepticism over deal Palestinians demonstrated (SARS) epidemic of WHO chief Tedros praised involved people who had
peace plan, the U.S. will re tivity while Palestinian state with Israeli Prime Minister The absence of the Palesti in Gaza and Israeli troops 20022003. China’s response to the cri been in or around Wuhan.
cognise Israeli settlements hood is negotiated. Benjamin Netanyahu at his nians from Mr. Trump’s an reinforced positions near a But others say local sis during a meeting with Fo A U.S.chartered fl ight
on the occupied West Bank. “Today, Israel has taken a side, saying he also sent a let nouncement is likely to fuel fl ashpoint site between the cadres had earlier been reign Minister Wang Yi, ac bound for California is sche
In exchange, Israel would giant step toward peace,” Mr. ter about it to Palestinian criticism that the plan tilts Palestinian city of Ramallah more focused on projecting cording to state news agency duled to leave Wuhan on
agree to accept a fouryear Trump said as he announced President Mahmoud Abbas. toward Israel. and the Jewish settlement of stability than responding to Xinhua. Wednesday with consular
freeze on new settlement ac the plan at the White House “This is a historic day,” Mr. U.S. offi cials said they Beit El in the West Bank. the outbreak when it began Global concern has been staff and some of its citizens.
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Trump trial: support increasing U.S. top court gives go ahead Pak. Hindu girl
abducted,
within GOP for new witnesses to Trump’s green card rule married off
Press Trust of India
Republican Senators want to hear from Bolton on Ukraine issue Poor immigrants more likely to be denied permanent residency Karachi
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14 Father on stage receives posh
4 Motherofpearl caught in net,
not small (5) Charming Vamana
collage (52) 5 Marketing crew’s enthusiasm
Andal, in Her Nachiar Thirumozhi, describes Her dream,
after consuming alcoholic
16 Weary revolutionary avoiding a beverages (5,4)
about Her marriage to Lord Narayana. She speaks of a
precinct in African country (7) ‘shake’ when Lord Narayana enters as bridegroom. We may
6 Honours astronomers think that because of the Lord’s stature, the earth shook. But
17 Member eating oriental duck discovering a constellation She is talking of His shivering as Vamana interpreted Paras
and aromatic herb (7) (4) ara Bhatta! Why would Vamana shiver?
19 Dreadful boy breaks new 7 More gluttonous? Avoid grease Lord Narayana had promised Prahlada that his descen
camera (7) primarily to become thinner dants would not be killed. He had also promised Indra that
(7) He would get back Indra’s kingdom from Mahabali. Mahaba
21 Reviewing some sightings of
8 Manufacture large quantities li was Prahlada’s grandson. So, the Lord had to retrieve In
unnatural aerial phenomena
of fancy upperclass cars and dra’s rajya without killing Mahabali. And this was one of His
(1,1,1,1)
mopeds (47) anxieties. The other was that He had no experience in ask
22 They replace European ing anybody for anything. He was the Supreme One. So why
10 All is revealed as a result of
character involved in disputes
beating? (3,4,2,2)
would He have asked for anything? This too was a reason for
(5,5) His shiver. But He need not have been afraid. Mahabali took
13 Correct to criticize fi lm’s one look at Him and was totally impressed, said M.A.Venka
25 One avoided disrupting term revolting sequence (10)
with online registration (9) takrishnan in a discourse. When Vamana asked him for
15 Troublesome person about to land, measured with three steps of His, Mahabali agreed rea
26 Become frosty when India gets cavort with model is most dily. Mahabali would have willingly given anything He asked
trophy, overwhelming eager (9) Solution to puzzle 12843 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku for, but He says in Srimad Bhagavatam that none should ask
England (3,2) for more than what they needed. More and more wealth on
■ ACROSS 18 English leave and stumble in
1 Bit dangerous perhaps to 27 Slept with hot lesbian slyly? act of selfaggrandizement ly leads to destruction. Hence Vamana asked only for as
become less vigilant (4,4,5) Tell all (5,3,5) (3,4) much land as He required.
8 Gizmo we refurbished includes So, what was the need for the land that Vamana asked for?
20 Bit of bacon, egg and
device to cut grass (5) ■ DOWN He needed land to do yagas. Sastras say that yagas should be
mushroom (7)
9 Nervous reaction resulting done on one’s own land, and for this He needed nothing ex
2 Socialists gathering to fi ght for 23 Not right to stop working! tensive. So perfect and convincing was the Lord’s pretence
from insensitive wife breaking
payments (7) Join again (5)
heart (4,5) at being Vamana, the short One, that Mahabali was taken in
11 Contentment after a little sexy 3 Unnecessary split with girl 24 Start to enjoy brief peace in by His appearance. Sukracharya, the guru of the asuras, ho
dance by model in erotic form after a little exchange breaks twelfth month of Jewish wever, perceived that Vamana was Vishnu, and warned Ma
of entertainment (10) mate (10) calendar (4) habali. But Mahabali paid no heed to his guru.
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14 WORLD DELHI
U.S., Japan pull out nationals from Wuhan Will Trump’s peace plan help
Coronavirus death toll rises to 133; number of cases in China jumps to 5,974, surpassing that of SARS resolve IsraelPalestine crisis?
Reuters tor of the WHO’s Health
BEIJING/Geneva Emergencies Programme. It favours Israel while seeking concessions from Palestine
The U.S. and Japan fl ew na Meanwhile, there was re
tionals out of Wuhan, the ep lief among evacuees from Stanly Johny formed based on the 1967
icentre of the coronavirus Hubei province, home to border (meaning the whole
outbreak in China, on Wed about 60 million people and The West Asia peace plan of the West Bank and the Ga
nesday, as the number of under virtual lockdown. “I unveiled by U.S. President za Strip) with East Jerusalem
deaths rose by 27 to 133. was extremely worried that I Donald Trump on Tuesday as its capital (including the
The World Health Organi was stuck there,” said Takeo seeks to give the Israelis Old City that houses Haram
zation said there was “deep Aoyama, who arrived in To what they have long wanted eshSharif, also known as
ly concerning” evidence of kyo on a chartered plane car — an expansive state with Je Temple Mount, a holy site
persontoperson transmis rying 206 Japanese out of rusalem as its “undivided for both Muslims and Jews).
sion in other countries. It ad Wuhan. capital” and tight security Issues like the right of return
ded that the Emergency The U.S. fl ew about 210 ci control over a future Palesti of the Palestinian refugees
Committee would reconvene tizens out of Wuhan, to be nian state. With his plan, Mr. are to be settled in fi nal ne
on Thursday to decide screened several times on ar Trump is actually pushing to gotiations. But Mr. Trump
whether the spread of the rival in California. Britain revive the stalled twostate has eff ectively rejected the
new virus now constitutes a said it would put 200 citi talks between the Israelis Palestinian claims and asked
global emergency. zens on a charter plane on and the Palestinians, but on them to make more compro
“In the last few days the Thursday. his own terms. mises. He seeks to give Jeru
progress of the virus espe The number of cases of salem and about 30% of the
A map of the proposed
cially in some countries, es Staying safe: Children wearing face masks visit a park in Nara, western Japan, on Wednesday. * AP the new virus in China now What’s the plan? West Bank to the Israelis and
Palestine state tweeted by
pecially humantohuman exceeds the 5,327 that were The Trump plan seeks to ad has denied the right of re
the U.S. President.
transmission, worries us,” confi rmation of another The situation remained dependent experts twice last infected with the Severe dress most of the conten turn of the Palestinian refu
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom 1,459 cases — taking the total “grim and complex”, Chi week declined to declare an Acute Respiratory Syndrome tious issues in the confl ict West Bank for four years — gees — all for truncated sove
Ghebreyesus told a news to 5,974 in China — only nese President Xi Jinping international emergency, (SARS), which also originat such as the border of Israel, the time for negotiations. reignty for the Palestinians
conference in Geneva, nam fuelled global public alarm. acknowledged. U.S. Presi but will reevaluate the situa ed in China and killed about status of Palestinian refu During this period, the Pal in a state that would practi
ing Germany, Vietnam and Almost all the deaths have dent Donald Trump said he tion on Thursday. “We are at 800 people globally in 2002 gees, Jewish settlements on estinian Authority should cally be surrounded by Is
Japan. been in the central province had spoken to Mr. Xi and his an important juncture in this and 2003. the West Bank, Israel’s se dismiss its current com rael. And for this, the Palesti
Beijing’s plans to slay what of Hubei, the capital of administration was working event. We believe these About 60 cases of the new curity concerns and the sta plaints at the International nians should take action
its leader called the “devil” which is Wuhan, where the closely with China on con chains of transmission can coronavirus, but no deaths, tus of the city of Jerusalem. Criminal Court against Israel against militant groups, stop
coronavirus may have won virus emerged last month in taining the outbreak. still be interrupted,” said have been reported in 15 oth However, the solutions Mr. and refrain itself from taking supporting Palestinian fami
the trust of the WHO, but a live wild animal market. The WHO’s panel of 16 in Mike Ryan, Executive Direc er countries. Trump has proposed to al further actions. It should al lies of those jailed or killed
most all of these issues fa so crack down on “terrorist” by Israel and refrain itself
vour the Israeli positions. groups such as Hamas and from questioning the occu
Agence France-Presse It was followed by Ger American Airlines Group of virus in West Asia Bank as well as the Jordan
Valley. The Palestinian refu EXPLAINER
the Palestinian Authority on
the West Bank, while Hamas
Reuters man fl ag carrier Lufthansa, Inc , the largest carrier in the gees, who were forced out is running Gaza. While
Wuhan/Washington
one of Europe’s largest air United States, said it would Reuters said. One family member, from their homes during the years should Palestine ac there’s a bitter feud between
Airlines began suspending lines, which said all fl ights to suspend fl ights from Los An Dubai feeling unwell, attended a 1948 ArabIsraeli war that cept the proposals. these two, both sides, as well
fl ights to and from China on mainland China would be geles to Beijing and Shang Four members of a Chinese clinic on January 23 where followed the declaration of In the fi nal settlement, as the Islamic Jihad, have
Wednesday as global fears suspended until February 9. hai, as demand had sagged family who arrived in the they were diagnosed with the state of Israel in the his Palestine would get control come together in rejecting
mounted over a coronavirus The announcement in amid the coronavirus out United Arab Emirates from the coronavirus. toric Palestine, would not be over more land than what it the Trump plan. It would be
epidemic. cluded subsidiaries Swiss break in China. Wuhan have been diag allowed to return. They currently controls. The plan diffi cult for any Palestinian
A growing number of go and Austrian Airlines. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan, nosed with the new corona In stable condition could move to the future Pal also proposes to enlarge Ga leader to sell Mr. Trump’s
vernments — including the Indonesia’s Lion Air an important China trade virus, the fi rst known cases The other three members estinian state, be integrated za and connect the strip proposals to a people who
U.S., Britain and Germany — Group, Southeast Asia’s big partner, stopped issuing vi in West Asia, the UAE Health were subsequently tested into the host countries or with the West Bank through are living under occupation
have advised citizens to gest carrier by fl eet size, said sas to Chinese citizens and Ministry said on and also diagnosed with the settled in other regional a tunnel. The Arab towns in for decades. The Palesti
avoid nonessential travel to it would halt services to and said it would halt crossbor Wednesday. virus. The family comprises countries. the southeast of Israel, nians say the Trump admi
China. China has urged its from China from Saturday, der passenger train traffi c The UAE is a major inter a man and his wife, both 36, Jerusalem, perhaps the which are close to Gaza, nistration, which recognised
own citizens to delay trips and airlines from Myanmar and suspend fl ights. national air transport hub a child aged nine, and a most contentious issue, could become part of a fu the disputed Jerusalem as Is
abroad. and Nepal followed suit. In one of the most dra and its airport in Dubai is grandmother aged 63, the would be “the undivided ture Palestinian state. rael’s capital and supported
British Airways was the Hong Kongbased Cathay matic measures, the tiny one of the world’s busiest. offi cial said. capital” of Israel, with Pales the settlements on the West
fi rst major airline to an Pacifi c has reduced fl ights, Pacifi c nation of Papua New The four were visitors All four are in a stable tine gaining its capital in the Will it work? Bank, cannot be an impar
nounce a suspension of citing low demand and the Guinea announced that no and arrived in the country condition and under medi east of the city. In return, Is The Palestine position is that tial mediator for peace. The
fl ights citing the travel ad city government’s response travellers from Asia would on January 16, Health Minis cal observation, the Minis rael would freeze further an independent, sovereign Trump plan seems to be un
vice of the foreign offi ce. plan to the virus. be allowed in. try offi cial Hussein alRand try said in a statement. settlement activities on the Palestinian state should be derscoring this argument.
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Trump attacks Bolton U.S. House warns China not to India urges direct talks
as Senate trial heats up meddle in Dalai Lama succession between Israel, Palestine
White House bars release of his book ‘Find an acceptable twostate solution’
Passes Bill on The law would also prohi
demand that Kiev announce bit China from opening any Special Correspondent ful coexistence,” said MEA
EU lawmakers give
Agence France-Presse
Reuters investigations into Joe Bi
sanctions against further consulates in the NEW DELHI spokesperson Raveesh
fi nal nod to Brexit Washington den, the current frontrun Chinese offi cials U.S. until Washington can India on Tuesday urged Is Kumar.
BRUSSELS Donald Trump on Wednes ner for the Democratic pre open a mission in Lhasa, the rael and Palestine to engage India has traditionally
Britain’s departure from the day blasted his former na sidential nomination. Agence France-Presse Himalayan territory’s tightly directly and explore possi supported statehood for the
European Union was set in law tional security adviser John In an earlymorning Washington restricted capital. bilities of fi nding an “accep Palestinian side and main
on Wednesday as the bloc’s Bolton as he emerged as a tweet, Mr. Trump said Bol The U.S. House of Represen Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a table” solution to the re tained that the twostate so
Parliament voted to ratify the potential 11th hour witness ton, whom he fi red in Sep tatives on Tuesday voted to longtime advocate for Tibet, gional confl ict. The lution is the best guarantee
divorce papers. The U.K. will in the President’s impeach tember, had shown poor authorise sanctions against said that the Bill aims to en comment from the offi cial for solution of the oldest
leave the EU at midnight ment trial. judgement in a job he had Chinese offi cials who inter courage Beijing to resume spokesperson of the Minis postWorld War II crisis in
The Dalai Lama
Brussels time on Friday. MEPs
Democrats are pressing begged for. “(He) goes out fere in the process of deter dialogue with envoys of the try of External Aff airs came the West Asian region.
voted by 621 votes to 49 to
for the Senate to subpoena and IMMEDIATELY writes a mining the Dalai Lama’s suc A total of 392 lawmakers Dalai Lama that broke off a after U.S. President Donald “We reiterate our view
pass the withdrawal
Mr. Bolton after reports that nasty & untrue book. All cessor, raising pressure as voted for the Bill with 22, all decade ago. Trump on Tuesday an that the fi nal status issues
agreement, which sees Britain
leave the EU institutions but
his coming White House tell Classifi ed National Security. the Tibetan spiritual leader of them Republicans plus Beijing slammed the U.S. nounced a new plan for re should be resolved through
remain under most EU rules all book corroborates the Who would do this?” approaches 85. one conservative indepen on Wednesday over the Bill, solving the crisis, which has direct negotiations between
during a transition until the abuseofpower impeach The White House has in Under the legislation, dent, opposed. saying it “grossly interferes been rejected by the Palesti the two parties and be ac
end of the year. The transition ment charge against Mr. formed Mr. Bolton that his Washington would freeze The Act still needs appro in China’s internal aff airs”. nian side. ceptable to both,” said Mr.
will see Prime Minister Boris Trump. Mr. Bolton report book manuscript appeared any U.S. assets and ban tra val from the Senate, where The Foreign Ministry “We urge the parties to Kumar. Mr. Trump’s plan al
Johnson's government try to edly writes that the Presi to contain “signifi cant vel to the United States of Republican Marco Rubio has urged the U.S. to “do more to engage with each other, in lows Israel to integrate the
negotiate an ambitious free dent personally told him in amounts of classifi ed infor Chinese offi cials found to be promised to lead eff orts, be benefi t mutual trust and cluding on the recent pro settlements built on the
trade agreement with his 27 August that a freeze in mili mation” and could not be involved in “identifying or fore heading to President cooperation between China posals put forward by the West Bank and Jordan Valley
former partners remaining in tary aid to Ukraine was di published in its current installing” a governmentap Donald Trump for his and the U.S. rather than the U.S., and fi nd an acceptable and recognises Jerusalem as
the bloc. AFP rectly linked to Mr. Trump’s form. proved Dalai Lama. signature. contrary”. twostate solution for peace Israel’s capital.
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14 WORLD DELHI
Divorce sealed, Brexit
fi nally arrives today
U.K. is the fi rst nation ever to leave EU
Associated Press
Brussels
Friday will mark a truly his
toric moment, but almost
nothing will happen.
A few Union Jack fl ags will
be lowered from EU build
ings in Brussels, more will
be waved in jubilation by
Brexiteers in London at the
moment of Britain’s depar
ture — at 11 p.m. in the U.K..
But for most of the half a British PM Boris Johnson,
billion people in Britain and a champion of Brexit, has
the bloc, it will be a normal promised a “dignifi ed exit”.
Friday night.
Britain and the bloc itary and economic power
fought tooth and nail for the on a par with Germany and
best part of four years — France. The U.K. is the fi rst
with insults fl ying across the nation ever to turn its back
English Channel — over the on the EU in the 62year his
terms of their divorce. Now, tory of this experiment in
on the eve of one of the political union.
most signifi cant events in British PM Boris Johnson,
EU history, the political a champion of Brexit, pro
eruptions have ceased and mised a “dignifi ed exit” that
an uneasy quiet reigns — the is “mindful of everybody’s
calm before the next storm. feelings.” The U.K. will no
The EU would prefer the longer be part of EU sum
night to pass without mits and ministerial meet
anyone noticing. After all, it ings. Its 73 EU parliamentar
is losing one of its biggest ians have lost their jobs and
members, a diplomatic, mil cleared out their offi ces.
Deadliest day for China in fi ght against virus 10 killed as deadly strikes
38 deaths reported now killed 170 in China, was carrying the coronavirus. Commission said. Another coming days. Britain was
Russia to shut
hit rebel bastion in Syria
readying to meet on Thurs Beijing has taken extraor 81,000 people were under planning an evacuation of
in 24 hours, taking
the toll to 170
day to decide whether to de
clare it a global emergency.
dinary steps to arrest the
spread of the virus, including
observation for possible
infection.
around 200 of its citizens
early on Friday morning. China border Agence France-Presse
Ariha
The government and its
Russian allies have upped
At least 20 countries have eff ectively quarantining Thousands of foreigners Australia and New Zealand Air strikes killed 10 civilians their deadly bombardment
Agence France-Presse confi rmed infections. Air more than 50 million people have been trapped in Wuhan were among others organis Agence France-Presse near a bakery and a medical of Syria’s last major rebel
Wuhan lines began cancelling fl ights in Wuhan and surrounding since it was sealed off last ing similar operations. Moscow clinic in Syria’s rebelheld bastion, slowly chipping
China reported its biggest servicing China on Wednes Hubei province. week. Massive cities like Beij Tokyo on Thursday re Russia said on Thursday it Idlib region on Thursday, as away at it from the south.
singleday jump in novel co day, and more followed suit The government on ing and Shanghai were also ported that three people was closing the border government forces kept up a Rebelheld territory has
ronavirus deaths on Thurs on Thursday. Thursday reported 38 new eerily quiet as countless peo who were aboard the fi rst with China to prevent the ground off ensive. shrunk to just over half of
day, as global fears deepened deaths in the preceding 24 ple followed advice to stay in evacuation fl ight had tested spread of the new corona The Britainbased Syrian Idlib province, along with
with more infections con Lockdown in liner hours, the highest oneday doors, or at least wear masks positive for the virus after virus and would stop issu Observatory for Human slivers of neighbouring
fi rmed overseas, including Meanwhile, more than total since the virus was de when venturing out. landing back in Japan. ing electronic visas to Chi Rights said Russian war Aleppo and Latakia, follow
three Japanese evacuated 6,000 tourists were put un tected late last year. All but Japan and the United Two of the three infected nese nationals. planes hit the Idlib province ing a series of government
from the outbreak’s der lockdown aboard a one of the new deaths were States on Wednesday be passengers showed no symp “We have to do everyth town of Ariha, but the Rus gains. That saw Damascus
epicentre. cruise ship at an Italian port in Hubei. came the fi rst countries to toms, according to Japanese ing to protect our people,” sian Defence Ministry said loyalists retaking the stra
The World Health Organi on Thursday after two Chi The number of confi rmed organise airlifts from Wuhan authorities, underscoring Prime Minister Mikhail its “aviation did not carry tegic northwestern town of
zation, which initially down nese passengers were isolat new cases also grew steadily for their citizens. A second the diffi culty detecting the Mishustin told a govern out any combat tasks in this Maaret alNuman on Wed
played a disease that has ed over fears they could be to 7,711, the National Health U.S. fl ight is planned in the coronavirus. ment meeting. area of Syria”. nesday.
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Do not travel to China, U.K., Russia report cases, 75,000 in Wuhan got “This is not an end but a
beginning. This is the mo
ment when the dawn breaks
tance to many EU projects
over the years — it refused to
join the single currency or
U.S., Japan tell citizens Italy declares emergency infected, says study and the curtain goes up on a
new act.”
the Schengen free travel
area — the 2016 vote to leave
was a huge shock.
Reuters rain recommended no tra Agence France-Presse Chris Whitty. Agence France-Presse had risen above 9,700 for all A ‘sea change’ It unleashed political
SHANGHAI/BEIJING BRIZE NORTON Russia said on Friday that
vel to any country hit by the Paris of China, including 213 German Chancellor Angela chaos in London, sparking
The U.S., Japan and others virus, and Iran urged a ban Two patients from the same two Chinese citizens had More than 75,000 people — deaths. Merkel called Britain’s de years of bitter arguments
tightened travel curbs to vi on all travellers from China. family in England have test tested positive for the new 10 times the offi cial tally of A time lag between infec parture a “seachange” for that paralysed parliament
rushit China on Friday Singapore stopped entry ed positive for coronavirus, coronavirus in the country’s confi rmed cases — have tion and symptom onset, the bloc, although nothing and forced the resignations
while businesses struggled of passengers with a recent the fi rst such cases in Bri fi rst cases since the deadly been infected with the coro delays in infected persons will immediately feel diff e of two Prime Ministers.
with supply problems from history of travel to China tain, health chiefs said on outbreak emerged in China, navirus in Wuhan, accord getting medical treatment, rent because of an 11month Mr. Johnson brought an
an epidemic that has infect and also suspended visas for Friday as an evacuation and announced new travel ing to research published on and the time needed to con transition period negotiated end to the turmoil with his
ed nearly 10,000 people. Chinese passport holders. fl ight brought Britons home restrictions. Friday. fi rm cases with lab tests as part of an EUU.K. exit decisive election victory last
“Do not travel to China Mongolia said it will close from the centre of the out The Italian government “We estimate that 75,815 “could all aff ect overall re deal ratifi ed this week. month, which gave him the
due to novel coronavirus all ports of entry from and break in China. declared a state of emergen individuals have been in cording and reporting,” he Britons will be able to parliamentary majority to
fi rst identifi ed in Wuhan,” into China until March 2. It “The patients are receiv cy on Friday to fasttrack ef fected in Wuhan as of Janu said. The study found that work in and trade freely ratify the Brexit deal.
the U.S. State Department will give its citizens current ing specialist National forts to prevent the spread ary 25, 2020,” a team led by each person infected with with EU nations until De In Scotland, which
said, raising the warning for ly in China until February 6 Health Service (NHS) care of the virus strain after two Gabriel Leung from the Un the virus, which emerged in cember 31, and vice versa, backed remaining in the
China to the same level as to return home, however, and we are using tried and cases were confi rmed in iversity of Hong Kong re December, could have in although the U.K. will no bloc in 2016, First Minister
Afghanistan and Iraq. though nonChinese foreign tested infectioncontrol pro Rome. ported in The Lancet. fected two to three indivi longer be represented in the Nicola Sturgeon called it “a
Japan also advised citi nationals travelling to Mon cedures to prevent further A Chinese couple visiting As of January 31, the Chi duals on average, and that bloc’s institutions. moment of real and pro
zens to put off nonurgent golia will not be able to do spread of the virus,” said En Italy from Wuhan had tested nese government said the the epidemic had doubled But legally, Britain is out found and sadness... tinged
travel to China, while Bah so via China. gland's chief medical offi cer, positive for the virus. number of confi rmed cases in size every 6.4 days. — with no easy way back. with anger”.
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China faces more border curbs 33 students
from Wuhan
Britain embarks on a future
Lunar New Year holidays draw to an end; more fl ights cancelled as toll touches 259 reach Sri Lanka
Meera Srinivasan
outside the European Union
Reuters New Year holiday.
Shanghai “As long as I am properly
COLOMBO
There were celebrations and tears as U.K. bid goodbye to EU
China faced mounting isola protected and don’t go to A group of 33 Sri Lankan
tion from international tra crowded places, I don’t feel students returned to the Agence France-Presse
vel curbs and fl ight suspen scared at all about my home country from Wuhan Pro London
sions on Saturday as the town or Beijing, said a 58 vince in China, after a char Britain began an uncertain
death toll from a spreading yearold migrant worker sur tered Sri Lankan Airline future outside the European
coronavirus outbreak rose to named Sun. fl ight fl ew them back on Sa Union on Saturday after the
259. Others were more turday. country greeted the historic
The epidemic has led to worried. “Due to great diplomatic end to almost half a century
mass evacuations of foreign “There will be a huge relations between #LKA & of EU membership with a
citizens and risks exacerbat number of people returning #China we were successful mixture of joy and sadness.
ing a slowdown in growth in Heading home: A crew member using disinfectant on a fl ight to the city. I think it will put in evacuating our citizens There were celebrations
the world’s secondlargest with French evacuees from Wuhan on Saturday. AFP *
Beijing at risk of more infec in #Wuhan, under lock and tears on Friday as the
economy. Russia said its ae tions,” said Zhang Chunlei, down,” President Gotabaya EU’s often reluctant mem
rospace defence forces
would begin fl ying its citi
Vietnam stops U.K. pulls out 45, another returning mi
grant worker.
Rajapaksa said in a tweet
on Saturday.
ber became the fi rst to leave
an organisation set up to
zens out.
Inside China, Hubei pro
fl ights to China staff , families Singapore and the U.S. an
nounced measures on Fri
The students have been
taken to a special quaran
forge unity among nations
after the horrors of World New beginning: The Union fl ag being removed from the
vince, the epicentre of the day to ban foreign nationals tine facility at the Diyatala War II. atrium of the Europa building in Brussels on Friday. AP *
Senate blocks witnesses Palestinians have cut security
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Racing to safety
in Donald Trump’s trial ties with U.S. and Israel: Abbas
Final voting on his fate on Wednesday
Associated Press At Arab Foreign Ministers’ meet, he rejects peace plan
WASHINGTON
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U.S. backs Ukraine against Russian aggression: Pompeo ELSEWHERE
Secretary of State met President Zelenskiy to calm unease among offi cials there over Trump trial
Edward Wong news conference with Mr. portant part of the impeach
KYIV Pompeo when asked wheth ment inquiry. In response to
Secretary of State Mike Pom er Mr. Trump’s impeach a question on Friday, Mr.
peo said on Friday that the ment had aff ected ties bet Pompeo said a White House U.S. envoy for Taliban
Trump administration was ween Kyiv and Washington. visit by Mr. Zelenskiy was not talks back in Kabul
KABUL
committed to supporting Uk dependent on the kind of in
U.S. Special Representative
raine in its defence against ‘Relations strong’ vestigation that Mr. Trump
for Afghanistan
aggression by Russia, which While the two offi cials of had sought.
Reconciliation, Zalmay
invaded and annexed part of fered reassurances that rela Ukrainian offi cials are an
Khalilzad, who is leading
the country and is support tions were strong, Mr. Pom gry that the Americans have negotiations with the Taliban,
ing a separatist insurgency. peo did not give Mr. granted Russia’s foreign mi was set to meet with the
“Today I’m here with a Zelenskiy one thing he has nister, Sergey V. Lavrov, two Afghan President on
clear message: The U.S. sees sought since his election in visits with Mr. Trump in the Saturday, an official
that the Ukrainian struggle April: an invitation to meet White House, most recently confirmed, in an apparent
for freedom, democracy and Mr. Trump at the White in December. renewed push for talks on an
prosperity is a valiant one,” Key visit: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, right, House, which would be an In renewing his request agreement with the
Mr. Pompeo said at a news and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kyiv. AP *
important signal to Russia of for a meeting on Friday, Mr. insurgents. AFP
conference after meeting U.S. support for Ukraine. Mr. Zelenskiy said, “If we have
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku Iraqi President names
with Ukraine’s leader in Kyiv. calming unease among Uk lenskiy met before noon in Pompeo’s message that Mr. an important subject for this
new Prime Minister
“Our commitment to sup rainian offi cials about the re the President’s offi ce in cen Trump was not ready to re conversation other than stra
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port it will not waver.” lationship between Washing tral Kyiv, and the Ukrainian ceive Mr. Zelenskiy at the tegy and tactics, but impor Iraq's President Barham Saleh
ton and Kyiv, which has been leader said they had talked White House was a blow to tant things we can negotiate named former
Impeachment trial thrust into the spotlight be about new steps to streng the Ukrainian President’s na over, something to sign and Communications Minister
Ukraine is a “bulwark bet cause of the impeachment of then the partnership bet tional security eff orts. that I can bring back, then I Mohammad Allawi as the
ween freedom and authori President Donald Trump, ween the two nations. Evidence that Mr. Trump am ready to go tomorrow!” country’s new Prime Minister
tarianism in Eastern Eu based on charges of abuse of “I don’t think these friend had earlier demanded, in re Mr. Pompeo was the fi rst on Saturday after an 11th
rope,” Mr. Pompeo added. power and obstruction over ly and warm relations have turn for such a visit, that Uk offi cial from Mr. Trump’s Ca hour consensus among
His visit, in which he met the president’s actions on been infl uenced by the im raine announce the start of binet to meet with Mr. Zelen political blocs. However,
with President Volodymyr Ukraine. peachment trial of the presi an investigation that could skiy since the impeachment people seemed divided on his
Zelenskiy, was aimed at Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Ze dent,” Mr. Zelenskiy said at a benefi t him, became an im inquiry began. NY TIMES nomination. AFP
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Iraqi cleric asks followers Republicans prepare to defend Police kill man in London
to stop stir, clear the roads Trump’s expected acquittal after ‘terror’ stabbings
New PM was appointed to end unrest People warned to avoid the area
Reuters Protests broke out imme Offi cials cite presidential privilege to redact 24 emails Agence France-Presse said the man died at around
BAGHDAD diately in Baghdad and sev London 2:00 pm (1400 GMT) on
Driver rams truck into
children in Sydney, kills 4 Iraqi cleric Moqtada alSadr eral southern cities on Sa Agence France-Presse sured of being acquitted by British police on Sunday Streatham High Road, a bu
urged his followers on Sun turday night after President Washington the Senate, where Republi shot dead a man in south sy thoroughfare lined with
SYDNEY
An allegedly drunken driver day to help security forces Barham Salih named Mo Republicans prepared to de cans hold 53 seats to 47 for London, after at least two shops in a residential
has been charged with 20 clear roads blocked during hammed Tawfi q Allawi as fend their expected acquittal the Democrats. A twothirds people were stabbed in a neighbourhood.
offences, including months of sitin protests, Prime Minister in an eff ort of President Donald Trump, majority, or 67 senators, is “terroristrelated” incident. Prime Minister Boris
manslaughter, after his SUV calling for a return to nor to end the political unrest. on Sunday’s TV talk shows, needed to remove a presi An eyewitness described Johnson thanked the emer
struck seven children on a mal life after the designation On Sunday, thousands after their Senate votes to re dent from offi ce. seeing a man “with a ma gency services for their res
Sydney sidewalk, killing four of a new Prime Minister. gathered in Baghdad’s Tah ject witness testimony at his On Friday, just two Repu chete and silver canisters on ponse. “My thoughts are
and injuring a fifth. AP Mr. Sadr, who had alter rir square in protest. impeachment trial sparked blican senators — Mitt Rom his chest” fl eeing from pol with the injured and all
nately sided with the anti In a message issued on criticism they were aiding a ney of Utah and Susan Col ice before they opened fi re. those aff ected,” he said,
20 killed in Tanzanian
government protesters and Twitter, Mr. Sadr said “I ad coverup and abdicating Donald Trump lins of Maine — joined The shooting, on a busy Interior Minister Priti Pa
church stampede: official
the Iranbacked political vise the security forces to their duties. Democrats in voting to intro street packed with Sunday tel paid tribute to the brav
DAR ES SALAAM
Twenty people were killed in
groups they reject, urged stop anyone from cutting off Criticism only intensifi ed on military assistance to Uk duce witnesses into the im shoppers, came just over ery of police and emergency
a stampede at a church in his unarmed supporters roads and the Ministry of late Saturday after U.S. me raine, an issue at the heart of peachment trial. two months after a convict services and said she was
Tanzania as faithful rushed to known as “blue hats” to education should punish dia reported that U.S. offi his impeachment trial for But they failed to muster ed terrorist was shot dead being kept updated.
walk through a particular exit work with authorities to en those who obstruct regular cials cited presidential privi abuse of power and obstruc the four Republican votes by police on London Bridge, Police said there were
so they could touch “anointed sure schools and businesses working hours, be they stu lege in redacting 24 emails tion of Congress. needed to allow testimony after he killed two people. two victims injured in the
oil” poured on the ground. AP can operate normally again. dents, teachers or others”. related to Mr. Trump’s hold Mr. Trump is all but as from key witnesses. The Metropolitan Police incident.
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Democratic race opens with Iowa caucuses China says it urgently needs
The voting will render the fi rst verdict on who among dozens of candidates will take on Trump in Nov. protective suits and masks
Reuters favour of focusing on dele
DES MOINES, IOWA gaterich States.
Iowa Democrats kick off Mr. Sanders, who fi nished
It blamed the U.S. for ‘panic’ and not doing enough to help
what could be a bruising in a virtual dead heat with
nominating process when Hillary Clinton in Iowa dur Agence France-Presse
they gather at caucus sites ing his fi rst presidential run Beijing
Reported in 24 countries
Shortcomings in our
rolling in within a few hours.
Because voters may register
render the fi rst verdict on
who among dozens of candi
and could bring out new vo
ters, like progressives Mr.
race moves on to the other
three earlyvoting States of
could cause a frontrunner’s
fundraising to slow and sup
The virus has since spread to
more than 24 countries des virus response: China
as late as Monday, the cau dates is best positioned to Sanders and fellow Senator New Hampshire, Nevada and port in later States to dwin pite many governments im
cuses could draw a late surge take on Mr. Trump in the No Elizabeth Warren? South Carolina later in Fe dle, while a strong result can posing unprecedented travel Agence France-Presse Xinhua news agency. “It
of attendance, particularly vember 3 presidential elec bruary. And whoever re give a candidate much need bans on arrivals coming Beijing is necessary to
among independent voters tion, whom Democratic vo Impeachment trial mains in the race by Super ed momentum that propels from China. China’s top leadership strengthen market
or Republicans turned off by ters are desperate to beat The race has been oversha Tuesday, when 15 States and him or her to the nomina The World Health Organi body on Monday supervision, resolutely
Mr. Trump. this fall. dowed in recent weeks, with territories vote on March 3, tion. Several Democrats who zation (WHO) has declared admitted “shortcomings ban and severely crack
By day’s end, tens of thou Do voters want someone Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren and will also confront billionaire won the Iowa caucuses went the crisis a global health and diffi culties” in its down on illegal wildlife
sands of Democrats will have with appeal to centrists, in Ms. Klobuchar relegated to former New York Mayor Mi on to clinch the party’s emergency, and the fi rst fo response to a markets and trade,” it
participated in the Iowa cau dependents and disaff ected parttime campaigning in Io chael Bloomberg, who is nomination. reign death from the virus coronavirus outbreak, added.
cuses, the premiere of more Republicans, like moderates wa as they stayed in Wash skipping the early States in (With AP inputs) was confi rmed in the Philip state media reported. Offi cials in Wuhan
pines on Sunday. The elite Politburo have been criticised for
“What China urgently Standing Committee withholding information
Factories capable of pro
Associated Press on people and companies ducing around 20 million pan, Kazakhstan and Hun Syndrome (SARS) outbreak
Agence France-Presse announce investigations that Democrats, but a twothirds Copenhagen and that the information masks a day are only operat gary had donated medical of 200203.
Washington would have helped him pol majority, or 67 senators, is Denmark said on Monday it was sent to an unnamed ing at between 60 and 70% supplies. The number of infections
President Donald Trump’s itically, including into Joe Bi needed to remove him from had arrested three leading Saudi intelligence service. of capacity, industry depart All but one of the 57 new also jumped signifi cantly,
impeachment trial resumes den, a leading challenger for offi ce. members of an Iranian Arab An unnamed Norwegian ment spokesman Tian Yu deaths reported on Monday passing 17,200.
for fi nal arguments on Mon this year's presidential Adam Schiff , the leader of opposition group on suspi citizen of Iranian descent long said, adding that supply were in Wuhan and the rest China accused the U.S. on
day before an expected ac ballot. the House prosecutors, cion of spying for Saudi was arrested on October 21, and demand remained in of Hubei province, most of Monday of spreading “pan
quittal later in the week that At only the third impeach known as impeachment Arabia. 2018 on suspicion of helping “tight equilibrium” owing to which has been under lock ic” in its response to the
Democrats have said will be ment trial of a U.S. Presi managers, told CBS on Sun Danish security service an unspecifi ed Iranian intel the Lunar New Year break. down for almost two weeks. deadly coronavirus, includ
invalid because no witnesses dent, Mr. Trump is all but as day that it was “pretty re chief Finn Borch Andersen ligence service “to act in Mr. Tian said authorities ing imposing a ban on Chi
testifi ed. sured of being acquitted on markable” that Senators on said on Monday that the sus Denmark” and of alleged in were taking steps to bring in Exceeds SARS fatalities nese travellers.
The President was im Wednesday, the day after his both sides had acknow pected spying took place for volvement in the assassina masks from Europe, Japan The national death toll The U.S. “hasn't provided
peached in December for annual “State of the Union”. ledged that Democrats six years from 2012. tion plot. That suspect has and the U.S., while the Fo reached 361 — exceeding the any substantial assistance”
abuse of power over pres Republicans hold 53 seats proved their case against the Mr. Andersen said the denied wrongdoing and is reign Ministry said countries 349 mainland fatalities from and has only created “pan
sure on U.S. ally Ukraine to in the Senate to 47 for the President. three individuals had spied being held in custody. including South Korea, Ja the Severe Acute Respiratory ic”, said Ms. Hua.
German court ELSEWHERE
U.K. to review terrorism laws nixes school Britain, EU talk tough on trade
Islamic State claims responsibility for London stabbing attack niqab ban Johnson rejects full alignment with the bloc’s regulations
Reuters and without any scrutiny. Agence France-Presse Agence FraNce-Presse dy rules, procurement (and)
LONDON “I think the idea of auto Berlin London data protection.”
British Prime Minister Boris matic early release for peo A court in Germany ruled Britain and the EU laid down “We are not leaving the OIC rejects Trump’s
Johnson vowed to end the ple who obviously continue on Monday against an at on Monday their red lines for EU to undermine European West Asia peace plan
early release of convicted to pose a threat to the public tempt by authorities in postBrexit trade talks, off er standards. We will not en DUBAI
terrorists after an Islamist at has come to the end of its Hamburg to forbid a 16 ing contrasting visions for gage in any kind of dumping, The 57member Organization
tacker stabbed two people useful life,” he said. yearold schoolgirl from their future relationship that whether commercial, social of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
days after he was set free Mr. Johnson said the in wearing a niqab during raise the prospect of clashes or environmental.” said on Monday it rejects U.S.
half way through his prison stances of deradicalising and lessons. to come. President Donald Trump’s
term. rehabilitating Islamists was The ruling, which can British Prime Minister Bo Fair trade top priority West Asia peace plan. At a
Sudesh Amman, jailed in hard and the instances of not be appealed, has ris Johnson pledged not to In Brussels, EU’s chief Brexit summit in Jedadh, the OIC
2018 for possession of terro success were few. fuelled debate in Germany “undermine EU standards”, negotiator Michel Barnier called on member states “not
rist documents and dissemi Sudesh Amman Amman’s mother, Halee over whether schools after the U.K. fi nally went its formally off ered a deep fu to engage or cooperate with
nating terrorist publications, ma Faraz Khan, told Sky should allow the niqab, a own way on Friday after Boris Johnson ture relationship but only as the U.S. in implementing it in
went on the rampage after riend to behead her parents. News that he was a “nice, facial veil worn by Muslims nearly half a century in the long as Britain makes gua any form”. REUTERS
strapping a fake bomb to his Mr. Johnson said the go polite boy”, who was radi which leaves only the bloc and an 11month transi selves to an agreement with rantees to trade fairly. 6 Turkish and 13 Syrian
body and wielding a stolen vernment would announce calised online and in prison. wearer's eyes visible. tion period began. the EU,” Mr. Johnson said in Mr. Barnier said fi sheries soldiers killed in Syria
knife on a busy London fundamental changes in “He became more reli Hamburg education offi But he envisioned his a speech at the Old Royal Na and fair trade would be his ANKARA
street on Sunday. He was dealing with people convict gious inside prison, that's cials had ordered the girl’s country as a global cham val College, which chroni top priorities in the talks. Turkey hit targets in northern
shot dead by police. ed of terrorism off ences, say where I think he became mother to ensure that her pion of free trade, emphati cles Britain’s past as a mari Brussels will off er a close Syria, responding to shelling
He had previously praised ing he had come “to the end radicalised,” she said. daughter did not wear the cally rejecting EU insistence time superpower. “We will trading relationship — but by Syrian forces that killed at
the Islamic State, shared an of my patience” with freeing Meanwhile, the Islamic veil at school, a decision on full alignment with restore full sovereign con will demand tough terms on least six Turkish soldiers. A
online alQaeda magazine off enders before they had State has claimed responsi which the court Brussels. trols over our borders, immi fi sheries and a level playing war monitor said 13 Syrian
and encouraged his girlf completed their sentences bility for the stabbing attack. overturned. “I see no need to bind our gration, competition, subsi fi eld for businesses, he said. troops were also killed. AP
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1 Brunt of being tired (5,3)
Lessons to learn
fed to tailless animal (6)
Generally purana stories speak in simple ways to awaken the
2 One might pierce your ear? (6)
9 Special passport collected at human mind towards the eternal truths that the sastras and
the last minute (8) 3 Ecstatic when bowled out from the Upanishads teach. But to access the richness in them
10 Ask fi rmly — “Cannot sis nicely behind (6) that may not be available at surface level, one has to listen to
return covers?” (6, 2) expositions of the stories by those well versed in them,
4 Standing and tidying all over
11 For starters, Keralites extract
pointed out Sri Ramanujam in a discourse. Listening has to
the place (7)
real nimbu, excluding lemon be followed by mulling over what has been heard to imbibe
seed (6) 5 Prepare poor Spooner for the full value of the nuances of Sanatana dharma which
novel shelf (8) these stories refl ect.
12 Design, say Kung Fu Panda act Some stories in the Bhagavata Purana are imaginary, as
in pep talk (5,3) 6 Force target outside or choke for instance the story of Puranjana; but it is an allegory of
13 Wise like pharaoh and leader of (8) the essence and value of life, and of the journey of the embo
Egypt (6) 7 Including the man in top died soul. Some are philosophical and teach sastra jnana;
14 Shell out, earning it back in command (6) some others express scientifi c truths relevant for all times;
salary (7) and some such as Krishna leela stories are noted for the pre
15 Thickly spread around one dominant bhakti rasa that one can enjoy and experience.
17 Married female killed by column (8)
imperfect, careless delivery
Likewise, the story of Dhruva has many lessons to teach.
(7) 16 Partly bored now only, after Dhruva is the son of king Uttanapada, born of Suniti, the
retirement? Not surprising! fi rst wife. But the king’s second wife Suruchi is favoured by
20 Adopt dog (6) Solution to puzzle 12848 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku the king and she denies Suniti and Dhruva all royal privileg
(2, 6)
22 Missing a golfi ng accessory, es. Niti in SuNiti suggests righteousness while Ruchi in Su
say one that’s not there (8) 18 Pick a bit of rind, etc. chewing Ruchi signifi es taste and hence a materialistic bias.
through fruit (8) Dhruva is unable to understand why he cannot sit on his
25 Someone translating English
for a minister (6) 19 She’s handy at reading father’s lap. After all, is it not his birthright, he wonders. But
between the lines? (7) Suruchi tells Dhruva for the fulfi lment of that desire he has
26 Referee takes time to
to gain the boon from Vasudeva. Though spoken with undue
deliberate (8)
21 Old student lost badge and possessiveness, her harsh words become auspicious as far
27 Joining in US to work in Nestlé became dull (6) as Dhruva is concerned, for he is led to achieve what conti
is harsh (8) nues to be elusive for many. It also establishes the subtle
23 Tax riding gear (6)
28 Can watch dog without leads workings of the Lord’s Sankalpa in the life of individuals.
(6) 24 Mark and Bill (6)
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I wish to serve all Sri Lankans: Gotabaya Pak. Parliament passes
resolution on Kashmir
As President, I represent the entire nation irrespective of ethnicity, religion or party, says President
It asks India to undo move on Article 370
Meera Srinivasan crimination, and has gion, party affi liation or oth
COLOMBO disappointed patriots, said er diff erences,” Press Trust of India lift lockdown in the valley,
President Gotabaya Rajapak Mano Ganesan, a former Mi President Rajapaksa said a Islamabad staterun Radio Pakistan
Arrest warrant issued for
S. Africa’s Jacob Zuma sa on Tuesday said he would nister of National Integra legitimately elected leader in Pakistan’s Parliament on reported.
JOHANNESBURG
look after all citizens and not tion, Offi cial Languages, So a democracy is for all the pe Tuesday unanimously Tensions between India
A judge in South Africa issued just “a particular communi cial Progress and Hindu ople of the country. “During passed a resolution express and Pakistan have spiked
an arrest warrant on Tuesday ty”, in his fi rst Indepen Religious Aff airs. “As a Sri his term of offi ce, he must ing “unfl inching and unwa since India abrogated Arti
against former President dence Day address to the na Lankan, I am ashamed and serve the entire Sri Lankan vering support” to the Kash cle 370 of the Constitution
Jacob Zuma for failing to tion, even as his government worried,” he tweeted. people. He is not bound to miri people and demanding to revoke the special status
appear in court in a dropped the Tamil national Addressing a big gathering serve only the interests of India to reverse its decision of Jammu and Kashmir in
corruption case that he has anthem from the ceremony. at Colombo’s Independent the people who voted for to revoke the special status August last year.
been avoiding for months — Weeks ahead of the cele Square that included senior him.” of Jammu and Kashmir. India’s decision evoked
now by asserting that he bration, the government an politicians, military men and Further, Mr. Rajapaksa The National Assembly or strong reactions from Pakis
is ill. AP nounced that it would not New message: Gotabaya Rajapaksa during his Independence diplomats, President Raja said maintaining the balance lower house passed the re tan, which downgraded di
play the Tamil version of the address to the nation in Colombo. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
*
paksa said: “I have the vision of power between the execu solution on the eve of what plomatic ties and expelled
Ireland probing Google's
use of location data national anthem — Tamil is that I must serve as the lead tive, the legislature and the Pakistan observes as the the Indian envoy. India has
DUBLIN
an offi cial language in Sri who said the omission of the to reconsider its decision, er of the country looking af judiciary was very important Kashmir Solidarity Day on categorically told the inter
Ireland is investigating Lanka — departing from a Tamil anthem would impair authorities stuck to their po ter all citizens rather than to “balance equilibrium in February 5 annually. national community that its
Google over its processing of practice reintroduced in postwar reconciliation in sition. By rejecting the Tamil serve as a political leader democracy”. However, he The resolution demand move to scrap Article 370 of
users’ location data. Ireland’s 2016 by former President the country. national anthem at the Inde concerned only about a par added: “I do not envisage pu ed India to immediately re the Constitution revoking
Data Protection Commission Maithripala Sirisena, who Despite last minute calls pendence Day celebration, ticular community. As the blic offi cials, lawmakers or verse its actions of August 5 the special status of J&K was
said there were complaints of Mr. Rajapaksa succeeded in from some Tamil politicians in front of local and interna President today, I represent the judiciary to impede” his and October 31, repeal the an internal matter and has
lack of transparency in data November 2019. The move and local newspaper edito tional community, the go the entire Sri Lankan nation “commitment” to fulfi lling “draconian laws”, withdraw also advised Pakistan to ac
processing by the firm. AFP drew criticism from citizens rials, urging the government vernment has justifi ed dis irrespective of ethnicity, reli the needs of the people. its forces and immediately cept the reality.
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cans giving him standing introduction of the President ic lawmakers to seek the cally mentioned the econo
ovations while rival Demo to Congress. woman, said of Ms. Pelosi: will stand our ground where charges against him, sat stoi my, China’s diplomatic envi bling to respond to growing during the New Year holi
crats for the most part re “Members of Congress, “Her hatred for @realdo we cannot. #SOTU” cally and grimfaced behind ronment, Hong Kong and public anger and to make up day, couldn’t have been
mained seated. the President of the United naldtrump has blinded her The tension was a sign Mr. Trump and paged Taiwan. for days of inaction by the worse, with the outbreak
The Republicanled Se States” was all she said in in to the repulsive nature of her that little legislative progress through a paper copy of his But just four months on Hubei provincial govern costing the economy over
nate was expected to acquit troducing Mr. Trump. smug, elitist behaviour.” should be expected with the speech as he spoke. after his speech, little would ment that allowed the virus 500 billion Yuan ($72 bil
him of charges he abused his When his speech ended, After the event, Ms. Pelosi presidential election nine Mr. Trump entered the Mr. Xi have imagined that to spread for close to one lion), say economists. In
powers and obstructed Con Ms. Pelosi stood and tore up tweeted a photo of her with months away. chamber with Democrats ex the biggest test of his eight month before they realised 2020, growth could fall to
gress during a vote begin her copy of the remarks he her hand reaching out to Mr. periencing unease and chaos year rule would come not the severity of the situation. 5.6%, down from 6.1% last
ning at 4 p.m. EST (2100 had handed her, later telling Trump and said, “Democrats Impeachment case after technical glitches de from faraway America but year, estimates Oxford Eco
GMT) on Wednesday. reporters it was “the courte will never stop extending the The impeachment case has layed the results of voting in from Wuhan, a beautiful Two-fold agenda nomics, the lowest since
Seeing Ms. Pelosi, the U.S. ous thing to do, considering hand of friendship to get the intensifi ed bitter feelings Iowa on Monday, the fi rst town of lakes and parks that Mr. Xi outlined a twofold 1990.
House of Representatives the alternative.” job done #ForThePeople. We between Mr .Trump and Ms. 2020 contest as the party is famous in Chinese history agenda: controlling the epi Then there are the politi
speaker, for the fi rst time Kayleigh McEnany, Mr. will work to fi nd common Pelosi that have existed seeks a nominee to face the for launching the uprising demic, which he warned “di cal risks. Mr. Xi’s comments
since she stormed out of a Trump’s campaign spokes ground where we can, but throughout his presidency. incumbent Republican. that would bring down Chi rectly aff ects” economic and suggest he is certainly aware
na’s last imperial dynasty. social stability, and “safe that that the Party’s credibil
As China grapples with guarding economic and so ity has been hit. There is an
NEWS ANALYSIS
outpouring of anger towards
the provincial leadership,
and people are asking if Chi
na has progressed or re
Both got 10 pledged delegates each den at 15.4% and Senator
Amy Klobuchar, from Iowa’s
been historically reported.
The state delegate equiva
a lot backing up that belief,”
Mr. Buttigieg said.
infected more than 24,000,
Mr. Xi and the Communist
That is going to be easier
said than done. China has
gressed since the SARS out
break 17 years ago.
from State, Joe Biden fi nishes fourth northern neighbour, Minne lents is used to calculate the Mr. Biden, 77, who like Mr. Party of China (CPC) are al come to a standstill because At the same time, it’s sim
sota, in fi fth place with number of ‘pledged dele Buttigieg, is making a play ready counting the costs, of the measures deployed to plistic to assume that every
Sriram Lakshman provides candidates with 12.6%. gates’ a candidate sends to for moderate and indepen both economic and political. contain the outbreak. Facto piece of bad news in China
Washington momentum to carry them the nominating convention dent voters, had relatively The 11 million people of ries are shut down. Many will hurt Mr. Xi. If the coun
As the Iowa Democratic Par through to July, when the De Lead in popular votes in July (currently Mr. Butti slim crowds at his events in Wuhan and more than 40 workers who were due to re try emerges quickly from the
ty began releasing partial re mocratic Party will chooses Mr. Sanders, however, led gieg and Mr. Sanders are the runup to Monday’s cau million others in Hubei pro turn this week after the Lu epidemic, an outcome the
sults from Monday’s caucus its presidential nominee. Mr. Buttigieg narrowly in the equal on that count, with 10 cuses, based on reports. The vince have been in lock nar New Year holiday re world will be hoping for, Mr.
es that kicked off the The party released results fi rst two popular vote statis pledged delegates). Mr. But former VicePresident is down, after Mr. Xi ordered mained confi ned to their Xi may well frame it as a de
primary race of the party, fi rst around 4 p.m. and then tics — the fi rst and second tigieg, who came out as gay a banking on the South Caroli the unprecedented quaran villages and towns that are in fence of the robustness of
Pete Buttigieg, the 38year later on Tuesday night, with alignment (the fi rst round of few years ago, addressed na primary later in February, tining of an entire city on Ja eff ective lockdown. the Chinese system and
old Mayor from Southbend, 71% of 1,765 precincts report voting and the second round supporters in New Hamp where he is expected to win, nuary 23. Consumer spending is on further push the political
Indiana, led the candidates ing. Mr. Buttigieg led with of voting when supporters of shire, where Democrats will as per polls, with support On Monday, Mr. Xi admit pause. Apple and Starbucks tightening and centralisa
in state delegates, followed 26.8% of state delegate nonviable candidates rea compete against each other from African Americans. ted that the outbreak was “a are among the many outlets tion that his twoterms have
closely by progressive candi equivalents, followed Mr. lign with a viable candidate). next week in a primary race. For now, candidates have major test of China’s system that have shut shop in the seen. The initial coverups,
date Bernie Sanders. Former Sanders, at 25.2%. Mr. San The Democratic party is re “It validates for a kid so begun canvassing in New and capacity for gover mainland. Cities as far away which have brought enor
VicePresident Joseph R. Bi ders’s fellow progressive porting the fi rst and second mewhere in a community Hampshire, where Mr. San nance”, as he chaired a spe as Hangzhou, home to e mous costs to the people of
den performed poorly as per candidate Elizabeth Warren, alignments as well as the wondering if he belongs or ders has an advantage, as per cial meeting of the party’s commerce giant Alibaba, are Wuhan, will become a foot
polls prior to the caucuses. Senator from Massachusetts, state delegate equivalents she belongs or they belong in the latest state poll , with Mr. top Politburo Standing in complete lockdown. note on what Mr. Xi likes to
The Iowa race is crucial to came in third with 18.4% of this year as opposed to just their community, if you be Biden and Mr. Buttigieg tied Committee. The economic costs will call the country’s road to re
winning the nomination as it the vote followed by Mr. Bi the third number, which has lieve in your country, there’s for second place. The leadership is scram be enormous. The timing, juvenation.
More Chinese cities shut down as virus toll rises
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Desperate bid to contain spread as toll inches close to 500 Baby tests positive in Wuhan
Agence France-Presse sities. “Please don’t go out,
Hangzhou don’t go out, don’t go out!” Agence France-Presse as being infected by the
Millions more people have blared a message on a loud
Beijing virus.
been ordered to stay indoors speaker urging people to A baby in China’s Wuhan CCTV quoted experts as
as China battles to curb the wear masks, wash their city has been diagnosed saying it may be a case of
spread of a new virus that hands regularly and report with the novel coronavirus “vertical transmission”,
authorities said on Wednes any people who are from Hu just 30 hours after being referring to infections
day has already killed nearly bei — refl ecting a common born, Chinese state media passed from mother to
500 people. fear that people from the reported on Wednesday. child during pregnancy,
With more than 24,000 province might infect others. The infant is the childbirth or immediately
cases in China, a growing A woman collecting items At least three other cities youngest person recorded after.
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imposing a range of restric her house in Hangzhou. AFP *
hou, Wenzhou and parts of
tions in recent days far from
central Hubei province, the fences blocked streets near
Ningbo — have imposed the
same measures, aff ecting 18 Unpaid leave for Cathay staff
epicentre of the outbreak. the headquarters of Chinese million people.
Global concerns have ri tech giant Alibaba as a fi ght Similar restrictions have Reuters conditions were as grave as
sen as cases continue to er jet circled overhead. been put in place in Heilong SYDNEY during the 2009 fi nancial
spread abroad, with 10 peo The fi rm is based in one of jiang province on the Russia Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacifi c crisis due to the epidemic.
ple testing positive for the vi three Hangzhou districts border. In Zhumadian, auth Airways asked its 27,000 Cathay is also asking
Narrow escape: A plane carrying 177 people skidded off the runway and split into three after rus on a ship quarantined off subject to new restrictions orities said one person employees to take three suppliers for price
landing in rough weather at an airport in Istanbul on Wednesday. About 120 people were the coast of Japan. that allow only one person would be allowed to leave weeks of unpaid leave, reductions, putting in place
injured and taken to hospital. REUTERS * In Hangzhou, some 175 per household to go outside each household only every saying preserving cash was hiring freezes, postponing
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Sham trial is a vindication for Trump: WH China scrambles for beds,
Senators voted to acquit the President on charges of abuse of offi ce and obstruction of justice supplies as toll hits 563
Sriram Lakshman dential misconduct.” Thursday Mr. Trump criti
Washington DC Senate Democrats could cised his political 20 people on ocean liner off the Japanese coast test positive
Shortly after he was acquit not get enough GOP votes to opponents.
ted of impeachment charges summon fresh witnesses and “I don’t like people who Agence France-Presse
in the Senate on Wednesday, evidence during the im use their faith as justifi cation Reuters
beijing
U.S. President Donald peachment trial. Among the for doing what they know is
Trump tweeted a video of possible material witnesses wrong,“ Mr. Trump said in a China scrambled to fi nd bed
election signs starting with the Democrats wanted to reference to Mr. Romney, space for thousands of new
‘Trump 2024’ and culminat hear from was former Na who had alluded to his faith ly infected patients on
ing in ‘Trump 4EVA’ (i.e., tional Security Adviser John during remarks about voting Thursday, as the death toll
‘Trump forever’). Mr. Trump Bolton. to convict the President. from the novel coronavirus
has repeatedly joked that he Mr. Bolton had, as per re “Nor do I like people who soared to 563, with more
might serve more than the ports of a leaked book manu say, ‘I pray for you,’ when than 28,000 confi rmed
constitutionally mandated li script, said that Mr. Trump they know that’s not so,” Mr. infections
mit of two terms. had asked him to withhold Trump said, in a comment At the Chinese epicentre
“Had failed presidential the aid to Ukraine pending directed at Speaker of the of the epidemic in Hubei
candidate @MittRomney de an announcement of investi House Nancy Pelosi, who has province, the lockeddown
voted the same energy and gations in the President’s De said before that she prays for city of Wuhan was due to
anger to defeating a faltering All smiles: Donald Trump holding up a copy of Washington mocratic rival Joe Biden and the President. open a second fi eld hospital, Whistleblower: Doctor Li Wenliang, who fi rst warned about
Barack Obama as he sancti Post with the headline “Trump Acquitted” in Washington. * AP his son Hunter. Ms. Pelosi, who was also off ering 1,600 beds. the coronavirus, at a hospital in Wuhan. LI WENLIANG/WEIBO*
moniously does to me, he House Democrats are present, was seen standing The fi rst hospital, with
could have won the election. to acquit the president of the Chuck Schumer criticised “likely” to subpoena Mr. Bol and clapping for Mr. Trump 1,000 beds, opened earlier
Read the Transcripts,” Mr.
Trump tweeted.
charge of obstruction of
Congress.
the arguments law professor
and criminal defence attor
ton, House Judiciary Com
mittee Chairman Jerrold Na
as he was introduced. The
last time they were in the
this week, and authorities
said they were converting Doctor who fi rst warned
“Today, the sham im ney Alan Dershowitz had dler told reporters on same room was Tuesday, at public buildings into tem
Romney’s dissent vote
Republican Senator Romney,
peachment attempt concoct
ed by the Democrats ended
made on the Senate fl oor in
defence of Mr Trump.
Wednesday.
“When you have a lawless
the House, when Mr. Trump
did not shake Ms. Pelosi’s
porary medical facilities to
deal with the infl ux of sick
about coronavirus dies
who lost his presidential bid in the full vindication and ex “These are the excuses of President, you have to bring hand and Ms. Pelosi tore up a people.
to Obama in 2012, voted with oneration of President Do a child, caught in a lie.” that to the fore, you have to copy of Mr. Trump’s State of The city of 11 million is Press Trust of India emerged in Wuhan.
47 Democrats in the Senate nald J. Trump,” White House The Democrat Leader spotlight that, you have to the Union address after he facing a “severe” lack of
Beijing He posted a message
against Mr. Trump on abuse Press Secretary Stephanie called the arguments in de protect the Constitution was done delivering it. beds, said Hu Lishan, a se Chinese doctor Li in his medical school
of offi ce charge. Senators Grisham said via a fence of Mr. Trump “as whatever the political conse Mr. Trump is scheduled to nior offi cial in Wuhan, not Wenliang, one of the alumni group on WeChat
voted 52 to 48 to acquit Mr. statement. dangerous to the Republic as quences,” Mr. Nadler said. deliver remarks on his im ing that there were 8,182 pa eight whistleblowers who that seven patients from
Trump on the charge. They Speaking before the vote, this President … a fi g leaf so At the annual National peachment and acquittal la tients admitted to 28 warned fellow doctors a local seafood market
voted 5347 as per party lines Senate Democrat Leader large, as to excuse any presi Prayer Breakfast meeting on ter on Thursday. hospitals that have a total of about the coronavirus had been diagnosed with
8,254 beds. There is also a outbreak but were a SARSlike illness and
shortage of equipment and reprimanded by the quarantined.
Buttigieg, Sanders nearly tied
police, died of the Dr. Li told his friends
ELSEWHERE materials, he said.
epidemic on Thursday, to warn their loved ones
The central government
has announced measures in offi cial media reported. privately. But the
tended to ensure the supply Dr. Li, 34, was the fi rst messages went viral.
Associated Press crat will take on President dent Joe Biden and Sen. Amy submit their totals. Even as of vital medical resources, to report about the virus Soon thereafter, the
WASHINGTON Donald Trump in November. Klobuchar trailing behind. the total number of results with tax breaks for manufac way back in December police accused him of
Pete Buttigieg and Bernie A new batch of results re ticked up throughout Wed turers. “We must make all last year when it fi rst rumourmongering.
Sanders are nearly tied in leased just after midnight Technical problems nesday, obstacles remained. out eff orts across the coun
the Iowa Democratic caucus narrowed the margin bet But the results in Iowa were Some tally sheets were mak try to meet the need for es
7 killed in Iraq clashes es, with nearly all results ween Mr. Buttigieg, the muddied by the stunning ing their way to party head sential medical supplies and Japanese coast have tested Americans off . “Its better for
as protests continue counted in a contest marred former Mayor of South breakdown of the caucus re quarters in Des Moines medical professionals in Hu positive for the new corona us to travel while healthy
NAJAF by technical issues and re Bend, Indiana, and Mr. San porting process in a state through the mail, which con bei Province,” Premier Li Ke virus. The vessel, with 3,700 and also, if we get sick, to be
Young Iraqi protesters porting delays. ders, the progressive senator that traditionally kicks off tributed to the delay. qiang said, according to the passengers and crew hailing treated in American hospi
pushed on with anti The race remained too from Vermont. Mr. Buttigieg presidential nominating con Much of the political offi cial Xinhua news agency. from over 50 countries, has tals,” he told Reuters.
government rallies across the early to call early Thursday has a lead of three state dele tests. Iowa offi cials initially world has already shifted its BGI Group, a genome se been quarantined by offi In Hong Kong, another
country on Thursday as they with 97% of precincts report gate equivalents out of 2,098 attributed a delay in report attention to New Hampshire, quencing company based in cials in a desperate bid to cruise ship with 3,600 pas
buried seven fellow activists ing. Party offi cials were counted. ing results to technical pro which holds the fi rst prim southern China, said it stem the spread of virus. sengers and crew was qua
killed overnight in violence scrambling to verify the re The nearly complete re blems with an app that pre ary in the Democrats’ 2020 opened on Wednesday a lab rantined for a second day
blamed on supporters of maining results three days sults show Mr. Buttigieg and cinct chairs were supposed nomination fi ght on Tues in Wuhan that is able to test Novelist appeals to U.S. pending testing after three
powerful cleric Moqtada after Iowans gathered at cau Mr. Sanders leading Massa to use to record votes, then day. Both Mr. Buttigieg and up to 10,000 people per day Gay Courter, a 75yearold cases on board. Taiwan,
Sadr. AFP cus sites across the state to chusetts Sen. Elizabeth War to backlogs as those volun Mr. Sanders are leading con for the virus. American novelist on board, which has 13 cases, banned
begin choosing which Demo ren, with former VicePresi teers tried to call the party to tenders there, as well. At least 20 people on said he hoped the U.S. go international cruise ships
Nepal will add a third board an ocean liner off the vernment would take the from docking.
gender option in census
KATHMANDU,
Nepal will count a third
gender in its next population
census, for the first time
counting LGBT people as a
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minority group that can be
allocated government jobs
spikes a week after Trump plan Syrian fi ghters Kirk Douglas dead at 103 calls for poll
and education. The group had
for long demanded inclusion Spartacus star started his career in 1940s
as sexual minorities. AFP Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse
Motorist rams his car into a group of soldiers, injuring 12 Beirut Agence France-Presse Frankfurt am Main
Ex-CEO of SriLankan Israeli air strikes killed 12 Los Angeles The premier of Germany’s
Airlines arrested Associated Press proIran fi ghters in Syria Kirk Douglas, one of the last Thuringia state stepped
COLOMBO JERUSALEM on Thursday, a monitor superstars of Hollywood’s down and called for snap
Kapila Chandrasena, the
Israeli forces killed two Pal said, the latest in a spate of golden age of cinema who elections on Thursday,
former chief executive of Sri
Lanka’s national carrier
estinians in clashes in the oc raids Israel has said target was renowned for his in barely 24 hours after he
SriLankan Airlines, was cupied West Bank on Thurs ed Iran’s ambitions to de tense, muscular perfor was elected with the help
arrested on Thursday over day and a third in Jerusalem velop a military presence mances in Spartacus and of farright AfD in a vote
allegations he received bribes after he opened fi re at a pol on its doorstep. Paths of Glory, died on Chancellor Angela Merkel
for a multibilliondollar ice offi cer, hours after a car Israel has pledged to Wednesday aged 103. called “unforgivable”.
Airbus aircraft deal. AFP ramming attack elsewhere prevent its main enemy Mr. Douglas, an actor, Thomas Kemmerich,
in the city wounded 12 Israe from entrenching itself mil producer and director, from the liberal Free De
35 IS-linked Russian
li soldiers. itarily in Syria, where it is came to prominence in the Kirk Douglas mocrats, said he would ap
orphans repatriated
Tensions have soared fol On the boil: Palestinians clashing with Israeli security forces backing President Bashar late 1940s and never lost his ply for the regional Parlia
QAMISHLI
Syria's Kurds on Thursday
lowing last week’s release of in the Bethlehem area on Thursday. AFP * alAssad's government popularity, taking on nearly winning actor and ment to be dissolved in
handed over 35 Russian President Donald Trump’s alongside Russia and Leba 100 movies over a sixde fi lmmaker. response to the outrage ov
orphans linked to the Islamic West Asia initiative, which The violence began on estinians were killed in nese militant group Hez cade career that endured “It is with tremendous er his appointment, which
State group to their home greatly favours Israel and Wednesday, when a Palesti clashes with troops. Later, bollah. The predawn raids beyond a severe stroke in sadness that my brothers drew comparisons with the
country after their ‘identities was rejected by the Palesti nian motorist slammed his Israeli police said they shot killed seven foreign fi ght his later years. and I announce that Kirk rise of Nazis in the 1930s.
were verified via DNA testing’ nians. The violence put the car into a group of Israeli sol and killed an Arab citizen of ers in the Kisweh area His death at his family Douglas left us today at the “We want elections to re
in the latest such repatriation plan on even shakier ground diers, wounding 12, the Is Israel, who opened fi re at south of Damascus, the home in Beverly Hills was age of 103,” Mr. Michael move the stain of the AfD’s
of parentless children, an AFP and raised fears of another raeli military said. forces in Jerusalem’s Old Ci Syrian Observatory for Hu confi rmed by his son Mi Douglas said in a statement support from the offi ce of
correspondent said. AFP extended round of fi ghting. In the West Bank, two Pal ty, wounding an offi cer. man Rights said. chael Douglas, the Oscar posted to Facebook. the premiership,” he said.
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Social media users seek apology from Wuhan govt.; China is doing everything possible to contain virus, Xi tells Trump
U.S. warns Venezuela
Reuters ed infections in China, which against harm to Guaido
Shortage of anti-virus
BEIJING/SHANGHAI is good news, but we caution
A Chinese doctor reprimand against reading too much in Opposition leader is in Washington
ed for warning against a to that,” he told the WHO Ex
“SARSlike” coronavirus be
fore it was offi cially recog
ecutive Board. “The num
bers could go up again.” masks: WHO chief Agence France-Presse
Washington
nised died of the illness on U.S. President Donald The U.S. on Thursday
Friday, triggering online ex Trump, after speaking to Mr. Agence France-Presse “The world is facing a warned Venezuela’s rulers
pressions of anger at the go Xi by phone, said China was Geneva chronic shortage of of consequences if opposi
vernment and fuelling suspi showing “great discipline” in The world is running out personal protective tion leader Juan Guaido is
cions of censorship. tackling the virus. of masks and other equipment,” Tedros not allowed to return safely
The death of Li Wenliang, Li was among eight people protective equipment Adhanom Ghebreyesus from a visit to Washington,
34, came as Chinese Presi reprimanded by police in the against the novel said. He also said where he enjoyed pledges of
dent Xi Jinping told the U.S. city of Wuhan, the epicentre coronavirus, the World countries must not hold robust support.
that China was doing all it of the fl ulike contagion in Health Organization chief back clinical data on In one sign that some saw
could to contain the virus af central Hubei province, for In high demand: People queueing up to buy masks in Hong warned on Friday. confi rmed cases of virus. as retaliation, authorities Juan Guaido
ter earlier assuring the World spreading “illegal and false” Kong, which has reported 25 confi rmed cases, on Friday. AP *
threw into jail six oil execu
Health Organization (WHO) information. Li’s social me tives with joint U.S. and Ve Guaido faces trouble.
of full openness and dia warnings of a new “SARS Wenliang... After alleff ort jin, editor of the govern occupation with maintaining signs that discussion of his nezuelan nationality, two “We hope that the regime
transparency. like” coronavirus angered rescue, Li passed away,” the mentbacked Global Times stability drives it to suppress death was being censored. months after allowing them makes the calculation, par
The death toll in mainland police. Li was forced to sign a ruling Communist Party's Pe- tabloid, said on social media. vital information, Nicholas The topics “the Wuhan go to shift to house arrest. ticularly after this trip, that
China reached 637 on Friday, letter on January 3, saying he ople's Daily said on Twitter. “Wuhan and Hubei offi cials Bequelin, Southeast Asia re vernment owes doctor Li Elliott Abrams, the U.S. the support for Guaido is
with a total of 31,211 cases, had ”severely disrupted so Social media users called also owe a solemn apology to gional director for Amnesty Wenliang an apology” and envoy leading the drive to strong and that the counter
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom cial order” and was threa Li a hero, accusing authori the people of Hubei and this International said. “we want free speech” brief oust leftist leader Nicolas reaction to any move
Ghebreyesus said in Geneva. tened with charges. ties of incompetence. country.” Some media described Li ly trended on Weibo late on Maduro, warned that the against him would make it a
“For the last two days “We deeply mourn the “Wuhan indeed owes Li Li's death was a “tragic re as a hero “willing to speak Thursday, but yielded no U.S. was “prepared” with mistake for the regime,” Mr.
there had been fewer report death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang an apology,” Hu Xi minder” of how China’s pre the truth” but there were search results on Friday. unspecifi ed actions if Mr. Abrams told reporters.
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A Thai soldier killed at least
rived at the port of Yokoha Agence France-Presse fi rms have developed apps 20 people in a shooting ram
ma last week.
Beijing to help people check if they page in northeastern Thai
Now, with the disclosure As Chinese authorities race have taken the same fl ight land on Saturday, posting
that 64 people from that ship to contain the spread of the or train as confi rmed virus messages on Facebook dur
have tested positive for the coronavirus, which has in patients, scraping data from ing the attack, and was
virus, Japan is scrambling to fected more than 34,000 lists published by state me holed up in a shopping mall
prevent a larger outbreak people and killed more than dia. In Guangzhou, south nine hours after he fi rst
even as it prepares to wel 700 in China, Beijing is turn ern Guangdong province, struck, authorities said. Se
come hundreds of thousands ing to a familiar set of tools robots at one public plaza curity forces blocked the
of visitors for the Summer to fi nd and prevent poten have even been deployed to street leading to the Termi
Olympics starting in Tokyo tial infections: data tracking scold passersby not wear nal 21 mall in the city of Nak
in July. and artifi cial intelligence. ing masks, according to hon Ratchasima. Motive unclear: A screenshot from the Facebook page of
The Japanese government Several Chinese tech staterun Global Times. Groups of soldiers and
On alert: Children wearing masks at the Ice Festival in Jakrapanth Thomma, the shooter. AFP *
ELSEWHERE Trump defends removal Democrats prepare for a tight New Hampshire contest
of impeachment witness Sanders, Buttigieg fi nished at the top in the Iowa caucus, where technical problems delayed the results
Vindman was insubordinate: President Reuters
Concord
toptier contender absent ed to keep it from becoming
from Saturday’s presidential “just another political foot
Agence France-Presse myr Zelensky to open an in Democrats scrambled to forum on reproductive ball.” One possibility, he
Washington vestigation into his political gain an edge with voters on rights and the courts in Con said, would be to allow the
Ireland votes in key
general election President Donald Trump on rival Joe Biden. Saturday on the last wee cord that drew eight other courts sitting justices choose
DUBLIN Saturday defended his deci Subpoenaed by Congress kend before the party’s next Democratic candidates, in onethird of appointments
Ireland began voting in a sion to fi re an Army offi cer to testify at the House im presidential nominating cluding Mr. Buttigieg, Mr. by unanimous vote.
general election on Saturday, who gave damning evidence peachment hearings, the Uk contest in New Hampshire, Sanders and Ms. Warren. Mr. Sanders rejected ex
with Prime Minister Leo against him during the im rainianborn Vindman said which could help boost one There is broad consensus panding the high court, an
Varadkar hoping to secure a peachment probe. Mr. Trump’s actions were candidate above the pack af among the Democratic can idea embraced recently by
new term on the back of LieutenantColonel Alex “improper.” ter a debacle in Iowa. didates on abortion rights, some leading Democrats,
Brexit — though voters are ander Vindman was escort Mr. Trump attacked Vind U.S. Senator Bernie San an issue that is drawing in saying it would inevitably
more likely to judge him more ed on Friday out of the man in a tweet on Saturday. ders and Pete Buttigieg, the tensifi ed debate amid Repu lead to Presidents of both
Contest intensifi es: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders at the
on his domestic record. AFP White House, where he “Fake News @CNN & former Mayor of South blicanbacked State laws parties taking turns packing
debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday. AFP *
worked on the National Se MSDNC keep talking about Bend, Indiana, ended up in that restrict a woman’s right the court with more justices.
Eight dead, 40 hurt in curity Council as an expert ‘Lt. Col.’ Vindman as though a virtual tie as results trick the candidates could claim win the State, prompting lo to end a pregnancy. He did vow to apply a lit
Kazakhstan clashes on Ukraine. His lawyer I should think only how led in from Monday’s Iowa before New Hampshire’s cal media to ask afterward mus test for any judicial ap
MASANCHI
called the move an act of re wonderful he was,” Mr. caucuses, with both candi contest on Tuesday and cast whether he was writing off Protecting abortion pointment — the 1973 Su
Eight people were killed, venge by the President, two Trump wrote. dates claiming victory. U.S. a pall as the Democratic Par New Hampshire. His cam rights preme Court ruling Roe v.
dozens hurt and property
days after he was acquitted “Actually, I don’t know Senator Elizabeth Warren ty began the process of pick paign maintained that Mr. Candidates vary on ways to Wade, holding that a woman
burned during clashes in
by the Senate. him, never spoke to him, or followed in third place, ing a nominee to face Repu Biden would continue to protect those rights, with has a constitutional right to
southern Kazakhstan,
Lt.Colonel Vindman was met him (I don’t believe!) while former VicePresident blican President Donald campaign in the days lead some advocating structural abortion. “I will never nomi
prompting concern on
Saturday from authorities
present during a nowinfa but, he was very insubordi Joe Biden trailed in fourth. Trump in November. ing up to the primary and ex changes to the Supreme nate anybody to the Su
who portray the country as a mous July 25 phone call dur nate, reported contents of The problems that At the presidential debate pected to fi nish Court. Mr. Buttigieg wants to preme Court or any federal
beacon of stability. AFP ing which Mr. Trump asked my ‘perfect’ calls incorrect plagued the caucuses over on Friday, Mr. Biden conced competitively. change the way the high court who is not 100 percent
Ukrainian President Volody ly.” “In other words,’ OUT'.” shadowed any victory bump ed that he likely would not Mr. Biden was the only court’s justices are appoint proRoe v. Wade.”
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Odds favour Phoenix, Zellweger for Oscar glory
Predictive model designed by U.S.based statistician gives 71% chance to 1917 for a ‘Best Picture’ win this weekend
Vignesh Radhakrishnan my ship are initially slim, the the Golden Globes. Thus, the — Best Picture, Best Actor in
The Oscars are predictable. probability increases as the awards preceding the Oscars a Leading Role, Best Actress
And there is science behind game goes on. The Oscar is an important data point. in a Leading Role, Best Direc
such predictions. predictions follow the same Second, winners of the tor — and their win probabil
While the degree of accu principle: when an exercise Best Picture and Best Direc ities. A word of caution
racy varies, from one predic repeats itself over a period, it tor are often represented by though. No model can be
tive model to another, one creates enough patterns to multiple nominees in other 100% accurate.
nominee stands out in each guess the future outcomes. categories. For instance, bet
category, every year. For in With the 92nd Academy ween 1938 and 2006, only High success rate
stance, it can be predicted Awards to be presented on three movies have won the Between 19382018, the mo
with 99.8% certainty that, February 9, mathematicians Best Picture without also re del has accurately predicted
this year, Joaquin Phoenix is have 91 previous results as ceiving a Best Director nomi 71% of the Oscars winners.
going to win Best Actor in a data to build a model using nation. Thus, the interrela The odds become better,
Leading Role for Joker. Whe which the future winner can tionship between with a 80% success rate,
reas in the Best Picture cate be predicted. nominations adds to the fi when only the last 14 years
gory, the win probabilities Iain Pardoe, who has a nal probability. Third, past are considered. However,
are relatively more closer, doctorate in Statistics from nominations of the lead ac the Academy has thrown up
with 1917 at 71%, Joker at 10% the University of Minnesota, tors and directors increases surprises on many occa
and Parasite only at 2%. has built one such model. He their chance of winning. sions, especially in the Best
But how do statisticians uses three basic patterns. Whereas, past wins decreas Picture category — as it re
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku predict the Oscar winners? First, the Academy members es the chance of a repeat in presents a collective eff ort
More importantly, how ma involved in deciding the Os case of Lead Actor (male) and not an individual's
ny past winners coincide cars are also present in the and Lead Actor (female). brilliance
with the predicted? panel which decides the Gol Weights are then assigned Notable exceptions in re
den Globes, Directors Guild based on which of the above cent years: 2016 winner
Considering the patterns of America, Screen Actors assumptions correlates Moonlight (had only 2%
While the mathematical mo Guild, BAFTA etc. Thus, strongly to the past Oscar probability of winning, but
del involves complicated eq their choices can’t wildly va winners. Using that relation beat La La Land which had a
uations, the basic premise is ry between the two awards. ship, the 2019 winners are 97% chance); 2015 winner
simple. Ever played the For instance, of the 64 Best predicted. The graphic Spotlight (with just 6% prob
game of battleship? While Picture winners from 1943 to shows the predicted winners ability beat The Revenant
the odds of spotting an ene 2006, 34 had previously won in the four major categories which had 56% chance).
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Thousands of people strand
ed aboard a cruise ship in
Hong Kong for fi ve days were Associated Press vince. Baidu has a map app University’s School of Bio
allowed to disembark on SHANGHAI that is similar to Google medical Sciences. “Five mil
Sunday after its 1,800 crew For weeks after the fi rst re Maps, which is blocked in lion out. That’s a big chal
tested negative for the dead ports of a mysterious new vi China. lenge. Many of them may not
ly new coronavirus. rus in Wuhan, millions of pe Another 14% of the trips come back to Wuhan but
Health authorities in the ople poured out of the went to the neighboring pro hang around somewhere
fi nancial hub said the crew central Chinese city, cram vinces of Henan, Hunan, An else. To control this out
and a similar number of pas ming onto buses, trains and hui and Jiangxi. Nearly 2% break, we have to deal with
sengers had been released planes as the fi rst wave of slipped down to Guangdong this. On one hand, we need
from a quarantine imposed China’s great Lunar New province, the coastal manu to identify them. On the oth
because of fears some staff Year migration broke across facturing powerhouse er hand, we need to address
could have contracted the Safe exit: Passengers disembarking from the World Dream at the nation. Some carried across from Hong Kong, and the issue of stigma and dis
deadly virus on a previous Kai Tak Terminal, Hong Kong, on Sunday. GETTY IMAGES *
with them the new virus that the rest fanned out across crimination.”
voyage and passed it on. has since claimed over 800 China. The cities outside Hu Public health offi cials and On vigil: An Afghan soldier patrolling in Nangarhar. *
REUTERS
The World Dream carried December, the virus has in cessary because they were at lives and sickened more bei province that were top academics have been using
three Chinese passengers to fected more than 37,200 pe relatively low risk. All 3,600 than 37,000 people. destinations for trips from this kind of mapping data for Agence France-Presse earlier said it was not imme
Vietnam between January 19 ople on the Chinese main onboard will not be required Offi cials fi nally began to Wuhan between January 10 years to track the potential KABUL diately clear if the incident
and 24. They were later land and at least 36 in Hong to selfquarantine after seal the borders on January and January 24 were spread of disease. Two American troops were was a deliberate act by an
found to be infected with the Kong. leaving. 23. But it was too late. Speak Chongqing, a municipality The last trains left Wuhan killed and six others wound “infi ltrator” or an accident.
SARSlike coronavirus, The passengers and crew As he left the ship, passen ing to reporters a few days next to Hubei province, Beij the morning of January 23, ed by an Afghan soldier “It was not a clash bet
which has killed more than isolated on the vessel had ger Rocky Chan said quaran after the city was put under ing and Shanghai. cutting off a surge of out armed with a machine gun, ween the forces. We are in
800 people in China since it been expecting to stay tine conditions had been quarantine, the Mayor esti The travel patterns broad bound travel that had begun the U.S. military confi rmed vestigating,” Mr. Meyakhil
emerged in December. aboard until Tuesday after “okay”, though his time on mated that 5 million people ly track with the early three days earlier, Baidu da on Sunday. said.
The government ground Hong Kong authorities said board had caused him a few had already left. spread of the virus. The ma ta shows. Nearby cities The deaths come at a sen
ed the ship on its arrival in testing would take at least problems. jority of confi rmed cases rushed to impose travel res sitive time in the 18yearold Motive not known
Hong Kong on Wednesday four days. Vicepresident of market Travel patterns and deaths have occurred in trictions of their own. war, with President Donald Mr. Leggett also stressed the
while tests were carried out ing at Dream Cruises, An Associated Press analysis China, within Hubei pro Researchers note that tra Trump eager to bring troops cause or motive behind the
on the crew, but said the pas No self-quarantine Phoebe Yip Chingman said of domestic travel patterns vince, followed by high num vel patterns after restric home and end the longest attack were not immediately
sengers need not undergo But chief port health offi cer the company arranged for using map location data bers of cases in central Chi tions started rolling out on confl ict in U.S. history. known.
examination as they had no Leung Yiuhong said on Sun dozens of coaches to take from Chinese tech giant Bai na, with pockets of January 23 will not match The incident occurred In a tweet, the U.S. Ar
contact with the three sick day “all tests have results this passengers into the city, du shows that in the two infections in Chongqing, historical norms and that late on Saturday at a base in my’s 7th Special Forces
holidaymakers on the Janu afternoon and are all while free hotel rooms were weeks before Wuhan’s lock Shanghai and Beijing as well. the cities they identifi ed are Sherzad district, in Nangar Group (Airborne) said “sev
ary trip. negative”. booked for the more than down, nearly 70% of trips “It’s defi nitely too late,” initial ports of landing; tra har province, eastern eral” of its soldiers had been
First found in the city of He added that passenger 100 foreign passport holders out of the central Chinese ci said Jin DongYan, a molecu velers could have subse Afghanistan. killed or injured during
Wuhan in central China last testing was deemed unne who needed them. ty were within Hubei pro lar virologist at Hong Kong quently moved elsewhere. “Current reports indicate combat operations in
an individual in an Afghan Afghanistan.
uniform opened fi re on the No group immediately
ELSEWHERE
Thai soldier shot dead after he killed 29 combined U.S. and Afghan
force with a machine gun,”
U.S. ForcesAfghanistan spo
kesman Sonny Leggett said
claimed responsibility for
the incident. Taliban spo
kesman Zabihullah Mujahid
later declined to comment
Angry over a house deal gone wrong, asima after travelling there
to meet wounded survivors.
league died on the scene.
“He was shooting eve
greedy people.
“Rich from cheating. Tak
in a statement on Sunday.
The Defence Ministry
on the incident.
Last year was the dea
he carried out the massacre, says PM Mr. Prayuth added that the rywhere and his shots were ing advantage of other peo said one Afghan soldier was dliest for U.S. forces in Af
confl ict was with a relative of very precise,” said the man, ple. Do they think they can killed and three local securi ghanistan since combat op
Reuters night siege with an assault the soldier’s commanding of identifi ed as “Diaw”. spend the money in hell?” ty forces injured during the erations offi cially fi nished at
Israel preparing map for
NAKHON RATCHASIMA rifl e and ammunition stolen fi cer, who was one of the pe According to local media, read one post in Thai. shooting, and added that an the end of 2014, highlighting
West Bank annexations A soldier angry over a pro from his army base. ople reported killed. Jakrapanth worked at an Ar He later posted written investigation had been the challenging security sit
JERUSALEM perty deal gone sour killed at Police named him as 32 Hundreds of shoppers my base. He was a sharp updates during the attack. launched while vowing to uation that persists.
Israel has begun to draw up least 29 people and wound yearold soldier Jakrapanth fl ed the mall in groups shooter and took many spe “Death is inevitable for eve continue fi ghting “terro About 20 American
maps of land in the occupied ed 57 in a rampage that Thomma. He initially posted crouching low, and the pol cial courses on carrying out ryone,” he wrote. Later, he rism” with the U.S. troops were killed in 2019.
West Bank that will be spanned four locations in written messages on Face ice and Army launched sev attacks, including planning complained about his fi ngers “Incidents such as this Since the U.S.led invasion
annexed in accordance with and around the northeastern book during the attack be eral rescues during the more ambushes, army sources cramping and asked “Should fail to have negative eff ects in October 2001, about
U.S. President Donald Thai city of Nakhon Ratchasi fore his account was shut than 12hour standoff , with said. Thai media reported he I give up?” before the ac on the friendship and spirit 2,400 U.S. troops have been
Trump’s proposed peace plan, ma before he was shot dead down by the company. armed forces at one point often posted photos of wea count was no longer of cooperation and between killed in combat in
Prime Minister Benjamin early on Sunday. “It was a personal con emerging at a run carrying pons on social media. available. the ANDSF and U.S military Afghanistan.
Netanyahu has said. “We are Most of the victims were at fl ict... over a house deal,” small children. Hours before he began Hours after the mall siege forces,” the Ministry said in In December, Taliban in
already at the height of the the city’s Terminal 21 shop Prime Minister Prayuth A survivor said that the shooting on Saturday, Jakra began, Facebook said it had a statement. fi ltrators in the Afghan mili
process of mapping the area
ping centre, where the shoo Chanocha told reporters on shooter was ”aiming for the panth had posted on his Fa removed the suspect’s Provincial governor Shah tary killed nine Afghan
that... will become part of
ter held out against an over Sunday from Nakhon Ratch heads” and said his col cebook account denouncing account. Mahmood Meyakhil had soldiers.
the state of Israel,” Mr.
Netanyahu said. REUTERS
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ELSEWHERE 5 Turkish
‘Palestinian detainees Democratic rivals rip into each other soldiers dead
were tortured by Israel’ Buttigieg has claimed most delegates; Sanders retains leads in New Hampshire in Syria fi ring
They were taken into custody last year Sriram Lakshman lots). Several news outlets, details about how it would
Agence France-Presse
Washington including the Associated be funded. He also suggested
Ankara
Associated Press Rifts between Democrat can Press, which has traditional Mr. Sanders was not the one
‘Scotland taking steps Ramallah didates were on full display ly had a prominent role in to unite a highly polarised Five Turkish soldiers were
to hold referendum’ One of the men was hospi over the weekend as the pre calling U.S. races, refrained country. killed on Monday by Syrian
BRUSSELS talised with kidney failure sidential hopefuls criticised from doing so. “I respect Senator San regime artillery fi re in the
Scotland is already taking and 11 broken ribs. Another each other during a wee Weekend polls showed ders, but when I hear this northwestern province of
steps to hold a referendum was nearly unrecognisable kend of campaigning in that Mr. Sanders continued message go out that you’re Idlib, Turkey’s Defence Mi
on Independence and to his wife when he was freezing temperatures to hold on to his signifi cant either for revolution or nistry said.
believes it is a matter of wheeled into a courtroom. across New Hampshire, be lead going into the state’s you’ve got to be for the sta Another fi ve soldiers
when rather than if the A third was stitched up after fore the State’s primary elec primaries. tus quo, that’s a vision of the were wounded in the “in
country separates from the being attacked by a security A demonstration in Gaza tions on Tuesday. A Boston Globe/Suff olk country that doesn’t have tense assault that targeted
rest of Britain, Scotland’s Senator Bernie Sanders in
dog. City on Monday. AFP *
Candidates campaigned poll put Mr. Sanders at 27%, Manchester, New Hampshire, room for most of us,” Mr. our elements sent as rein
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Then the three Palesti against the backdrop of con followed by centrists Mr. Buttigieg said on Sunday, as forcement to the region
said on Monday. REUTERS on Monday. REUTERS*
nians were returned to their strong evidence that Israeli fusion over and a delay in re Buttigieg at 19%. Senator per the Washington Post. with an aim to prevent
‘Soleimani sought to Israeli interrogators. They interrogators tortured sev sults from the crucial Iowa from Minnesota, centrist campaign fi nancing. Mr. Biden is still leading in clashes in Idlib, ensure our
bring stability to region’ had been swept up in a eral detainees in violation of Caucuses held last week — in Amy Klobuchar, was third at “Our views are diff erent,” national polls. The Econo- border security and stop
DUBAI sprawling manhunt Israeli and international law. which centrist Pete Buttigieg 14%. Massachusetts Senator Mr. Sanders said over the mist/YouGov poll of Febru migration and human tra
Qassem Soleimani, the launched after a roadside The allegations against Is has claimed most delegates Elizabeth Warren, who is al weekend. “Pete has raised ary 24, where he was at 24% gedy,” said the Ministry.
Iranian commander killed in a bomb killed a 17yearold Is rael are the most serious to and progressive candidate, so running on a progressive campaign contributions followed by Mr. Sanders at The Turkish Army reta
U.S. strike on January 3, had raeli girl and wounded her come to light in years, and independent Senator from platform like Mr. Sanders, from over 40 billionaires.” 19% and then Ms. Warren at liated, it added, “destroy
sought to bring stability to father and brother as they the rights groups say they Vermont Bernie Sanders’s came in at 12%, tied with Mr. Buttigieg — like his 18%. Mr. Biden is also expect ing targets.”
the region, President Hassan hiked down to a spring last point to a loosening of con campaign has said it will ask former VicePresident Jo competitor for the centrist ed to win in South Carolina “The developments are
Rouhani said on Monday in a August in the occupied West straints two decades after Is for some of the votes to be seph R. Biden. vote, Mr. Biden — criticised on February 29, where the closely watched and the
speech broadcast on state Bank. Israeli and Palestinian raeli Supreme Court out recanvassed (votes re Mr. Sanders and Mr. Butti Mr. Sanders for his Medi African American vote is necessary measures are be
television. REUTERS rights groups say there is lawed most forms of torture. checked against paper bal gieg took aim at each other’s careforall policy without strongly represented. ing taken,” it added.
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Coronavirus poses ‘very grave’ China denies role in cybertheft
threat to the world, says WHO following Equifax accusations
U.S. ‘indicted’ four military hackers for personal data theft
Sudan agrees to hand ‘Number of cases in China falling, epidemic may be over by April’; over 1,000 dead
Associated Press
over Bashir to ICC
BEIJING
KHARTOUM
Sudan has agreed to hand
Reuters
GUANGZHOU/Geneva U.K. team tests China denied involvement in
over ousted autocrat Omar
alBashir and others to the
The coronavirus outbreak in
China may be over by April,
vaccine on mice any hacking activities on
Tuesday after the U.S. indict
International Criminal Court the country’s senior medical Agence France-Presse ed four members of the Chi
(ICC) for alleged war crimes adviser said on Tuesday, but London nese military for allegedly
in Darfur, a top official of the deaths surpassed 1,000 and A team of U.K. scientists breaking into the computer
new ruling body has said. the World Health Organiza believe they are among the networks of the Equifax cre
Bashir’s lawyer said the tion (WHO) warned of a glo fi rst to start animal testing dit reporting agency and
exPresident refused to have bal threat potentially worse of a vaccine for the new stealing the personal infor
any dealings with the ICC than terrorism. coronavirus. mation of tens of millions of Data breach: U.S. accused China of stealing consumer data of
because it was a “political The world must “wake up Researchers at Imperial people. some 145 million Americans. REUTERS *
court”. AFP College London said their
and consider this enemy vi The Justice Department
rus as public enemy number goal was to fi nd a way to accused Beijing on Monday saying past events had and a health insurer. It
Iran celebrates 1979 one,” WHO chief Tedros Ad halt the spread of virus. of engineering one of the shown Washington is “en comes as the Trump admi
Islamic Revolution hanom Ghebreyesus told “At the moment we have biggest hacks in history tar gaging in largescale, organ nistration has warned
TEHRAN
reporters. just put the vaccine that geting consumer data of ized and indiscriminate cy against what it sees as the
Hundreds of thousands across
As the epidemic squeezed we’ve generated from some 145 million Americans. berstealing, spying and growing political and eco
Iran marked the anniversary
the world’s secondbiggest Fighting back: A researcher working on a vaccine for COVID19, these bacteria into mice”. Foreign Ministry spokes surveillance activities on fo nomic infl uence of China,
of its 1979 Islamic Revolution
on Tuesday amid growing economy, Chinese fi rms at the Imperial College School of Medicine, London. AFP * DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD man Geng Shuang said Chi reign governments, enter and eff orts by Beijing to col
tensions between Tehran and struggled to get back to work na was committed to “fi rmly prises and individuals.” lect data for fi nancial and in
the U.S. “It is unbearable for
the U.S. to accept the victory
of a great nation and that a
after the extended Lunar
New Year holiday, hundreds
of them saying they would
China, where there were
42,708 cases. Only 319 cases
have been confi rmed in 24
Infected mother in China oppose and combat cyberat
tacks of any kind,” adding
that it is a staunch defender
“China is also a victim of
this,” Mr. Geng said.
The accusation is the lat
telligence purposes and to
steal research and innova
tion.
superpower has been driven
out of this land,” President
need loans running into bil
lions of dollars to stay afl oat.
other countries and territo
ries outside mainland China, gives birth to healthy baby of cybersecurity and its insti
tutions “never engage in cy
est against Chinese suspect
ed of breaching the compu
Experts and offi cials say
the theft represents Beijing’s
Hassan Rouhani told the Company layoff s were be with two deaths: one in bertheft of trade secrets.” ter networks of American interest in accumulating as
gathering. AP ginning despite assurances Hong Kong and the other in Press Trust of India The Chinese woman was Mr. Geng also turned the corporations, including steel much information about
by President Xi Jinping that the Philippines. Beijing in the 37th week of accusation back on the U.S., manufacturers, a hotel chain Americans as possible.
Iraqi commander killed in widespread sackings would Mr. Tedros was less san A 33yearold Chinese pregnancy when she gave
U.S. strike remembered be avoided, as supply chains guine, saying the coronavi woman infected with birth via caesarean to a
BAGHDAD
Iraqi officials on Tuesday
commemorated Abu Mahdi
alMuhandis, the senior
for global fi rms from car ma
nufacturers to smartphone
makers ruptured.
rus should be regarded as
akin to a terrorist attack.
coronavirus has given birth
to a healthy baby girl with
no infection in northwest
baby weighing 2,730 g.
The infant, whose fi rst
nucleic acid test associated
Govt. seeks 7 to 9 years in jail
China’s foremost medical Renamed COVID-19 China’s Shaanxi Province, with the novel coronavirus
commander killed in last
month's U.S. drone strike that
targeted powerful Iranian
adviser on the outbreak,
Zhong Nanshan, told Reu
ters that the number of new
“With 99% of cases in China,
this remains very much an
emergency for that country,
state media reported on
Tuesday.
was negative, is receiving
intensive care.
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for Trump ally Roger Stone
general Qasem Soleimani. cases was falling in some but one that holds a very
Muhandis was the deputy He faced charges in Mueller’s probe into 2016 presidential poll
head of the Hashed alShaabi,
a loose network of
provinces and forecast the
epidemic would peak this
month.
grave threat for the rest of
the world,” he said.
The fi rst vaccine was 18
Indian national infected Reuters ven counts of lying to Con vestigation into Russian in
paramilitary groups. AFP
15 Rohingya refugees
“I hope this outbreak or
this event may be over in so
months away, said the WHO
boss, urging global unity to with coronavirus in UAE WASHINGTON
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Anglican leader calls his ‘If Taliban reduces violence, U.S. Irish PM says ready to be
Church ‘deeply racist’ may sign peace deal this month’ leader of the opposition
He seeks forgiveness from minorities ‘Party also open to form coalition govt.’
A Taliban spokesperson says progress has been made
Agence France-Presse Reuters ty “won the election” and
London Reuters agree to sharply reduce vio said the U.S. has agreed in DUBLIN would try to form a leftist
Venezuela opposition
The Archbishop of Canter KABUL/DUBAI lence as part of any Ameri principle to a deal, but that it Irish Prime Minister Leo Va led government with small
leader returns home
CARACAS bury Justin Welby has called A U.S.Taliban peace deal can troop withdrawal would not be signed until radkar said on Wednesday it er parties and independent
Opposition leader Juan the Church of England could be signed this month if accord. the Taliban could demon was likely he would be the lawmakers, though that task
Guaido returned to “deeply institutionally ra the Taliban signifi cantly re Suhail Shaheen, a spokes strate a reduction in vio leader of the opposition af appeared much harder after
Venezuela on Tuesday after cist” and apologised for Bri duces violence, which could man for the Taliban’s politi lence (RIV). The deal could ter government formation the Labour Party said it
an international support- tain’s treatment of black pe lead to an eventual withdra cal offi ce in Qatar’s capital, be signed as soon as this talks but that his Fine Gael would not join.
building tour and called on ople and other minorities wal of U.S. troops from Af Doha, said progress has month, the offi cial said, re party would be willing to Fianna Fail insisted it
the people in the crisis- since Second World War. ghanistan, two Afghan go been made, but refused to questing anonymity. help form a government if would not enter govern
wracked nation to keep Anglican clerics adopted vernment sources and a share further details. A Western diplomat in Ka Sinn Fein fails to. ment with either party dur
pushing back against a motion late on Tuesday Archbishop of Canterbury Western diplomat said on bul said U.S. negotiators Leftwing Irish national ing the campaign, although
President Nicolas Maduro. seeking forgiveness from Justin Welby Wednesday. Doha talks were working on idea that ists Sinn Fein surprisingly its leader declined to repeat
Mr. Guaido — who had defied
the socalled Windrush gen The tentative timeline Doha has been the venue for the Taliban should agree on secured the most votes in earlier outright refusals to
a travel ban to visit Colombia,
eration that moved to Bri citizenship and many were shared by sources came a talks between the warring a reduction in violence for at the weekend election, but consider Sinn Fein.
the U.S., Canada and several
tain from former Caribbean denied basic rights. day after Afghan President sides since 2018 even as least 10 days with no major its low number of candi “... We are the party that
European nations — was
greeted by a throng of
colonies since 1948. “We did not do justice in Ashraf Ghani said there had fi ghting has continued violation. dates meant it fi nished mar founded the state and if we
cheering supporters at the The mass migration was the past, we do not do jus been a possible break across the country, killing “It is after those 10 days of ginally behind the centre are needed to give the coun
airport outside the capital promoted by the govern tice now, and unless we are through in U.S.Taliban talks hundreds of civilians and RIV that both sides can hold right Fianna Fail and just try political stability and
Caracas. Shortly before his ment to help rebuild the decisive in this area in the in Qatar. soldiers as the Taliban have talks and fi rm up plans to ahead of Fine Gael by num good governance, then we
arrival, fighting broke out U.K. from the ruins of war. future, we will still be having The talks had been dea expanded their territorial hold intraAfghan dialogue,” ber of seats. are willing to talk to other
between his followers and Yet none received docu this conversation in 20 dlocked in part over a U.S. control. said the source, on condi Sinn Fein leader Mary parties. But, the onus is on
Mr. Maduro’s supporters. AFP ments confi rming their U.K. years’ time,” he said. demand that the insurgents A third Afghan offi cial tion of anonymity. Lou McDonald said her par Sinn Fein,” the PM said.
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return to White House calls it key step ahead of FATF meet ‘bandits’ kill 21 in Nigeria
She will be working for Jared Kushner Six children were among those killed
Pakistan to present its case to escape being blacklisted
AGence France-Presse Agence France-Presse lants burned alive 16 mem
WASHINGTON Press Trust of India South and Central Asia Alice Kano bers of the same family, in Jeff Bezos buys estate
Hope Hicks, a former close Washington G Wells, Pakistan Prime Mi Armed attackers burned 21 cluding six children, and for $165 million: report
adviser to Donald Trump The U.S. has welcomed the nister Imran Khan has said it people alive, including 16 fi ve members of a local self SAN FRANCISCO
who resigned almost two conviction of the 2008 is in the interest of his coun members of the same fami defence group after locking Billionaire Amazon chief Jeff
years ago, will return to the Mumbai attack mastermind try’s future that it does not ly, in a revenge attack by cri them in a house. Bezos has purchased a Los
White House as the presi and JuD chief Hafi z Saeed, allow nonstate actors to op minal gangs on a village in A police spokesman said Angelesarea estate for $165
dent’s reelection campaign describing it as an “impor erate from its soil. northern Nigeria, residents the force had “received re million, setting a new record
heats up. tant step forward” for Pakis She said in a tweet: “To said on Thursday. port of an attack by bandits for the region, The Wall
“She will be Counselor to tan in meeting its interna day’s conviction of Hafi z Gunmen on motorcycles on Bakali village” but was Street Journal reported on
the President and Senior tional commitments to Saeed and his associate is an raided the village of Bakali “still awaiting details”. Wednesday. The Warner
Adviser, working for Jared combat terror fi nancing and important step forward — in Kaduna state on Tuesday, The area where the attack Estate spans nine acres in
Kushner’s offi ce,” White Hope Hicks not to allow nonstate actors Hafi z Saeed both towards holding LeT shooting and burning happened has in recent Beverly Hills. AFP
House Press Secretary Ste to operate from its soil. accountable for its crimes, homes and vehicles to years been a haven for cri Myanmar school hit by
phanie Grisham said. the White House communi The statement of a top four days ahead of a crucial and for Pakistan in meeting avenge a raid on their hide minal gangs, who steal cat mortar, 20 children hurt
Mr. Kushner is President cations director. State department offi cial meeting of the Financial Ac its international commit out by local vigilantes, in tle and kidnap people for YANGON
Trump’s soninlaw and a se Ms. Hicks resigned on came after Saeed, a UN de tion Task Force (FATF) in Pa ments to combat terrorist habitants said. ransom. Around 20 children were
nior adviser in his March 1, 2018, a day after signated terrorist whom the ris, where Pakistan will pre fi nancing“. “They killed 21 people in Local communities have injured on Thursday when
administration. her closeddoor hearing be U.S. has placed a $10 million sent its case to escape from The 70yearold fi ery cler the attack,” Bakali’s com formed vigilante groups to mortar fire hit a school in
Ms. Hicks, 31, joined Mr. fore Congress in the probe bounty on, was sentenced to being blacklisted. ic is lodged at the highsecur munity leader Sani Nuhu protect themselves but this Rakhine state, where the
Trump’s 2016 presidential on Russian interference in 11 years in two terror fi nanc According to Acting Assis ity Kot Lakhpat jail in told AFP. has failed to end the vio military is locked in a battle
early on and rose to become the 2016 presidential race. ing cases on Wednesday, tant Secretary of State for Lahore. Residents said the assai lence. with Arakan Army rebels. AFP
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U.S. says Huawei stole trade Israeli strikes kill seven in Damascus
secrets, concealed N. Korea links Three were Syrian soldiers and the rest were members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Associated Press ed surveillance equipment security allegations to “op Agence Feance-Presse Israel routinely fi res mis were three Syrian soldiers agency, which rarely admits
WASHINGTON to Iran that enabled the press Chinese companies.” Beirut siles at what it says are Ira and four members of Iran’s to casualties among Army or
The U.S. Justice Department monitoring of protesters The superseding indict Israeli strikes on Damascus nian targets in Syria, where Revolutionary Guard. Iranian ranks.
Erdogan raises Kashmir
issue in Pak. Parliament has added new criminal during 2009 antigovern ment, brought by federal airport killed seven fi ghters, elite Iranian forces and allied “Our air defences inter The Observatory said the
ISLAMABAD
charges against Chinese tech ment demonstrations in prosecutors in Brooklyn, a war monitor said on Fri militia play a key role. cepted hostile targets over targets in the airport area,
Notwithstanding India’s giant Huawei and several Tehran, and that it sought to adds charges of racketeering day, the latest in a string of According to the Syrian the skies of Damascus,” SA which has been repeatedly
objection, Turkish President subsidiaries, accusing the conceal business that it was and conspiracy to steal trade attacks targeting Iran’s mili Observatory for Human NA said. It said the “missiles hit in similar strikes, includ
Recep Tayyip Erdogan on company of a brazen doing in North Korea despite secrets to an existing crimi tary presence in Syria. Rights, the strikes launched were launched from over the ed an arms depot.
Friday raked up the Kashmir scheme to steal trade secrets economic sanctions there. nal case in New York, where Syrian State media said late on Thursday hit military occupied Golan Heights”. The strikes on the airport
issue in Pakistan Parliament, from competitors in Ameri The fi rm disputed the al the company already faces only that its air defences in targets in the area of the in came just after the arrival of
vowing that Ankara will ca, federal prosecutors an legations. China’s Foreign charges of lying to banks tercepted missiles over the ternational airport. Missiles intercepted a cargo plane, according to
support Pakistan’s stand. On nounced on Thursday. Ministry accused the U.S. go about deals that violated capital overnight while Israel Rami Abdel Rahman, the Several missiles were inter Abdel Rahman, who could
an official visit to Pakistan, The new indictment also vernment of “economic bul economic sanctions against did not immediately com director of the Britainbased cepted before they could not specify where the air
Mr. Erdogan said that Turkey alleges the company provid lying” and improperly using Iran. ment on the strikes. Observatory, said the dead reach their targets, said the craft had fl own in from.
will back Pakistan in its
efforts to come out of the
the U.S. and China, says the
Madrid “doing well”. Houston
Military Balance report by the A baby born on a rickety There were 54 people in Associated Press come as early as the wee itiate peace negotiations that U.S. billionaire Michael
International Institute for boat bound for the Canary the fi rst two boats which MUNICH kend. include all Afghan sides. Bloomberg has launched a
Strategic Studies. Both the Islands was one of 87 mi were picked up on Thursday A senior U.S. offi cial said on The offi cial, who was not A Taliban offi cial familiar charm off ensive to convince
U.S. and China increased grants picked up by res evening about 60 nautical Friday the U.S. and the Tali authorised to publicly dis with the deal said that the black voters, an important
spending by 6.6%, the report cuers overnight, Spanish miles south of Gran Canaria, ban have reached a truce cuss the matter and spoke second agreement would be bloc in Democratic politics,
said, to $684.6 billion and rescuers said on Friday. and rescuers came across agreement that will take ef on the condition of anonym signed on February 29 and that he is the right candidate
$181.1 billion respectively. AFP The migrants, all of them another vessel carrying 33 fect “very soon” and could ity, said the Taliban had that the interAfghan dia to take on President Donald
from subSaharan Africa, people as they were just off lead to withdrawals of Amer committed to a halt in road logue would begin on March Trump in November.
48 Rohingya arrested
were travelling on three the island, she said. ican troops from Afghanis side and suicide bombings 10. The offi cials said Germa The former New York Michael Bloomberg
off Myanmar coast
boats which were picked up Among those rescued tan. as well as rocket attacks. The ny and Norway have off ered Mayor rallied supporters in
PATHEIN
Nearly 50 Rohingya Muslims
just south of the island of were 30 women, six babies The offi cial said the agree offi cial said the U.S. would to host the talks. Texas on Thursday, with his look back and celebrate
have been detained at sea by Gran Canaria, a spokeswo and four other children, ment for a sevenday “reduc monitor the truce and deter That Taliban offi cial ad sights set on “Super Tues black history together be
Myanmar’s Navy, the latest man for the Salvamento while the rest were men, tion in violence” to be fol mine if there were any viola ded that the withdrawal of day” on March 3, when vo cause black history is Amer
from the persecuted minority Maritimo rescue service with all taken to the south lowed by the start of tions. foreign troops would start ters in 16 States and territo ican history,” Mr. Bloom
to be caught trying to flee said. ern port of Arguinerin, she allAfghan peace talks within gradually and would be ries will cast their ballots in berg said at the Buff alo
camps in Bangladesh and “A newborn baby was said. 10 days is “very specifi c” and ‘Reduction in violence’ phased over 18 months. the Democratic primary. Soldiers museum, named af
Myanmar’s restive Rakhine rescued and it seems that In early January, another covers the entire country, in Should the Taliban comply, President Donald Trump It is Mr. Bloomberg’s sixth ter a Civil War regiment of
state. They were likely the mother gave birth in the baby born aboard a makesh cluding Afghan government the “reduction in violence” previously called off the visit to the Lone Star state AfricanAmerican soldiers,
heading to Malaysia or boat just beforehand,” she ift boat carrying 43 migrants forces. agreement would be fol peace talks because of an at since he entered the race to where he kicked off his
Indonesia, predominantly said, without specifying the did not survive the journey There were indications a lowed by the signing of an tack that killed two Ameri be the party’s presidential “Mike for Black America”
Muslim countries. AFP sex of the infant but saying and was declared dead. formal announcement could agreement that would in cans. candidate. “This month, we campaign.
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New China virus cases drop for third day Xi’s early involvement in fi ght
Death toll reaches 1, 665, while more than 68,000 have been infected; Taiwan records fi rst fatality against virus raises questions
Agence France-Presse
Beijing ‘40 Americans It opens him up to criticism why public was not alerted sooner
The number of new cases
from China’s COVID19 epi on ship have Associated Press mean that Mr. Xi, as the top
Beijing
demic dropped for a third
consecutive day on Sunday, COVID19’ A recent speech by Chinese
leader, is willing to take res
ponsibility because he was
as the World Health Organi President Xi Jinping that has aware of the situation, Mr.
sation chief warned it was Agence France-Presse been published by state me Zhang said.
“impossible” to predict how Washington/Yokohama dia indicates for the fi rst Trust in the government’s
the outbreak would develop. A senior U.S. health offi cial time that he was leading the approach to outbreaks re
The death toll jumped to said on Sunday that more response to a new virus out mains fractured after the
1,665 in mainland China on than 40 Americans on a break from early on in the SARS epidemic of 2002 and
Sunday after 142 more peo quarantined cruise ship in crisis. 2003, which was covered up
ple died from the virus. More Japan have been infected The publication of the Fe for months.
than 68,000 people have with the deadly virus and bruary 3 speech was an ap Xi Jinping Authorities in Hubei and
now been infected — but the would not be a part of an parent attempt to demon Wuhan faced public fury ov
number of new cases conti evacuation eff ort. strate that the Communist ing of the party’s standing er their initial handling of
nued to decline. “They’re going to be in Party leadership had acted committee, its top body. the epidemic.
In hardesthit Hubei, the Returning home: Buses carrying American passengers from the quarantined cruise ship leaving a hospitals in Japan, ” Antho decisively from the begin The anger reached a peak
number of new cases slowed port in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Monday. AP *
ny Fauci, a senior offi cial at ning, but also opens Mr. Xi Too little, too late earlier this month following
for a third consecutive day the National Institutes for up to criticism over why the The disclosure of his speech the death of Li Wenliang, a
and at 139, the number of take”. “We ask all govern ballooned on Thursday after the province. This includes Health said on a TV show. public was not alerted soon indicates that top leaders young doctor who was repri
deaths was level with Satur ments, companies, and news authorities in Hubei changed broad instructions that resi They are among the 400 er. knew about the outbreak’s manded by the local police
day’s toll. The number of organisations to work with their criteria for counting dential compounds and vil Americans who began In the speech, Mr. Xi said potential severity weeks be for trying to spread a warn
new cases in other parts of us to sound the appropriate cases, retroactively adding lages are “sealed off ” from leaving the quarantined he gave instructions on fi ght fore such dangers were ing about the virus. He end
the country has dropped for level of alarm without fan 14,000 cases in a single day. unnecessary visitors, with Diamond Princess late on ing the virus on January 7 made known to the public. It ed up dying of the disease
twelve straight days. ning the fl ames of hysteria,” tenants’ outings “strictly Sunday night to board and ordered the shutdown was not until late January himself.
Mi Feng, National Health he said, speaking at the Mun Movement restricted managed”, as well as recom chartered fl ights home. that began on January 23 of that offi cials said the virus In apparent response, the
Commission spokesman, ich Security Conference. Chinese authorities have mending bulk purchases of cities at the epicentre of the can spread between humans Communist Party’s top offi
said the fi gures were a sign Taiwan reported its fi rst placed some 56 million peo daily necessities. All nones 2 more Indians infected outbreak. His remarks were and public alarm began to cials in Hubei and Wuhan
that China was controlling death on Sunday, after a 61 ple in Hubei and its capital sential public spaces will also The move came as the published by state media rise. were dismissed and re
the outbreak. “The eff ects of yearold man with underly Wuhan under quarantine, be closed, and residential number of new COVID19 late on Saturday. Zhang Lifan, a commenta placed last week.
epidemic prevention and ing health problems but no virtually sealing off the pro areas and workplaces with cases diagnosed on the “On January 22, in light of tor in Beijing, said it’s not Even as authorities have
control in various parts of recent overseas travel histo vince from the rest of the confi rmed cases should im ship jumped by 70 to 355. the epidemic’s rapid spread clear why the speech was pledged transparency
the country can already be ry died in hospital on Satur country in an unprecedent plement a 14day quarantine. Two more Indians have and the challenges of pre published now. One mes through the current out
seen,” he said. day. It is the fi fth recorded ed eff ort to contain the virus. Beijing’s municipal go tested positive for the vi vention and control, I made sage could be that local auth break, citizen journalists
But the WHO chief, Te death outside mainland Chi Even as China insisted the vernment has enacted a rule rus, taking the number to a clear request that Hubei orities should take responsi who challenged the offi cial
dros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, na — previous victims were epidemic was under control, requiring people coming to fi ve. They have been sent province implement com bility for failing to take narrative with video reports
has warned that it was “im in the Philippines, Hong Hubei authorities an the capital to selfquarantine to medical facilities for prehensive and stringent eff ective measures after Mr. from Wuhan have disap
possible to predict which di Kong, Japan, and France. nounced on Sunday a tight for 14 days, according to offi further treatment. controls over the outfl ow of Xi gave instructions in early peared and are believed to
rection this epidemic will The scale of the epidemic ening of movement across cial media. (With inputs from PTI) people,” Mr. Xi told a meet January. Alternatively, it may be detained.
Multiple rockets hit U.S. coalition base in Baghdad Air strikes ‘kill 31 civilians’ in Yemen
Agence France-Presse Caggins. An Iraqi military There was no immediate either the Embassy or the hardline Hashed faction in Reuters in strikes that hit AlHayjah a Tornado jet had crashed in
Baghdad statement said three Katy statement from the Hashed. roughly 5,200 American western Iraq. Days later, an Dubai area” in AlJawf province. AlJawf, Saudi state news
Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi usha rockets had hit the forti troops stationed alongside American drone strike in Yemen’s Iranaligned Houthi The Health Ministry in agency (SPA) reported.
base hosting American fi ed Green Zone which hosts 19th attack local forces across Iraq. No Baghdad killed top Iranian movement accused the Sau Houthicontrolled AlJawf He later said that rescue
troops near the U.S. Embas the U.S. Embassy, other fo Strikes on assets of both the group has claimed responsi General Qasem Soleimani diled coalition of carrying province said women and operations had been
sy early on Sunday, the latest reign missions and Iraqi go U.S. and Hashed at the same bility for any of the inci and his righthand man, out retaliatory air strikes on children were among those launched and that the possi
in a fl urry of attacks against vernment buildings. time are unusual, as Wash dents. In December, a rocket Hashed deputy chief Abu Saturday that killed at least killed, Houthirun AlMasi bility of “collateral damag
U.S. assets in the country. A fourth rocket hit a logis ington has blamed hardline attack on the northern Iraqi Mahdi alMuhandis. 30 people, including rah TV reported. It followed es” has been reported, with
“The Coalition confi rms tics base in a diff erent neigh elements within the military base of K1 left one U.S. con Hashed factions have civilians. a Houthi claim to have out providing more details.
small rockets impacted the bourhood operated by the network for repeated rocket tractor dead and unleashed vowed revenge for the pair’s The United Nations offi ce downed a coalition Tornado Colonel Malki said the
Iraqi base hosting (coalition) Hashed alShaabi, a military attacks on American installa a dramatic series of events. death but said they would in Yemen said preliminary warplane in the area on Fri crew of two offi cers ejected
troops in the International network offi cially incorpo tions across Iraq. Washington responded prioritise a political objec fi eld reports indicated that day. But the Saudiled coali from the plane before it
Zone... No casualties,” said rated into the Iraqi state, the Sunday’s was the 19th at with retaliatory strikes tive fi rst: the withdrawal of “as many as 31 civilians were tion’s spokesman Colonel crashed but the Houthis
coalition spokesman Myles Iraqi military said. tack since October to target against Kataeb Hezbollah, a American troops from Iraq. killed and 12 others injured Turki alMalki said only that opened fi re at them.
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‘Iran will never yield to Biden attacks rival Sanders’ Reconsider ban on Army
U.S. pressure for talks’ past vote on gun policies chief, Sri Lanka tells U.S.
Their methods will fail, says Rouhani ‘Action unnecessarily complicates ties’
Pledges to hold whose loved ones were
Reuters er deal that further curbs killed in gun violence, said Agence France-Presse He said Colombo was
Kim makes fi rst public
Dubai Iran’s nuclear work, ends its gun makers he “will not rest until they’re Colombo “disappointed” with the de
appearance in weeks Iran will never hold talks
with the U.S. under pres
missile programme and its
involvement in regional
accountable able to sue the gun manufac
turers and get a ban on as
Sri Lanka on Sunday said
the U.S. should reconsider
cision, the fi rst against a Sri
Lankan military offi cer.
SEOUL
Making his first reported sure, President Hassan Rou proxy wars. Associated Press sault weapons”. its decision to refuse entry “The Minister said this
public appearance in more hani said on Sunday, adding “We will never yield to Las Vegas Mr. Biden didn’t cite Mr. to the island’s Army chief action unnecessarily com
than three weeks as a deadly that Tehran’s help was es America’s pressure and we Joe Biden, standing on a Las Sanders by name when re over his alleged war crimes plicates the U.S.Sri Lanka
epidemic rages in sential in establishing secur will not negotiate from a po Vegas stage roughly 1,000 ferring to a 2005 Federal law and warned that relations relationship,” his offi ce said
neighbouring China, North ity in West Asia. sition of weakness,” Mr. feet from the scene of the that shields gun makers were being “unnecessarily in a statement shortly after
Korea’s Kim Jong-un “paid Relations between Teh Rouhani said in a televised deadliest mass shooting in Joe Biden from liability in most complicated”. the closeddoor meeting.
high tribute” to his father ran and Washington news conference. modern U.S. history, took on crimes, but said, “some of The U.S. on Friday said Mr. Silva was unfairly
Kim Jong Il on his birth reached crisis point in 2018 “America’s ‘maximum White House rival Bernie hold gun makers accounta the people running for offi ce the travel ban on Lieutenant barred on unverifi ed allega
anniversary on Sunday. The after U.S. President Donald pressure’ towards Iran is Sanders for his past vote to ble if elected President. voted for that exemption”. General Shavendra Silva tions, Mr. Gunawardena
appearance is Mr. Kim's first Trump abandoned a 2015 doomed to fail ... our enemy exempt gun manufacturers “When I’m the president, “Ladies and gentlemen and his family was imposed added.
in 22 days after he attended pact between Iran and (the U.S.) is very well aware from liability for shootings. we’ll take them on, remove that immunity was granted. over what it called credible The Foreign Ministry qu
Lunar New Year festivities
world powers under which that their pressure is ineffi The former VicePresi the immunity and allow Granted. And it was a horri evidence of human rights oted Mr. Teplitz as saying
and then disappeared from
Tehran accepted curbs to its cient,” he said dent devoted the majority of those parents who are trying ble, horrible decision,” he violations in the 2009 fi nale the U.S. would continue its
the public eye. The COVID-19
nuclear programme in re Mr. Rouhani added: “Se his Saturday night speech at now to sue for the pain and said. to the civil war. cooperation with Sri Lanka,
outbreak in China has
alarmed the North,
turn for the lifting of sanc curing peace and stability in a Democratic gala on the Las mayhem they have caused,” Mr. Sanders has since U.S. Ambassador Alaina including in defence, des
prompting it to close its tions. President Trump has the sensitive region of West Vegas Strip to deliver a fi ery Mr. Biden said. changed his position, co Teplitz was summoned by pite the ban on Lt. Gen. Sil
borders and suspend all adopted a policy of “maxi Asia and in the Persian Gulf charge against the National Mr. Biden, after decrying sponsoring legislation to re Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister va. There was no immediate
flights and trains to and from mum pressure” to force is impossible without Iran’s Rifl e Association and gun “carnage in our streets” and peal the protections for gun Dinesh Gunawardena on comment from Mr. Teplitz
its most important ally. Tehran to negotiate a broad help.” manufacturers, vowing to the anguish of families manufacturers. Sunday, offi cials said. or the U.S. Embassy.
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China virus cases cross 70,000 No let-up in Taliban attacks as
Hundreds of Americans fl own home from cruise ship in Japan, 14 with COVID19 fresh orders awaited over deal
Reuters
Agence France Presse ‘Leadership hasn’t conveyed any message about a ceasefi re’
SHANGHAI/Geneva
Zuckerberg calls for new
More than 300 American Reuters down in Nimroz province,
big-tech regulator for EU Kabul
BRUSSELS
cruise liner passengers, in but an offi cial there said the
Facebook head Mark cluding 14 who were diag Taliban fi ghters attacked Af helicopter made an emer
Zuckerberg called for a new nosed with COVID19, were ghan government forces gency landing and had not
type of big tech regulator as fl own home to military bases overnight, and militant com been attacked.
he lobbied the EU officials in the U.S., after two weeks manders said on Monday in
who have become the world’s under quarantine off Japan. surgency operations would Peace accord
top enforcers on Silicon The cruise ship Diamond goahead until they receive Despite the violence on the
Valley. He emphasised the Princess, with more than fresh instructions based on a ground, a senior Taliban
importance of better 400 cases, has become the deal with the U.S. to reduce leader in Doha confi rmed a
controlling hate speech and biggest test so far of other violence in the country. deal with the U.S. is set to be
disinformation on platforms countries’ ability to contain Last week, a senior U.S. signed by the end of Febru
— all without muzzling free an outbreak that has killed administration offi cial said U.S. soldiers keeping watch ary in a “signing ceremony”
speech. Facebook stressed 1,770 people in China and negotiations with Taliban re in Nerkh district of Wardak in Doha.
that the way to limit fi ve elsewhere. Taking a breather: Medical personnel chatting with a patient diagnosed with COVID19 at the presentatives in Qatar had province, in this fi le photo. Leaders of the United Na
unwanted speech was to Although U.S. offi cials Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in China. AFP * resulted in an agreement in tions, European Union and
make sure that platforms put said passengers with virus principle for a weeklong re On Sunday night, Taliban Islamic nations and neigh
the right systems in place,
not by holding them liable
for the speech itself. AFP
symptoms would not be ta
ken, 14 passengers found at
the last minute to have test
Chinese doctors using ‘plasma therapy’ duction of violence, but the
sevenday period had not
commenced. The offi cial
fi ghters attacked Afghan go
vernment forces manning a
checkpoint in the northern
bouring countries would be
invited to the attend, Mawla
vi Abdul Salam Hanafi , de
ed positive were permitted Agence France-Presse reduce the virus load in been discharged, one is able said the agreement covered province of Kunduz. Accord puty chief of the Taliban’s
Woman drops charge to board the planes. The U.S. Beijing critically ill patients, said to get off the bed and walk all Afghan forces, and would ing to a statement by Taliban Doha offi ce, was quoted as
against Nepal ex-Speaker
State Department said they Chinese health offi cials on Guo Yanhong, who heads and the others are all be closely monitored. spokesperson Zabiullah Mu saying by Nunn Asia — a pro
KATHMANDU
were kept in isolation on the Monday urged patients who the National Health recovering,” she said. Our leadership hasn’t jahid, they killed 19 security Taliban website with strong
Nepal’s former Parliament
Speaker, who quit his job over
fl ights. have recovered from Commission’s medical The call comes days after conveyed any message personnel. links to the group’s leader
attempted rape allegations, Across mainland China, COVID19 to donate blood so administration department stateowned medical about a ceasefi re to us, said a The Afghan Defence Mi ship.
was on Monday found not offi cials said the total num that plasma can be Eleven patients at a products maker reported Taliban commander in Hel nistry confi rmed the attack “Soon after signing the
guilty after the victim ber of cases rose by 2,048 to extracted to treat others hospital in Wuhan received successful results from its mand, a southern province in a statement but put the peace accord, the U.S. will
retracted her testimony. 70,548. That was slightly who are critically ill. plasma infusions last week, trial at a Wuhan hospital. that has seen some of the death toll at fi ve. It also said release 5,000 of our prison
Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a more new cases than were Plasma from patients who said Sun Yanrong, of the China National Biotec Group fi ercest fi ghting. retaliatory air strikes were ers and we will free 1,000 of
senior member of the ruling reported on Sunday, but have recovered from a spell Biological Center at the Co. said that severely ill Commanders in Paktika conducted against the theirs,” Mr. Hanafi said.
Nepal Communist Party, has hundreds fewer than report of pneumonia triggered by Ministry of Science and patients receiving plasma and Nangarhar — two other militants. Successful implementa
been in detention since ed on Saturday. the virus contains Technology. “One patient infusions “improved within provinces regarded as A Taliban spokesman also tion of the deal would move
October after a woman Chinese authorities say antibodies that can help (among them) has already 24 hours”. strongholds for the Taliban issued a statement on Mon the U.S. closer to a further
employee in the Assembly the stabilisation in the num DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD — also said they would conti day saying a Afghan military drawdown of troop levels in
accused him of trying to rape ber of new cases is a sign that nue their attacks as planned. helicopter had been shot Afghanistan.
her. His lawyer said the victim measures taken to halt the plans to follow the U.S. in and 802 crew had reported suggestion that all cruises
had “accepted” the ex spread of the disease are bringing passengers home. any symptoms, it said. should be halted to avoid
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Ghani named winner of Afghan election Sirisena joins the Rajapaksas
Rival Abdullah challenges fi nal fi gures, says he will form own government; Taliban terms results ‘illegal’ in prepoll alliance in Sri Lanka
Agence France-Presse The fi nal results come just
Kabul as Washington seeks a deal He had defected from the Mahinda Rajapaksa govt. in 2015
Ashraf Ghani secured a se with the Taliban which
cond term as President of Af would allow it to withdraw Meera Srinivasan Rambukwella, a Minister
ghanistan on Tuesday, but troops in return for various COLOMBO and government spokes
his rival Abdullah Abdullah security guarantees and a Sri Lanka’s former President man. In the 1950s, the SLFP
immediately challenged the promise that the militants Maithripala Sirisena, who emerged as a centreleft par
fi nal election fi gures and said would hold peace talks with defected from the Mahinda ty challenging the economi
he was forming his own the Afghan government. Rajapaksa government to cally rightwing UNP. Over
government. U.S. peace envoy Zalmay the rival political camp be the decades, the SLFP’s sup
The results of the Septem Khalilzad said on Monday fore being elected to offi ce in port grew among Sri Lanka’s
ber 28, 2019 poll were re that he was “cautiously opti 2015, has rejoined his form Sinhalanationalist base and
leased after lengthy delays mistic” about progress to er colleague and current the party drew criticism
following voterigging allega ward an eventual deal, ad Prime Minister Mr. from others who contested
tions by Mr. Abdullah that ding that the U.S. has Rajapaksa. its leftist claim.
led to a recount. “commitments from the Ta Mr. Sirisena’s Sri Lanka “The alliance will work
Mr. Abdullah, who serves Victory lap: A December 22 photo of Afghanistan’s incumbent President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul libs on security issues”. Once Freedom Party (SLFP) on out a mechanism,” Mr. Ram
as Afghanistan’s ‘Chief Exec after he won a slim majority of votes in preliminary results of the presidential election. the deal is reached the Af Monday formed an alliance bukwella said. Asked who
utive’ under Mr. Ghani in a ghan government would with the Sri Lanka Podujana Former Sri Lankan President would call the shots — Mr.
tense powersharing arran But more than fi ve years lacklustre and personality are open to all the people of have to prepare to meet the Peramuna (SLPP or People’s Maithripala Sirisena Mahinda Rajapaksa has been
gement, said his team was on, it was not clear how driven election that saw can Afghanistan”. Taliban and negotiate a for Party) to contest the general named leader of the al
“the victor”. much support Mr. Abdullah didates pitch few new ideas. mal peace agreement on be election scheduled this most national parties that liance, while Mr. Sirisena
His intent to try to form a would get. The U.S., which is “The fraudsters are the Peace deal half of the Afghan people. summer. has produced three Presi has been designated its
separate government currently negotiating a with shame of history and we an Election commission chief Political analyst Atta Noori Signifi cantly, President dents in the past, including chairman — he said: “Ac
brought back memories of drawal deal with the Taliban, nounce our inclusive govern Hawa Alam Nuristani said called the results “a step for Sirisena — who remained Chandrika Bandaranaike cording to the party struc
the 2014 election, which also has less interest in Afghanis ment,” Mr. Abdullah said. Mr. Ghani had taken 50.64% ward towards the possible neutral in the November Kumaratunga and Mr. Ma ture it has got to be general
saw Mr. Ghani declared win tan’s politics than it did in The Taliban also rejected of the votes, compared to talks with the Taliban”. presidential election though hinda Rajapaksa. secretary Basil Rajapaksa,”
ner and Mr. Abdullah prot 2014 under thenPresident Mr. Ghani’s win, calling it “il Mr. Abdullah’s 39.52%. “Now is the time for Ghani to the SLFP backed President It was after Mr. Sirisena’s referring to the third Raja
est. That time, Mr. Abdul Barack Obama. And ordin legal” and “against the peace “May God help him in act as a statesman and form Gotabaya Rajapaksa — will defection — he formed go paksa brother, a former Mi
lah’s supporters held violent ary Afghans have shown lit process”. serving the people of Af an inclusive team to talk with contest the parliamentary vernment with the rival Un nister, and the key election
demonstrations before the tle passion for Mr. Abdullah Earlier, Mr. Ghani had ghanistan... I also pray that the Taliban,” he said, adding election as part of the new ited National Party (UNP) in strategist of the Rajapaksa
U.S. fi nally intervened to or the poll process in gener hailed the results, saying in peace comes to our coun that people from Mr. Abdul alliance in his home consti 2015 — that the Rajapaksas camp.
broker an awkward deal bet al, with most of them ab televised comments that try,” she added at a press lah’s camp should be among tuency Polonnaruwa (North founded their own party, the The alliance is eyeing a
ween the two rivals. staining from voting in the “our government, our arms conference in Kabul. the negotiators. Central Province), according SLPP, in 2016. twothirds majority in Par
to SLFP general secretary Mr. Sirisena was left with liament in the general elec
Dayasiri Jayasekara, who is the SLFP rump, as many of tion likely in April.
WHO urges calm as China virus death toll nears 1,900 also a State Minister.
“President Sirisena and
our team are scheduled to
its members joined the Raja
paksas, who pitched the
SLPP as their new political
Opposition campaign
Meanwhile, Leader of Oppo
meet with the SLPP leader vehicle. sition Sajith Premadasa is
Chinese study of 72,000 patients reveals that 81% of them had only mild infections ship to chalk out the strategy The SLPP made its fi rst, leading the oppositional
for our alliance,” Mr. Jaya big impact when it swept the campaign through an al
Agence France-Presse at the epicentre, with the di where the virus emerged in stood at 2.3%, falling below very tiny, tiny proportion of sekara told The Hindu on local government polls in Fe liance that some political
Beijing rector of a hospital in the December. one per cent for people in people”. There have been Tuesday. “This must be one bruary 2018. Building on parties representing the hill
The death toll from the CO central city of Wuhan be WHO chief Tedros Adha their 30s and 40s. some 900 cases around the of the most powerful coali that momentum, and subse country Tamil and Muslim
VID19 outbreak rose again coming the seventh medical nom Ghebreyesus cautioned The research was cited by world, with fi ve deaths. tions in our history, with quently on the incumbency minorities have pledged to
on Tuesday but Chinese and worker to succumb to the ill that it was too early to tell if WHO offi cials, who said the Another 88 people tested three Presidents at the and the perceived failings of support.
international health offi cials ness. But Chinese offi cials re the decline would continue. COVID19 illness was “less positive for the virus on the helm,” he said, referring to the Sirisena–Ranil Wickre The development comes
sought to calm global nerves, leased a study showing most A study among 72,000 deadly” than its cousins, quarantined Diamond Prin- former Presidents Mr. Sirise mesinghe administration, after diff erences emerged
citing a study showing that patients have mild cases of confi rmed, suspected and such as the Severe Acute Res cess cruise ship off Japan on na and Mr. Mahinda Raja the party mounted what within the UNP over party
most cases are mild and the illness, and the World clinically diagnosed cases piratory Syndrome (SARS) or Tuesday, raising the number paksa, and his younger proved to be an eff ective leadership that Mr. Wickre
warning against excessive Health Organization offi cials showed that 81% of patients the Middle East Respiratory of infections to 542. brother and current Presi campaign, leading to Mr. Go mesinghe currently holds
measures to contain the said the mortality rate was had only mild infections. Syndrome (MERS). WHO rejected the sugges dent Gotabaya Rajapaksa. tabaya Rajapaksa’s big win in and deputy leader Mr. Pre
epidemic. relatively low. Those most at risk were the Michael Ryan, head of tion that all cruises should be November. madasa reportedly sought.
Nearly 1,900 people have elderly, and people with un WHO’s health emergencies halted amid the outbreak. Re-consolidation “Though SLPP and SLFP Following internal discus
died and more than 72,000 ‘Less deadly’ than SARS derlying medical conditions. programme, said the out “Measures should be ta The formation of the new al may have had some diff e sion, Mr. Premadasa was
others infected by the virus The offi cial death toll in Chi The study released by Chi break was “very serious” ken proportional to the sit liance eff ectively signals a re rences in the past, they hold named leader of the UNPled
in China, with hundreds na hit 1,868 on Tuesday after na’s Centre for Disease Con and could grow, but stressed uation. Blanket measures consolidation of forces that similar policies. Basically, all alliance, while Mr. Wickre
more cases in 25 countries. another 98 people died — trol and Prevention also that outside Hubei the epi may not help,” Mr. Tedros were earlier aligned to the the leftwing forces have re mesinghe will continue as
The situation remains dire most in Hubei and Wuhan, showed that the death rate demic was “aff ecting a very, said. SLFP, one of Sri Lanka’s fore united now,” said Keheliya party leader.
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Russia, Turkey spar over Syria operation Passengers disembark cruise
Erdogan threatens to attack advancing Syrian troops; Kremlin warns against the ‘worst scenario’ ship after 2week quarantine
Agence France-Presse for the warring parties to al
Istanbul low safe access for humani China reported 1,749 new cases, the lowest since Jan. 29
Turkey and Russia ex tarian groups and for a
changed warnings on Wed “complete ceasefi re and end Reuters
nesday after President Recep to human rights violations”. TOKYO/BEIJING
of displaced civilians in the markets have been hit,” the orities announced 79 new
nineyear confl ict. Flare-up: A family fl eeing the town of Tarmanin in Syria's Idlib province towards the northern UN head of humanitarian af cases had been discovered Asian shares and U.S. stock may still be kept on board.
Turkey, supporter of some border with Turkey with their belongings on Wednesday. AFP *
fairs and emergency relief, on board, bringing the total futures rise. Outside China, Meanwhile, China’s Na
rebel groups in Idlib, has Mark Lowcock, said earlier above 620, well over half the eight people have died from tional Health Commission
been pushing for a renewed bardments but from lack of to Syria unless Damascus against Syrian forces would this week. known cases outside main the disease. Two Iranians reported 1,749 new con
ceasefi re in talks with Russia, insulation, from the weather, pulled its forces back by the be “the worst scenario”. Moscow has repeatedly land China. died in the holy Shi'ite city of fi rmed cases, the lowest tally
which backs the Syrian re a lack of heating. It feels like end of the month. With Turkey moving large vetoed Security Council re One more Indian aboard Qom on Wednesday. since January 29. Hubei —
gime. Ankara is eager to pre doomsday,” Razan Saff our, “An operation in Idlib is numbers of reinforcements solutions. The head of the the ship was tested positive the epicentre of the out
vent another fl ood of refu of the Syrian Expatriate Med imminent... We are counting into Idlib in recent weeks, World Health Organization and shifted to hospital, tak More will leave break — reported the lowest
gees into its territory adding ical Association, said. The down, we are making our fi Defence Minister Hulusi said Tuesday that out of ing the number of Indian na From Wednesday, passen number of new infections
to the 3.7 million Syrians it al group said a total of $336 nal warnings,” Mr. Erdogan Akar emphasised that it was nearly 550 health facilities in tionals infected with the vi gers who tested negative and since February 11, while out
ready hosts. million was needed for basic said in a televised speech. “out of the question for us to northwest Syria, only about rus on the vessel to seven, showed no symptoms were side of Hubei there were just
The Syrian NGO Alliance food, water and shelter. He called for Syrian forces withdraw from our observa half were operational. according to the Indian Em free to leave. Around 500 56 new cases, down from a
said displaced people are to retreat behind Turkey’s tion posts”. Syrian troops have recon bassy on Wednesday. were expected to disembark peak of 890 on Feb. 3.
“escaping in search of safety ‘No desired result’ military posts in Idlib, which Earlier this week the UN quered swathes of Idlib and In China itself, the death on Wednesday, with the rest The latest fi gures bring
only to die from extreme Mr. Erdogan said talks with were set up under a 2018 said the displaced were retaken the key M5 highway toll from the SARSCoV2 of those eligible departing the total number of cases in
weather conditions and lack Moscow over the past fort deal with Russia designed to mainly women and children connecting the country’s climbed above 2,000, but over the next two days. China to more than 74,000
of available resources”. night had so far failed to hold off a regime advance. and warned that babies were four largest cities as well as the tally of newly reported Confi rmed cases were to and the death toll to 2,004,
“We have hundreds and achieve “the desired result” The Kremlin quickly res dying of cold because aid the entire surroundings of cases fell for a second day to be sent to hospital, while threequarters of which
thousands of people who are and warned that Turkey ponded to Erdogan’s threat, camps are full. Aleppo city for the fi rst time the lowest since January, of those who shared cabins have occurred in Wuhan.
fl eeing... not just from bom would launch an off ensive in warning that any operation The Syrian NGOs called since 2012. fering hope and helping with infected passengers (With PTI inputs)
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Bloomberg comes under Merkel slams ‘poison’ of racism
after nine killed in shooting
attack at Democratic debate Suspect wanted to ‘destroy’ people from two dozen countries
Kashmir journalist wins
The billionaire candidate was accused of trying to buy his way into White House
Agence France-Presse
AFP’s Kate Webb Prize Reuters Hanau
HONG KONG
Ahmer Khan, a 27-year-old
LAS VEGAS Chancellor Angela Merkel
Indian freelance reporter, was Michael Bloomberg faced a condemned the “poison” of
named the winner of the barrage of attacks at his fi rst racism on Thursday after a
2019 Agence France-Presse Democratic presidential de shooter with suspected far
Kate Webb Prize on Thursday bate on Wednesday, as his right beliefs killed nine peo
for his coverage on the rivals assailed the free ple at a shisha bar and a café
ground in Kashmir during the spending and fastrising bil in the German city of Hanau.
lockdown of the region. lionaire over his record on The suspect, identifi ed as
The award recognises race, history of sexist com 43yearold German Tobias Among the dead were ople from over two dozen
journalism by locally hired ments and the use of his R., was found dead at his “several victims of Kurdish countries should be
reporters in Asia operating in massive fortune to muscle home following an hours origin”, the KonMed asso “destroyed”.
difficult conditions. AFP his way into the contest. long manhunt. The body of ciation of Kurds in Germany He also said he had never
In a rough debate début his 72yearold mother was said in a statement. been with a woman, which
Trump names Grenell
that gave voters their fi rst also found at the fl at in what The bloodshed plunged he blamed on being
as top intel official
WASHINGTON
unscripted look at the media appeared to be a Germany into mourning, “watched” by unspecifi ed
President Donald Trump mogul and selffunding murdersuicide. and rallies are scheduled in secret services.
announced that Richard former New York Mayor, Mr. Federal counterterror Berlin, Hanau and other ci Ms. Merkel pledged to
Grenell, the U.S. Ambassador Bloomberg seemed uncom prosecutors investigating ties on Thursday to honour fi ght back against “all those
to Germany, will become fortable and hesitant as he Face to face: Democratic presidential hopefuls, from left, Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth the case said they saw “a xe the victims. Relatives and who try to divide Germany”.
acting director of national defended his record and ar Warren, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar arriving for the nophobic motive” behind friends of the victims gath She cited the murders car
intelligence, a move that puts gued that he is Democrats’ Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas on Wednesday. AFP * the shootings, the latest ered at the Arena bar around ried out by the neoNazi
a staunch Trump ally in best chance of beating Repu deadly attack blamed on the midday Thursday, an AFP re “NSU” cell between 2000
charge of the nation’s 17 spy blican President Donald arrogant billionaire for Tuesday. Mr. Bloomberg said this month. Both Ms. Warren far right in Germany. porter said, embracing one and 2007 as well as last
agencies, which the President Trump in November. another,” she added. at the debate that he was us and Mr. Biden, the former “Racism is a poison, another in tears. June's killing of promigrant
has only tepidly embraced. AP Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Mr. Bloomberg has been ing his money for an impor VicePresident and onetime hatred is a poison and this politician Walter Luebcke,
Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Joe accused over the years of tant cause. “I’m spending frontrunner who lost poison exists in our society, Killer’s document and the deadly antiSemitic
Japan firm lands massive Biden and Pete Buttigieg all many sexist and misogynis that money to get rid of Do ground to Mr. Sanders and and it is already to blame for In a rambling 24page docu attack in Halle in October as
Sri Lanka airport contract
lined up to go after Mr. tic comments, and several nald Trump, the worst presi Mr. Bloomberg in recent far too many crimes,” Ms. ment seen by AFP, the al examples of the threat
COLOMBO
Bloomberg, who has surged lawsuits have been fi led al dent we’ve ever had. And if I weeks, criticised Mr. Bloom Merkel said in Berlin. leged gunman wrote that pe posed by the far right.
Japanese firm Taisei
Corporation was chosen by
in polls helped by an unpre leging that women were dis can get that done, it will be a berg for his treatment of wo
Colombo on Thursday to build cedented advertising blitz. criminated against at his me great contribution to Ameri men, and asked him to com
a new $570 million terminal
for Sri Lanka’s main airport, as
Tokyo re-emerges as a key
But they also heaped perso
nal attacks on one another in
the most contentious of the
dia company.
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Virus cases jump beyond epicentre Apple CEO stalked by FATF places
Iran on
Indian-origin man black list
Spike in South Korean infections linked to church; vaccine trial set for April
Indo-Asian News Service along with phone calls,
Reuters December in its locked said China’s earliest vaccine dong and Zhejiang in the San Francisco making what Apple de Reuters
BEIJING/SEOUL down capital, Wuhan. would be submitted for clini east — made up most of the Apple has been granted a scribes in a legal fi ling as PARIS
Ireland’s PM resigns, The new coronavirus, SARS State television quoted cal trials around late April. 258 newly confi rmed Chi temporary restraining order “threatening statements” — A global antimoney laun
assumes caretaker role CoV2, has infected hun Communist Party rulers as That timetable is in line with nese infections outside the against an Indianorigin led the company to request dering watchdog placed
DUBLIN dreds of people in Chinese saying the turning point in a World Health Organization epicentre province. man, who allegedly stalked a restraining order this Iran on its blacklist on Fri
Irish Prime Minister Leo prisons, authorities said on combating the outbreak had estimate of a vaccine reach The virus has emerged in its CEO Tim Cook and month against Rakesh Shar day after it failed to comply
Varadkar resigned on Friday, contributing to a not yet been reached, and ing the market in 18 months. 26 countries and territories showed up at his residence ma, a 41yearold San Fran with international antiter
Thursday, but stayed on as jump in reported cases more than 30 cases in a hos As international authori outside mainland China, kill in Palo Alto twice. cisco man, the CNET report rorism fi nancing norms, a
interim leader while the beyond the epidemic’s epi pital in Beijing highlighted a ties seek to stop the virus ing 11 people. According to reports, Ra ed on Thursday. move that will deepen the
country’s three main parties centre in Hubei province, in sharp jump in the tally there. from becoming a global pan South Korea reported 100 kesh ‘Rocky’ Sharma, carry He has been ordered to country’s isolation from fi
battle out coalition talks cluding 100 more in South Total cases in the capital demic, public health offi cials new cases, taking its total to ing a bottle of champagne stay away from Mr. Cook’s nancial markets.
after an inconclusive Korea. of the disease — known as are hoping for signs that the 204, most in Daegu, where and fl owers, showed up at home in Silicon Valley, the The decision came after
election. Mr. Varadkar The 234 infections among COVID19 — were at 396 with arrival of warmer weather in scores were infected in what Mr. Cook’s residence. He re CEO’s security guards as about three years of warn
tendered his resignation to
prisoners outside Hubei end four deaths, out of an offi cial the northern hemisphere authorities called a ”super turned a month later, enter well as the company’s Apple ings from the Financial Ac
President Michael Higgins
ed 16 straight days of de mainland toll of 75,400 cases might slow its spread. spreading event” at a ing the property without Park headquarters. The or tion Task Force (FATF),
after the first sitting of
clines in new mainland cases and 2,236 deaths. The spike in cases in two church, traced to an infected permission and ringing the der lasts through March 3, urging the Islamic Republic
Ireland’s lower house of
Parliament. AFP
excluding that province, Vice Science and Technol jails outside Hubei — in the 61yearold woman who at doorbell. when a hearing is sche to enact terrorist fi nancing
where the virus emerged in ogy Minister Xu Nanping northern province of Shan tended services. Those interactions — duled, the report added. conventions.
Iranians vote in
general election
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4 Model has mimic’s measuring
device (4) Discovering the self
enthusiasm at fi rst (4) 5 Firstly, over everything ... The Gita directs every individual to recognise the value of
17 Roman poet without a right to (5,3) the human intellect by using which one’s understanding of
produce watch (5) the esoteric and special nature of the indwelling self in all
6 ... fellow initially incorporating beings is made possible. But intellect is not to be understood
18 Port bottle stopper (4) a small business can be a
as synonymous with intelligence, though both are no doubt
failure (6)
19 Juliet and Roman girl return great assets to all beings, pointed out Srimati Sunanda in a
getting travel fatigue (3,3) 7 Very eager in a synagogue (4) discourse. Intelligence is the ability to learn about the objec
tive world and to acquire knowledge and work skills in life,
21 Small note is accompanied by 13 Ask for monetary dole with etc. But intellect or ‘buddhi’ is the ability by which one un
Middle Eastern currency for hesitation for a married derstands the presence of the undying self within and of its
monument (8) Muslim lady (5) relationship with the world outside. It helps to understand
23 Pull car back with energy for the Supreme Principle who holds the entire universe togeth
15 Descriptions about locals er even as the gems are held by the string on which they are
an auto competition (4,4)
having a couple of rupees strung.
26 “Richard, that is Lord (10) Adi Sankara in his Atmabodha points out that the process
Mountbatten’s pet name” (6) of discovering the reality of the self is diffi cult since the self
17 Virginia permits bums (8)
27 Daily has extraordinary grit is well hidden by various layers and is not explicit. It is simi
about commencement of 18 Hundred prophets’ boats (8) lar to the presence of butter in milk, which is not evident.
expose... results in a harmless But just as butter is extracted from milk through a certain
20 Made an entry about dogleg Solution to puzzle 12864 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku process, the self can also be realised. The fl uid milk is made
threat (5,5)
■ ACROSS
manoeuvring (6) into fi rm curd when it is kept at a specifi c heat and a little bit
28 Sees spots on coconuts (4)
8 Socalled fi ddler toured Reno of curd is added to it. Then the curd is churned patiently to
22 Latest method followed by get butter. The butter needs to be preserved by keeping it in
(4) ■ DOWN Royal Navy (6) water. Likewise, the human mind is fl uid like milk. It runs
9 Sketch a spanner and get a
contraption installed over the 1 High fl ying lawyer? (5,5) helterskelter. It lacks concentration. Daily study of the Gita
24 Widen a hole for 480, 500 or
moat (10) 516 sheets of paper (4)
and scriptures is the curd and constant selfenquiry,
2 Wine is fi t; can be transported
10 Untidy torn cloth label (6) prompted by one’s inherent experience, is the heat that pro
(8)
11 Think of English face (8) 25 Placing Director General vides the conducive environment for keeping the mind sta
12 Take back engineers, sailors, 3 An American lawman and between Edward and ble. The need to fi nd the truth is now established in the
and other ranks before soldier at ball give Elizabeth gives an advantage mind. Then this quest has to be kept alive and preserved in
beginning of battle (8) instructions to go slow (6) (4) the water of devotion.
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to three. Samsung Electronics on Gumi accounts for a small the Island of Jeju, a popular Governor Lee Cheolwoo 2001. “It is the fi rst morn
Linked to gathering
Saturday said one of the vi
rus cases had been con
portion of its total smart
phone production, as it pro
tourist destination. The go
vernment designated both
told a briefi ng on Saturday.
Israel’s Health Ministry
ing that I go out without
the fear of being killed by a
More than 10,000 killed
Of the new cases, most have
been linked to outbreaks at a
fi rmed at its mobile device
factory complex in Gumi,
duces most of its products in
Vietnam and India.
Daegu, which has a popula
tion of 2.5 million people,
said in a statement it had
been informed by South Ko
bomb or suicide bomber. I
hope it continues forever,” or wounded in 2019: UN
branch of the Shincheonji causing a shutdown of the fa Also among the new cases and Cheongdo county, home rea that the nine tourists Kabul taxi driver Habib Ul
Church of Jesus in the south cility there until Monday were the fi rst reported infec to around 43,000 people, as who had toured across Israel lah said, while in other
Agence France-Presse more than 10,000
Kabul casualties, UNAMA said.
eastern city of Daegu and a morning. Gumi is close to tions in Busan, South Korea’s “special care zones” on Fri earlier in the month had parts of the country people
hospital in Cheongdo. Daegu. Samsung’s factory in secondlargest city, and on day. Offi cials sent military since tested positive. danced in the streets. More than 10,000 civilians The 5% drop in
were killed or wounded in casualties was attributed to
Attack in Balkh Afghanistan’s war last year, the decrease in activity by
the UN announced on the local Islamic State
Iran shuts schools after virus kills 5 100 more disembark However in Balkh province
in the north, Taliban fi ght
ers attacked a district
Saturday. According to the
United Nations Assistance
affi liate in eastern
Afghanistan, which was
U.K. to revert
‘Campaign spreading
to pre-EU Stay out of U.S. elections, Sanders warns Russia
false alarm on COVID-19’ blue passport He was briefed by intelligence offi cials of possible Russian eff orts to interfere in polls
U.S. blames Russialinked accounts Reuters
Reuters
Washington/Las Vegas
day. The Washington Post on in the U.S. presidential cam
Friday, citing people familiar paign to boost Mr. Trump’s
Agence France-Presse once again choosing to Britain will start reintro Democratic presidential can with the matter, said U.S. of reelection chances.
Washington threaten public safety by ducing traditional blue didate Bernie Sanders fi cials had told Mr. Sanders “These are more paranoid
Thousands of Russialinked distracting from the global passports next month, the warned Russia on Friday to about the Russian eff ort and announcements which, to
social media accounts have health response,” said Philip Interior Ministry said on stay out of White House elec had also informed Republi our regret, will multiply as
launched a coordinated ef Reeker, the acting Assistant Saturday, replacing the tions after U.S. offi cials told can President Donald Trump we get closer to the (U.S.)
fort to spread alarm about Secretary of State for Eu burgundy European Union him Moscow was trying to and U.S. lawmakers. It was election,” said Kremlin spo
the coronavirus, disrupting rope and Eurasia. (EU) documents that have aid his campaign. not clear what form the Rus kesman Dmitry Peskov.
global eff orts to fi ght the been in use since 1988. Re “The intelligence com sian assistance took, the “They have nothing to do
epidemic, U.S. offi cials said. ‘Economic war’ verting to the dark blue of munity is telling us they are paper said. with the truth.”
The disinformation cam The claims circulating in re preEU days has been a interfering in this campaign, A congressional source Jessica Brandt of the Al
paign promotes unfounded cent weeks include allega point of pride for many Bri right now, in 2020. And what confi rmed that intelligence liance for Securing Democra
conspiracy theories that the tions that the virus is a U.S. tons who voted to leave the I say to Mr. Putin, if elected offi cials had told lawmakers cy, an organisation that
Battle for Nevada: Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders
U.S. is behind the COVID19 eff ort to “wage economic bloc in a 2016 referendum President, trust me you are Russia appears to be engag speaking during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday *
AFP monitors foreign interfe
outbreak. State Department war on China,” that it is a bi — even though the new not going to be interfering in ing in disinformation and rence in U.S. politics, said
offi cials tasked with combat ological weapon manufac passport will be made by a American elections,” Mr. propaganda campaigns to were told that Russia, maybe doing — and I’ve seen some Russian state media and offi
ing Russian disinformation tured by the CIA or part of a FrancoDutch fi rm. Sanders told reporters in Ba boost the 2020 campaigns of other countries, are going to of their tweets and stuff — is cial social media accounts
said that false personas are Westernled eff ort “to push “By returning to the kersfi eld, California. both Mr. Sanders and Mr. get involved in this cam they try to divide us up,” he were working to help Mr.
being used on Twitter, Face antiChina messages.” iconic blue and gold de Trump. The source, howev paign,” Mr. Sanders told re said. “They are trying to Sanders by amplifying con
book and Instagram to ad U.S. individuals, includ sign, the British passport A frontrunner er, cautioned that the fi nd porters. cause chaos. They’re trying spiracy theories that his De
vance Russian talking points ing Bill Gates, who has spent will once again be ent Mr. Sanders, 78 is consi ings are very tentative. ”Look, here is the mes to cause hatred in America.” mocratic rivals, the Demo
in multiple languages. billions on global health wined with our national dered the frontrunner for Mr. Sanders said he was sage: To Russia, stay out of cratic National Committee
“By spreading disinfor programmes, have also identity and I cannot wait the Democratic nomination briefed about a month ago. American elections. What Russia denies claims and the “corporate media”
mation about coronavirus, been falsely accused of in to travel on one,” said and was favoured to win the His campaign noted that the they are doing, by the way, The Kremlin on Friday de have been “rigging the sys
Russian malign actors are volvement in the virus. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Nevada caucuses on Satur briefi ng was classifi ed. “We the ugly thing that they are nied Russia was interfering tem” against him.
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Conservatives take lead after L’Arche charity founder ELSEWHERE
SUDOKU
Iran election sees low turnout sexually abused women
Vanier had a ‘spiritual hold’ on them
This is a blow to President Rouhani’s moderate faction Associated Press reported similar facts and
Paris Vanier’s sexual misconduct
Agence France-Presse sion. Most votes went to the A report reveals that L’Arche was often associated with al Pope moves Salvadoran
Tehran fi rst three names on the al founder Jean Vanier, a res leged “spiritual and mysti priest closer to sainthood
Conservatives took an early liance’s list, he said. pected Canadian religious fi cal justifi cations.” VATICAN CITY
lead on Saturday as the fi rst Final results for both the gure whose charity work A priest, who was murdered
results of Iran’s parliamen capital and other provinces helped improve conditions ‘Deep wounds’ in 1977 and who in death
tary election came in, boost would be announced by ear for the disabled in multiple A statement released by became an icon for human
ed by a predicted low tur ly Sunday at the latest, he ad countries, sexually abused L’Arche France on Saturday rights in rural Latin America,
nout following the ded. If the results are con at least six women. Vanier stressed that some women was moved a step closer to
disqualifi cation of nearly fi rmed, it will mean died last year at age 90. still have “deep wounds.” sainthood by Pope Francis on
half the candidates. A woman casting her vote in President Hassan Rouhani’s According to the report Vanier’s actions show “he Saturday. The Vatican said
Friday’s election followed Tehran on Friday. REUTERS * slender majority of refor seen by the AP on Saturday, had a psychological and the Pope had approved a
months of steeply escalating mists and moderates elected the women’s descriptions spiritual hold on these wo decree recognising that
tensions between Iran and no competition. By midday with fanfare four years ago is provide evidence enough to men,” the statement said, Rutilio Grande and two lay
the U.S. Voters had been (0830 GMT) on Saturday, nearly purged. show that Vanier engaged in adding that nothing sug Salvadorans were killed “in
hatred of the faith”. AFP
widely expected to shun the votes had been counted in 71 An unoffi cial tally pu “manipulative sexual rela gests that disabled people
polls, disillusioned by unful constituencies out of 208, blished by Fars news agency tionships” over a period may have been involved.
fi lled promises and strug according to National Elec said 183 of Parliament’s 290 from 1970 to 2005. Vanier founded the Cath Ryanair head accused of
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku gling to cope in a country tions Committee fi gures re seats had already been de During the inquiry, com olicinspired charity L’Arche Islamophobia over remark
LONDON
whose economy has buckled ported by semioffi cial news cided, with conservative missioned by L’Arche last in 1964 as an alternative liv
Muslim men should be
under harsh U.S. sanctions. agency ISNA. candidates winning 135 of year and carried out by the ing environment where
profi led at airports as
Tehran is the biggest them. Reformists were a dis independent, U.K.based those with developmental terrorists will “generally be
Mass disqualifi cation catch in the election with 30 tant second at 20, it said, ad GCPS Consulting group, six disabilities could be full of a Muslim persuasion”,
About half of the 16,000odd seats. The conservative and ding independents had won adult, nondisabled women fl edged participants in the Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary
candidates were disquali ultraconservative alliance 28 seats. said Vanier had engaged in community instead of pa said in an interview published
fi ed. Among them were ma appeared to have a comfor Turnout was estimated at sexual relations with them tients. The charity now has on Saturday, sparking
ny reformist and moderate table edge in the capital in around 40% nationwide and as they were seeking spiri facilities in 38 countries that accusations of racism. A
candidates — including do early results, the commit 30% in Tehran at the sche tual direction. According to are home to thousands of spokesman from the Muslim
zens of sitting MPs — leaving tee’s spokesman Esmail duled close of polls on Fri the report, the women, who people both with and with council of Britain accused him
conservatives with virtually Mousavi said on state televi day, according to Fars. have no links to each other, out disabilities. of “Islamophobia”. AFP
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In show of might, Sanders wins Nevada China faces its biggest health
His triumph, after strong performances in Iowa & New Hampshire, makes him a front-runner in the race emergency since 1949: Xi
Jonathan Martin wanted to “reorder the eco
Alexander Burns nomy in ways most Demo Authorities warn against gatherings, complacency
Las Vegas
crats, not to mention most
Senator Bernie Sanders Americans, don’t support.” Agence France-Presse
claimed a major victory in Mr. Biden appeared at a SEOUL/SHANGHAI
Tuesday contests imme month. this late in the race, the lack ish still in doubt, Mr. Butti dates, many of whom have most diffi cult to prevent and The deadly COVID19 Four more Indian crew
diately thereafter, with a While Mr. Sanders boast of an obvious single alterna gieg used his caucusnight been counting on a drawn control”. outbreak could put the members on board a
burst of momentum that ed that “no campaign has a tive to Mr. Sanders and no speech to deliver a stern out nomination fi ght to give “This is a crisis for us and recovery of an already cruise ship moored off the
may make it diffi cult for the grassroots movement like we sign that any of those vying warning about the implica them time to catch up. But it is a big test,” he said. fragile global economy at Japan coast have tested
stillfractured moderate do,” and was bathed in “Ber for that role will soon drop tions of nominating Mr. San time is plainly running short, Mr. Xi’s comments come risk, the IMF warned on positive for the
wing of the party to slow his nie, Bernie!” chants, he oth out to hasten a coalescence. ders, urging Democrats not and few of Mr. Sanders’ riv as the number of virus infec Sunday, as G20 fi nancial coronavirus, taking the
march. erwise ignored his Demo As results were being to “rush” into anointing him als have a clear path to clos tions hit almost 77,000 in chiefs met here to discuss total number of Indians
Mr. Sanders, speaking to cratic opponents. counted on Saturday night, as their candidate. ing his advantage. Among mainland China. ways to contain its infected with the virus on
jubilant supporters in San Mr. Sanders’ success, and former VicePresident Joe Bi “Sen. Sanders believes in them, only Mr. Biden has a Mr. Xi acknowledged that economic ripple eff ects. the vessel to 12, , the
Antonio, trumpeted what the continued uncertainty den, former Mayor Pete But an infl exible, ideological re realistic chance of winning the epidemic will “inevitably “The COVID19 — a global Indian Embassy said on
early results suggested over who is his strongest tigieg of South Bend, India volution that leaves out most South Carolina next week, have a large impact on the health emergency — has Sunday.
would be a landslide victory. wouldbe rival, makes it less na, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Democrats, not to mention the sole remaining contest economy and society”, but disrupted economic activity Passengers showing no
“We have just put together clear than ever how centrist Massachusetts, billionaire in most Americans,” Buttigieg before Super Tuesday on he stressed the eff ects will in China and could put the signs of the deadly disease
a multigenerational, multira forces in the party can or vestor Tom Steyer and Sen. said, adding that Sanders March 3. NY TIMES be “shortterm” and recovery at risk,” IMF chief started deboarding the
controllable. Kristalina Georgieva said. ship, Diamond Princess.
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A case of exploding mangoes and nerve gas that ‘brought down’ Zia’s plane ELSEWHERE
Former President’s son points to ‘suspicious’ role of ex-Pak. General and ex-NSA, while also blaming Indian and Israeli intelligence agencies
Mehmal Sarfraz maimed pilots. He also con er it up. When the autopsies tigating him. The report was own was involved. Also, Gen. Durrani, with permis
LAHORE fi rmed the presence of explo were done on U.S. military handed over to the GHQ, but there was late Justice Shafi sion from Gen. Zia, decided
In an exclusive interview sives in mango crates, be attache Brigadier General it was never released at the urRehman Commission re not to travel to the tank trial
with a foreign publication, sides claiming that a Herbert M. Wassom, then orders of Gen. Beg, who said port, which said that there while Gen. Beg, instead of ‘Not sure if EU-U.K. deal
former President and Army projectile had also hit the why not the Pakistanis? I this could lead to uncertain was negligence on part of the travelling with Gen. Zia, pre possible by year-end’
chief General ZiaulHaq’s plane.” asked Gen. Beg directly and ty. Gen. Beg kept the original government and the Army. ferred to fl y back in a sepa PARIS
son Muhammad IjazulHaq Speaking to The Hindu, indirectly but he never res report with himself. These The report recommended rate plane after Gen. Zia’s French President Emmanuel
pointed towards the “suspi Mr. Haq said he believes that ponded. The orders to transf three offi cers were then that there should be a crimi plane had taken off . It was al Macron on Saturday said he
cious” role of former Army Generals Beg and Durrani er the doctors to farfl ung transferred out of the nal investigation into the in so reported that Gen. Beg did was “not sure” it would be
Chief General Mirza Aslam were somehow involved be places didn’t come from agency.” cident. Unfortunately, the re see Gen. Zia’s plane crashing possible for the EU and
Beg and former National Se cause “some of the doctors their immediate bosses; only port was never released by but instead of supervising Britain to reach a trade deal
curity Adviser General Mah who were working in CMH the GHQ could have done it.” ‘Criminal act of sabotage” the government.” the evacuation, he decided by the end of the year. Britain
mood Ali Durrani in his fath Multan informed us [Gen. Mr. Haq said that Air Com Mr. Haq said that he has gath Defence analyst General to rush back to Rawalpindi. and the EU are about to
er’s plane crash in August Zia’s family] probably a modore Zaheer Zaidi carried General Zia-ul-Haq ered all this information (retd) Amjad Shoaib says that Even at that time Gen. Beg’s embark on negotiations
1988, while also claiming in month or two after the inci out an investigation. Mr. Haq through diff erent sources — Mr. IjazulHaq has always action was criticised by ma aiming to hammer out a trade
volvement of Indian and Is dent that they received or also mentioned about an Air cording to his confession, some directly and some indi blamed Gen. Beg and Gen. ny senior offi cers in the Ar agreement by the time the
post-Brexit transition period
raeli spy agencies “based on ders from higherups not to Force offi cer Akram Awan, there were two other offi c rectly. “These are the things Durrani for his father’s plane my. In my opinion there is no
shuts at the end of
the evidence he has do the autopsy of the body “who was arrested by Pakis ers, one from Mossad who that lead to suspicion. A joint crash but he doesn’t think reason to doubt Gen. Beg’s
December. But France has
collected”. parts retrieved after the tani intelligence agency for was using the U.S. passport U.S.Pakistan investigation they had any role in Gen. action. It is said that Gen. Beg
made clear it thinks the
According to Mr. Haq’s in crash. Later, some of them espionage and kept in safe and another one from the In said that it was a criminal act Zia’s plane crash. saw the plane and very right negotiations will be
terview, “the plane came told us that they were trans custody.” dian intelligence agency”. of sabotage. The U.S. tried to “I think it was their deci ly assumed that the chances particularly difficult, ,
down due to spraying of ferred from Multan, which “He revealed that he had A team of Brigadier, a Ma cover it up, but had to give a sions around that time, of having any survivors were especially in such a tight
nerve gas in the cockpit that was obviously done to to cov brought the nerve gas. Ac jor and a Colonel were inves conclusion as one of their which led to this suspicion. almost negligible...” timeframe. AFP
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Democrats will
Weinstein guilty of sexual assault, rape 10 injured as car rams into ELSEWHERE
stop Sanders,
says Trump
crowd at German carnival
Disgraced producer was handcuff ed and sent to jail, in landmark #MeToo verdict
Driver drove into them ‘at full throttle’
Agence France-Presse Associated Press The jury of seven men and
Agra NEW YORK fi ve women took fi ve days to Reuters cluding himself, in one of
U.S. President Donald Harvey Weinstein was con convict him. The most da BERLIN the worst racist attacks in Human rights under
Trump predicted on Mon victed on Monday of rape maging conviction, for the Ten people were injured on Germany since the Second assault globally: UN chief
day that the Democratic and sexual assault against sexual assault of a produc Monday after a car World War. GENEVA
Party leadership would two women and and was im tion assistant, carries up to ploughed into a carnival pa Dirk Richter, police spo UN chief Antonio Guterres
prevent frontrunner Ber mediately handcuff ed and 25 years behind bars. The rade in the western German kesman in the nearby city of launched a “call to action” on
nie Sanders from becom led off to jail, sealing his diz rape charge is punishable by town of Volkmarsen, police Kassel, told Welt TV: “Eve Monday against rising attacks
ing its candidate. zying fall from powerful Hol up to four years. Sentencing said, adding that the driver rything we have available on human rights, highlighting
Mr. Sanders’ leftist polit lywood studio boss to arch was set for March 11. had been arrested. from the Kassel area is political polarisation, the
ics alarm many moderate villain of the #MeToo Judge James Burke or Police declined to say if it there.” persecution of minorities in
Democrats, who fear that if movement. dered Weinstein taken to jail was an accident or if the Carnival is hugely popu many countries and “alarming
he heads the ticket in the Weinstein, 67, had a look immediately. Court offi cers driver had deliberately lar in western Germany, es levels of femicide”. AFP
election, the party could of resignation on his face as Justice delivered: Harvey Weinstein, right, entering New York surrounded Weinstein, rammed the car into the pecially in Rhineland cities
Voting begins to find
face sweeping losses. he heard the verdict that City Criminal Court on Monday in New York City. AFP *
handcuff ed him and led him crowd. such as Cologne and Dues
Corbyn replacement
Mr. Trump has nick could send him to prison for out of the courtroom with German news website seldorf, where festivities LONDON
named Mr. Sanders as up to 29 years. “This is the trict Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on charges stemming from a out the use of the walker he HNA cited witnesses as say peak on “Rose Monday” Members of Labour party
“Crazy Bernie” for his so new landscape for survivors said. “Weinstein is a vicious, 2006 sexual assault and a relied on for much for much ing the driver appeared to with thousands attending began voting on Monday for a
cialist policies. “They [De of sexual assault in America, serial sexual predator who 2013 rape. The jury found of the trial. The judge said he have deliberately targeted street parades featuring new leader to replace leftist
mocrats] are going to take I believe, and it is a new day. used his power to threaten, him not guilty on the most will request that Weinstein children and had driven into comical or satirical fl oats. Jeremy Corbyn. Brexit
it away from ‘Crazy Bernie,’ It is a new day because Har rape, assault and trick, hu serious charges, two counts be held in the infi rmary after the crowd “at full throttle”. German media said the spokesman Keir Starmer is the
they are not going to let vey Weinstein has fi nally miliate and silence his vic of predatory sexual assault, his lawyers said he needs The incident comes less driver deliberately broke front-runner. Rebecca Long-
him win,” he said during a been held accountable for tims,” he added. each carrying a sentence of medical care following an than a week after a man through plastic barriers Bailey and Lisa Nandy are also
visit to India. crimes he committed,” Dis Weinstein was convicted up to life in prison. unsuccessful back surgery. gunned down 11 people, in around the parade area. in the fray. AFP
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Regional connectivity
South Korea are of particular
concern.
Agence France-Presse
Geneva
prompting a raft of
restrictions on travellers
even bigger spread.
“For the moment we are ship dies tions. In fact, Mr. Trump is
being seen as far from the
One such opening is the
Quad Initiative with the U.S.,
He added that India had no
reason to be overly sensitive
“We are close to a pan The COVID19 cases have from infected nations. not witnessing the most hawkish voice on Chi Australia and Japan, which to China’s concerns, noting
demic but there is still hope,” peaked in China but could South Korea, Italy and uncontained global spread Agence France-Presse na in Washington, given his Mr. Trump said on Tuesday how China considered In
said Raina MacIntyre, head still grow into a pandemic, Iran have logged of this virus and we are not Tokyo
wellknown proclivity for he and Narendra Modi were dian sensitivities in its ties
of a biosecurity programme the World Health particularly sharp increases witnessing largescale A fourth person died on wanting to “cut a deal”. “revitalising”, including with Pakistan. Mr. Trump on
at the University of New Organization warned, as in infections and deaths. deaths,” Mr. Tedros told Tuesday in Japan after Shared concerns about through expanded coopera Tuesday highlighted region
South Wales. infections mushroom in But WHO chief Tedros reporters in Geneva on becoming ill aboard a China’s rise are not new, and tion on maritime security al connectivity and the Blue
other countries. Adhanom Ghebreyesus Monday. coronavirusstricken have underpinned India’s re “to ensure a free and open Dot Network pushed by the
Iran faces isolation The situation is insisted the virus could still He added, however, that cruise ship Diamond lations with the U.S. going IndoPacifi c”. U.S., Australia and Japan to
Iran’s outbreak, amid worsening in other be contained, praising countries should be “doing Princess, a government back to the 1950s. On Tuesday, both coun promote private sectorled,
mounting U.S. sanctions countries, with more than China’s drastic quarantine everything we can to offi cial said, as authorities These concerns provided tries inked a $2.6 billion de sustainable, and “trustwor
pressure, threatens to leave 2,000 cases and around 30 measures in several cities prepare for a potential vowed new measures to the backdrop for the land fence deal for 24 MH60 Sea thy” options for infrastruc
it further cut off . Several deaths reported abroad, for helping to prevent an pandemic.” fi ght the outbreak. mark nuclear deal fi nalised hawk helicopters, another ture — a veiled criticism of
countries suspended fl ights DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD during George W. Bush’s indicator of growing defence China’s Belt and Road Initia
due to cases in travellers 2006 visit, as well as for the ties, which saw a logistics ex tive. Mr. Modi said India
from Iran to Canada, Leba vinces. Many Iranians took the outbreak is believed to south of Rome. zerland, Austria and Croatia joint strategic vision un change agreement in 2016 agreed with the U.S. on the
non, the UAE and Iraq. to social media to accuse have begun with a 61year A planned threeweek also reported fi rst cases. veiled during Barack Oba and a communications com importance of sustainable
Some neighbours also authorities of concealing old woman. shoot in Italy for Tom Cruis With dozens of sporting ma’s visit in 2015. But “the patibility agreement in 2018. and transparent fi nancing in
closed borders, while facts. Authorities were to test all e’s seventh outing in the Mis- events already hit, Japan, dynamic has now changed “It’s no secret that Chi the development of connec
Oman’s Khasab port halted Authorities say U.S. sanc members of the church, esti sion: Impossible series was which has had four deaths in a fundamental way”, said nese submarines and war tivity infrastructure across
imports and exports with tions are hampering its res mated by media at about also postponed, while Milan and 850 cases, said it was former Indian Ambassador ships have begun regular op the world.
Iran. ponse to the coronavirus by 215,000 people. President cathedral was closed and premature to talk about can to China Ashok Kantha. In erations in the Indian Ocean Hurdles, however, re
“It is an uninvited and in preventing imports of masks Moon Jaein acknowledged Venice carnival cancelled. celling the Tokyo Olympics 2005, the U.S. and China over the past decade and main. As a January 28 study
auspicious visitor. God will and medicines. the situation was “very Airlines began restricting due to start on July 24. were cooperative despite dif this arguably provided some by the Centre for New Amer
ing we will get through... this grave”. fl ights to Italy, while prices The U.S. pledged $2.5 bil ferences. Now, the U.S. is of the impetus behind grea ican Security in Washington
virus,” Iranian President Situation ‘very grave’ In Europe, Italy is the for masks and gels lion to fi ght the disease, with clearly looking at China as a ter joint eff orts on maritime put it, the U.S. eff ort in the
Hassan Rouhani said in a te South Korea has the most vi front line, with more than skyrocketed. more than $1 billion going to strategic “competitor” and domain awareness, intelli region remained “ïnconsis
levised speech. rus cases outside China, with 280 cases and 10 deaths, Afghanistan, Bahrain, wards developing a vaccine. “revisionist power”. gence sharing, and naval ex tent, uncoordinated and
Iran cancelled concerts 977 infections and 10 deaths, most in the northern Lom Iraq, Kuwait and Oman re With the pace of new in This off ered opportuni ercises, including the fi rst underresourced”.
and soccer matches nation the majority linked to the bardy and Veneto regions ported their fi rst new coro fections slowing, Beijing said ties and challenges for India, ever triservice military exer Convergence may be
wide, and schools and un Shincheonji Church of Jesus but one case emerging in Si navirus cases, all in people restrictions on travel should which has carefully expand cise last December,” said Jeff growing, but walking the
iversities closed in many pro in the city of Daegu, where cily, the fi rst in the country who had been to Iran. Swit begin to be lifted. ed ties with America while Smith, South Asia scholar at talk is still a challenge.
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Beijing jails Swedish Hosni Mubarak, ousted by Arab Spring in 2011, dies
bookseller for 10 years Dubbed ‘the Pharoah’, the exPresident of Egypt ruled the country with an iron fi st for 30 years
Chinese envoy summoned in protest Agence France-Presse peace with Israel. He maintained Egypt’s party fi gure.
Reuters Cairo A former Air Force chief, peace treaty with Israel — the Mr. Mubarak’s ouster
BEIJING Egypt’s former President he became Egyptian Vice reason Sadat was assassinat came during the Arab Spring Assange stripped naked
A Chinese court sentenced Hosni Mubarak ruled with an President and then, in 1981, ed by militants — and be days, soon after Tunisians and handcuff ed: lawyer
Chineseborn Swedish citi iron fi st for 30 years before head of state after Islamist came a main player in the overthrew their leader Zine LONDON
zen Gui Minhai to 10 years in being deposed amid street militants assassinated his U.S.sponsored IsraeliPales El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. A lawyer for Julian Assange
jail on Monday for illegally protests, defending his che predecessor Anwar Sadat tinian peace process more He was condemned to life complained on Tuesday that
providing intelligence over quered reign to the end. He during a military parade. than a decade later. in jail in 2012, but an appeals the WikiLeaks founder was
seas, prompting a protest died on Tuesday aged 91. Critics say that during his court ordered a retrial. handcuffed 11 times and
from Stockholm. Once dubbed “the Pha Survived many attacks rule the government and During his detention, Mr. stripped naked twice on the
Gui, a bookseller pre raoh” for his long, autocratic Mr. Mubarak was also economy were hobbled by Mubarak denied wrongdo first day of a hearing on his
viously based in Hong Kong rule, he was swept from wounded, having sat next to rampant corruption, bu ing. “I did nothing wrong at extradition to the U.S. on
who sold books critical of power, like other regional Sadat in the attack by jiha reaucratic mediocrity and all,” he said. By 2017, he was espionage charges. AP
China’s political leadership, Gui Minhai potentates, by the popular dists who had infi ltrated the Hosni Mubarak rights abuses. cleared of all charges
Regime bombing kills 19
was detained by mainland uprisings of the 2011 Arab Army. He would survive sev On the plus side, Mr. Mub brought against him and
civilians in Syria: monitor
police in 2018. He was ish counterparts against Spring. eral more attempts on his Nasser, who ruled from 1956 arak has been credited with released. BEIRUT
seized while with Swedish meddling in China’s internal His mixed legacy is that of life, most dramatically in to 1970, nor a charismatic bringing economic reforms His two sons, Alaa and Ga Regime air strikes in
diplomats on a Beijing aff airs. a strongman who employed 1995 when militants sprayed politician like Sadat, who in the 2000s. mal, were also sentenced in a northwestern Syria, including
bound train. On Tuesday, Sweden emergency powers, led a his motorcade with bullets at succeeded Nasser and led In the last years of Mr. graft case, but were released on schools in the city of Idlib,
Relations between Swe summoned the Chinese Am police state and rigged elec a roadblock in Addis Ababa, Egypt until 1981. Mubarak’s reign, it was un after time served. killed 19 civilians on Tuesday,
den and China soured in the bassador to Stockholm to tions, and of a guarantor of Ethiopia. But his diplomatic pro clear whether he was truly in Mr. Mubarak spent his fi the Syrian Observatory for
months leading up to Mon protest against the court stability who battled jiha He was considered neith wess showed on the interna charge or had devolved ma nal days in a military hospi Human Rights said. Eight
day’s sentencing, with Chi sentence and demand Gui’s dists, maintained close ties er an inspirational revolu tional stage where he proved ny of his responsibilities to tal, leaving only occasional children were among those
nese offi cials warning Swed release. with the West and kept tionary like Gamal Abdel to be a deft statesman. his son Gamal, then a senior ly. killed in the raids. AFP
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Virus cases emerging faster globally: WHO Sri Lanka notifi es UN about
Sudden surge of infections is deeply concerning, says its chief; U.S. warns pandemic is likely rights resolution withdrawal
Agence France-Presse
Geneva Pak. confi rms We are committed to achieving sustainable peace: Minister
There are now more new
cases of COVID19 reported
fi rst 2 infections Meera Srinivasan Mr. Gunawardena’s state
each day outside China than Agence France-Presse
COLOMBO ment at the HighLevel Seg
inside the hardesthit coun Karachi Sri Lanka on Wednesday for ment at the ongoing UNHRC
try, the World Health Organ Pakistan detected its fi rst mally notifi ed the UN Hu session follows President
ization said on Wednesday. two COVID19 cases on man Right Council that it Gotabaya Rajapaksa and
“Yesterday, the number of Wednesday, days after was withdrawing from the Prime Minister Mahinda Ra
new cases reported outside Islamabad closed its UN resolution on postwar japaksa’s earlier announce
China exceeded the number border with Iran, where 19 accountability and ments that Sri Lanka would
of new cases in China for the people have died from reconciliation. not honour Colombo’s com
fi rst time,” WHO chief Te virus. “I can confi rm fi rst “I wish to place on record, mitments to the Council.
dros Adhanom Ghebreyesus two cases of coronavirus Sri Lanka’s decision to with Dinesh Gunawardena “We will always work with
told diplomats in Geneva, ac in Pakistan. Both cases are draw from cosponsorship the UN, but I can’t recognise
cording to a written version being taken care of of Resolution 40/1 on Pro remesinghe told The Hindu what they [UN] have signed
of his speech. according to clinical moting reconciliation, ac in Bengaluru, on the side with past governments,” Go
The UN health agency put standard protocols & both countability and human lines of ‘The Huddle’, the tabaya Rajapaksa told the
the number of new cases in of them are stable. No rights in Sri Lanka,” Minister newspaper’s recentlyheld media during his campaign.
China at 411 on Tuesday and need to panic, things are of Foreign Relations Dinesh annual thought conclave. In 2015, six years after Sri
those registered outside the under control”, tweeted Gunawardena said in Gene The UNHRC is yet to com Lanka’s bloody civil war
country stood at 427. Street sanitisation: Workers in protective suits spraying disinfectant as a precaution against the health adviser Zafar Mirza. va. All the same, Sri Lanka ment on the development. ended, the UNHRC adopted
Governments worldwide coronavirus at a bus garage in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. AP * was “committed” to achiev Accusing the predecessor a consensus resolution, ask
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are scrambling to prevent ing “sustainable peace and government of “violating all ing Colombo to probe allega
the spread of the new coro
navirus (SARSCoV2) after a
coronavirus epidemic and
could no longer trace all cas
Wednesday morning, 78,190
cases of COVID19 had been
“signal that we can no longer
contain the virus, which is Latin America reconciliation”, through a
process designed and exe
democratic principles of go
vernance”, the Foreign Rela
tions of largescale rights
abuses. The resolution,
surge of infections in Italy,
Iran and South Korea.
es. Germany, which has
around 20 cases, said it was
registered in China, includ
ing 2,718 deaths.
not true.”
reports 1st case cuted domestically, the Mi
nister assured.
tions Minister on Wednes
day told the Council that Sri
which Sri Lanka cospon
sored, was at that time wide
Iran reported 19 deaths already impossible to trace That compares with 2,790 Question of ‘when’ not ‘if ’ Associated Press However, Sri Lanka can Lanka cosponsoring the re ly seen as a bold commit
and 139 cases. Italy saw a all chains of infection, and cases and 44 deaths report Meanwhile, the U.S. warned RIO DE JANEIRO not pull out of the resolution solution “remains to date a ment to Sri Lankans and the
fresh jump with another Health Minister Jens Spahn ed across 37 other countries. of a pandemic.. Brazil’s government until 2021, according to blot on the sovereignty and international community.
death, bringing the toll to 12 urged regional authorities, But WHO has said the epi The U.S. Centers for Dis confi rmed on Wednesday former Prime Minister Ranil dignity of Sri Lanka”. Amid Tamil leaders’ grow
and 374 infections. South Ko hospitals and employers to demic in China peaked and ease Control and Prevention that a 61yearold Brazilian Wickremesinghe, whose un ing concern over the pace at
rea reported 284 new cases, review their pandemic on February 2 and has been urged Americans to prepare, man who travelled to Italy ity government helmed by ‘Pawn on chess board’ which Colombo implement
including a U.S. soldier, as planning. declining since. saying that while the imme this month has Latin President Maithripala Sirise The commitments made ed the resolution, Sri Lanka
health authorities prepared Mr. Tedros said the “sud Mr. Tedros acknowledged diate risk was low, the global America’s fi rst confi rmed na cosponsored the resolu bound the country to carry in 2017 sought an extension
to test more than 200,000 den increase of cases” in that the hike in cases outside situation suggested a pan case of the contagious new tion. “We are cosponsors till out an “impractical, uncon for two more years to fulfi l
members of a church hit har those countries was “deeply China had prompted a push demic was likely. “It’s not a coronavirus. “We will now the end of the resolution, stitutional and undelivera its commitments. Last year,
dest by the outbreak. The concerning”, adding that a for a pandemic to be de question of if. It’s a question see how this virus behaves which is in 2021. You can’t ble” process, Mr. Gunawar the Council approved giving
new cases pushed the total WHO team would travel to clared. “We should not be of when and how many peo in a tropical country in the just pull out. After 2021, you dena said, adding that they another two years for Sri
tally to 1,261. Iran this weekend to eval too eager to declare a pan ple will be infected,” the middle of summer,” Health can decide whether you had made Sri Lanka “a pawn Lanka to take forward a
Germany said on Wednes uate the situation. demic,” he said, stressing CDC’s principal deputy di Minister Luiz Henrique want to cosponsor the next on the chess board of global credible probe into the al
day that it was heading for a Mr. Tedros said that as of that such a declaration could rector Anne Schuchat said. Mandetta said. resolution or not,” Mr. Wick politics”. leged rights violations.
Cash doles for HK residents Malaysia in turmoil as Mahathir, Anwar vie for power
Agence France-Presse in the annual budget, com The cash handout to Reuters 72, who formed a surprise that is not aligned with any told a news conference. ting across party lines could
Hong Kong mitting a colossal HK$120 around seven million perma Kuala Lumpur pact to win a 2018 election, party, but only prioritises Mr. Anwar’s Parti Keadilan give Mr. Mahathir greater
Hong Kong’s government billion to help alleviate the nent residents will cost Malaysia’s decadesold politi has shaped Malaysian polit the interests of the country.” Rakyat has 39 seats and al authority than during a spell
said on Wednesday it will worst economic downturn HK$71 billion, but offi cials cal rivals Mahathir Mohamad ics for more than two Mr. Anwar later said he liance partners could poten as PM from 1981 until his re
give a HK$10,000 ($1,280) the international fi nancial hope consumers will plough and Anwar Ibrahim set out decades. opposed forming a “back tially give it another 62. tirement in 2003. But the
handout to permanent resi hub has faced in a decade. much of the money back into claims to lead the Southeast Mr. Mahathir proposed a door government” and that While some politicians idea was rejected on Tues
dents in a bid to jumpstart Hong Kong boasts signifi local businesses. “Making Asian country on Wednes unifi ed administration with three parties from the form have openly voiced support day by an alliance of four
an economy in recession af cant fi scal reserves of more good use of fi scal reserves to day after Mr. Mahathir’s out political party allegianc er Pakatan ruling coalition for Mr. Mahathir to stay in of parties, including the UM
ter months of protests and than HK$1 trillion built up support enterprises and re shock resignation as Prime es. “Politics and political par had proposed his name to fi ce, it was not clear whether NO, which ruled Malaysia for
the COVID19 outbreak. over the boom years, a stock lieve people’s hardship is Minister sparked turmoil. ties need to be put aside for the king as candidate for enough of them would give six decades until being de
Financial Secretary Paul pile that the government is certainly in line with our pe The struggle between Mr. now,” he said in an address. Prime Minister. “We wait for him their backing. feated by Mr. Mahathir’s coa
Chan unveiled the cash gift now tapping into. ople’s expectations,” he said. Mahathir, 94, and Mr. Anwar, “I propose a government the decision of the king,” he A unity government cut lition in 2018.
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planned for June. U.K. — something London caught in U.K. waters ac tined off Japan, began leav
This would see Britain’s ber states, said it was prepar lasting until December 31 to rejects. count 30% of sales for fi sher ing the vessel, where more Local media said the call tens, elementary and junior
currently seamless trading ing for all scenarios. allow time to strike a new men. than 700 people have tested would not extend to nurser high schools from Saturday
arrangements with the EU, “The Commission main partnership. Financial services Brussels wants to main positive for the disease. ies and daycare facilities. for two weeks.
forged over half a century, tains its capacity to prepare Mr. Johnson wants a free Another potential fl ashpoint tain the right of its fl eets to “The government consid Many public elementary Mr. Abe’s call comes after
abruptly end after a post for no deal following the re trade agreement similar to is fi nancial services, a key fi sh in U.K. waters, warning ers the health and safety of schools and junior high the government urged or
Brexit transition period ex sult of those negotiations,” the EU’s deal with Canada, concern for Britain that it that failure to agree on this children above anything schools in northern Hokkai ganisers of major events to
pires in December. spokeswoman Dana Spinant set alongside separate agree wants resolved by June to al could scupper the wider else,” Mr. Abe said. do, where the death of a consider cancelling them,
“We want the best possi said. ments on issues such as fi sh low fi rms to keep working in trade talks. But Mr. Gove “We request all primary, man in his 80s infected with and called on businesses to
ble trading relationship with She added that the mid ing, energy and aviation. the EU after December 31. warned: “We will take back junior high and high the virus was confi rmed on allow employees to work
the EU, but in a pursuit of a year meeting was “a very fair But Brussels says Britain’s The European Commis control of our waters as an schools... across the nation Thursday, were already from home.
deal, we will not trade away timeline” to take stock of geographical proximity and sion spokeswoman refused independent coastal State to close temporarily from closed after a cluster of in Authorities have said the
our sovereignty,” senior go whether a deal was possible. existing close ties make it a to commit the EU to com and we will not link access to March 2 next week until fections prompted the go coming two to three weeks
vernment Minister Michael diff erent case, fearing it pleting socalled equivalence our waters to access to EU their spring break.” vernor to request public will be critical in determin
Gove told MPs. No alignment could gain an uncompetitive assessments by June. markets.” The spring break for pu schools close for about a ing whether they can stem
The European Commis Britain left the EU on January advantage by relaxing costly In the British Parliament, U.K. proposes that fi shing blic schools usually starts in week. the outbreak of the virus,
sion, which is negotiating on 31, but both sides agreed to a environmental and labour opposition politicians de be negotiated annually, late March in Japan and lasts The city of Osaka also said which has infected nearly
behalf of the EU’s 27 mem standstill transition period laws. cried the government’s hard based on stock levels. several weeks. it will close its kindergar 200 people in the country.
Iran COVID-19
UN rights chief ‘regrets’ Sri Lanka’s decision Trump names Pence
death toll
Meera Srinivasan forts to advance reconcilia remarks came a day after Sri Rajapaksa. trend towards moving civi to lead U.S. response jumps to 26
COLOMBO tion, accountability and hu Lanka’s Foreign Relations However, Ms. Bachelet ob lian functions under the Mi
UN High Commissioner for man rights,” she said in her Minister Dinesh Gunawarde served that domestic pro nistry of Defence or retired Associated Press dy to spend “whatever’s ap
Human Rights Michelle Ba oral update at the UNHRC’s na offi cially notifi ed the cesses have “consistently military offi cers, and re WASHINGTON propriate,” even if that Reuters
DUBAI
chelet on Thursday said she ongoing session in Geneva. Council on Wednesday that failed to deliver accountabili newed reports of surveil President Donald Trump meant the extra billions of
“regretted” the new govern Urging Sri Lanka to imple Sri Lanka was withdrawing ty”, and consequently, “vic lance and harassment of declared on Wednesday that dollars. “We’re very, very Iran said on Thursday the
ment’s “very diff erent ap ment the 2015 resolution, from cosponsoring the UN tims remain denied justice rights defenders, journalists the U.S. is “very, very rea ready for this, for anything,” death toll from COVID19
proach” to commitments which drew from domestic resolution on postwar ac and Sri Lankans from all and victims.” The “increas dy” for whatever COVID19 even if it’s “a breakout of had risen to 26 and the to
that Sri Lanka previously processes, including those countability and reconcilia communities have no gua ing levels” of hate speech, threat brings, and he put his larger proportions,” Mr. tal number of infected peo
made to the Council. initiated by former President tion, instead promising a rantee that past patterns of and policy measures seemed VicePresident Mike Pence Trump told reporters. ple now stood at 245, the
“I regret that the new go Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ms. Ba process that was “domesti human rights violations will “discriminately and dispro in charge of overseeing the Mr. Pence will be working highest number of deaths
vernment has announced a chelet said the measures in it cally designed and execut not recur.” portionately directed against nation’s response. with the government’s top from the virus outside
very diff erent approach to were “essential” for a peace ed”. His remarks were in line Further, underscoring the minorities”, both Tamil and Mr. Trump sought to mi health authorities, includ China.
the commitments previously ful and prosperous Sri with earlier announcements need for independent insti Muslim, she added. nimise fears of the virus ing the coronavirus task Authorities called off the
made in the resolution Lanka. made by President Gotabaya tutions, she said she was Ms. Bachelet urged the spreading widely across the force, to oversee the Friday prayer in Tehran,
which risks setting back ef The High Commissioner’s Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda “troubled by the recent Council to “remain alert”. U.S. But he said he was rea response. state TV reported.
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33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria strikes WHO raises global risk
Ankara threatens to send refugees to Europe as crisis in Idlib worsens; Erdogan asks Syria to pull back
Reuters Syria’s civil war has wor
of virus to ‘very high’
OUTSIDE SARAQEB/ISTANBUL sened dramatically in recent New COVID19 cond Latin American coun
Refugees in Turkey headed months despite largely van try to register the virus, after
towards European frontiers ishing from Western coun cases fall in China Brazil.
on Friday after an offi cial de tries’ agendas. Government but rise elsewhere Mr. Lindmeier said the
clared that borders had been forces, backed by Russian air WHO was looking very care
thrown open, a response to power, have launched an as Reuters fully into reports of some pe
the escalating war in Syria sault to capture the north GENEVA/BEIJING ople getting reinfected.
where 33 Turkish soldiers west, the last remaining ter The rapid spread of the CO In Europe, Germany
were killed by Russian ritory held by rebels backed VID19 outbreak increased warned of an impending epi
backed Syrian government by Turkey. With diplomacy fears of a pandemic on Fri demic and Greece, a gate
troops. sponsored by Ankara and day, with six countries re way for refugees from West
Moscow and Ankara trad Moscow in tatters, Turkey porting their fi rst cases and Asia, announced tighter bor
ed blame over the strike in has come closer than ever to the World Health Organiza A cleaner sanitising a train der controls. The death toll
northwest Syria, the dea direct confrontation with tion (WHO) raising its global wagon in Milan, Italy. AP * in Italy rose to 17 and those
dliest attack suff ered by Tur Russia on the battlefi eld. spread and impact risk alert testing positive rose to 655.
key’s army in nearly 30 In search of safety: A group of migrants waiting on no-man’s land at Turkey’s Pazarkule border Turkey’s Erdogan and to “very high”. than 2,800 deaths have been Germany has nearly 60 cas
years. crossing with Greece's Kastanies on Friday. REUTERS * Russian President Vladimir WHO chief Tedros Adha reported — the majority in es, France about 38 and
The UN Security Council Putin spoke by telephone on nom Ghebreyesus said his China. Spain 23.
called an emergency meet west Syria, spokesman Judd Within hours, a column of cement of any change in pol Friday. The Kremlin said organisation was not under Mainland China reported South Korea has the most
ing to avert open confl ict bet Deere said. Turkey’s neigh dozens of migrants was icy at the border. they agreed on the need for a estimating the risk. “That is 329 new cases in the past 24 cases outside China. It re
ween Russia and NATO bours Greece and Bulgaria heading on foot towards the new arrangement to avert why we said today the global hours, the lowest there in ported 571 new infections on
member Turkey. reinforced their borders in European frontier in the ear Direct confrontation clashes. Turkey said the risk is very high,” he told re more than a month, taking Friday, bringing the total to
U.S. President Donald response to Ankara’s threat ly morning light. Inside Syria there was ample leaders agreed to meet as porters in Geneva. its tally to 78,826. The death 2,337, with 13 people killed.
Trump, in a telephone con to reopen the frontier, shut Greece’s Prime Minister evidence of the renewed soon as possible. WHO spokesman Chris toll reached 2,788 as of the U.S. intelligence agencies
versation with Turkish Presi under an accord that halted said no unauthorised cross fi ghting that has caused per Thursday’s air strike was tian Lindmeier said the sce end of Thursday, up by 44 are monitoring the spread of
dent Tayyip Erdogan, con the 201516 migration crisis ing would be allowed. Bulga haps the worst humanitarian the worst on Turkey’s mili nario of the new strain of co from the previous day. But the virus in Iran and India,
demned Thursday’s attack when more than a million ria’s Prime Minister said the crisis of the nineyearold tary since a 1993 attack by ronavirus reaching multiple as the outbreak eases in Chi where only a handful of cas
on Turkish troops and reaf people crossed into Europe prospect of a new migration war. A million civilians have Kurdish separatists. or all countries “is someth na, it is surging elsewhere. es have been reported,
fi rmed U.S. support for An by foot. crisis was even more of a been displaced since Decem Turkey’s Defence Minister ing we have been looking at Mexico, Nigeria, Estonia, sources said.
kara’s eff orts to avert a hu “We have decided, eff ec threat when European coun ber inside Syria near the Tur said it occurred despite coor and warning against since Denmark, the Netherlands Confi rmed cases in Japan
manitarian disaster in Syria, tive immediately, not to stop tries were struggling to res kish border in desperate dination with Russia. Mos quite a while”. and Lithuania reported their have risen above 200, with
a White House spokesman Syrian refugees from reach pond to the coronavirus winter conditions. Turkey, cow said the Turkish troops The virus has now infect fi rst cases, all with travel his four deaths, excluding the
said. The two leaders also ing Europe by land or sea,” a outbreak. already home to 3.7 million should not have been in the ed 83,000 globally, with cas tory connected to Italy, the more than 700 cases on a
said Syria and Russia must senior Turkish offi cial said The EU noted that Ankara Syrian refugees, says it can area, and Ankara had failed es being confi rmed in worstaff ected European quarantined cruise liner,
halt their off ences in north on condition of anonymity. had made no formal announ not take more. to say where they were. around 50 countries. More country. Mexico is the se Diamond Princess.
ELSEWHERE
Prodemocracy media tycoon arrested Virus reaches
subSaharan
Offi cial denies report
Jimmy Lai accused the police said. The trio while others claimed they
Africa of 210 deaths in Iran
could be jailed for up to fi ve were shopping.
of taking part in years if convicted of taking In a separate charge, Mr. Reuters overall toll to 34. An addi
Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong rallies part in an “unauthorised as
sembly”. They are due to ap
Lai was accused of intimidat
ing a reporter in 2018 during
Agence France-Presse
Lagos Dubai/Tehran
tional 143 cases have been
detected over the past 24
Agence France-Presse pear in court on May 5. a vigil for the victims of Chi Nigeria on Friday an At least 210 people have hours, raising the total num
Activism works, Greta Hong Kong Tens of thousands of prot na’s bloody Tiananmen nounced the fi rst con died due to COVID19 in Iran ber of infections to 388, he
tells school strikers
BRISTOL
Hong Kong media tycoon esters defi ed the police ban crackdown on June 4, 1989. fi rmed case of COVID19 in as of Thursday night, BBC said. It is the highest num
Teen climate activist Greta Jimmy Lai, a high profi le crit on the demonstration mark Amnesty International subSaharan Africa. Persian reported on Friday, ber of new cases for a single
Thunberg told tens of ic of Beijing, was arrested on ing the anniversary of Beij said the legal action against The case is an Italian ci citing hospital sources. day since Iran announced
thousands of environmental Friday for taking part in last Jimmy Lai ing’s rejection of a call for the trio was politically motiv tizen who works in Nigeria However, Iran’s Health its fi rst confi rmed infections
protesters in Britain on Friday year’s prodemocracy prot universal suff rage for Hong ated. “These unjustifi able ar and returned from Milan Ministry spokesman, in a on February 19.
that “activism works” — the ests that rocked the city for banned by the police for se Kong that sparked the 2014 rests are a shameless at earlier this week, Health tweet, rejected the report. Iran has the highest death
day after plans for a third seven months. curity reasons. “Umbrella Movement”. tempt to harass and silence Minister Osagie Ehanire The spokesman, Kia toll from the virus outside
runway at London’s The 72yearold owner of Mr. Lai was arrested and Some gathered in the those in Hong Kong’s prode said in a statement on Twit noush Jahanpour, an China, where COVID19 fi rst
Heathrow airport suffered a the Apple Daily newspaper charged along with veteran name of a religious proces mocracy movement,” said ter. “The patient is clinical nounced earlier in the day emerged. One of Iran’s se
setback. “World leaders are is accused of joining a rally prodemocracy activists Lee sion — which does not re the rights group’s Mankei ly stable, with no serious that eight people had died ven VicePresidents is
behaving like children, so it on August 31 that had been Cheuk Yan and Yeung Sum, quire police approval — Tam. symptoms, ” he said. from the virus, taking the among the infected.
falls on us to be the adults in
the room,” she said at a rally
in Bristol. AFP
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Ghani hopes deal will bring lasting peace dals. That former ruling par
ty of six decades, the United
Malays National Organisa
tion (UMNO), was among
sis that Mr. Muhyiddin, 72,
possibly had the support of a
majority in Parliament. “His
majesty has decreed that the
evening despite police warn
ings. Offi cers, however,
stood on the sidelines with
out intervening.
Taliban leader calls it ‘day of victory’; Pompeo says victory will be achieved only when Afghans prosper
Reuters
Agence France-Presse
signed the accord alongside
Washington’s chief negotia
monumental day for Afghan
istan,” the U.S. Embassy in
present. “We went in togeth
er in 2001, we are going to
I always believed I would be freed: Bibi
Kabul/Doha
tor Zalmay Khalilzad, in a Kabul said on Twitter. “It is adjust (troop levels) together Pakistani-Christian woman hopes to return home one day
Afghan President Ashraf luxury hotel in the Qatari about making peace and and when the time is right,
Ghani on Saturday ex capital. The pair then shook crafting a common brighter we are going to leave togeth Press Trust of India faith helped her through the
London ordeal. “They said change
pressed hope that the deal hands. future. We stand with Af er, but we are only going to
signed between the U.S. and ghanistan.” The Afghan go leave when conditions are Asia Bibi, the Pakistani your faith, and you’ll be
the Taliban in Doha would Diffi cult work ahead vernment said it stood ready right,” NATO SecretaryGen Christian woman who was freed. But I said no. I will live
pave the way towards lasting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Afghan President Ashraf to negotiate and conclude a eral Jens Stoltenberg, who cleared by the country’s Su my sentence. With my faith,”
peace. “We hope the U.S.Ta Pompeo looked on as the Ghani. AFP *
ceasefi re with the Taliban, was in Kabul, told reporters. preme Court of blasphemy she said.
liban peace will lead to a per two inked the deal, and al and it affi rmed its support The accord also comes charges after spending eight Ms. Bibi said that she al
manent ceasefi re... The na luded to the diffi cult work “This is the kind of day that for the phased withdrawal of amid a fragile political situa years on death row, has said ways believed she would be
tion is looking forward to a that remains to be done. “I our ancestors celebrated af U.S. and coalition forces. It tion in Afghanistan. The In that she always believed she freed.
full ceasefi re,” he told a news know there will be a tempta ter they defeated the British also said it remained com dependent Election Com would be freed. Ms. Bibi called on Pakis
conference in Kabul. tion to declare victory, but and the Soviets,” he said as mitted to preventing militant mission said on February 18 In an interview to the BBC tan’s Prime Minister Imran
The agreement is expect victory for Afghans will only he and other jubilant Taliban groups from using its soil to that Mr. Ghani won a Sep on Friday, Ms. Bibi, who Khan to free anyone unjustly
ed to lead to a dialogue bet be achieved when they can members took part in a threaten the security of the tember 28 vote beset by alle now lives in Canada, said she Asia Bibi in Paris accused or convicted of blas
ween the Taliban and the Ka live in peace and prosper,” march in Qatar, in a video U.S. and other countries. gations of rigging, technical hoped she would be able to on Friday. REUTERS
*
phemy and to ensure that
bul government that, if he said. The Taliban’s chief shared by Taliban sources. Separately, NATO pledged problems and other irregu return to Pakistan one day as the charges are investigated
successful, could ultimately negotiator Sher Mohammad For U.S President Donald to adjust the coalition troop larities. Chief Executive Ab she recounted her suff ering France to promote her me properly.
see an end to the grinding 18 Abbas Stanikzai hailed Trump, the Doha deal repre levels in the fi rst phase too, dullah Abdullah rejected the inside the jail and mistreat moir Enfi n Libre! (Finally Despite her ordeal, Ms. Bi
year confl ict. another “day of victory” in sents a chance to make good bringing down NATO’s num results, claimed to be the vic ment at the hands of the pri Free), written with French bi said she still felt positively
Taliban fi ghterturned Afghanistan’s long history of on his promise to bring U.S. bers to about 12,000 from tor and vowed to name a pa son guards. journalist AnneIsabelle Tol about Pakistan and hoped to
dealmaker Mullah Baradar repelling foreign powers. troops home. “Today is a roughly 16,000 troops at rallel government. Ms. Bibi, who was in let, said that her Christian return there one day.
fi rst virus death in U.S. 813 new cases reported on Saturday, taking the country’s tally to 3,150, the highest outside China
More than 60 infected in the country Reuters
Seoul
this weekend,” Vice Health
Minister Kim Kanglip told a
magna. The virus has now
hit 59 countries across the
Agence France-Presse his family and friends,” South Korea urged citizens briefi ng. It was a “critical globe, with more than 2,900
Los Angeles Washington State Governor on Saturday to stay indoors moment” in reining in the people killed and over Astronomers discover
The fi rst death from CO Jay Inslee said in a state as it warned of a “critical mo spread of the virus, he said, 85,000 infected since it was 17 new planets
VID19 has been confi rmed ment. U.S. President Donald ment” in its battle on the CO adding, “Please stay at home fi rst detected in the central TORONTO
VID19 after recording the and refrain from going out Chinese city of Wuhan late Astronomers have discovered
on U.S. soil, in Washington Trump said he would ad 17 new planets, including a
State, health offi cials said dress the media about the biggest daily jump in infec side and minimise contact last year.
potentially habitable Earth
Saturday, after a handful of “latest coronavirus develop tions, as 813 new cases took with other people.” Its rapid spread beyond
sized world, by combing
cases of unknown origin ments” at about 1.30 p.m. the tally to 3,150. On duty: South Korean soldiers moving to spray disinfectant China’s borders in the past
through data gathered by
were detected, indicating (1830 GMT). South Korea is grappling 657 from one city at a railway station in Daegu on Saturday. AFP * week has caused stock mar NASA’s Kepler space
the disease was spreading in According to the Centers with the largest outbreak of As many as 657 of the new kets to sink to their lowest le telescope which was
the country. The fatality oc for Disease Control and Pre the virus outside China, as a cases were from southeas ters for Disease Control and by eight on Saturday to 29, vels since the 2008 global fi launched in 2009, and
curred in King county, the vention, more than 60 peo new death took the toll to 17. tern Daegu city, the site of a Prevention (KCDC) said. while the total number of nancial crisis . retired in October 2018. The
most populous in the State ple are infected with the dis “We have asked you to re church at the centre of the cases jumped by 240 to 1,128 The vast majority of infec fi ndings, published in The
and home to Seattle, a city ease in the United States — frain from taking part in pu outbreak, and 79 from the In Italy, over 1,000 cases — the vast majority in the tions have been in China but Astronomical Journal, include
of more than 7,00,000 peo the majority of them pas blic events, including a reli nearby province of North Meanwhile in Italy, the death wealthy regions of Lombar more daily cases are now rare Earthlike planet named
ple, said offi cials in the sengers from the stricken gious gathering or protest, Gyeongsang, the Korea Cen toll from the contagion rose dy, Veneto and Emilia Ro logged outside the country. KIC7340288 b. PTI
State. The victim was not Diamond Princess cruise
immediately identifi ed. ship. An American citizen
Trump’s address
“It is a sad day in our state as
died of the new coronavirus
in early February at the Chi
nese epicentre of the global
Black vote key as South Carolina
we learn that a Washingto
nian has died from CO
VID19. Our hearts go out to
outbreak, the city of Wu
han, the U.S. Embassy con
fi rmed at the time.
votes in Democratic primaries
Biden hopes to catch up with Sanders with a big win
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Sriram Lakshman Carolina, organising events
Washington for Mr. Sanders. Last month,
SUDOKU As the spread of coronavirus
across the globe dominated
Ms. Turner had attacked Mr.
Biden’s record on desegrega
U.S. headlines on Saturday tion, raising criticism that
morning, voting got under Mr. Biden has faced before.
way in South Carolina’s De The former VicePresident,
mocratic primaries, with while in the U.S. Senate dur
former VicePresident Joe Bi ing the 1970s and 1980s, had
den expected to win based not supported the desegre
on strong support from Afri gation strategy of federally
can Americans, who make mandated busing of stu
up more than 60% of the A polling station in dents across school districts.
electorate. Columbia, S. Carolina. *
AP
Bernie Sanders, the fron Biden has clear lead
trunner in the race who has national polling average, However, Mr. Sanders ap
a signifi cant lead in the na was in third place, at 11.7%, pears to have some way to go
tional polls, is expected to in South Carolina polling av in South Carolina. Among
come second but with a siza erages. black South Carolina voters
ble margin between him and In what has become an all who are likely to participate
Mr. Biden. Mr. Biden’s cam White contest, Democratic in the primary, Mr. Sanders
paign is banking on a clear candidates spent the days in was polling at 13% compared
win to make up for his per the run up to Saturday try to Mr. Biden’s 45% (his “fi re
formance in the fi rst three ing to convince South Caroli wall”), as per a Monmouth
States. na voters — especially Afri University poll conducted
can Americans — to back February 2327. Mr. Biden
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku Sanders’s national lead them. has also boosted his pros
An average of South Carolina The State sends 54 pect after he was backed by
polls by Real Clear Politics pledged delegates to the U.S. House Majority Whip,
(RCP) showed Mr. Biden in nominating convention later Jim Clyburn.
the lead with 39.7% followed this year where the winner The next infl ection point
by Mr. Sanders at 24.3%. Mr. will need the support of at for candidates is Super Tues
Sanders however leads at least 1,991 delegates. day, March 3, when the lar
29.5 % in the overall national Campaign cochair for Mr. gest number of States hold
polls — more than 10 points Sanders, former Ohio State their primaries. Former New
ahead of Mr. Biden. Billio Senator Nina Turner, an York City Mayor, Michael
naire Hedge Fund founder African American, has been Bloomberg, will join the race
Tom Steyer, who has a 2.6% leading the charge in South at this point.
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Biden sweeps South Carolina primary Tough talks ahead as Ghani
He wins 48.4% of the vote and 33 delegates over Sanders’ 19.9% and 11 delegates; Tom Steyer drops out rejects Taliban prisoner swap
Sriram Lakshman for All’ as being too expen
Washington DC sive to fund. Mr. Biden also Exchange clause is part of a pact on foreign forces’ pullout
The Democratic party’s race thanked one of his key Afri
for a presidential candidate can American supporters on Agence France-Presse
saw a signifi cant shift on Sa Saturday night. Kabul
turday night as former U.S. Afghanistan’s weakened go
VicePresident Joseph R. Bi Praises for ‘buddy’ vernment protested on Sun
den Jr. won the South Caroli “My buddy Jim Clyburn, you day against a key compo
na primary by a landslide, brought me back,” he said to nent of a deal between the
with support from the state’s the U.S. House of Represen U.S. and the Taliban, setting
African American communi tative’s Majority Whip, who the scene for fractious talks
ty. Mr. Biden, who has pro had given Mr. Biden his in when Kabul and the insur
jected himself as the esta fl uential endorsement and gents meet to strike a sepa
blishment wing of the party, spoke before Mr. Biden at the rate agreement.
won 48.4% of the vote and 33 latter’s victory speech on President Ashraf Ghani,
of the 54 available delegates, Saturday. who faces a political crisis
with Bernie Sanders, the in At least fi ve Democrats, in following claims of fraud in Bumpy road: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaking at
dependent senator from Ver cluding Mr. Biden, Mr. Butti his recent reelection, said a press conference in Kabul on Sunday. AP *
mont who is leading the pro Landslide win: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden taking a selfi e with supporters gieg, former New York City he would not commit to a
gressive wing of the party, at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia on Saturday. REUTERS *
Mayor and billionaire busi clause in the U.S.Taliban release is “not in the author the deal,” Vanda Felbab
coming in second with 19.9% nessman Michael Bloom deal that calls for a massive ity of the US, it is in the auth Brown, a senior fellow at the
of the vote and 11 delegates. legate count nationally, fol wealth tax, a minimum wage African Americans. In South berg, U.S. Senator from Mas prisoner exchange, someth ority of the Afghan Brookings Institution, said.
Having performed poorly lowed by Mr. Biden. and addressing ‘unchecked Carolina, Mr. Sanders won sachusetts and progressive ing the militants have been government”. “It would be an extremely
in Iowa and New Hampshire, capitalism’. Mr. Steyer, who the 1729 age group (43% ver candidate Elizabeth Warren, demanding for years. “It could be included in lucky situation if in 14
Mr. Biden’s position in the Buttigieg draws a blank came in third in terms of sus Mr. Biden’s 26%) but Mr. as well as Senator from Min The swap is one part of the agenda of the intraAf months there was a deal
primaries has been secured Pete Buttigieg, the former vote share (11.3%) but failed Biden had a progressively nesota and moderate, Amy the accord, fl eshed out over ghan talks, but cannot be a signed with the Taliban,” she
— at least for now — by Satur Southbend Indiana Mayor, to win any delegates, an greater lead over Mr. San Klobuchar, were scheduled more than a year of talks prerequisite for talks,” he added, referring to the time
day night’s victory in South who leads Mr. Sanders in Io nounced that he is dropping ders in older age groups. to be in Alabama on Sunday between the U.S. and the Ta said. line under which all foreign
Carolina, giving his candida wa delegates (the results out of the race. Mr. Biden’s victory speech to mark the attack on a vot liban, that was signed Satur forces are supposed to quit
cy momentum as the coun have been challenged by Mr. Sanders, who is the on Saturday night had what ing rights march from Selma day in Doha and lays out a ‘Biggest challenge’ Afghanistan.
try heads to ‘Super Tuesday’ Sanders campaign) is third in most popular candidate appeared to be repeated to Montgomery 55 years ago, 14month withdrawal timet While supporters of Satur After Mr. Ghani’s reelec
when 14 states hold primar overall delegates. However, among younger Democrats veiled references to Mr. San Reuters reported. Alabama is able for all foreign forces day’s accord say it marks a tion was confi rmed last
ies. Some 61% of blacks sup the Mayor, who has failed to and whose campaign mes ders. “Talk is cheap. False one of fourteen states that provided the militants fulfi l critical fi rst step toward month, his bitter rival Ab
ported Mr. Biden on Satur gain traction in the African sage is social and economic promises are deceptive. And will vote on Tuesday. various pledges and open peace, many Afghans fear it dullah Abdullah immediate
day as per exit polls American community, got justice, has also been im talk of a revolution isn’t On Saturday, Mr. Sanders talks with Kabul. amounts to little more than a ly rejected the result and
conducted by Edison Media no delegates from South proving his ratings among changing anyone’s life,” Mr. fl ew to the delegaterich Cali Mr. Ghani committed to dressedup U.S. surrender vowed to set up a rival admi
Research compared to 17% Carolina. African Americans national Biden said. Mr. Biden and fornia, which also votes on continue honouring a partial that will ultimately see the nistration. Washington has
supporting Mr. Sanders — It was a bad night for bil ly. A Reuters/Ipsos poll from other centrist Democrats Tuesday, when 34% of dele truce that has seen violence Taliban return to power. pointedly not congratulated
56% of those who voted were lionaire Tom Steyer as well, last week ranked Mr. Sanders have taken issue with Mr. gates who will vote in the plummet in Afghanistan, but The extent to which that Mr. Ghani.
black. whose proposed policies in ahead of Mr. Biden national Sander’s universal health nominating convention later he pushed back against the happens hinges on the com Political dealmaking is
Mr. Sanders leads the de cluded climate action, a ly in terms of popularity with care proposition, ‘Medicare this year will be awarded. requirement for the Taliban ing “intraAfghan” dialogue notoriously diffi cult in Af
to release up to 1,000 pri between the Taliban, the ghanistan, a country still ri
soners and for the Afghan Ghani administration, and ven by tribal and ethnic riv
Turkey confi rms operation against Syria regime
government to release other Afghan political alries, and where
around 5,000 insurgent cap players. squabbling leaders and war
tives by March 10, when But critics say Mr. Ghani lords struggle to fi nd com
talks are supposed to start. has prioritised his reelec mon ground on important
Agence France-Presse Damascus killed dozens of assault on the region, killing Migrant numbers have al tack on February 27 in Idlib, The agreement says the tion over making a deal with issues.
Ankara Turkish soldiers in Idlib last hundreds of civilians, in a ready surged along the operation ‘Spring Shield’ “United States commits to the Taliban, and has strug The Taliban had, until
Turkey on Sunday an week. Turkish and Syrian bid to retake the last opposi rugged frontier after Tur successfully continues,” Tur completing this goal” of re gled to fi nalise who will ne now, refused to negotiate
nounced the launch of an of military exchanged fi re over tion enclave in an eightyear key’s President Recep Tayyip kish Defence Minister Hulusi leasing the Taliban prison gotiate with the Islamic with Mr. Ghani’s govern
fensive against the Moscow the weekend with Syrian civil war. Erdogan, seeking to pressure Akar said in a video shared ers, but it is unclear how militants. ment — which they consi
backed Syrian regime, as An forces targetting a Turkish The confrontation bet the EU over Syria, said the by the Defence Ministry. that would happen if Kabul “The biggest challenge dered a U.S. puppet regime.
kara put pressure on Europe drone and artillery and An ween the Russiabacked Syr country had “opened the Turkish forces hit Syrian is not on board. right now is the lack of pre The deal says all foreign
by opening its border for mi kara claiming to have shot ian military and NATOmem doors” to Europe. regime positions after Mr. Er paredness of the Afghan go troops will leave if the Tali
grants to seek passage to the down two Syrian fi ghter jets. ber Turkey, which supports Greece said Sunday it has dogan warned Damascus 5,000 prisoners vernment to negotiate, even ban stop jihadist groups
continent via Greece. The situation in rebelheld Syrian rebels, has prompted blocked nearly 10,000 mi would “pay a price” for the “There is no commitment to though they knew for sever such as AlQaeda and Islamic
Tensions have soared bet Idlib was already volatile as worries over a wider confl ict grants at its border with air strike that killed 34 Tur releasing 5,000 prisoners,” al years... that this was going State using the country as a
ween Russia and Turkey af the regime supported by and a migrant crisis in Eu Turkey. kish troops inside Idlib on Mr. Ghani told a rare press to happen and that these base to plot attacks against
ter an airstrike blamed on Russian air power pressed an rope similar to 2015. “Following the heinous at Thursday. conference, noting that any would be the parameters of Washington and its allies.
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France reports
11 more deaths in Iran,
fourth death,
U.S. death toll rises to six, Netanyahu leads in Israel polls
23 MPs contract COVID-19 sparks fear all in Washington state He is likely to secure 59 seats, two short of a ruling majority
Associated Press liament reportedly now suff Agence France-Presse two serious virus hot zones.
Tehran er from the COVID19 it Reuters Los Angeles Five of the six American Reuters votes counted, Mr. Netanya
PARIS
Iran put its armed forces on causes. The number of U.S. deaths fatalities have been from Jerusalem hu, who has the pledged
alert on Tuesday to assist On Tuesday, it an A fourth person has died in from COVID19 disease rose King county, the most popu Prime Minister Benjamin support of rightwing and re
health offi cials in battling nounced 11 more deaths and France due to COVID19, to six on Monday, all in the lous in Washington state Netanyahu led on Tuesday ligious parties for a coalition
COVID19 that has killed at 835 new infections — the the Health Ministry said on state of Washington, offi and home to Seattle, a city in Israel’s third national elec government, appeared to
least 77 people, an outbreak biggest increase in a single Tuesday. It gave no detail cials said, signalling the con of more than 700,000 peo tion in less than a year but control 59 seats in Parlia
that has sickened top offi day since the outbreak. on the person’s age or tagion has taken root in the ple. The sixth victim was was short of a governing ma ment, two short of a ruling
cials and pushed even its su Experts worry Iran’s per nationality. Pacifi c Northwest. from neighbouring Sno jority, nearly complete re majority.
preme leader into wearing centage of deaths to infec On Monday evening, VicePresident Mike homish county, offi cials sults showed. The gap made former De
disposable gloves while try tions, now around 3.3%, is French health authorities Pence announced a treat said. Mr. Netanyahu claimed fence Minister Avigdor Lie
ing to reassure the nation. much higher than other reported 191 confi rmed ment for the disease could “The risk for all of us of victory in Monday’s vote ov berman’s farright Yisrael
Even as government offi countries, suggesting the cases of coronavirus and be available by summer or becoming infected will be er his main challenger, form Benjamin Netanyahu Beiteinu party a potential
cials sit meters (feet) away number of infections in Iran said three people had died early fall, but that a vaccine increasing,” said Jeff Du er armed forces chief Benny kingmaker.
from each other at meetings may be far greater than cur so far from the disease. was farther off . chin, a health offi cer in King Gantz of the centrist Blue ing crowd at Likud’s election A win for Mr. Netanyahu,
now in an eff ort to stop its rent fi gures show. Mean Fears of catching the vi Mr. Pence, the adminis County. and White party, after exit headquarters. 70, would be testament to
spread, the virus is ravaging while, a gloved Ayatollah Ali rus have sparked a run on tration’s pointman for the The state reported four polls projected the right But Mr. Gantz stopped the political durability of Is
both its civilian leadership Khamenei praised the doc masks as well as sanitising crisis, also said the govern new cases, three from the wing leader’s Likud party short of conceding defeat, rael’s longestserving leader,
and its Shiite theocracy. A tors and nurses combating hand gel in France, leading ment was moving to screen same nursing home, taking had come out on top. saying the election could re who fought the latest cam
top emergency offi cial said the outbreak. He urged the some stores and online re 100% of passengers fl ying in the total number of U.S. cas “We turned lemons into sult in another deadlock. paign under the shadow of a
at least 23 members of Par nation to pray. tailers to hike prices. from Italy and South Korea, es to more than 90. lemonade,” he told a cheer With some 90% of the looming corruption trial.
Muslims who are suff ering in India
deserve our attention, says Ali Hussain
concerns over the infamous
amendment that is not just
discriminatory, but also arbi
after three ex-rivals back Biden
trary,” he said. “Moreover,
Meera Srinivasan ing Myanmar’s treatment of the transfer of a senior judge Klobuchar, Buttigieg and O’Rourke endorse the former VP
COLOMBO Rohingya people at the Inter [ Justice Muralidhar] just Pope Francis tests
A Maldivian legislator has national Court of Justice. hours after he questioned Agence France-Presse described democratic social paign and endorsing Mr. Bi negative for COVID-19
challenged Speaker and Apparently responding to the Delhi police on the re Houston ist, and face President den for president. VATICAN CITY
Former President Mohamed Mr. Nasheed’s tweet, Ali Hus cent violence raises serious Americans vote on Tuesday Trump in November. Mr. Biden later intro Pope Francis, who is suffering
Nasheed on his “selective” sain, an MP from the ruling questions about the space in primaries that play a ma The 77yearold former duced Beto O’Rourke, who from a cold, has tested
response to the treatment of coalition, said in a tweet the for independent judiciary [in jor role in who will challenge VicePresident is consolidat made a big splash early in negative for the coronavirus,
Muslims in the same day: “Also the Muslims India],” he said. Donald Trump for the presi ing support among moder the Democratic race but as Italy battles Europe’s
neighbourhood. who are suff ering in India de Observing that India was a dency, a day after key endor ates eager to blunt the ad then fi zzled out. Mr. worst outbreak. Earlier,
In a tweet on February 28, serve our attention. India is Mohamed Nasheed “close friend”, Mr. Hussain sements dramatically boost vance of Mr. Sanders, who O’Rourke remains popular rumours were doing the
Mr. Nasheed said: “I am de closer to us in many ways so said it was therefore Maldi ed Joe Biden’s hopes against could take a potentially in in Texas, the state with the rounds that the pope had
lighted that Amal Clooney is there is no reason why we [Amendment] Act, I have ves’s duty to urge its friend surging leftist Bernie surmountable lead in the all largest delegate haul on himself come down with
working with Maldives to can’t raise our concerns.” closely followed many dis to be fair to all its citizens. Sanders. important delegate count af Tuesday after California. COVID-19. AFP
fi ght on behalf of the Rohin Asked about his tweet, Mr. cussions in academic circles, Asked about Mr. Hussain’s The backing of Mr. Biden ter Super Tuesday. “We need somebody who
Tornadoes hit Tennessee,
gya people. As good Mus Hussain told The Hindu via among lawyers, including position, Mr. Nasheed, wide by three of his exrivals Mr. Biden has been riding can beat Donald Trump
killing at least 22 people
lims, Maldivians have a duty telephone from Male: “Yes, I many of my classmates,” said ly hailed as prodemocracy marked an unprecedented high with key endorsements (and) in Biden we have that
NASHVILLE
to help our brothers and sis strongly believe that we can Mr. Hussain, an alumnus of activist, said “racial distur turn in a fractured, often bit that built into a political man,” Mr. O’Rourke said. Tornadoes ripped across
ters, and it makes sense to not be selective in our pur the National Law School, bances” anywhere were “un ter campaign. crescendo on Monday. Hours earlier Pete Butti Tennessee, U.S., on Tuesday,
begin with those who are suit of justice.” “Whether it Bangalore. fortunate”. The idea upon The Democratic establish He took the stage at a rally gieg, the 38yearold former shredding 40 buildings and
closest to us.” the revocation of Article 370 “Reading on the Citizen which India was born was ment is desperate to unite in Dallas, Texas joined by mayor of South Bend, India killing 22 people. Daybreak
It followed the Maldivian [that gave special status to ship Act and listening to ar “coexistence”, despite diff e around a moderate candi Minnesota Senator Amy Klo na, threw his support be revealed a landscape littered
government’s decision to Jammu and Kashmir], or the guments made by many, I rent languages, ethnicities or date who can triumph over buchar, who told the crowd hind Biden a day after quit with blown-down walls and
join the Gambia in challeng passage of the Citizenship am able to appreciate the religions, he said. frontrunner Sanders, a self she was ending her cam ting the race himself. roofs. AP
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is hard (9) aboard a ship (7) Each one is responsible for his life and should learn to ac
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Bernie Sanders by winning gates, which Mr. Sanders was Big battle: An election staff er need is a new politics that far been split between Ms. defeating Donald Trump such as weddings. Police in Lithuania
strongly in the south. leading in, according to opi packing up supplies in brings working class people Warren, who has won a total starts with uniting behind The provinces of Tehran intervened in a domestic
The crowded democratic nion polls before Super California. REUTERS
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into our political movement, of 36 delegates and Mr. San the candidate with the best and Qom were the worsthit dispute on Wednesday
fi eld has now been reshaped Tuesday. He also won Virgi which brings young people ders, with some criticising shot to do it. After yester with 253 and 101 new cases after a man locked his
into a Biden vs. Sanders con nia, and North Carolina. Mr. Biden performed well into our political Ms. Warren for not dropping day’s vote, it is clear that can of COVID19 respectively, he wife in the bathroom over
test, and battle of identity for California, which has the with African American vo movement…” out of the race before Super didate is my friend and a added. fears that she may be
the Democratic party — bet most number of delegates ters, moderate, “somewhat Mr. Sanders has counted Tuesday in order to consoli great American, Joe Biden,” The Shiite holy city of carrying the coronavirus.
ween its centrist or moder (415), is expected to be won liberal” Democrats as well as on his ability to eff ect a larg date support for Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bloomberg said in a Qom, south of Tehran, is She later tested negative
ate wing represented by the by Mr. Sanders, although by older (65+) voters and late er voter turnout, especially who was way ahead of her. statement. the epicentre of Iran’s coro for COVID19.
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the independent Senator won 135 delegates relative to Mr. Sanders did well with front was limited, based on States — and had a mediocre vide a gamechanging boost ed on February 19. outbreak has turned into
from Vermont, Mr. Sanders. Mr. Biden’s 83, with just un Hispanic voters, younger the results that have come in performance — just 33% for Mr. Biden’s campaign, so Schools have been shut, a global pandemic. Inte
Tuesday, however, went der 87% reporting, as per the and more liberal voters. so far. among her core group, col mething Mr. Biden hinted on major cultural and sporting rior Ministry said it had
to Mr. Biden, who won nine New York Times. “It’s a good night. It’s a legeeducated white women Wednesday morning. events suspended, and banned exports of medi
of the 14 States in contest. Mr. Sanders also won in good night,” Mr. iden said at Bad night for Warren in Massachusetts, as per the “This race is bigger than working hours reduced. cal protection gear such
Buoyed by a win in South Ca Utah, Colorado and his a victory speech in Los An It was a disastrous night for New York Times. candidates and bigger than Meanwhile, Italy on Wed as masks and gloves to en
rolina on Saturday and with home State of Vermont. Re geles. “It seems to be getting progressive candidate, Sena Former New York Mayor, politics. It’s about defeating nesday closed all schools sure that health workers
endorsements from other sults for Maine — a New En better. They don’t call it Sup tor Elizabeth Warren, who billionaire Michael Bloom Donald Trump, and with and universities until March in the country have
Democrats, including Pete gland state — have not yet er Tuesday for nothing.” came in third in her home berg, who had spent more your help, we’re gonna do 15 as the death toll hit 107. enough to deal with the
Buttigieg and Amy Klobu been called. Mr. Biden’s speech was in State of Massachusetts, than $687 million on his it,” Mr. Biden said in a tweet. Germany warned that the coronavirus outbreak.
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Virushit Iran warns of using force to halt travel 27 dead in Kabul attack,
The virus has killed 124 people and infected 4,747 in the Islamic Republic; Foreign Minister’s adviser is among those dead
IS claims responsibility
Associated Press prayers across its major ci trucks and others walking Abdullah Abdullah escapes unharmed
Agence France-Presse ties. Elsewhere in the region, along its sidewalks, spraying
TEHRAN
Iraq cancelled Friday ATMs and storefronts.
Iran said on Friday that the prayers in Karbala, where a
COVID19 epidemic has weekly sermon is delivered Adviser to FM dies
killed 124 people amid 4,747 on behalf of the country’s An adviser to Iran’s Foreign
confi rmed cases as authori top Shia cleric. Authorities in Minister has died from coro
ties warned they may use the United Arab Emirates, navirus, the offi cial IRNA
“force” to limit travel bet meanwhile, limited prayers news agency reported. Hos
ween cities. to two verses of the Quran so sein Sheikholeslam, “a vete
The threat may be to stop they lasted no longer than 10 ran and revolutionary diplo
people from using the closed minutes, over concerns mat” died late on Thursday,
schools and universities as about the virus. IRNA said.
an excuse to go to the Cas Six of those who died from
pian Sea and other Iranian 17 more deaths coronavirus are politicians An injured man being carried in a stretcher after the attack
vacation spots. Semioffi cial On Friday, the Iran govern or government offi cials. A in Kabul on Friday. AP *
Reuters
GENEVA/LONDON
highest priority,” he added. gan to do active disease sur to fi ght COVID19 in U.S. escaped unharmed. ri, an ethnic Hazara leader
who was killed in 1995 after
“In a globalised world, the veillance. “It is much better 55 wounded being taken prisoner by the
All countries should make only option is to stand that we understand the ex Associated Press to sign the Bill during a visit Fiftyfi ve people were Taliban. Several people
WASHINGTON to the Centers for Disease
containing the outbreak of together.” tent of the problem. So we wounded, according to the were killed in a similar at
COVID19 their top priority, In fact, the tally of cases commend the move towards President Donald Trump on Control and Prevention in Afghan Ministry of Health. tack on the same commem
the World Health Organiza has already surpassed more aggressive, targeted Friday signed an $8.3 billion Atlanta. But he told repor “The attack started with a oration last year, which Is
tion (WHO) said on Friday, 1,00,000 — as the WHO’s fi surveillance.” measure to help tackle the ters on Friday that concerns boom, apparently a rocket lamic State said was carried
pointing to Iran ”national ac gures have generally slightly Mr. Ryan, asked about the outbreak that has killed 12 were raised about “one per landed in the area, Abdullah out by its militants.
tion plan” to combat one of lagged behind tallies others. virus’ behaviour in Europe’s people in the U.S. and in son who was potentially in and some other politi President Ashraf Ghani
the world’s worst outbreaks As of Friday, more than warm summer months, said: fected more than 200. fected” who worked at the cians... escaped the attack tweeted that the attack was
after a slow start. 1,00,300 people had been “We do not know yet what The legislation provides CDC. unhurt,” Mr. Abdullah’s spo “a crime against humanity
The UN agency stressed infected globally, according the behaviour of this virus federal public health agen He said the person had kesman, Fraidoon Kwa and against the national un
that slowing down the epi to a Reuters tally based on will be in diff erent climatic cies with money for vac since tested negative for the zoon, who was also present, ity of Afghanistan”.
demic allowed hospitals to Tedros Adhanom statements from Health Mi conditions. We have to as cines, tests and potential virus and that he still hopes told Reuters by telephone. Mr. Abdullah, who es
prepare and save lives, while Ghebreyesus, DG, WHO nistries and government sume that the virus will con treatments and helps state to visit the agency again. Broadcaster Tolo News caped, was runnerup in the
warning that there was no offi cials. tinue to have the capacity to and local governments pre The Senate passed the showed live footage of peo last three Afghan presiden
evidence that spread would Ghebreyesus told a daily Dr. Mike Ryan, executive spread.” pare and respond to the measure to help tackle the ple running for cover as tial elections, each of which
wane during the approach news briefi ng. “(The epi director of WHO’s emergen He added: “It is a false threat. outbreak in hopes of reas gunfi re was heard. he disputed. He has served
ing summer months in the demic) is geographically ex cies programme, said when hope to say yes it will just The rapid spread of the suring the public and accel A Health Ministry spokes as Chief Executive of a coali
northern hemisphere. panding and deeply asked about Iran’s mush disappear in summertime, virus has rocked fi nancial erating the government’s man said the casualty toll tion government since 2014
“We are now on the verge concerning.” rooming outbreak that it re like infl uenza virus... There markets, interrupted travel response to the virus. Its ra could rise. Dead and and is also a former foreign
of reaching 1,00,000 con “We are continuing to re sembled China and South is no evidence right now to and threatens to aff ect eve pid spread is threatening to wounded were being ferried minister. The attack was one
fi rmed cases,” WHO director commend that all countries Korea, which quickly unco suggest that that will ryday life in the U.S. upend everyday life in the from the site by ambulance. of the largest on civilians in
general Tedros Adhanom make containment their vered more cases as they be happen.” Mr. Trump had planned U.S. and across the globe. A NATO source said that Afghanistan in a year.
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Syria ceasefi re takes hold, Blast near
U.S. Embassy
Pakistan against any security
but residents are cynical in Tunisia role for India in Afghanistan
Reuters
Deal seeks to end Moscowbacked off ensive on Idlib TUNIS Foreign Minister says Delhi plays the role of a ‘spoiler’
Two militants on a motor
French cardinal quits for Agence France-Presse city Aleppo and now lives in kered surrender deals. bike blew themselves up Press Trust of India ghanistan, who want to get
failing to report ‘abuser’ Idlib Islamabad
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Idlib. “They gain control ov The Idlib bastion, one of outside the U.S. Embassy their own objectives,” Mr.
Pope Francis has accepted A new ceasefi re brokered by er new areas and then they the last regions to hold out in Tunisia on Friday, killing Foreign Minister Shah Mah Qureshi said.
the resignation of Archbishop Russia and Turkey took hold agree on a truce, then on the Turkish border, is a policeman and injuring mood Qureshi has said Pa India has been a key sta
of Lyon Philippe Barbarin for on Friday in northwestern months later they start a dominated by Syria’s former several others in the coun kistan does not want any se keholder in Afghanistan as it
failing to report an alleged Syria, but after years of huge military operation all AlQaeda affi liate but Tur try’s most serious attack in curity role for India in has already spent around $2
paedophile priest. He has failed truces some residents over again and take some keybacked rebels are also months. Afghanistan as he accused billion in reconstruction of
long been accused of turning say they are not holding more.” present. The explosion took New Delhi of playing the role the warravaged country.
a blind eye to decades of their breath. Damascus forces have Many among the region’s place near the Embassy’s of a “spoiler” in the wartorn Ahead of a peace deal bet
child abuse in his diocese that The deal intends to stop a clawed back a sizeable three million residents — half main gate, where a Reuters country, according to a me ween the U.S. and the Tali
blighted many lives. AFP deadly Moscowbacked re chunk of Idlib province from of whom fl ed from other journalist saw a scorched, dia report. ban, India conveyed to the
Navalny takes Russia gime off ensive since Decem jihadists and allied rebels in parts of Syria — have little damaged motorbike and a Addressing the Senate on U.S. that pressure on Pakis
to European court ber against the country’s last the past years, in bursts of faith in promises made by damaged police vehicle ly Wednesday, Mr. Qureshi Shah Mahmood Qureshi tan to crack down on terror
MOSCOW
major rebel bastion of Idlib, fi ghting punctuated by failed Damascus or Moscow. ing amid debris as police said that Pakistan neither networks operating from its
Russian politician Alexei which has displaced almost truces. Abu Saeed, 24, his wife gathered around and a hel desires any security role for The Foreign Minister told soil must be kept up though
Navalny has filed a complaint a million people from their The government has reta and little boy, came to live in icopter whirled overhead. India in Afghanistan nor the Upper House that India Islamabad’s cooperation for
at the European Court of homes and shelters. ken large swathes of Syria Idlib after fl eeing the Damas The Interior Ministry wants the presence of mili had always played the role of peace in Afghanistan is cru
Human Rights against a “The regime and Russia with help from its Russian al cus suburbs in 2018. “I’m said two militants were tant organisations — alQae a spoiler, the report said. cial.
money laundering probe that always play this game,” said ly since 2015, through a com not optimistic about this killed carrying out the at da and the ISIS — in the lan “There were spoilers in He also said that Pakistan
Moscow launched to “curb his 26yearold Fadi, who has bination of deadly military deal, and I don’t expect tack and fi ve police offi cers dlocked country, The Nation the past and they are even wanted to resolve all issues
political activities”. REUTERS been displaced from second assaults and Russianbro anything from it,” he said. were injured. reported. today, within and outside Af with Afghanistan bilaterally.
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Over 1,00,000 infected by COVID19 Saudi detains three royals over
Chinese exports fell by 17,2% in the fi rst two months of the year because of the virus epidemic
alleged ‘coup’ plot against MBS
Agence France-Presse Former Crown Prince among those picked up at a camp
Beijing
Quarantine
The number of cases from Reuters
COVID19 topped 1,00,000 facility collapses Riyadh
2 deaths in Florida
Florida confi rmed Friday
where some 56 million peo
ple have been eff ectively
housebound since late Janu
Ministry spokesman Kia
noush Jahanpour an
nounced 1,076 additional
2004 to 2016 and was
among the top candidates in
Tehran for the conserva
Pope not to Kabul victims describe carnage
two deaths from the virus — ary. For the second consecu cases had been confi rmed in tives, who overwhelmingly address crowds Agence France-Presse 29 agreement to pull foreign the attackers began raining
the fi rst U.S. fatalities outside tive day, there were no new the past 24 hours, bringing won February’s general Kabul forces from the country down gunfi re. The Islamic
Reuters
the west coast States of cases reported in Hubei out the overall tolls to 145 dead election. Iran has closed Vatican City
Kabul was reeling on Satur within 14 months. State (IS) had claimed an at
Washington and California — side Wuhan, the province’s and 5,823 infected. schools and universities un day after Islamic State jiha Lying in a hospital bed in tack on the same ceremony
taking the country’s death capital. But the number of “More than 16,000 peo til early April, as well as sus Pope Francis has cancelled dists killed 32 people and a rundown Kabul neigh last year, which killed 11, and
toll to 16. The number of in infections beyond the epi ple are currently hospital pended major cultural and his regular appearances in wounded dozens more, with bourhood, Basira, 15, said the group has in the past tar
fections in South Korea centre rose for the third ised as suspect cases,” Mr. sporting events and reduced public to avoid crowds injured survivors describing she had attended Friday’s geted Hazaras who are pre
breached 7,000 on Saturday straight day, fuelling fears Jahanpour said during a working hours across the gathering to see him and scenes of terror as gunmen annual commemoration ce dominantly Shia Muslim.
— the highest in the world about cases being brought news conference. He added country to slow the conta will stream them on the In opened fi re in the deadliest remony for Abdul Ali Mazari Survivors expressed an
outside China. into the country from over that 1,669 people who were gion, which has spread to all ternet from inside the Vati attack to hit Afghanistan — a politician from the Haza ger against the government
Two apartment blocks in seas. There have now been sick with the COVID19 ill of its 31 provinces. can because of the CO since a U.S.Taliban deal. ra ethnic group — for the fi rst for failing to improve securi
Daegu — the fourthlargest ci 60 imported cases. ness have recovered. More than 300 of the new VID19 outbreak in Italy. The attack at a crowded time, accompanied by her ty, with injured teenager Ms.
ty and the epicentre of its Many local authorities are Iran is battling one of the cases reported on Saturday The Vatican said that on gathering in the capital has father and younger sister. Basira saying: “The political
outbreak — have been qua imposing twoweek quaran world’s deadliest outbreaks were in Mazandaran pro Sunday the pontiff will not raised questions about Af Zamin Ali, who suff ered a elites fl ed with their convoys
rantined after dozens of resi tines on anyone who has tra of the disease outside Chi vince, a popular tourist des address crowds from a win ghanistan’s abysmal security bullet wound, said hundreds and poor and innocent peo
dents tested positive. velled to virusaff ected pro na, where it originated. The tination north of Tehran on dow overlooking St. Peter’s situation and uncertain fu of people had assembled to ple were martyred and
The number of cases re vinces or countries. capital Tehran remains the the Caspian sea. Square. ture following the February watch the ceremony, when wounded”.
opposes repaying the pray at Peshawar’s famous lam. “I am really happy, and day that they were review U.S. President Donald
country’s debt, the presi Sunehri Masjid, a move wel this is a really good decision. ing an investigation into Trump parted ways on Fri
dency said on Saturday, comed by women’s groups, We are hopeful that the mos the disappearance of the day with acting White
setting the heavily indebt according to a media report. que administration will al ruler of Dubai’s daughter House Chief of Staff Mick
ed state on course for a so Around 20 women of low women regularly also,” after a court found that she Mulvaney and replaced him
vereign default as it grap fered prayers on Friday after Kousar Shah, 45, one of the had been abducted by her with conservative lawmaker
ples with a fi nancial crisis. the mosque administration women who off ered prayers father. and close ally Mark Mea
Prime Minister Hassan announced the move, the on Friday, told the Dawn In a verdict, a British fa dows, who was a strong
Diab was to announce the Dawn News reported. News. mily court judge said that Trump defender during the
decision not to pay and call The construction of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Democratic impeachment Mark Meadows, who was
for negotiations with credi Separate hall Sunehri Masjid was complet Rashid AlMaktoum, who is drive. chosen on Friday as
tors to restructure the Provisions have been made ed in 1976. It is muchappre VicePresident and Prime Mr. Meadows takes over the new Chief of Staff . AFP *
debt, a senior politician in for women to off er Friday ciated for its Mughalstyle Minister of the UAE, had as the White House strug
volved in the Eurobond prayers in the hall on the up Opening the doors: People attending Friday prayers at architecture. ordered the abduction of gles to advance a consistent presidency. Mr. Trump
discussions said. per fl oor of the mosque, Sunehri Masjid in Peshawar in 2016. REUTERS *
The decision to allow wo two of his adult daughters message about the COVID19 named Mr. Mulvaney to be
A default on Lebanon’s read a banner put up by the men worshippers entry and their forcible return crisis and as Mr. Trump goes his special U.S. envoy to
foreign currency debt will mosque administration. Wo attend Friday prayer congre women can off er Friday came days before Interna home. One of the women, into a bruising reelection Northern Ireland, just as he
mark a new phase in a cri men would also be allowed gations, but later they were prayers alongside males in a tional Women’s Day on Sheikha Shamsa, was taken contest. He becomes the prepares to welcome Irish
sis that has hammered the for Id prayers. stopped due to growing separate section and listen to March 8 and the muchpubli from the English city of fourth Chief of Staff in Mr. Prime Minister Leo Varad
economy since October, The mosque’s Naib Imam militancy. the Friday khutba [ser cised ‘Aurat March’ (Wo Cambridge when she was Trump’s three years in of kar to Washington for St. Pa
slicing around 40% off the Muhammad Ismail said till “Now we have opened the mon],” the Dawn News quot men’s March) planned on 19 in August 2000, the fi ce, tasked with attempting trick’s Day ceremonies later
value of the local currency. 1996 women were allowed to upper portion again so that ed Mr. Ismail as saying. the same day. court found. to bring order to a chaotic this month.
Sanders attacks Biden’s record on trade
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SUDOKU We are the stronger campaign to defeat Trump, says Senator ahead of key Michigan race
Trip Gabriel Speaking earlier on Friday can if he is the nominee.”
Matt Stevens with reporters in Phoenix, At a private fundraiser in
Detroit
Mr. Sanders also condemned Bethesda, Maryland, on Fri
Calibrating his approach for Mr. Biden’s votes as a Sena day night, Mr. Biden said:
a tough headtohead prim tor on trade agreements, “What we can’t let happen is
ary matchup in a year when while brandishing new at let this primary become a
many Democratic voters tacks over Mr. Biden’s record negative bloodbath. I know No ceasefi re violation
want to put up a united on federal funding for abor I’m going to get a lot of sug in Idlib, says Turkey
ISTANBUL
front, Senator Bernie San tions, samesex marriage gestions on how to respond
Turkish Defence Minister
ders of Vermont on Friday and the former “don’t ask, to what I suspect will be an
Hulusi Akar said there had
renewed his attacks on form don’t tell” policy. increasingly negative cam
been no violations of the
er VicePresident Joe Biden’s paign that the Bernie Broth
ceasefi re in Syia’s Idlib, as
record on trade while also ‘Biden can beat Trump’ ers will run. But we can’t part of the agreement with
conceding that Mr. Biden The last phase: Supporters of candidate Bernie Sanders during But in a sign of the careful tear this party apart and ree Russia, the Defence Ministry
could defeat President Do a campaign rally in Detriot, Michigan, on Friday. AFP * approach both candidates lect Trump.” said on Saturday. “We will
nald Trump. are taking while seeking to The Biden campaign sent continue to be a deterrent
In Michigan, where the convened of workers, union centre, organisers called out draw distinctions between one of its most highprofi le force to prevent any violation
Sanders campaign is run leaders and economists in for any union members to their campaigns, Mr. San new surrogates to Michigan, to the ceasefi re. None
ning a TV ad featuring an au Detroit before a rally attend identify themselves. ders reiterated multiple Sen. Amy Klobuchar, but she occurred since [it] entered
toworker who says his com ed by thousands. “Just last After major disappoint times that he would support was far less visible than Mr. into force,” he said. AFP
munity has been year — I’m not talking about ments on Super Tuesday, Mr. Mr. Biden if he eventually Sanders. She toured the
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku Russians held in Sweden
“decimated” by free trade 20 years ago — Joe said that Sanders is hoping for a co won the presidential nomi backstage areas of an MGM
over attack on blogger
deals, Mr. Sanders attacked voting for NAFTA, quote, meback next Tuesday as six nation, and, pressed by a re Grand hotel and casino with STOCKHOLM
Mr. Biden for his support of was not a mistake, end of qu States go to the polls, none porter, said he believed Mr. union leaders, but the event Two Russian citizens have
the North American Free ote, and a few years before more crucial for him than Biden could beat Mr. Trump was off limits to outoftown been arrested in Sweden
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in that he called NAFTA a suc Michigan, the fi rst of several in November. reporters. suspected of a hammer
the 1990s. cess,” Mr. Sanders said. “Joe, Midwestern industrial States “I think we are the stron Moving forward, the can attack last month on a
you’re wrong. NAFTA was to vote in the next two ger campaign to defeat Do didates will essentially go blogger critical of Chechen
‘Joe, you’re wrong’ not a success. Voting for it weeks. Four years ago, he nald Trump, but you have headtohead next week in strongman leader Ramzan
“Joe Biden and I have a very was a big, big mistake.” pulled off one of the biggest not heard me say that I think six States including Michi Kadyrov, media reported on
serious disagreement with As a long line of mostly surprises of his fi rst cam that Biden cannot defeat gan, which will present one Saturday. The Chechen
regards to NAFTA,” Mr. San young supporters fi led into a paign when he upset Hillary Trump,” Mr. Sanders said. “I of their fi rst tests in a major blogger claimed the man was
ders said at a round table he downtown convention Clinton in Michigan. will certainly do everything I swing State. NY TIMES sent by Russia to kill him. AFP
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from New Jersey, who end
ed his own White House bid the Democratic nomination
in January, tweeted that Mr. to take on Republican Presi
Biden would “restore honor dent Donald Trump on No
to the Oval Offi ce.” vember 3. A wave of endor
Mr. Booker’s endorse sements by his former rivals
ment — one day after anoth has made him the clear stan
er onetime candidate, Sena dardbearer for the Demo
tor Kamala Harris of cratic Party’s moderate
California, did likewise — wing, while Mr. Sanders re
means Mr. Biden has picked presents the party’s more
up the backing of two black liberal elements.
former presidential conten A win in the Midwestern
ders as he seeks the party’s “rust belt” State could give
nomination to take on Repu the former VicePresident
blican President Donald an insurmountable lead in
Trump this fall. the number of delegates
Mr. Biden over the past needed to win the nomina
nine days has powered to tion at the party’s July
the front of the contest for convention.
At least two blasts hit Ashraf Ghani’s oath ceremony, no casualties were reported to rewire jets assassination attempt
Agence France-Presse augurated himself as Presi Hamdok heads a transitional govt.
Kabul dent, vowing to “safeguard Agence France-Presse
Afghanistan lurched deeper the independence, national New York Reuters
Netanyahu asks court to
into political crisis Monday sovereignty, territorial inte U.S. aviation regulators Khartoum
delay corruption trial
as the country’s two rival grity” of Afghanistan. plan to require Boeing to Sudanese Prime Minister JERUSALEM
leaders swore themselves in rewire all 737 MAX aircraft Abdalla Hamdok survived Israeli Prime Minister
as President at simultaneous Two explosions before allowing the trou an assassination attempt tar Benjamin Netanyahu asked
ceremonies that were inter As hundreds of people bled planes fl y again, The geting his convoy as he on Monday for a 45day delay
rupted by at least two blasts. watched Mr. Ghani’s cere Wall Street Journal has re headed to work on Monday in his corruption trial due to
The bitter feud between mony, two loud explosions ported. morning in the capital Khar open March 17, saying
President Ashraf Ghani and were heard, prompting Regulators have con toum, offi cials said. prosecutors had not provided
his former Chief Executive some people to fl ee. cluded that the current Mr. Hamdok said he was all information relevant to
Abdullah Abdullah has There were no reports of wiring layout violated safe in “good shape” and that Sudan Prime Minister the case. AFP
raised fears for Afghanistan’s casualties from the blasts, ty standards to prevent what had happened would Abdalla Hamdok. AP *
fragile democracy as the U.S. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah which mirrored a similar in shortcircuits that could be “an additional push to 35 killed in Ghana after
prepares to leave the coun Abdullah both held swearing in ceremonies on Monday. AP *
cident in August 2018 when cause sharp drops in air the wheel of change in Su toum North to the city two buses collide
ACCRA
try following an agreement militants fi red several mor craft pitch similar to what dan”, where he heads a centre, where Mr. Hamdok’s
Thirtyfi ve people, including
last month with a strong and sparking a furious response rounded by supporters, se tars as Mr. Ghani was making happened in the case of an transitional government fol offi ce is located.
women and children, were
largely unifi ed Taliban. from Mr. Abdullah, who nior political fi gures, diplo a speech at the palace, injur Ethiopian Airlines fl ight lowing the overthrow last The convoy appeared to killed on Monday when two
Polls were held in Septem vowed to form his own paral mats and foreign dignitaries, ing six civilians. last year, the newspaper year of longtime President have been targeted from buses collided on a busy road
ber, but repeated delays and lel government. including U.S. special envoy “I have no bulletproof vest said on Sunday. Omar alBashir. above, they said. State radio in Ghana, offi cials said. The
accusations of voter fraud On Monday, Mr. Ghani, Zalmay Khalilzad. on, only my shirt,” Mr. Ghani The order to modify the Three witnesses said the said it had been hit by gun accident, which happened in
meant that Mr. Ghani, the in dressed in traditional Afghan Minutes later, in another told those who stayed be wiring would apply to the attack happened near the fi re and a projectile, while the Bono East region around
cumbent President, was on clothing and white turban, corner of the sprawling pre hind as sirens wailed. “I will nearly 800 MAX plans al northern entrance to the state television said it had 430 km from the capital
ly declared as winner of a se arrived at the presidential sidential palace compound, stay even if I have to sacrifi ce ready produced, according Kober bridge, which crosses been targeted by a car Accra, also left six people in
cond term in February — palace to be sworn in, sur a suitclad Mr. Abdullah in my head.” to the report. the Blue Nile from Khar bomb. critical condition. AFP
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Wuhan ‘turned the tide’ in virus battle: Xi Putin backs amendment that
China reported just 19 new COVID19 cases as it shut last of 14 makeshift hospitals in the city will let him remain in power
Reuters
BEIJING 168 die in Constitutional changes will let him seek reelection in 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping
on Tuesday made his fi rst vi
Italy, highest Associated Press power. However, it wasn’t
sit to Wuhan since the CO
VID19 outbreak forced a
singleday toll MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir
clear until Tuesday how Pu
tin could achieve that goal.
lockdown of the city of 11 mil Putin on Tuesday backed a “I propose to either lift
lion people, in a sign that Agence France-Presse proposed constitutional the presidential term limit
authorities’ eff orts to control Rome amendment that would al or add a clause that after the
the spread of the novel coro Italy recorded 168 deaths low him to seek reelection revised constitution enters
navirus (SARSCoV2) are on Tuesday from CO after his current term ends force, the incumbent presi
bearing fruit. VID19, its highest single in 2024, ending uncertainty dent, just like any other citi
Mr. Xi’s arrived on the day toll to date, pushing about his future. zen, has the right to seek the
same day that Wuhan shut the number of fatalities Putin gave his support to presidency,” she said to a
the last of 14 temporary hos outside China to more than the amendment put forward raucous applause.
pitals that had been opened 1,000. by lawmaker Valentina Te Vladimir Putin After Ms. Tereshkova
to manage a surge in CO Overall in Italy, 631 peo reshkova, who as a Soviet spoke, Mr. Putin quickly
VID19 patients, news web ple have died from the dis cosmonaut in 1963 became The President’s current six came to Parliament to ad
site The Paper reported. ease and 10,149 have been the fi rst woman to fl y to year term expires in 2024. dress lawmakers.
Earlier on Tuesday, China infected in just over two space. She proposed either Mr. Putin, 67, has been in “The President is a gua
said it had just 19 new infec weeks. scrapping Russian’s two power for more than 20 rantor of security of our
tions on Monday, down from Ground zero: Chinese President Xi Jinping waving at a COVID19 patient and medical staff via a Tuesday’s toll raised the term limit for presidents or years, becoming Russia’s state, its internal stability
40 a day earlier. That also video link at the Huoshenshan hospital in Wuhan on Tuesday. AFP * total number of deaths out resetting the clock so Putin’s longestserving leader since and evolutionary develop
marked the third straight day side China to 1,115, accord four terms wouldn’t count. Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. ment,” Mr. Putin said. “We
of no new domestically
transmitted cases in main
land China outside of Hubei
ised patient by videolink.
Residents of Wuhan were
shown cheering Mr. Xi from
‘Containment zone’ in ing an AFP tally. The Italian
government has imposed a
nationwide ban on public
Lawmakers in the Krem
lincontrolled State Duma
quickly endorsed Ms. Te
After serving two presiden
tial terms in 20002008, he
shifted to the Russian Prime
have had enough revolu
tions.”
Then he dropped the
province, where Wuhan is
located, even as the disease
their apartment windows,
while negative comments on New York to halt spread gathering and travel res
trictions until April 3.
reshkova’s proposal, along
with a sweeping set of con
Minister’s offi ce while pro
tege Dmitry Medvedev
bombshell, saying he posi
tively viewed Ms. Tereshko
spreads rapidly in other China’s heavily censored so DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD stitutional changes pro served as a placeholder Pre va’s alternate proposal to
countries, including Italy cial media were quickly Associated Press nected to some of the cases, posed by Mr. Putin. sident. restart the term count when
and the United States. removed. Mr. Cuomo said.
It’s beginning In a speech to lawmakers Mr. Putin reclaimed the the revamped constitution
ALBANY
“Why only come now New York’s Governor An “It is a dramatic action, on Tuesday, Mr. Putin spoke presidency in 2012 and won enters force.
‘Positive results’
“The situation of coronavi
when the epidemic is almost
over?” one comment on the
drew Cuomo announced on
Tuesday he is sending the
but it is the largest cluster of
cases in the country,” Cuo
of epidemic for against scrapping presiden
tial term limits altogether
another term in 2018.
A series of constitutional
Mr. Putin’s statement
came as lawmakers were
rus prevention in Hubei and
Wuhan has shown positive
offi cial People’s Daily’s Wei
bo feed said before
National Guard into a “con
tainment area” in New York
mo said. “The numbers are
going up unabated, and we
France: Macron but backed the idea that if
the Constitution is revised,
amendments Mr. Putin pro
posed in January were wide
considering the amend
ments in a crucial second
changes and achieved disappearing. City suburb to help fi ght do need a special public the twoterm limit only ly seen by Kremlin foes as reading when changes in the
phased results, initially rea what is believed to be the health strategy.” Agence France-Presse would apply from 2024 on. part of his eff orts to stay in document are made.
lising goals to stabilise and Stocks lifted nation’s biggest cluster of The virus has infected ov Paris
turn around the situation,” News of Mr. Xi’s Wuhan visit coronavirus cases — one of er 700 people in the U.S. French President Emma
the offi cial Xinhua news ser
vice cited Mr. Xi as saying.
He acknowledged that pe
gave a lift to Chinese stocks,
with the bluechip index
ending the day 2.1% higher
the most dramatic actions
yet to control the outbreak
in the U.S.
and killed at least 27, with
one state after another re
cording its fi rst infections in
nuel Macron warned on
Tuesday that France was
“just at the beginning” of
‘Russia meddling in MH17 probe’
ople under lengthy quaran after falling into negative ter The move came as health quick succession. New Jer the COVID19 outbreak that
tine — Wuhan and much of ritory in morning trade. authorities contended with sey recorded its fi rst CO has killed 30 people in the Reuters Ukrainian, helped arrange investigation have said that
Hubei province have been “It is obvious that Mr. Xi alarming concentrations of VID19 death. country and infected more AMSTERDAM the Russian missile system they fear for their lives if
under strict controls since could not have visited Wu the disease on both sides of In California, the evacua than 1,600. Dutch prosecutors accused used to shoot down MH17, a their identities would come
late January — may have frus han earlier because the risk the country and scattered tion of passengers from “We’re just at the begin Russia on Tuesday of trying civilian aircraft, killing all to light... The use of Russian
trations to vent. of him contracting the virus cases in between. Grand Princess began on ning of this epidemic,” he to sabotage the investigation 298 passengers, most of security services to discover
“We must understand and there was initially too high,” Schools, houses of wor Monday with several saidin Paris, urging the into the downing of Malay them Dutch, on board. the identity of witnesses in
tolerate them,” he was quot Zhang Ming, a professor at ship and large gathering hundred people let off the French not to panic. sian Airlines Flight 17 in Uk “The sum of all the facts the investigation is a very
ed as saying. Renmin University in Beij places will be shuttered for ship. About two dozen peo France is the second raine in 2014, saying this cast casts a dark shadow over real scenario,” he said
During his visit, a masked ing, told Reuters. two weeks in a “contain ple who needed acute medi worst aff ected country in “a dark shadow” over the this investigation because MH17 was fl ying from Am
Mr. Xi was shown meeting “He is there now to reap ment area” in New Rochelle, cal care were taken off fi rst, Europe after Italy. Culture impending trial of four sus there is strong indicative evi sterdam to Kuala Lumpur on
with local offi cials, medical the harvest. His being there and the troops will scrub though it was unclear how Minister Franck Riester pects in the crash. dence that Russian govern July 17, 2014, when it was
staff and volunteers, state means the CCP (Chinese surfaces and deliver food to many of them were infect and fi ve MPs are among Pretrial hearings began ment is keen to thwart the shot down by a missile fi red
broadcaster CCTV reported. Communist Party) may de the zone, which extends a ed. About 2,000 passengers those who have tested pos in Amsterdam on Monday. investigation,” prosecutor from territory held by pro
He addressed frontline medi clare victory against the vi mile in all directions from a were still aboard on Tues itive for the novel coronavi Prosecutors say the defen Thijs Berger said. Moscow rebels. Russia has
cal workers and a hospital rus soon,” Mr. Zhang said. point near a synagogue con day morning. rus. dants, three Russians and a “Several witnesses in this denied any involvement.
ELSEWHERE Michigan primary decisive
for Sanders’ campaign
After keeping a low profi le, MBS is back
The detention of senior royals and the decision to cut oil price show Crown Prince is back in action
Associated Press legate victory on Super
DETROIT Tuesday. He played up his David D. Kirkpatrick back. His sudden, steep cut es — Prince Ahmed bin Ab ly about him. He wanted to
Bernie Sanders proved his underdog story on Monday First he ordered the deten to the price of oil has rocked dulaziz, the younger brother teach the rest of the family a
Pope tells priests to go 2016 presidential bid was se as he campaigned across Mi tion of at least four senior a global economy already at of the Crown Prince’s ageing lesson. Crown Prince Mo
out and meet the sick rious with an upset victory chigan, refl ecting on his members of his own royal fa risk of falling into recession, father, King Salman, and hammed slashed the oil
VATICAN CITY in Michigan powered by his stutter as a child and the mily. The next day he threatened to burn through Prince Mohammed bin price to punish Russia,
Pope Francis urged Catholic opposition to free trade and deaths of his fi rst wife and plunged Saudi Arabia into a Saudi Arabia’s cash reserves Nayef, the former Crown which he faulted for failing to
priests on Tuesday to “have appeal among workingclass young daughter. price war with Russia that and undermined his gran Prince and Interior Minister cooperate in cutting produc
the courage” to visit those voters. Four years later, the And Mr. Biden wasn’t sent energy and stock mar diose promises of new in — had once been seen as pos tion and propping up prices.
sickened by the COVID19 State could either revive the alone. The former VicePre kets around the world into vestments to lessen the king sible rivals for power. Their The slowdown caused by the
and help medical staff and Vermont Senator’s cam sident courted the State’s in free fall. dom’s dependence on oil. arrests stirred anxious spec coronavirus was already re
volunteers in the work they paign or relegate him to the fl uential African American For a while, Crown Prince ulation among cowed mem ducing demand for oil.
do, hours after Italy was role of protest candidate. voters alongside the two Mohammed bin Salman of Mutual destruction bers of the royal family that The timing of the price
placed on a lockdown. AFP Michigan and fi ve other most prominent black can Saudi Arabia had appeared “It is mutually assured des Crown Prince Mohammed war so soon after the roun
States already began voting didates previously in the to be living down his reputa truction for any oil exporting Mohammed bin Salman might be sidelining oppo dup of his royal relatives on
Alcohol poisoning kills
early Tuesday morning in 2020 race, Kamala Harris tion for dangerous economy, certainly includ nents in preparation for tak Friday has aroused specula
44 in virus-hit Iran
what will be a critical point and Cory Booker, who en aggression. ing Saudi Arabia and Russia initials. “He is a risk taker, ing the throne from his fath tion that the crown prince
TEHRAN
The death toll from alcohol
in the Democratic race. dorsed Mr. Biden in recent Perhaps chastened by the and probably the United and he is prone to impulsive er, who is 84 and has sought to contain potential
poisoning in southwestern Former VicePresident days as part of a broader blowback over his connec States as well,” said Greg decisions.” sometimes appeared forget opponents in anticipation of
province of Khuzestan rose to Joe Biden is looking to quash consolidation of support tion with the killing of dissi Brew, a scholar of the region The detention of the se ful or disoriented. trouble. Perhaps he wanted
44 on Tuesday, state news Mr. Sanders’ hopes and ce among party leaders. dent journalist Jamal Khash and a fellow at Southern nior royals, which began to People close to the royal to preempt any foes before
agency IRNA reported, over ment his own frontrunner They all appeared hand oggi, the 34yearold Crown Methodist University. leak out on Friday, has not court, though, insisted the economic pain from the
misguided efforts to ward off status just a week after re inhand at Mr. Biden’s fi nal Prince had kept a low profi le “But this is typical MBS, been acknowledged or ex Crown Prince had merely downturn made him politi
COVID19 by drinking bootleg surrecting his beleaguered Michigan rally on Monday for more than a year. right?” he added, referring plained by the Saudi offi cials. lashed out at his uncle and cally vulnerable, some ana
alcohol. AFP White House bid with a de night. Now his power plays are to the Crown Prince by his Two of the detained princ cousins for speaking critical lysts suggested. NY TIMES
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Former Vice-President takes four States ders’s 37%. Signifi cantly, the he said. “We share a com to limit their power base
very voters — rural and sub mon goal. Together, we will
in primaries, appeals for unity in party urban whites — who had defeat Donald Trump. We Suu Kyi’s path to presidency blocked
handed Mr. Sanders a victo will defeat him together.”
Sriram Lakshman there were questions on ry against Hilary Clinton in Mr. Sanders was the lead Agence France-Presse But the military still
Washington Tuesday night about Mr. San the Michigan primary in ing candidate at the end of Associated Press wields considerable power,
Naypyidaw Taliban rejects off er to
If ‘Super Tuesday’ last week ders’s continuation in the 2016 were now part of the February after coming se appointing three key Minis free 1,500 prisoners
made former U.S. VicePresi primaries, the Vermont Se reason for Mr. Biden’s victo cond in Iowa in terms of de Myanmar’s military on ters — defence, border and KABUL
dent Joseph R. Biden Jr. the nator announced on Wed ry in the State. Mr. Sanders legates, fi rst in Nevada by a Tuesday quashed proposals home aff airs. Afghan President Ashraf
frontrunner in the Demo nesday afternoon that he won among Latinos and large margin and tied for de in Parliament that would Crucially, it holds a quar Ghani on Wednesday
cratic primaries, then this would stay in the race and younger people — those un legates with former candi mean its MPs relinquish ter of parliamentary seats, promised an initial release of
Tuesday confi rmed it in a big debate Mr. Biden on Sunday. der 45, and he won strongly date and Southbend Mayor power, in a vote pitting the eff ectively giving it a veto ov 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a
way with wins in four States, Mr. Sanders won North in the 1829 age group. Pete Buttigieg. Mr. Biden’s armed forces in open oppo er any legislation. “goodwill gesture”. The
with support from African Dakota and led in the second Joe Biden crucial February 29 victory sition against Aung San Suu The Parliament also re Taliban rejected the offer and
American, suburban and ru most delegate rich State for Voter turnout in South Carolina, which Kyi as elections loom. jected a proposed constitu sought the release of all
ral voters. the night — Washington. Mississippi versus Mr. San Mr. Sanders’s campaign has hinged on support from Afri The vote was the climax tional amendment that 5,000 prisoners at once. AFP
The biggest prize for the With delegates still being ders’s 10% in that State, as banked on their ability to can Americans brought the of a year of fi erce debates would have allowed the
Palestinian teen shot
night was Mr. Biden’s deci counted, Mr. Sanders had per exit polls conducted by motivate a higher voter tur former VicePresident back between MPs as the civilian country’s de facto leader, dead by Israeli forces
sive victory against his oppo won a total of 110 on Tuesday Edison Media Research and nout but preliminary results into the race and gave him government attempted to Ms. Suu Kyi, to offi cially be NABLUS
nent, progressive candidate (684 cumulatively), but that analysed by the Washington from Tuesday suggest that the momentum to go into reform the Constitution and come President. A Palestinian teenager was
Senator Bernie Sanders, in was still not enough to keep Post. However, he also won they did not pull this off . Super Tuesday (March 3). Al reduce the military’s stran Article 59(f ) of the consti allegedly shot dead by Israeli
Michigan — a State Donald up with Mr. Biden’s 176 ( 846 the white vote — by narrower On Tuesday night, Mr. Bi so crucial to his performance glehold on Parliament. tution bars a person from forces during clashes in the
Trump had fl ipped in 2016 cumulatively). margins — in Michigan, Mis den spoke of unity in Phila last Tuesday was getting en The country is gearing up becoming President if his or occupied West Bank.
from Democrats and which Mr. Biden’s won by huge souri and Mississippi. delphia. “I want to thank dorsed by former rivals, Mr. to polls likely to be held later her spouse or children are Mohammed Hamayel, 15,
Mr. Sanders himself had won margins among African In Michigan, Mr. Biden Bernie Sanders and his sup Buttigieg and Minnesota Se this year, only the second foreign citizens. Her two “died as a result of being shot
in the primary that year American voters across won the African American porters for their tireless nator Amy Klobuchar, who since outright military rule sons are British nationals, as in the face, the Palestinian
against Hilary Clinton. While States — for instance, 87% in vote by 53% against Mr. San energy and their passion,” dropped out of the race. came to an end. was her late husband. Health Ministry said.
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Virus spreads across globe; toll crosses 5,000 Trump set to declare
national emergency
Governments take emergency steps
to contain the spread of COVID19 He is likely to invoke the Staff ord Act
Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Annie Karni, Peter Baker,
SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON Trudeau said he would be in Maggie Haberman
Washington
Canadian Prime Minister Jus isolation for two weeks after
tin Trudeau’s wife, Austra his wife, Sophie Gregoire U.S. President Donald
lia's Minister for Home Af Trudeau, tested positive for Trump is expected to de
fairs and a Chelsea football coronavirus. She said she clare a national emergency
player are among new cases was “experiencing uncom at a news conference on Fri
of the coronavirus that has fortable symptoms” adding day afternoon, a move that
infected at least 140,000 pe that she would “be back on would give him authority to
ople and killed more than my feet soon”. use $40 billion of funds allo
5,000 worldwide. Canada has reported 145 cated by Congress for disas
Governments and central cases of the virus, a three ter relief to address the co Donald Trump
banks readied more emer fold gain from a week ago. ronavirus crisis.
gency measures to tackle the There has been one death. Mr. Trump, according to makers like Senator Chuck
economic impact of the co In Italy, the death toll has a senior administration offi Schumer of New York, the
ronavirus on Friday, while jumped by 250 to 1,266 in cial, is expected to invoke minority leader, have been
more major events were can the past 24 hours, the Civil the Staff ord Act, a law that pressing him to invoke it.
celled or postponed. Protection Agency said. The empowers the Federal “We have very strong
U.S. lawmakers and the total number of cases also Emergency Management emergency powers under
White House neared agree rose to 17,660 from a pre Agency to assist State and the Staff ord Act,” Mr. Trump
ment on a coronavirus eco vious 15,113. local governments during told reporters in the Oval Of
nomic aid package, with “natural catastrophes” and fi ce on Thursday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi State of alert coordinate the nation’s “I have it memorized,
saying she hoped to an Spain’s government is to de response. practically, as to the powers
nounce a deal on Friday. clare a state of alert over the Mr. Trump has been hint in that act. And if I need to
Experts warn that due to a rapid spread of the virus, ing in recent days that he do something, I’ll do it. I
lack of testing and unreport Prime Minister Pedro San had been briefed on using have the right to do a lot of
ed cases, many more people chez said on Friday after in the law to address the pan things that people don’t
may be aff ected by the out fections soared over 4,200 demic, and Democratic law even know about.” NY TIMES
break that emerged in the with 120 dead. “There will be
Chinese city of Wuhan late a Cabinet meeting tomorrow
last year. Health authorities
around the world face the
prospect of services being
to declare a state of alert
across the country for a pe
riod of 15 days,” he said.
Europe now ‘epicentre’
overwhelmed.
“We’re anticipating 20%
Movie star Tom Hanks an
nounced in Australia on of pandemic, says WHO
of the population in the fi rst Thursday that he and his
wave to be aff ected,” Kerry wife, actress Rita Wilson, Agence France-Presse “More cases are now be
Chant, the chief medical of have both tested positive, as Geneva ing reported every day than
fi cer for the New South have Mikel Arteta, manager The World Health Organiza were reported in China at
Wales (NSW) government.
Home to more than 7 mil
of English football club Arse
nal, and Chelsea forward Foreigners to ‘Ohio likely has Bolsonaro 3 new cases tion said on Friday that Eu
rope was now the “epi
the height of its epidemic,”
he said, referring to the glo
lion people, NSW is Austra
lia’s most populous State,
Callum HudsonOdoi.
A host of sporting events blame: Orban 100,000 cases’ tests negative in Sri Lanka centre” for the global
coronavirus pandemic —
bal numbers.
The death toll passing
and Mr. Chant said models were aff ected. Golf’s jewel in and warned it was impossi 5,000 was “a tragic miles
suggested 5% of the State’s the crown, The Masters, and Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Special Correspondent ble to know when the out tone”, said Mr. Tedros.
population — some 3,50,000 England’s football league Budapest Washington Brasţ lia Colombo break would peak. Maria Van Kerkhove, who
people — would need hospi joined the list of sporting Hungarian Prime Minister The U.S. State of Ohio likely Brazilian leader Jair Bolso Sri Lanka on Friday said The continent had now heads the WHO’s emerging
tal treatment as a result of events to be cancelled or Viktor Orban blamed fo has more than 100,000 pe naro said he had tested ne three more people had “more reported cases and diseases unit, meanwhile
the outbreak. postponed. Nepal closed reigners and migration for ople carrying the virus, the gative for COVID19, after a tested positive for CO deaths than the rest of the warned it was “impossible
Australia has recorded Mount Everest to climbers. the spread of COVID19 in State Health Department scare over a trip on which VID19, taking the total world combined, apart from for us to say when this will
nearly 160 infections and But the spread of the virus the country. Asked during Director Amy Acton said. at least one infected mem number of cases to 5. All China”, said WHO chief Te peak globally”.
three deaths from the fl ulike at its epicentre in China’s Hu an interview why Hungary “We know now just the fact ber of his staff rubbed are undergoing treatment. dros Adhanom Ghebreye “You can’t fi ght a virus if
disease. Among the infected bei province has slowed had closed its universities of community spread says shoulders with U.S. Presi Sri Lanka has suspended sus. “Europe has now be you don’t know where it is,”
is one of its highestprofi le markedly. Just fi ve new cases but not schools in response that at least one percent of dent Donald Trump. issuing visas for Europeans come the epicentre of the said Mr. Tedros, calling on
government Ministers, Peter were reported on Friday in to the outbreak, Mr. Orban our population is carrying “Don’t believe in the fake for two weeks and en pandemic.” countries to “fi nd, isolate,
Dutton, who is in charge of the provincial capital of Wu said it was because “there this virus,” she said. “We news media!” the farright forced a twoweek quaran Mr. Tedros was speaking test and treat every case, to
Home Aff airs. He said he was han, where the virus was are lots of foreigners have 11.7 million people. So President posted on his Fa tine period for Sri Lankans at news conference held break the chains of
feeling fi ne. fi rst detected in December. there”. the math is over 100,000.” cebook page. arriving from Europe. virtually. transmission.”
ELSEWHERE
Hundreds take part in Civilian among 6 dead in U.S. strikes on Iraq Pakistan
media mogul
pro-democracy march Pentagon says it has retaliated for the rocket attack that killed three soldiers remanded
Thais mourn current state of country Agence France-Presse Hashed fi ghters were
Baghdad among 11 Iraqi fi ghters Press Trust of India
Agence France-Presse U.S. air strikes targeting pro wounded in the bombard Lahore
Judge orders Chelsea Bangkok Iranian military factions in ment. One civilian was also Pakistani media mogul and
Manning freed from jail Hundreds of prodemocra Iraq killed one civilian and wounded. the owner of Jang/Geo
WASHINGTON cy protesters marched in fi ve security personnel early The military warned the group, Mir Shakilur Reh
A judge on Thursday ordered Bangkok on Friday, wearing on Friday, the Iraqi military air strikes risked “escalation man, was on Friday re
former U.S. military black Tshirts to mourn the said, warning that the raids and deterioration of the se manded in custody of the
intelligence analyst Chelsea state of Thailand under an risked a bloody escalation in curity situation in the coun country’s antigraft body
Manning released from jail, a Armyaligned government, the warbattered country. try, and exposes everyone to till March 25 in a 34year
day after a support group in the fi rst street protest for Protesters taking part in a The Pentagon said the more risks and threats”. old land allotment case.
said she tried to kill herself. several years. march in Bangkok. REUTERS * strikes were in retaliation for President Barham Saleh Mr. Rehman was arrest
She had been imprisoned Discontent with the admi rocket fi re against an Iraqi Taking stock: Iraqi soldiers inspecting the destruction at an condemned them as a viola ed by the National Accoun
since May 16 last year for nistration of exArmy chief a 2014 coup and held under base on Wednesday night airport complex under construction in Karbala on Friday. AP * tion of the country's sove tability Bureau on Thurs
refusing to appear before a Prayut ChanOCha is seeth an Armyscripted Constitu that killed one British and reignty that could “slide Iraq day on charges that he
grand jury targeting
ing, with a progressive Op tion that critics say gave Mr. two U.S. military personnel, Among those hit were soldiers, two policemen and into anarchy and chaos”. illegally acquired 54 plots
WikiLeaks. Because the jury
position party disbanded Prayut an unfair advantage. the deadliest such attack in areas controlled by Kataeb one civilian working at an In its statement, the Pen on a prime location in La
was discharged, “the court
and the country’s economy The boisterous but peace years. Hezbollah, a hardline unfi nished airport south of tagon said the strikeswere hore at a throwaway price
finds that Ms. Manning’s
appearance before the grand
faltering as the COVID19 cri ful “Black Friday” rally The U.S. strikes hit bases Hashed faction that the U.S. Baghdad. “defensive, proportional and in 1986 during the tenure
jury is no longer needed, in sis batters the key tourism called for the government to hosting personnel from the has blamed for several at There were no Hashed in direct response to the of thenchief minister of
light of which her detention industry. quit. “Our families are grass statesponsored Hashed al tacks on foreign troops in members among the dead threat posed by Iranian Punjab Nawaz Sharif. An
no longer serves any coercive Thailand voted Mr. Pray roots people and we’re di Shaabi military network, Iraq. but the toll could rise as backed Shia militia groups accountability court in La
purpose,” U.S. District Judge ut’s conservative govern rectly aff ected by govern U.S. military offi cials said. The Iraqi military said its some bodies were still stuck who continue to attack bas hore accepted the plea of
Anthony Trenga wrote in his ment into power a year ago. ment policy and the failing The same bases also host Ira preliminary death toll from under the rubble, the state es” hosting foreign troops in the NAB and remanded
decision. AFP It was the fi rst election since economy,” said a protester. qi government forces. the air strikes was three Iraqi ment said. Iraq. him in custody for 12 days.
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against the SARSCoV2 virus he outbreak of CO
on Saturday by shutting bor VID19 across the U.S.,
ders and promising cash in Agence France-Presse taking the administra
jections, as Spain emerged as Tehran tion of President Donald
a global hotspot registering Trump by complete sur
Iran said on Saturday that
more than 1,500 new infec prise, could infl ict the ongo
the SARSCoV2 virus has
tions in just 24 hours. Furth ing campaign for the presi
claimed 97 more lives, rais
er, the number of cases dential election scheduled
ing the country’s total to
worldwide passed 1,50,000, for November. This could al
611, as the number of con
according to an AFP tally so have an impact on India
fi rmed cases jumped
compiled from offi cial sourc U.S. ties, if the crisis cuts
again. Health Ministry spo
es. short the Trump presidency Democratic presidential candidates, Senator Bernie Sanders
kesman Kianoush Jahan
U.S. President Donald to a single term. and former VicePresident Joe Biden, at a debate in
pour said that “1,365 fresh
Trump on Friday declared a The crisis has put the fo Charleston, South Carolina, in February. AP *
ELSEWHERE Rocket attacks on Iraq Abducted A year later, New Zealand Muslims still feel unsafe
couple found
base wound soldiers alive in Mali Rhetoric of hate is on the rise again, say community members in Christchurch
Katyusha hosts troops of coalition Agence France-Presse 14 years ago, said she be
Agence France-Presse Christchurch lieves the support shown to
Reuters arrest those responsible. No Bamako Aliya Danzeisen rises before Muslims in the immediate af
Baghdad group has claimed responsi A Canadian woman and dawn every day to hear the termath of the shooting “sur
Several Iraqi air defence ser bility for the attack which, her Italian partner kid news so she can prepare her prised those in the fringe su
No change to Olympics vicemen were critically unlike recent similar at napped in Burkina Faso in schoolage daughters for any premacist movements”.
schedule, says Abe wounded on Saturday as tacks, took place in daylight 2018 have been found alive harassment they may face “As a result it’s made them
TOKYO multiple rockets hit a mili hours. in the northwest of Mali by for being Muslim. more defensive and more vi
Japanese Prime Minister tary base which houses U.S. A similar rocket attack on UN peacekeepers, diplo “We don’t feel any safer,” triolic, they’ve become loud
Shinzo Abe on Saturday led coalition troops, in the Wednesday on Taji, 20 km matic and UN sources said the Muslim community lead er,” she said. The impact
resisted pressure for changes second such strike in a north of Baghdad, killed on Saturday. “UN blue hel er says, refl ecting on the 12 spreads beyond New Zea
to the Tokyo Olympics week, the Iraqi military two U.S. troops and a British mets found an Italian citi months since the Christ land. At the Al Noor mosque,
schedule even as sporting said. The U.S.led coalition soldier, prompting Washing zen and a Canadian citizen church mosque attacks, in A woman smiles after laying fl owers at the entrance to the Jabara Akhter Juti said her fa
events worldwide fall victim AlNoor mosque on Saturday in Christchurch. GETTY IMAGES
said three of its troops and ton to launch retaliatory air near Kidal, who had been which a selfdeclared white *
mily in Bangladesh remain
to the COVID19 pandemic.
two Iraqi soldiers were strikes on Thursday which taken hostage in Burkina supremacist killed 51 Mus “very concerned about me”
Mr. Abe pledged Japan would
wounded in the attack. killed six Iraqis. territory in 2018,” said a se lims at Friday prayers. Minister Jacinda Ardern — there was an “undercurrent since she moved to Christ
host the Games as planned in
July and said he had no
Iraq’s Joint Operations The United States blamed curity offi cial from the UN The abuse experienced who received widespread or rhetoric of hate... it isn’t church last year with her
immediate intention to Command said 33 Katyusha the Iranbacked Kataib Hez mission in Mali. prior to the attacks on March praise for her handling of the just our community, we see husband.
declare a state of emergency. rockets were launched near bollah Iraqi militia for Wed A UN source said the 15 last year died down imme aftermath of the massacre — it a lot in online hate (to The imam at Al Noor, Ga
Organisers, Japanese a section of the Taji base nesday’s attack and said its pair arrived at an airport in diately after the killings, Ms. admitted Friday there was wards) the transgender com mal Fouda, wanted the
government offi cials and the which houses coalition air strikes targeted the Mali’s capital Bamako Danzeisen said, adding: “It “much more” her country munity. “I wouldn’t say it’s broader impact of extre
IOC have insisted troops. It said the military group. But the offi cial Iraqi around midday on Satur felt the entire New Zealand could do to tackle white specifi cally just us, but we’re mism addressed and not just
preparations are on track and found seven rocket launch casualty fi gures showed day. A diplomatic source population was rallying be supremacists. feeling it.” confi ned to Muslims.
there will be no ers and 24 unused rockets in three Iraqi soldiers, two pol had earlier named the two hind us.” But she says it is Anjum Rahman, cofoun Ms. Danzeisen, a former The inquiry into the mos
postponement or the nearby Abu Izam area. icemen, one civilian and no people as Edith Blais and now on the rise again, a year der of the Islamic Women’s corporate lawyer in the U.S. que shootings is due to re
cancellation. AFP The military said it would militiamen were killed. Luca Tacchetto. on from the killings. Prime Council of New Zealand said who moved to New Zealand port back at the end of April.
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Escaping Boko Haram after being hired to bomb
SUDOKU Tasked with blowing up public establishments, these women not only tricked the terror group, but also hoodwinked fate
Dionne Searcey neighbouring countries, came and went, engaging in Boko Haram had blown up
Maiduguri more than 500 women have fi erce battles that claimed their own camp and their
The six young women set been deployed as suicide some of their lives. They captives and fl ed.
down their bombs and stood bombers or apprehended wanted revenge. They pre Ms. Musa said she sifted
around the well, staring into before they carried out their pared Ms. Mohammed and through the dead and came
the dark void. deadly missions — a number other women for a major op across Ms. Mohammed, who
As captives of Boko Ha that terrorism experts said eration: to blow up the Mon was unconscious with burns
ram, the women had been exceeds any other confl ict in day Market, the biggest in covering her body and blood
dispatched for the grimmest history. Some, like Ms. Mo northeast Nigeria. pouring from what looked
of missions: go blow up a hammed and the women at like a bullet wound to her
mosque and everyone in the well, have bravely resist Lucky escape leg. Ms. Musa cried as she
side. The women wanted to ed, foiling the extremists’ Ms. Mohammed said she was helped ferry Ms. Mohammed
get rid of their bombs with plans in quiet and often un sick and too weak to even get to a hospital. Ms. Musa
out killing anyone, including heralded ways. out of the car. She sat inside stayed by Ms. Mohammed,
themselves. One of them, as bombs exploded, and the caring for her until she was
Balaraba Mohammed, then a ‘Marry or be deployed’ vehicle sped away. Ms. Mo conscious. The two now con
19yearold who had been Dozens of women inter War and peace: Balaraba Mohammed, centre, with her hammed was driven back to sider themselves sisters. Ms.
blindfolded and kidnapped viewed by The New York daughter Hairat in Maiduguri, Nigeria. NYT * the camp and remained ill Mohammed still bears scars
by Boko Haram a few months Times have said that Boko for several days, locked in a from burns to her face, arms
earlier, came up with a plan: Haram gave them a terrible was dead.” She knew she cape that they lost their hi tin shack with other captives and legs.
they removed their head choice: “marry” the group’s would have to go or be shot jabs on the way. as they listened to fi ghters Ms. Mohammed has start
Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku scarves and tied them into a fi ghters or be deployed as too. Which is how she found The six women, two of preparing for vigilante forces ed training to become a
long rope. Ms. Mohammed bombers. Captives have said herself with fi ve others at the them barely teenagers, had to invade the camp. nurse. She wants to give
attached the bombs and gin some women chose instead edge of that well. The bombs outsmarted Islamic extre Hadiza Musa, who had back. But she couldn’t aff ord
gerly lowered them into the to blow up only themselves. didn’t detonate, and the mists. But the women’s relief joined the local vigilante fees for recent exams after
well, praying it was fi lled But some survived and want young women, scared and was shortlived. force to avenge the Boko Ha an uncle kicked her out of his
with water. She let go. “We to tell their stories. Ms. Mo unsure what to do, ran back Fighters soon decided ram capture of her sister, ar house, still suspicious of her
ran for our lives,” Ms. Mo hammed is one. to the Boko Haram camp, they were ruthless enough to rived to fi nd a horrifi c scene: time with militants.
hammed said. Ms. Mohammed said she Ms. Mohammed said. They be ready for weapons train the entire camp was on fi re, Until she can save up mo
In the decadelong war arrived at the Boko Haram swore on a Koran to their ing, she said, handing them and there was carnage eve ney for the exam, she keeps a
with Boko Haram that has camp in a daze in 2012. captors they had accom guns and lining up other cap rywhere. In an attempt to fi rst aid kit with her, in case
coursed through northeast When fi ghters gave her a plished their mission and tives for live target practice. distract the vigilantes, Ms. she comes across anyone
Nigeria and spread to three bomb, she said, “I felt as if I that they ran so fast to es Days went by, and fi ghters Musa said, it appeared that needing help. NY TIMES
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More countries impose lockdowns and close borders; the worst is ahead of us, says U.S. doctor
Outbreak ‘has almost seen an end’ there
Agence France-Presse
Reuters Press Trust of India 30,000 medical personnel
Madrid/New York Beijing and built 14 makeshift hospi
Spain moved to close its land China on Monday an tals at the height of the out
borders as the number of in nounced plans for an order break in January. The ma Test every suspected
fections inched ever closer ly withdrawal of thousands keshift hospitals have been case of COVID-19: WHO
to 10,000 despite a nation of medical staff deployed in dismantled. The leading GENEVA
wide lockdown that offi cials Wuhan as a top medical group asked offi cials to en The World Health
said would likely extend expert said the COVID19 sure highlevel treatment of Organization (WHO) called
beyond a fortnight. outbreak has “almost seen severe COVID19 patients in on Monday for countries to
The move came after its end” in the country but a Wuhan while withdrawing test every suspected case of
Spain imposed a string of un fi nal judgment would be the supporting teams, state COVID19, as the rest of the
precedented restrictions, or made after a month. run China Daily reported. world registered more cases
dering its 46 million popula A leading Chinese offi cial The National Health Com and deaths in the pandemic
tion to stay home, shuttering group, headed by Premier Li mission (NHC) said on Mon than China. “You cannot fi ght
a fi re blindfolded,” WHO
everything except food Keqiang, suggested orderly day that the imported cases
chief Tedros Adhanom
shops, chemists and petrol withdrawal of the medical climbed to 123 after 12 new
Ghebreyesus told reporters in
stations. But by 2.30 p.m. on staff supporting virushit infections were reported,
a virtual press conference
Monday, the Health Ministry Hubei province for which prompting Beijing to make from WHO headquarters in
had counted 9,191 cases and Wuhan is the capital, where 14day quarantine in special Geneva. The WHO, he said,
309 deaths, prompting the the virus fi rst emerged in facilities compulsory for fo was urging countries to
government to announce the December last year. reigners arriving in the “Test, test, test. Test every
closure of its land borders. China deployed over country. suspected case.” AFP
Interior Minister Fernan
do GrandeMarlaska said the
closure would come into ef
fect at midnight, with only Sri Lanka Opposition parties ask
Spanish citizens, residents
or accredited diplomatic per
sonnel allowed in, and any
President to postpone election
cases of force majeure.
In the worstcase scena Parliamentary poll is scheduled to be held on April 25
rio, infections were likely to
“continue rising for at least Meera Srinivasan vene an allparties meeting position. “This is a big public
Colombo to discuss ways to mitigate health concern and as a
Many Opposition parties in the impact of COVID19 and country we must focus on
held large political rallies the Donald Trump adminis struck a regional agreement seppe Conte told daily Cor- Sri Lanka have called for possibly postpone poll in the preventing it from further
and the United Kingdom tration on Monday to coordi to shut all movie theatres, ca riere della Sera that the out postponing the general elec wake of such a health crisis, spreading,” said Bimal Rath
another 10 days,” said Fer kept its schools open. nate a national response to sinos and gyms on Monday break was still getting worse. tion scheduled for April 25, the Daily FT newspaper nayake, who represented
nando Simon, the Health Mi the outbreak, saying patch night. Maryland and Wash Britain has asked manu in the wake of the COVID19 here reported. the party in Parliament in
nistry’s emergencies 368 deaths in Italy work measures enacted by ington State enacted similar facturers including Ford Mo outbreak in the country. The Tamil National Al the last session. On March 3,
coordinator. In Italy, there were 368 new State and local authorities restrictions. tor Co, Honda and Rolls Their request comes a day liance (TNA) on Monday said President Rajapaksa dis
Across the world, bars, deaths from the outbreak on were insuffi cient to confront Royce to help make health after President Gotabaya Ra it was concerned about the solved Parliament and an
restaurants, cinemas and Sunday, a daily toll more dire the coasttocoast emergen Shutdowns in Dubai equipment, including venti japaksa told SAARC leaders possible spread of COVID19 nounced polls on April 25.
schools were shutting down than even China was report cy that has killed at least 71 The business and travel hub lators to cope with the out that Sri Lanka’s parliamen and noted that the safety of “In the current situation,
from New York and Los An ing at the peak of the out Americans. “This should be of Dubai said it was closing break, and will look at using tary election will be held as the public is “our para you can’t campaign or hold
geles to Paris and Dubai in a break that fi rst hit its central a reality where the United all bars and lounges until the hotels as hospitals. scheduled. mount concern”. “For this rallies and that aff ects the
worldwide eff ort to combat city Wuhan. States is put on a war foot end of March. Thailand plans The International Olym Prominent Opposition reason, and for the reason Opposition parties the most,
the pandemic. “Many children think it is ing, where the federal go to close schools, bars, movie pic Committee will hold talks politician Sajith Premadasa, that all democratic aspects because government still has
Germans were asked to scary,” Norwegian Prime Mi vernment mobilises all the theatres and popular cock with heads of international who now leads an alliance of cannot be properly be ad state media and even some
cancel all vacations as Cana nister Erna Solberg told a resources necessary — and it fi ghting arenas. sports organisations on a faction of the United Na hered to in this abnormal sit private media to put out its
da and other countries news conference dedicated begins with testing,” New “The worst is yet ahead Tuesday, a source said, amid tional Party (UNP), and its al uation, we request the post messages. This situation
closed their borders to all to answering children’s York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for us,” said Dr. Anthony doubts that the Tokyo 2020 lies, urged the government ponement of the general gives the incumbent govern
visitors. Airlines slashed questions about the pan told MSNBC. Fauci, the top infectious dis Olympics set to start on July to utilise funds allocated for election due to be held on ment an unfair advantage,”
fl ights, shed jobs and asked demic. “It is OK to be scared Without a coordinated eases expert in the United 24 can proceed. polls to step up Sri Lanka’s 25th of April 2020,” its spo he told The Hindu.
governments for billions of when so many things hap federal response, the States States, a warning echoed by The Jewish faithful should response to the virus. kesman M.A. Sumanthiran The Tamil Progressive Al
dollars in loans and grants. pen at the same time,” Ms. of New Jersey, New York and offi cials in Switzerland, avoid kissing the Western Former Prime Minister said in a statement. liance, a grouping of Malaya
In contrast to much of the Solberg said. Connecticut, home to more where 14 have died. Wall, the chief rabbi of the Je Ranil Wickremesinghe has The Janatha Vimukthi Pe ha [hill country] Tamils, also
world, Mexico and Brazil still U.S. States pleaded with than 22 million people, Italy’s Prime Minister Giu rusalem holy site said. urged the President to con ramuna ( JVP) took a similar sought a postponement.
French priest Gantz chosen to form Israel govt. Biden, Sanders hit out at Trump Japan knife
jailed for child attacker gets
Former army chief won recommendations from 61 MPs
sex abuse Debate focusses on U.S. response to COVID19 pandemic death sentence
Agence France-Presse kud, but Mr. Rivlin has urged Agence France-Presse “in all likelihood” do the
Reuters Jerusalem the two men to work togeth same, following the most di Reuters
Washington
Paris Israel’s exmilitary chief Ben er in an emergency unity go verse nomination contest in Yokohama
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France locks down over pandemic fears Trump administration seeks
Macron asks the French to stay at home for 15 days; EU plans to ban nonessential travel to continent $850 billion stimulus fund
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE world’s most visited country
Paris are already shuttered, but in Package to contain the economic damage from COVID19
France moved into a nearto some areas desperate shop
tal lockdown on Tuesday ov pers crowded supermarkets Agence France-Presse and whole States under
er fears of COVID19 spread, before the new rules took Washington lockdown.
the latest country to impose eff ect. U.S. President Donald Mr. Trump has been
draconian restrictions aff ect About 1,00,000 police Trump will ask Congress to pushing for a cut or suspen
ing the lives of millions of pe and gendarmes will be out approve a massive $850 bil sion of taxes deducted from
ople. on the streets to enforce the lion emergency spending all American paychecks at
European leaders also measures, after Mr. Macron package to contain the grow least through the November
plan to ban all nonessential warned violations would be ing economic damage from presidential election.
travel into the continent on punished. “We are at war, a the COVID19 pandemic, ac But Democrats and many
Tuesday in a bid to stem a public health war certainly. cording to media reports on economists say focus on pay
pandemic that has killed We are fi ghting not against Tuesday. roll taxes misses workers
thousands, upended society an Army or another nation. The measures are expect who are laid off , unem
and battered economies. But the enemy is there, invis ed to include a payroll tax ployed or are paid hourly.
With French President ible and elusive and on the cut and $50 billion in aid to Donald Trump Most economists agree
Emmanuel Macron describ move,” he said. troubled U.S. airlines hit the crisis calls for a massive
ing the battle against CO Meanwhile, Spain on hard by the near total shut 2008 global fi nancial crisis. response to fl ood the econo
VID19 as a “war”, govern Tuesday confi rmed nearly down in the travel industry, Treasury Secretary Ste my with cash to keep house
ments around the world are 2,000 new cases of CO The Washington Post report ven Mnuchin is expected to holds and businesses afl oat.
scrambling to keep the pu VID19, sending the total spi ed, citing four offi cials fami present the proposal to Se The Federal Reserve has
blic safe, slamming borders ralling past 11,000, with 491 liar with the matter. nate Republicans, the Post slashed the benchmark lend
Towering problem: A couple standing in front of the Eiff el tower in Paris on Tuesday, a few hours
shut and forcing citizens to deaths. before the order to all French citizens to stay indoors came into eff ect. AFP *
The package, which is in reported. ing rate to zero, where it was
stay home. With European nations al addition to the $100 billion during the 2009 global fi
The crisis is infecting ev ready closing their borders, in spending directed at paid Democratic package nancial crisis.
ery sector of the economy,
and global stocks have been
on a rollercoaster ride, with
European Commission Presi
dent Ursula von der Leyen
said she would ask the lead
Polish Ministers are being Just one fresh sick leave and expanded un
employment benefi ts alrea
dy moving through Con
Republican leaders last
week dismissed the Demo
cratic package in the house
It has taken extraordinary
steps to ensure the fi nancial
system has plenty of cash to
case in Wuhan
Wall Street on Monday sink
ing more than 12% in the
ers of the bloc’s Schengen vi
safree border zone to stop tested, under quarantine Associated Press
gress, surpasses the $700
billion emergency program
as an infl ated wish list of
items. And since then the
keep it from locking up, but
Fed Chair Jerome Powell
worst session since the crash all nonessential travel into MADRID known as TARP to save the damage has accelerated with said a fi scal response will be
of 1987. the area. Agence France-Presse Morawiecki was among the China on Tuesday banking system during the businesses forced to close “critical.”
After the initial outbreak Warsaw 15 government members un reported 21 new cases of
Test, test, test: WHO Poland’s Ministers were un der selfquarantine on Tues the virus, 20 of them
U.S. and China exchange barbs
The head of the World der quarantine on Tuesday day, along with the Minis imported. Just one new
Health Organization called after one of them tested pos ters of health, defence, case was confi rmed in
in a Chinese city in Decem on Monday for every sus itive for COVID19 as author interior, justice and culture, Wuhan, where the illness
ber, Europe has emerged as pected COVID19 case to be ities introduced sweeping he said. was fi rst detected in late
the epicentre of the virus tested, something which measures to combat the Members of the govern December. The update Trump calls SARSCoV2 ‘Chinese virus’; Beijing slams usage
SARSCOV2, with more would send the known tally spread of the disease. ment were were all “work raised China’s totals to
deaths now recorded outside of the sick skyrocketing. All members of the go ing remotely”, Mr. Dworc 80,881 cases and 3,226 Agence France-Presse tries, like Airlines and oth pandemic as “Chinese coro
China than inside. “You cannot fi ght a fi re vernment, who attended a zyk added. deaths. Beijing ers, that are particularly navirus”, but Beijing said on
COVID19 has now killed while blindfolded,” Tedros March 10 meeting, had been A nation of 38 million pe DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD A spat between the U.S. and aff ected by the Chinese Vi Tuesday it was “strongly in
more than 7,000 people Adhanom Ghebreyesus told tested and the results ople, Poland was among the China over COVID19 escalat rus,” Mr. Trump tweeted on dignant” over the phrase,
worldwide, including over
2,100 in Italy, the worsthit
journalists. “Test, test, test.
Test every suspected case.”
should be known by Tues
day, said Michal Dworczyk,
fi rst EU members to intro
duce sweeping measures to Pak. reports ed on Tuesday as President
Donald Trump angered Beij
Monday night.
He doubled down on the
which it called “a kind of
stigmatisation”.
country outside China, and
over 1,80,000 cases have
“Every country, with no
exceptions, needs to take
head of the Prime Minister’s
chancellery.
contain the spread of the
deadly novel coronavirus, 212 cases ing by referring to the patho
gen as the “Chinese Virus.”
comment on Tuesday while
Tweeting about how U.S.
The U.S. should “imme
diately stop its unjustifi ed
been recorded in 145 their boldest actions to stop “Until that time, all these including shutting its bor Press Trust of India The two countries have States were being aff ected, accusations against China,”
countries. or slow down the virus people remain in quaran ders to foreign travellers, Lahore sparred over the origin of saying: “Some are being hit Foreign Ministry spokesman
In a sombre address to the threat,” Hans Kluge, WHO tine,” he told Polish Radio. closing schools and urging The number of confi rmed the virus for days, with a Chi hard by the Chinese Virus, Geng Shuang said.
nation, Mr. Macron ordered Regional Director for Eu Poland’s Environment citizens to stay home. COVID19 cases in Pakistan nese offi cial promoting con some are being hit practical A commentary by the offi
the French to stay at home rope, told a press conference Minister Michal Wos said It had 205 confi rmed cas sharply rose to 212 on spiracy theories claiming it ly not at all.” cial Xinhua news agency
for 15 days from midday on Tuesday. Monday he was under qua es of COVID19, including Tuesday, amid confl icting was brought to China by the “It did come from China, said using “racist and xeno
Tuesday, following similar Meanwhile, Iran an rantine after testing positive fi ve deaths, as of Tuesday statements by authorities U.S. Army and American of so I think it’s very accurate,” phobic names to cast blame
measures by other European nounced another 135 deaths for the novel coronavirus, morning, with the Health on the nation’s fi rst fi cials using terms seen as the U.S. President told a on other countries can only
countries. from the disease, bringing adding that he was feeling Ministry warning cases casualty, a suspected stigmatising a nation. news conference. reveal politicians’ irrespon
Most shops, restaurants the toll to 988 in one of the fi ne. could rise above 1,000 this patient in Lahore, due to “The U.S. will be power Mr. Trump’s allies had sibility and incompetence
and tourist sites in the world’s worsthit countries. Prime Minister Mateusz week. the SARSCoV2 infection. fully supporting those indus previously referred to the which will intensify fears”.
Zurfi named new Iraqi PM Government suspends all international fl ight arrivals for two weeks
Meera Srinivasan missions in India on Tuesday
He is tasked with forming a government within 30 days COLOMBO took eff orts to ensure the
Even as the number of CO speedy return of 300 pil U.S.-led coalition troops
Reuters He now has to win the VID19 cases in Sri Lanka grims currently touring In to leave Iraq bases
BAGHDAD confi dence of Parliament for rose to 43 on Tuesday, the dia, offi cials said. BAGHDAD
Iraq’s President designated his new Cabinet, a diffi cult government decided to sus The U.S.led coalition will
Adnan alZurfi , a former re task as major Iranianbacked pend all international fl ight Maldives steps up fi ght redeploy hundreds of troops
gional Governor with little groups objected to his arrivals for two weeks begin The Maldivian Cabinet on from bases in Iraq, including
national political profi le, as nomination. ning Wednesday midnight, Tuesday decided to cut MVR to outside the country, U.S.
Prime Minister, tasked with “Zurfi will face tough re President Gotabaya Rajapak 1 billion (nearly $65 million) officials said on Tuesday. The
forming a government with sistance inside Parliament sa’s offi ce said. from its annual budget and announcement came hours
in 30 days in a bid to over and he will need a miracle to The move, according to redirect the amount towards after a rocket attack on an
come months of unrest and pass his government,” said a government offi cials, is eff orts to combat COVID19, Iraqi base housing foreign
political deadlock. Shi’ite lawmaker, on condi aimed at halting entry of any No entry: A worker spraying disinfectant at a bus terminal in government spokesman Ma troops, the 24th such attack
Mr. Zurfi , who served as tion of anonymity. possible new cases into the Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. AP *
brook Azeez told The Hindu in less than six months. AFP
Governor of the predomi Adnan alZurfi If Mr. Zurfi can secure par country, and allowing health from Male via telephone.
nantly Shi’ite Najaf province liamentary approval for his offi cials to focus on arresting elections on April 25, that the outbreak, authorities The Maldives has so far Malaysia recovers
$322 mn from 1MDB
during the U.S. occupation on a successor to Adel Abdul Cabinet, he would run the the spread of the pandemic many opposition parties said they were looking for confi rmed 13 cases of CO
KUALA LUMPUR
after the fall of Saddam Hus Mahdi, who resigned in No country until early elections within the country. want postponed in the wake persons who arrived from VID19. All of them are fo
Malaysia has recovered $322
sein, is head of the small vember during mass unrest, can be held. In a televised address to of the coronavirus outbreak. “highrisk” countries and yet reigners who were visiting million stolen from the
Nasr parliamentary group of in which hundreds of people He is the second politician the country, Mr. Rajapaksa On Tuesday alone, 15 new had evaded quarantine. the island nation. “Our eco scandalhit sovereign wealth
former Prime Minister Haid died. Mr. Salih has tapped to form asked all citizens to support cases of COVID 19 were re Police on Monday said nomy depends almost en fund 1MDB — a fraction of the
er alAbadi, a U.S. ally. Mr. Zurfi , who lived in the a government since Adel the government in combat ported by Sri Lanka’s Health they arrested two indivi tirely on our tourism sector. more than $4.5 billion U.S.
Lawmakers told Reuters U.S. as a refugee in the 1990s Mahdi announced his resig ing COVID19 and sought a Ministry. While it remains duals on charges of spread With that and our imports prosecutors say was looted.
that President Barham Salih after fl eeing Saddam, is seen nation. On February 1, Mr. strong mandate in the gener unclear how many suspect ing fake news pertaining to taking a big hit after the co Steps are being taken to
had named Mr. Zurfi only af as a comparatively secular fi Salih named Mohammed Al al elections scheduled next ed patients the Sri Lankan the coronavirus on social ronavirus outbreak, we are recover another $1.6 billion,
ter larger rival Shi’ite politi gure in a country long domi lawi as PMdesignate, but he month. Sri Lanka is sche health offi cials have been media. gearing up with a swift stra Prime Minister Muhyiddin
cal parties failed to decide nated by sectarian parties. withdrew his candidacy. duled to hold parliamentary able to test every day since Meanwhile, Sri Lankan tegy,” he said. Yassin's office said. AFP
Biden wins Washington Bernie Sanders wants to fi ght on and he has his reasons
Democratic primary By continuing to fi ght, Sanders could accrue delegates to use as leverage in negotiations with Biden for policy concessions
He won 5 of 6 States in March 10 voting Sydney Ember win nominating contests and an advantage in continuing over and that the time had
Associated Press cated based on the State Washington already grappling with the ef to accrue delegates to use as come for Democrats to unite
WASHINGTON wide result. The remaining Senator Bernie Sanders fects of COVID19 on the elec leverage in negotiations with behind Mr. Biden.
Democratic presidential 58 are determined based on jabbed his fi nger in the air. tion, Mr. Sanders and his Mr. Biden over potential pol “The chance of getting the
candidate Joe Biden has the results of the State’s 10 He left Joe Biden resorting to aides are now struggling to icy concessions. nomination is so tiny, the
been declared the winner of congressional districts, and misstatements to defend his reconcile a sense of resigna To several of Mr. Sanders’ stakes are so high given Mr.
last week’s Democratic pre those results might not be record on bankruptcy legis tion and a desire to press on. aides and allies, the aggres Trump and COVID19 and the
sidential primary in Wash calculated until the election lation. He instructed viewers Yet even as his path to the siveness their candidate economic fallout, that he
ington State, giving him vic is certifi ed by the secretary to “go to the YouTube” to nomination looks increasing showed on the debate stage does need to face that reali
tories in fi ve out of six States of State’s offi ce, which could check out the former Vice ly bleak, some allies are pu was a way of holding Mr. Bi ty,” Robert Reich, a former
that voted on March 10. be as late as March 27. President’s record blicly urging Mr. Sanders to den accountable on the is labour secretary who en
After nearly a week of In Washington, Demo themselves. remain in the race, eager for sues Mr. Sanders cares deep dorsed Mr. Sanders, said in
counting votes, the former crats used vote by mail for It was not the kind of de him to continue to pitch vo ly about. an interview on Monday.
VicePresident on Monday the fi rst time to allocate de bate performance suggesting ters on a liberal agenda that Mr. Reich said that some
held onto a small lead over legates instead of the small a candidate ready for he has promoted for Inspired leadership onus was on Mr. Biden to de
Vermont Senator Bernie er caucuses used in pre reconciliation. decades. Playing safe: Joe Biden, left, and Bernie Sanders do an elbow “Even though Joe Biden is monstrate to Mr. Sanders
Sanders that turned out to vious years. After delivering a speech “I want the Senator to stay bump instead of the usual handshake in Washington. REUTERS * ahead in delegates at the mo that he is suffi ciently devoted
be insurmountable. Mr. Biden won four other last week that appeared in,” Nina Turner, one of the ment, he is far from unifying to progressive causes. The
Washington was a State States last Tuesday — Mis aimed at deescalating the campaign’s national co this man’s life’s work.” chances are daunting if not the party,” Jeff Weaver, a former VicePresident could
that Mr. Sanders had been souri, Mississippi, Michigan primary battle against Mr. Bi chairs, said in an interview The decision on whether impossible given the broad longtime Sanders adviser, do that, Mr. Reich said, by
hoping to win. and Idaho. Mr. Sanders won den, Mr. Sanders laced into on Monday. “I think other vo to drop out or continue the coalition of Democrats that said after the debate. “And naming Mr. Sanders as a top
In 2016, he won more North Dakota. his opponent on Sunday ters have a right to have a campaign is one that ulti Mr. Biden appears to have as he hasn’t made the case that policy adviser to his cam
than twothirds of the dele Three States — Arizona, night with a vigour that sig choice. This is not a corona mately rests with Mr. San sembled, and Mr. Sanders’ he can provide the kind of in paign or by naming Senator
gates from the Washington Ohio, Illinois and Florida — nalled that the fi ght — if not tion. We know what hap ders and his wife, Jane San inability to bring new voters spired leadership necessary Elizabeth Warren of Massa
caucuses over Hillary Clin held primaries on Tuesday. for delegates, then for the pened last time in 2016 — it ders, allies and friends say. under his tent. But they de to beat Donald Trump.” chusetts as his running mate.
ton. Ohio called off its primary, soul of the Democratic Party gave us Donald J. Trump.” Some of Mr. Sanders’ scribe Mr. Sanders as a fi ght However, some of his big “It’s the only way he’s going
Of the State’s 89 pledged citing the need to combat — was not over. This campaign, she ad aides and supporters private er, whose instinct will be to gest supporters suggested to get the type of enthusiasm
delegates, only 31 are allo COVID19. Under intense pressure to ded, was “the culmination of ly acknowledge that his keep battling. They also see that the race was eff ectively he needs,” he said. NY TIMES
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Italy on Wednesday report
fore we see the benefi ts” of
containment measures, said
ing on Wednesday to once
inageneration measures to more deaths ed 475 new deaths from CO
VID19, the highest oneday
Mr. Brusaferro.
“We must maintain these
battle the COVID19 pandem offi cial toll of any nation measures to see their eff ect,
ic that is not only killing the Associated Press since the fi rst case was de and above all to protect the
old and vulnerable but also TEHRAN tected in China late last year. most vulnerable.”
threatening prolonged eco Iran reported its single Total deaths in Italy have Imposed nationally on
nomic misery. biggest jump in deaths reached 2,978, more than March 12, the shutdown of
The disease that jumped from COVID19 on half of all the cases recorded most Italian businesses and
from animals to humans in Wednesday as another 147 outside China, while the a ban on public gatherings
China has now infected more people died, raising the number of infections stood are due to expire on March
than 2,00,000 people and country’s toll to 1,135. The at 35,713. 25.
caused nearly 8,500 deaths nearly 15% spike in deaths The previous record high But school closures and
in 164 nations, triggering — amid a total of 17,361 of 368 deaths was also re other measures, such as a
emergency lockdowns and cases in Iran — marks the corded in Italy, on Sunday. ban fan attendance at sport
injections of cash unseen biggest 24hour rise in The nation of 60 million ing events, are due to run on
since Second World War. fatalities. Iran’s Deputy has now recorded 34.2% of until April 3.
“This is a onceina Health Minister, Alireza all the deaths offi cially attri A top government Minis
hundredyear type event,” Raisi, urged the public to buted to COVID19 across ter hinted on Wednesday
said Australian Prime Minis avoid crowded places. the world. that the school closure
ter Scott Morrison, warning DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD With the death rate still would be extended well into
the crisis could last six climbing despite the Medi next month, if not longer.
months as his nation became
the latest to restrict gather
Pak. Foreign terranean country entering
a second week under eff ec
The rates within Italy it
self remained stable, with
ings and overseas travel.
“Life is changing in Aus
Minister in tive lockdown, offi cials
urged Italians to have faith
twothirds of the deaths —
1,959 in all — reported in the
tralia, as it is changing all
around the world,” he ad
self-quarantine and to stay strong.
“They main thing is, do
northern Lombardy region
around Milan, the Italian fi
ded, as his government pre not give up,” Italian National nancial capital. EmiliaRo
pared for a potentially expo Press Trust of India Institute of Health chief Sil magna region suff ered 458
Islamabad
nential rise after only six vio Brusaferro said in a tele fatalities, and Piedmont re
deaths so far. Pakistan Foreign Minister vised press conference. gion has had 154 deaths.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Alarm in Italy said on Wednesday that he
will selfisolate for fi ve
There was particular alarm
in Italy, ehich has reported
2,978 deaths.
days after his recent trip to
China. COVID19 has
China to extend $500 mn
Around the world, rich
and poor alike saw lives
infected 249 people in the
country. ‘assistance’ to Sri Lanka
turned upsidedown as Mr. Qureshi visited
events were cancelled, shops China to seek cooperation, 50 cases have been recorded so far
stripped, workplaces emp especially in controlling
tied, streets deserted. the disease in Pakistan. Meera Srinivasan government and supported
The crisis has created a COLOMBO by the Chinese side, under
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wave of solidarity in some China will extend fi nancial current fi nancial situation in
countries, with neighbours,
103-year-old assistance amounting to Sri Lanka and the back
families and colleagues com
ing together to look after the
grown used to changes that
expand our possibilities of ‘Virus can Trump calls for national Iran woman
$500 million to Sri Lanka to
help the island nation com
ground of fi ghting COVID19
pandemic with allout ef
most needy, including drop knowledge, health and life,
persist in air bat COVID19 that has aff ect forts,” the Chinese Embas
ping supplies at the doors of
those forced to stay indoors.
now fi nds itself in a war to
defend all we have taken for
for hours’ unity against COVID-19 survives ed 50 persons so far. One
patient has recovered, auth
sy’s statement said.
The maturity period of 10
granted,” Spain’s Prime Mi orities said. years, the statement said, is
nister Pedro Sanchez San Agence France-Presse massive stimulus plan to Agence France-Presse According to a press the “longest tenure” of fi
Reuters Washington Tehran
chez told Parliament. Congress and was looking at statement from the Chinese nancing facility for Sri Lan
Spooked by a seemingly The novel coronavirus can U.S. President Donald sending direct payments to A 103yearold woman in Embassy here, the Finance ka.
inevitable global recession, ‘Africa should wake up’ remain viable and Trump on Tuesday called all Americans, as well as aid Iran has recovered from Ministry of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka and China en
rich nations are unleashing Meanwhile, the head of the infectious in droplets in for a unifi ed national res to embattled airlines. COVID19, state media the China Development joy strong ties, including de
billions of dollars in stimulus World Health Organization the air for hours and on ponse to the COVID19 In a White House appea reported, despite Bank (CDB) on Wednesday velopment cooperation in
to economies, aid to health said on Wednesday that surfaces up to days, says a threat, after coming under rance, Mr. Trump said, “We overwhelming evidence signed the agreement, with key infrastructure projects
services, loans to tottering while Africa so far had seen new study by scientists fi re for downplaying the are looking to save the maxi the elderly are most at risk “big concessional terms on in the island.
businesses, and help for indi few cases of COVID19, the from the National Institute pandemic and allowing mum number of lives. Eve from the disease. The both interest and tenure”, at In February, President
viduals fearful for mortgages continent should “prepare of Allergy and Infectious states to go their own way. rything else is going to come woman was the second Temple Trees, the offi cial re Gotabaya Rajapaksa gifted a
and other routine payments. for the worst”. Diseases. The study was Mr. Trump’s call came as back, but a life is not going elderly patient in Iran to sidence of Prime Minister consignment of Ceylon Tea
“We have never lived “Africa should wake up,” published in the New Treasury Secretary Steven to come back.” The out have survived after a Mahinda Rajapaksa. to the Chinese Embassy, to
through anything like this. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye England Journal of Mnuchin said the White break has spread to all 50 91yearold man fought off “The facility was urgently be sent to those aff ected by
And our society, which had sus said. Medicine on Tuesday . House was presenting a U.S. States. the coronavirus. requested by the Sri Lankan COVID19 in China.
Joe Biden sweeps Tuesday’s primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona oppose new PM-designate
Agence France-Presse topped 59% to Mr. Sanders'
Washington 36%, and in Arizona, Mr. Bi They say President should have consulted them
Leftist Bernie Sanders was den came in with more than Probability experts win
under fresh pressure on 43% to Mr. Sanders' nearly Agence France-Presse
Abel prize in Mathematics
Wednesday to bow out of the 32%, while former New York Baghdad
OSLO
race for the Democratic Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Iraq’s typically divided Shi The Abel Prize for
White House nomination af who has already withdrawn ite political parties lined up Mathematics was on
ter losing the three latest from the race, came in a dis on Wednesday to signal their Wednesday awarded to
primaries in contests hob tant third. opposition to premierdesig IsraeliAmerican Hillel
bled by the COVID19 Mr. Biden has now won 19 nate Adnan alZurfi , less Furstenberg and Russian
pandemic. of the 24 contests, with just than 24 hours after his nom born Gregory Margulis, both
Political moderate Joe Bi over half to be held. ination. probability experts, the
den swept all three of Tues The victories underscored The 54yearold lawmaker Norwegian Academy of
day's contests, building a so Big blow: Joe Biden, left, and Bernie Sanders during the Mr. Biden's position as the and former Najaf Governor Science and Letters said. AFP
lid lead in delegates to the Democratic presidential debate on Sunday. AP *
party’s frontrunner and the was nominated on Tuesday Unpopular move: People passing by a defaced poster of Prime
4 soldiers, 7 militants
party's July nominating con eagerness of Democratic to be Iraq’s new Prime Minis Ministerdesignate Adnan AlZurfi in Baghdad. AP *
IMF rejects Venezuela’s China defends expulsion of scribes, slams U.S. ‘prejudice’
$5 bn virus aid request
Beijing expels all American journalists, says the U.S. is waging an ideological campaign to impose its values
Agence France-Presse loan from the IMF “will con
Caracas tribute signifi cantly to Alexandra Stevenson likes and dislikes to judge the technological capacity and China, the government has
The International Monetary strengthening our detection Austin Ramzy media of other countries, let military dominance, with cracked down on domestic
HONG KONG
Fund on Tuesday rejected and response systems.” alone suppress the Chinese bruising eff ect on U.S. and and foreign reporting, muz
economically devastated It was the country’s fi rst An increasingly rancorous media unreasonably,” Geng Chinese companies, busi zling medical professionals
Venezuela’s request for a $5 loan request to the IMF rivalry between the U.S. and Shuang, a Foreign Ministry ness executives, and even and censoring and removing
billion loan to help it cope since 2001. “Unfortunately, China entered a new phase spokesman, said at a news university students and reports and commentaries
with the onslaught of CO the Fund is not in a position on Wednesday as Beijing ac conference in Beijing on academics. online that have challenged
VID19 on the country that to consider this request,” cused the Trump administra Wednesday. The dispute over media the offi cial narrative.
an aid agency warned is as because there is “no clarity” tion of starting a diplomatic access underlines how this On Tuesday, China went
prepared as wartorn Syria. on international recognition clash that led it to expel al Rising tensions new era of great power rival even further, requiring all
President Nicolas Maduro of the country’s govern most all U.S. journalists from The expulsions, not seen to ry has extended into the mar U.S. journalists for the three
made the request earlier on ment, the IMF said. three newspapers. such an extent in recent his ketplace of ideas. It not only newspapers, whose creden
Tuesday but, in a statement “IMF engagement with The Chinese government tory, point to the governing signals a more muscular ap tials expire by the end of the
hours later, the Washington member countries is predi cast its expulsion of the jour Testing times: Journalists interacting after a briefi ng by Communist Party’s growing proach to foreign policy in year, to turn in their press
based institution indirectly cated on offi cial govern nalists from The New York Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang in Beijing. AP *
resolve to strike back in all China but also accords with cards within 10 days. It said
cited a dispute over Mr. Ma ment recognition by the in Times, The Wall Street Jour- aspects of what is quickly be the party’s tightening grip they cannot continue work
duro’s leadership in denying ternational community, as nal and The Washington Post lues on China. Around a do of about 60 Chinese repor coming a bareknuckled over information under Xi ing as journalists in China. It
his petition. refl ected in the IMF’s mem as necessary to defend Beij zen reporters could be re ters this month. competition with the U.S. Ov Jinping, the country’s auth also said the Americans were
In a letter to IMF chief bership. There is no clarity ing against what it perceived quired to leave, in a move “The U.S. cannot proceed er the past year, tensions oritarian leader. forbidden from working as
Kristalina Georgieva, Mr. on recognition at this time,” as an ideological campaign that Beijing said was recipro from ideological prejudice, have escalated over issues In recent weeks, as the co journalists in Macao or Hong
Maduro said a $5 billion the statement said. by the U.S. to impose its va cation for the U.S. forcing out use its own standards and ranging from trade defi cits to ronavirus spread through Kong. NY TIMES
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Britain, where death toll balcony in Rome. Italians cannot leave their homes due to a lockdown. REUTERS * down bureaucracy that
Limited testing has risen to 144, was bracing brooks no dissent is mobil racy of China’s statistics. had called for a “people’s
Offi cials and experts believe
the total number of infec
tions here is signifi cantly
for the virtual shutdown of
London as underground
train stations closed and
Trump defends ‘Chinese virus’ label ised in pursuit of a single
target.
If Thursday’s numbers are
And even if zero local infec
tions has been achieved,
that does not mean zero new
war” against the epidemic,
and the party’s propaganda
outlets have in recent weeks
higher, with testing largely li schools prepared to shut Katie Rogers say labelling the virus that the Chinese Communist Par more than a statistical blip, it cases. hailed the party’s response
mited to those arriving for their doors on Friday. Lara Jakes way will only ratchet up ten ty but of China and Chinese would represent a remarka Offi cials said on Thursday as a success and a model for
Washington
hospital care. The country’s Some 20,000 soldiers sions between the two coun people in general,” said ble turnaround for the Chi that 34 new cases had been other countries.
large, elderly population, were on standby. Queen Eli President Donald Trump on tries while resulting in the Scott Kennedy, a China exp nese government, which confi rmed among people
who are particularly vulnera zabeth headed for sanctuary Wednesday defended his in kind of xenophobia. Asian ert at the Centre for Strategic drew widespread public out who had arrived from el At what cost?
ble to the virus, is also seen in the ancient castle of Wind creasingly frequent practice Americans have reported in and International Studies. rage when offi cials initially sewhere, pointing to how The party’s approach has al
as factor for the high number sor, and the Tower of Lon of calling the novel coronavi cidents of racial slurs and Mr. Trump said that he concealed and mismanaged diffi cult it will likely be for so come at a great cost to ci
of fatalities. don was to close. rus the “Chinese Virus,” ig abuse because of the errone was attaching “China” to the the outbreak, even punish China — or any country — to vil liberties and economic li
Prime Minister Boris noring a growing chorus of ous perception that China is name of the virus to combat ing the doctors who sought keep the virus completely velihoods, and some critics
Johnson on Thursday said criticism that it is racist and the cause of the virus. China’s disinformation cam to raise the alarm. out. have questioned whether it
Britain hopes to turn the antiChinese. “The use of this term is paign. “I didn’t appreciate Those missteps, critics Within China, many pro would be viable in open so
“There’s a high level of tide on the virus within the “It’s not racist at all,” Mr. not only corrosive visàvis a the fact that China was say say, allowed the virus to vinces and cities have essen cieties where personal free
contagion and we’re not next 12 weeks. Trump said, explaining his global audience, including ing that our military gave it spread uncontrolled across tially shut themselves off to doms are fi ercely protected.
even counting the dead any “At the moment, the dis rationale. “It comes from here at home; it is also fuell to them,” Mr. Trump said. “I the city of Wuhan in central travellers, raising the ques In recent days, fear of the
more,” said Daniela Confalo ease is proceeding in a way China, that’s why.” ing a narrative in China think saying that our mili China, forcing the govern tion of whether the virus will virus and pressure from the
nieri, a nurse in Milan. that does not seem yet to be But the term has angered about a broader American tary gave it to them creates a ment to impose draconian reemerge once such bar public to take stronger mea
Underscoring the scale of responding to our interven Chinese offi cials and experts hatred and fear of not just stigma.” NY TIMES travel and quarantine res riers are lifted and people sures has pushed democrat
the drama, 15 trucks and 50 tions,” he told a news confe DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
trictions over hundreds of begin crisscrossing the ic governments such as Italy,
soldiers were deployed to rence. “I do think, looking at millions of people that could country again. Spain and France to impose
transport coffi ns to neigh
bouring provinces overnight
it all, we can turn the tide
within the next 12 weeks... Spain toll U.S. reports One person have been avoided.
While Beijing’s sledge Fear of a second wave
stringent lockdowns on citi
zens, strategies that some
from the northern town of
Bergamo, northeast of Mi
but only if we all take the
steps that we have outlined.”
soars nearly 10,491 cases, dying every 10 hammer approach — seen by
many as a brutal experiment
“It’s very clear that the ac
tions taken in China have al
countries were hesitant to
adopt just weeks ago.
lan, whose cemetery has
been overwhelmed. Liquidity taps opened
30% to 767 150 deaths minutes in Iran unprecedented in size and
scope — worked to quickly
most brought to an end their
fi rst wave of infections,” said
The longerterm eff ects of
such policies have been par
With almost 2,28,000 in Policymakers in the U.S., Eu lower the number of infec Ben Cowling, the head of the ticularly evident in Wuhan
fections and more than rope and Asia have slashed Agence France-Presse Reuters Reuters tions, the price in human division of epidemiology and Hubei province, where
9,200 deaths, the epidemic interest rates and opened li Madrid Washington DUBAI trauma and economic loss and biostatistics at Hong more than 50 million people
has stunned the world and quidity taps to stabilise eco Spain on Thursday The U.S. Centers for One person dies of was severe. Kong University’s School of have been subject to severe
drawn comparisons with nomies hit by quarantined announced that deaths Disease Control and COVID19 every 10 minutes And China is not out of Public Health. restraints since late January.
painful periods such as Se consumers, broken supply from COVID19 had Prevention (CDC) on and 50 get infected from danger from a revived conta “The question is what will For weeks, hospitals were
cond World War, the 2008 fi chains, disrupted transport jumped by nearly 30% Thursday reported 10,491 the virus in Iran, Health gion and instability. A vast happen if there’s a second overwhelmed and medical
nancial crisis and the 1918 and paralysed businesses. over the past 24 hours to cases of COVID19, an Ministry spokesman swath of the country’s popu wave because the kind of workers lacked basic sup
Spanish fl u. U.N. chief Antonio Gu 767. The number of people increase of 3,404 from its Kianush Jahanpur tweeted lace has been embittered by measures that China has im plies and protective gear. Re
“This is like an Egyptian terres warned that a global who have contracted the previous count, and said on Thursday, as the death how the ruling Communist plemented are not necessa sidents protested over food
plague,” said Argentinian ho recession, “perhaps of re disease has, meanwhile, the death toll had risen by toll climbed to 1,284, with Party has handled the rily sustainable in the long shortages. Critically ill pa
telier Patricia Duran, who cord dimensions”, was a grown by around 25% to 53 to 150, the biggest 149 new deaths in past 24 scourge. Questions have term.” tients struggled to fi nd time
has seen bookings dry up for near certainty. 17,147. oneday jump so far. hours. been raised about the accu China’s leader, Xi Jinping, ly care. Many died. NY TIMES
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Sri Lanka parliamentary U.K. apologises
for Windrush
After 20 years in power,
elections postponed scandal
Agence France-Presse
Putin says he’s not a ‘Tsar’
London
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Ver leaving the race. ing ahead. towel knowing that he has nee to accrue 1,991 dele U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi
mont was reassessing the fu The party’s frontrunner, “Bernie is getting beat by won the battle of issues,” said gates, and Mr. Biden cannot Gabbard dropped out of
ture of his presidential bid Joe Biden, has now amassed 30 and 40 points — it’s over,” Wilbur Colom, a Democratic win those delegates if States the Democratic presiden
on Wednesday after a crush a nearly insurmountable said Rep. Don Beyer of Virgi National Committee member don’t hold their primaries. tial nomination race on
ing round of primary losses lead in delegates needed to nia, who has endorsed Mr. from Mississippi who former But if Mr. Sanders does Thursday and endorsed
left him with no realistic path clinch the nomination after Biden. “This is the adult ly supported Michael Bloom quit, Mr. Biden would be free rival Joe Biden as fl ag bear
to the Democratic nomina winning the Arizona, Florida thing to do — knowing when berg. “The Democratic Party to move on to focus on the er in the election against
tion and the 2020 race itself and Illinois primaries on it is time to disappear.” has moved within inches of general election, President President Donald Trump.
was on hold because of the Tuesday. Mr. Biden has Mr. Sanders, who has not his revolution on all major Donald Trump and the na “Today, I'm suspending
coronavirus outbreak. swept so many States and at said when he will make an issues.” tional challenges posed by my presidential campaign
Mr. Sanders’ campaign tracted so many demograph announcement about his fu Yet 26 States, territories the virus. and off ering my full sup
has stopped actively adver ic groups that Mr. Sanders ture, was testy on Wednes Losing ground: Senator Bernie Sanders leaving the U.S. and the District of Columbia “Bernie is not running a port to VicePresident Joe
tising on Facebook, and his has little left to go on besides day when asked by a CNN re Capitol in Washington on Thursday. REUTERS *
have yet to hold primaries campaign so much as leading Biden in his quest to bring
campaign manager sent an his political message and his porter about his plans, and caucuses, and there are a movement,” said Winston our country together,” the
email to supporters without passionate base of liberal suggesting his sole focus “Right now, I’m trying to Some Democrats said Mr. still 1,399 delegates left to be Apple, a DNC member from lawmaker said. “Although I
asking for donations — the supporters. should be on the virus. do my best to make sure that Sanders had already accom awarded. With the primary Missouri who supports San may not agree with the VP
kind of steps that sometimes Some Democrats said that “I’m dealing with a global we don’t have an economic plished a great deal by pro season essentially on hold ders. “He will be a more ef on every issue, I know that
precede the end of cam with the delegate outlook so crisis,” he said at the Capitol. meltdown and that people moting his liberal policy because of public health con fective leader for our move he has a good heart, and he
paigns. His aides say Mr. San bleak, and with a deadly pan “You know, we’re dealing don’t die,” he added. “Is that agenda. Yet they warned that cerns, it could be at least two ment if he remains in is motivated by his love for
ders is not suspending his demic gripping an anxious with it, and you’re asking me enough for you to keep me staying in the race could months before Mr. Biden ac contention throughout the our country and the Amer
bid, even as some Democrats nation, Mr. Sanders risks ap these questions.” busy for today?” damage the coalition he has cumulates enough to secure process.” NY TIMES ican people.”
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Italy’s toll hits another oneday record China says Trump is trying to
Country adds 627 fatalities; Wuhan reports no new cases for fi rst time since COVID19 outbreak began
‘shift blame’ for pandemic
Agence France-Presse
Over 1,000 dead U.S. President had slammed Beijing’s ‘lack of transparency’
Geneva
somehow be dodged. Germany’s biggest State sulates will still consider pending visa issuance at total number of cases rose They come to bless those
Bavaria on Friday became emergency visas if they have most posts overseas. But to 464. The third death suff ering the most from the
the fi rst region in the coun adequate staff , the State De Friday’s order was global was reported from Sindh = virus. And then, more and
try to order a lockdown, im partment said. “In response and, while temporary, there where the number of cases more often, Italy’s priests
posing “fundamental restric to signifi cant worldwide was no date set for services rose to 238, according to die themselves. The diocese
In a rare incident of en tions” on going out for two challenges related to the CO to resume. provincial spokesman of Bergamo northeast of Mi
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coronavirus fi rst emerged in
December, reported no new
China, as a lockdown im
posed in Hubei province, Iran vows to defeat virus Malaysia Army stealth killer. At least 10 of its
priests have died of CO
cases in 24 hours. “Wuhan
provides hope for the rest of
where the virus fi rst
emerged, appeared to have Agence France-Presse diffi cult. Ayatollah Khame
to enforce curbs VID19, the Catholic daily Av-
venire reported Thursday.
the world that even the most paid off . Italy, which has Tehran nei paid tribute to the sacrif Agence France-Presse The deaths, whether of
severe situation can be seen more than 1,500 fatali Iran’s Supreme Leader and ices of the country’s doctors Kuala Lumpur priests or members of their A priest in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere. * REUTERS
turned around”, World ties in the past three days President promised on Fri and nurses in tackling the vi Malaysia will deploy the communities, are “so nume
Health Organization chief alone, has now recorded the day that the country would rus, which has infected at Army to support police in rous that it is diffi cult to virus’s target from the day perfect conditions for
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye fi ve highest oneday tolls offi overcome one of the world’s least 18,407 people in Iran enforcing tough count”, the paper wrote. the Catholic country’s fi rst contagion.
sus told a virtual news confe cially registered around the deadliest viral outbreaks and killed 1,284, according restrictions to halt the Five more fatalities were death was reported four A count by Italy’s ANSA
rence. But hours earlier, Cali world and a total of 4,032. just as it had faced down to an offi cial tally. spread of the COVID19, registered in the city of Par weeks ago. news agency on Thursday
fornia, among the worst hit China’s death count was sweeping U.S. sanctions. In In his message to Ira Defence Minister Ismail ma. Still more virusrelated Like doctors, Italy’s put the number of medics
State in the United States, steady at 3,248, according to messages marking the Per nians, broadcast shortly af Sabri Yaakob said on deaths emerged among priests come in contact with killed by the disease at 13.
told its 40 million residents the AFP tally of offi cial data. sian New Year holiday Now ter the Supreme Leader’s, Friday. The country priests in Brescia, Cremona the disease’s most serious Figures reported by Ita
to stay at home, the most Europe now accounts for ruz, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Mr. Rouhani trumpeted reported 130 new cases on and the northern industrial cases. And like doctors, lian media suggest the death
drastic move yet in the U.S. more than half of the fatali and President Hassan Rou Iran’s success in withstand Friday, taking its toll to hub of Milan itself. priests are known to congre toll among priests is higher.
The California measures ties linked to the COVID19 hani both acknowledged ing U.S. sanctions on the 1,030, the highest for any All these parishes are gate among themselves in At least 18 priests have been
will, however, not be en disease around the world. that the past year had been country’s vital oil sector. Southeast Asian country. clustered in Italy’s north, the close quarters, creating the reported killed.
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Sri Lanka Netfl ix, YouTube reduce Trump to host G7 meet via videoconference
declares
curfew
image quality in Europe It was scheduled to be held at Camp David this year in AprilMay
Meera Srinivasan
This is to ease pressure on the Internet Agence France-Presse to stop the spread of the vi
Washington rus and equally to try and
COLOMBO
Agence France-Presse President Donald Trump is halt fi nancial panic that
The Presidential Secreta Brussels scrapping this year’s G7 sum threatens to send their eco
riat on Friday announced Netfl ix and YouTube will re mit at Camp David near nomies into recession.
an islandwide curfew, to duce the default image qual Washington due to the CO U.S. reaffi rms security
be enforced until Monday ity of streaming video in Eu VID_19 crisis and will instead Controversy over venue partnership with Pak.
WASHINGTON
morning, in a bid to en rope to ease pressure on the hold the event by videocon The G7 summit is held by the
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark
hance Sri Lanka’s response Internet, the fi rms said on ference, the White House presiding country each year,
Esper, in picture, on Thursday
to the COVID19 outbreak Friday, as demand soars said on Thursday. but Mr. Trump’s prepara held a telephonic
that has so far infected 70 with millions confi ned to The United States heads tions had already been conversation with Pakistan
persons. President Gota their homes over COVID19 the group of seven wealthy marred by controversy over Army chief General Qamar
baya Rajapaksa has asked fears. EU Commissioner for democracies in 2020 and Mr. his initial attempt to host the Javed Bajwa, and reaffi rmed
public and private sector to the Digital Economy Thierry Trump had been due to host event at his own golf club in the U.S.’s commitment to a
‘work from home’ next Breton urged Internet giants fellow leaders at the presi Crisis meet: U.S. President Donald Trump at a teleconference Florida. Last October, the longterm security
week, while all educational to switch from high defi ni Standard Defi nition by de dential retreat known as with State Governors at the Federal Emergency Management White House announced partnership, the Pentagon
institutions remain closed. tion to the former standard fault,” said a Google Camp David in June. Agency headquarters, in Washington on Thursday. AFP *
that the Trump National Do said. Mr. Esper expressed his
Meanwhile, police ar defi nition. spokesperson. ral Golf Club near Miami had appreciation for Pakistan’s
rested the Mayor of Dam Late on Thursday, enter Separately, Netfl ix will Responding to COVID19 informed his counterparts of dent Emmanuel Macron on been chosen out of 12 possi support to the Afghanistan
bulla town, in the Central tainment platform Netfl ix “begin reducing bit rates Instead, the summit will now the decision, Mr. Deere said Thursday, they agreed “to ble sites. The White House reconciliation process . PTI
Province, for organising a agreed, and on Friday Goo across all our streams in Eu take place remotely “in or in a statement. continue close cooperation insisted there was no confl ict
Hypersonic missile test
public even amid a public gle’s videosharing service rope for 30 days,” a spokes der for each country to focus “The White House also in on resolving the pandemic of interest in using a Trump
successful: Pentagon
health crisis. YouTube said it would fol person for the streaming all of its resources on res formed the other G7 mem and minimising its economic business and claimed there
WASHINGTON
The Mayor had organ low suit. “Following the dis giant said in a statement. ponding to the health and bers that in order to conti impact, in coordination with was no equally suitable pro The U.S. Defense Department
ised the race to celebrate cussion between Google’s “We estimate that this economic challenges of CO nue close coordination, the the G7 and other interna perty in the country. announced on Friday that it
the annual harvest festival, CEO, Sundar Pichai, You will reduce Netfl ix traffi c on VID19,” White House spo President will convene the tional partners,” the White Following strong resis has successfully tested an
local media reports said. Tube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki European networks by kesman Judd Deere said. leaders via video teleconfe House said separately. tance in Congress, Mr. unarmed hypersonic missile,
The police had earlier and Commissioner Thierry around 25% while also en Mr. Trump’s national eco rence in April and May just G7 countries — Britain, Ca Trump switched tack in De a weapon that could
restricted the curfew to Breton we are making a suring a good quality ser nomic director Larry Ku as he did this week,” he said. nada, France, Germany, Ita cember, saying he could use potentially overwhelm an
night time in the western commitment to temporarily vice for our members,” the dlow, who is the U.S. point In a call between Mr. ly, Japan and the United Camp David, a historic presi adversary’s defence systems.
coastal areas. switch all traffi c in the EU to statement added. man for the summit, Trump and France’s Presi States — are all in crisis mode dential retreat, instead. The Pentagon said a test
missile fl ew at hypersonic
speeds — cmore than fi ve
Pak. doctor, off to join IS, arrested in U.S. 24 killed in Afghan insider attack
times the speed of sound, or
Mach 5 — to a designated
impact point. AFP
23 Iranian prisoners
Muhammad Masood was planning to travel to West Asia by cargo ship Predawn raid targets joint police and army headquarters escape on Nowruz eve
TEHRAN
Neil Vigdor those seeking to join the Is Agence France-Presse deadliest attacks since the a lower death toll for the at Twentythree inmates
lamic State group. Kabul U.S. signed a withdrawal tack, saying just 17 were escaped from an Iranian
A Pakistani doctor who the Masood then used the At least two dozen Afghan deal with the Taliban last killed. prison while guards were
FBI said was intent on join same social media platform security forces were killed month. The Afghan security forc making preparations for a
ing the Islamic State (IS), to correspond with two in on Friday in an insider at The predawn raid target es “will not leave this attack Persian New Year amnesty,
either on the battlefi eld in formants about his plans, ac tack on their base in south ed a joint police and army unanswered and will avenge state news agency IRNA
Syria or as a “lone wolf ” in cording to the affi davit. He ern Afghanistan, offi cials headquarters near Qalat, the the blood of the martyrs” reported on Friday. It said the
the U.S., was arrested on told one, “I want to fi ght on said, as fi ghting raged in the provincial capital. “In the at the Ministry added in a state detainees escaped overnight
Thursday before boarding a the front line as well as help warweary country while ef tack, 14 Afghan Army forces ment. The U.S. embassy la from a facility in the western
fl ight at MinneapolisSt. Paul the wounded brothers,” Car forts to start talks with the and 10 policemen were ter condemned the attack on city of Khorramabad, the
Airport. son Green, an FBI special Taliban stalled. killed,” Zabul provincial Twitter, saying “the time for capital of Lorestan province,
The doctor, Muhammad agent, wrote in the affi davit. The predawn attack in council chief Ata Jan Haq peace is now”. just hours before the start of
Masood, 28, had been en Masood was kept in custo Zabul province comes as Af Bayan said. Zabul province, border Nowruz. AFP
route to Los Angeles to try to dy after a brief appearance ghanistan is grappling with ing Pakistan, has long been
travel to West Asia by cargo IS was here: A faded fl ag of the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, in U.S. District Court in Min several crises including an Connection with Taliban an insurgent stronghold and Greece arrests Turkish
ship, the authorities said. He the terror outfi t’s former capital. NYT * neapolis on Thursday. increase in Taliban violence He added that four other Af was the holdout for former ‘farleft extremists’
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had initially bought a plane Manny Atwal, an assistant that has thrown a supposed ghan service members were Taliban supreme leader Mul
Greek police on Friday said 11
ticket from Chicago to Jor designated foreign terrorist workers from abroad, a cri federal public defender who peace process into turmoil, missing. “The attackers had lah Omar, who died in 2013.
people had been arrested as
dan, but offi cials said the organisation. minal affi davit said. accompanied Masood in mounting COVID19 cases, connections with the Tali The Zabul attack comes
suspected members of a
fl ight was cancelled because The charge carries a pe Law enforcement offi cials court, said in an email on and a political feud that has ban insurgents,” Mr. Bayan just a day after Afghan De Turkish farleft extremist
of the COVID19 outbreak. nalty of up to 20 years in said they began their investi Thursday that he could not seen two men claim the said. They fl ed in two mili fence Minister Asadullah group after a raid on hideouts
Masood, who most re prison. gation of Masood in January, comment on the case. presidency. tary Humvee vehicles, along Khalid called on the Taliban found heavy weaponry in a
cently worked as a research after he posted on an en In a message exchange, The attack in Zabul saw with a pickup truck, wea to commit to a ceasefi re as a tunnel. A police statement
coordinator at a medical Social media post crypted social media plat Masood told one of the infor several “infi ltrators” open pons and ammunition. Mr. way of tackling COVID19, said the “foreign” suspects
clinic in Rochester, Minneso Masood spent the past two form asking for help making mants that, as a doctor, “I fi re on their comrades as Yarmal confi rmed the toll. which observers fear is will be arraigned as members
ta, was charged with one years in the U.S. on a tem “hijrah”, the Arabic word for want to help mujahedeen on they slept, according to pro Hours after the incident spreading unchecked of the Revolutionary People's
count of attempting to pro porary visa, known as a migration. The FBI said the the ground,” Mr. Green vincial Governor Rahmatul the Defence Ministry vowed through the impoverished Liberation ArmyFront , a
vide material support to a H1B, that is issued to skilled word was widely used by wrote in the affi davit. lah Yarmal, in one of the to retaliate, while also giving country. farleft group in Turkey. AFP
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Nearly 1 bn people confi ned to homes An Italian tragedy in the making
Why is the Mediterranean country the worsthit by COVID19
COVID19 death toll crosses 11,000 worldwide; More U.S. States order residents to stay home Agence France-Presse the fi rst couple of (locally
Rome
Agence France-Presse where you go could be the transmitted) cases arrived in
New York diff erence between life and Loads of people have been Italy about 10 days before
Close to one billion people death for someone else.” wondering why the beauti they arrived in Germany, the
worldwide were confi ned to Italy reported its worst ful Mediterranean country United States or Canada.”
their homes on Saturday as single day death toll on Fri of Italy has become the new The grim reality learned
the global COVID19 death day, adding another 627 fa epicentre of the COVID19 across Italy’s devastated
toll shot past 11,000 and U.S. talities and taking its report pandemic. Experts list a north is that diseases start
States rolled out lockdown ed total to 4,032 despite range of reasons — from Ita spreading much faster once
measures already imposed eff orts to stem the spread. ly’s relatively high age to its A man being checked in the healthcare system reach
across swathes of Europe. The nation of 60 million strained healthcare system Ostia, Italy. REUTERS
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es its saturation point.
The pandemic has com now accounts for 36% of the to some old fashioned bad Old and frail patients who
pletely upended lives across world’s COVID19 deaths and luck — that add up to a disas VID19 averaging out at 78.5. are turned away are ex
the planet, restricting move its death rate of 8.6% among ter not seen in generations. Almost 99% of them were al tremely contagious.
ment, shutting schools and confi rmed infections is sig None of the answers so suff ering from at least one
forcing millions to work from nifi cantly higher than that in alone explain why the na preexisting condition or ail More testing needed
home. While President Do most other countries. tion of 60 million accounts ment. Italy’s mortality rate The world has suddenly real
nald Trump insisted the U.S. France, Italy, Spain and for over a third of the nearly among those infected with ised that it does not have
was “winning” the war other European countries 11,500 deaths offi cially re the virus is thus a relatively enough test kits to screen for
against the virus, individual have ordered people to stay ported across the 7.7billion high 8.6%. Yet, Japan’s me COVID19. Nations such as
States dramatically ramped at home, threatening fi nes in strong world. dian age of 47.3 makes it an Italy dealt with this problem
up restrictions, with New some cases, while Bavaria even older nation than Italy by only testing those who al
York and Illinois joining Cali became the fi rst region in Median age — and it has just 35 offi cially ready exhibited symptoms
fornia in ordering residents Germany to order a lock One of the fi rst factors al registered deaths. So age is such as a fever and a dry
to stay home. down. Britain also an most everyone who looks at clearly not the only factor. cough. South Korea had the
The virus death toll nounced restrictions, telling the fi gures points to is Ita Some scientists think that kits and the means to con
pubs, restaurants and lians’ average age. It is high. it could really have been al duct more than 10,000 tests
theatres to close. The median age of the ov most any other country after a day. Germany followed a
With the virus fears grip erall population was 45.4 China. “I think the question similar model and its death
ping the U.S., its largest State last year — greater than of ‘Why Italy?’ is the most rate began to drop once
surged past 11,000 world California — with over 1,000 anywhere else in Europe. It important question and it even the mild COVID19 in
wide, with 4,000 alone in cases and 19 deaths — told its is also seven years higher has a simple answer: No rea fections began being count
worsthit Italy where the dai 40 million residents to stay than the median age in Chi son at all,” Yascha Mounk of ed. This partially explains
ly number of fatalities has at home. New York State, na and slightly above that of Johns Hopkins University both why Italy’s mortality
shot up relentlessly over the which has reported over South Korea. Figures re told Canada’s CBC televi rate is so high and why CO
past week. An estimated 900 7,000 cases and 39 deaths, leased on Friday showed the sion. “The only thing that VID19 was contained faster
million people are now con followed suit on Friday, or age of Italians dying of CO makes Italy diff erent is that in some other countries.
fi ned to their homes in 35 dering its nearly 20 million
countries around the world residents to do the same
— including 600 million
hemmed in by obligatory go
vernment lockdown orders
from Sunday evening.
Mr. Trump applauded the
New York and California de
China’s imported cases soar
— according to an AFP tally. cisions, but said he did not Reuters There were no locally trans from abroad to local com
think a nationwide lockdown Beijing mitted cases for the third munities, authorities across
Message for the youth was needed. “Those are real China reported a record rise consecutive day. Beijing and China are tightening public
While the elderly and those ly two hotbeds,” he said. “I in imported COVID19 cases Shanghai were the main en health measures.
with preexisting medical don’t think we’ll ever fi nd (a on Friday as students and try points for the returnees, Of the 14 new imported
conditions are the hardest U.S.wide lockdown) neces expatriates returned home many of whom are students cases in Beijing on Friday,
hit by the virus, the World sary.” Shortly after the Presi from the United States and studying abroad. They have fi ve were Chinese students
Health Organization warned dent spoke, the Governor of Europe, sparking fears of a come back after many cam returning from abroad.
that young people were also Illinois ordered residents of second wave of infections puses in the United States Among Shanghai’s record
vulnerable. “Today, I have a the State to stay at home and just as the country recovers and Europe shut down to nine cases, fi ve were stu
message for young people: the Connecticut Governor from the initial outbreak. stem rapidly rising infection dents fl ying back from Bri
you are not invincible. This did the same. The restric All 41 of the new con rates there. tain, France and Switzer
virus could put you in hospi tions so far imposed in seven fi rmed cases in China were Also returning in a fl ight land. The southern
tal for weeks — or even kill States cover around 100 mil imported from overseas, the to safety were Chinabased provinces of Guangdong,
you,” WHO chief Tedros Ad lion people, with the U.S.’s country’s National Health expats, as businesses begin Fujian, and the eastern pro
hanom Ghebreyesus said. three most populous cities — Commission said on Satur to reopen. While there is no vinces of Shandong and Zhe
“Even if you don't get sick, New York, Los Angeles and day, bringing the total num reported transmission of the jiang, as well as Shaanxi and
the choices you make about Chicago — under lockdown. ber of such cases to 269. virus from people arriving Sichuan, all reported cases.
Jalal Ruhollahnejad, who were released in a swap. AFP *
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Music legend Kenny Rogers dies at 81 An event that kickstarted Curfew
extended in
He played a key role in popularising country music in the 1970s and 1980s an infection spree Sri Lanka
U.S. Senate negotiating
Bill Friskics-Warren song that was a Top 40 hit It caused 104 cases in Thailand
Kenny Rogers, a prolifi c sin for his group Kenny Rogers Meera Srinivasan
a $2 trillion package ger who played a major role and the First Edition. Associated Press Colombo
WASHINGTON in expanding the audience “‘‘Ruby, Don’t Take Your Bangkok Sri Lanka on Saturday con
The COVID19 stimulus for country music in the Love to Town’ was about a Kickboxing afi cionados fi rmed a total of 77 CO
package being negotiated by 1970s and 1980s, died on Fri guy who came home from came from all over Thailand VID19 positive cases, indi
the U.S. Senate would be
day at his home in Sandy war.” “Ruby” in particular to attend a major Muay Thai cating a steady rise since
worth more than $2 trillion,
Springs, Georgia. He was 81. revealed Mr. Rogers’s com match at Bangkok’s indoor March 10, when the fi rst
White House economic
Mr. Rogers had been in mand as an interpreter of Lumpini Stadium on March case of an infected local
adviser Larry Kudlow said on
Saturday. “The package is
hospice care and died of nat narrative ballads. Written by 6. More than 100 went was reported.
coming in at about 10 percent ural causes, said his publi Mel Tillis, the song is about a home unknowingly carry Health Minister Pavithra
of GDP,” Mr. Kudlow told cist, Keith Hagan. veteran, left impotent and ing the virus. Wanniarachchi said that
reporters. Asked if that bound to a wheelchair by the As of Saturday, confi rmed A Muay Thai boxing fi ghter 245 more cases are under
amounted to more than $2 Husky voice Kenny Rogers at his home in California, in February 1978. *
AP Vietnam War, who must en cases from three boxing sta in Bangkok. AP *
observation.
trillion, Mr. Kudlow said: Singing in a husky voice that dure the agony of watching diums in Bangkok totalled Meanwhile, police on
“That’s correct.” Reuters exuded sincerity and try Top 40, of which 20 also songs like “You Decorated his wife leave the house ev 104, just over a quarter of 6 p.m and ended just after Saturday arrested dozens
warmth, Mr. Rogers sold well appeared in the pop Top 40. My Life” and narrative bal ery night to meet other men. the national toll of 411. An midnight. The crowd of on charges of violating a
Greece gets 5,00,000 over 100 million records in a Long before the ascendancy lads like “The Gambler”. “All “And if I could move, I’d get actor, a majorgeneral, a about 5,000 roared every curfew that came into ef
masks from China career that spanned seven of Garth Brooks and Shania the songs I record fall into my gun and put her in the politician, a boxing trainer time punches and kicks fect Friday evening. Presi
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decades. He had 21 No. 1 Twain in the 1990s, he was one of two categories, as a ground,” Mr. Rogers broods and a slew of ordinary fans were exchanged. After hear dent Gotabaya Rajapaksa
A plane from China carrying
country hits, including two — among the fi rst country ar rule,” he said in a 2012 inter as the record ends. are among the cases from ing the news about Deane, had earlier announced the
5,00,000 masks landed at
Athens Airport on Saturday.
“Lady,” written and pro tists to sell out arenas. view with NPR. “One is bal Duo recordings were a the March 6 event. another spectator at the curfew would last until
Health Minister Vassilis duced by Lionel Richie, and lads that say what every man prominent part of Mr. Ro On March 13, local cele event, Suwan Jitpinit asked Monday morning, but sub
Kikilias was among those at “Islands in the Stream,” Two categories would like to say and every gers’s repertoire, accounting brity Matthew Deane Chan to be tested for COVID19. sequently extended it by
the airport to receive the load composed by the Bee Gees Mr. Rogers’s popularity woman would like to hear. for more than a dozen coun thavanij posted a message The result came back posi another day, until Tuesday.
which was donated by the and performed with Dolly stemmed partly from his ge The other is story songs that try hits, including eight No. 1 on his Instagram account, tive. Ordinary boxing fans The general election,
Chinese public electricity Parton. By the time he re nial persona and rugged have social signifi cance. records. Several of them, in claiming that he has the vi from other provinces, both which was earlier sche
company State Grid and tired from performing for good looks but also from his “‘Reuben James’ was cluding “Don’t Fall in Love rus. The airconditioned near Bangkok and in the duled for April 25 has been
Greek electricity supplier health reasons in 2018, Mr. ability to inhabit his mate about a black man who With a Dreamer,” and hall was hosting the fi rst big north, the northeast and the indefi nitely postponed due
Admie, in which the Chinese Rogers had placed more rial, which, he often said, raised a white child,” he con “We’ve Got Tonight, were Muay Thai event of the sea south, have also tested posi to the spread of the out
fi rm holds a 25% stake. than 50 singles in the coun was of two main types: love tinued, referring to a 1969 pop successes as well. NY TIMES son. Eleven bouts started at tive for the disease. break.
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Its topdown COVID19 approach may be hard to replicate 5.3magnitude earthquake is the biggest to hit Croatia’s capital, says PM
Agence France-Presse sor of medicine at the Un Reuters building and another minor
Beijing iversity of Melbourne. “Two Zagreb had been admitted with
The head of the World weeks after the closure of A large earthquake struck head injuries from a falling
Health Organization be Wuhan, which is exactly the near the Croatian capital Za roof.
lieves China’s battle with incubation period, the num greb on Sunday, leaving a The Zagreb Fire Depart
COVID19 off ers a beacon of ber (of infections) started to teenager critically injured af ment said fi refi ghting and
hope, but others question drop.” In cities, it quickly ter an apartment building in rescue operations were on
whether Beijing’s strategy became necessary to wear a the city collapsed, the GFZ going at several locations.
U.S. relief to include
can be followed by other mask as apartment blocks, German Research Center for Mr. Plenkovic said the Army
$4 trillion of liquidity
countries — particularly businesses and even parks Geosciences and a hospital had been called in to help
WASHINGTON
Western democracies. barred entry without one. offi cial said. clean up debris in Zagreb The COVID19 economic
China has reported only During the crisis, China Another minor was badly and urged citizens to “stay relief bill being fi nalised by
one new local infection over Two medical workers produced up to 1.6 million injured and the quake outside and keep your
in Wuhan on completion the U.S. Congress will include
the past four days, a seem N95 respirator masks per caused several fi res and pow distance”. a onetime $3,000 payment
of relief work. AFP *
ingly remarkable turna day, according to the offi cial er blackouts in parts of the “The situation is contrad for families and allow the
round given the chaos that Xinhua news agency. To capital, hospital and emer Double shock: A wall that collapsed due to the impact of ictory, we invited people to Federal Reserve to leverage
surrounded the initial out na eff ectively shut down boost detection rates, tem gency services said. Sunday’s quake in Zagreb, Croatia. AP * stay at home to avoid spread up to $4 trillion of liquidity to
break in the city of Wuhan. Wuhan and placed its 11 mil perature checkpoints were ing of the coronavirus, and support the nation’s
While some experts caution lion residents in eff ective installed outside buildings Call for calm rus and one death. “We will 5.3 according to GFZ, was now we are advising them to economy, U.S. Treasury
against accepting Beijing’s quarantine — a move it then and shops, or in public plac Prime Minister Andrej Plen do our utmost to make the the biggest to hit Zagreb in leave their homes,” Mr. Plen Secretary Steven Mnuchin
fi gures at face value, WHO replicated in the rest of Hu es. And in the hightech kovic called on citizens to re best estimate of what to do at 140 years. It struck 6 km kovic told a press confe said on Sunday. Reuters
chief Tedros Adhanom Ghe bei province, putting 50 mil country where privacy is li main outside their homes the moment. There are pro north of the city and was felt rence. GFZ downgraded the
Afghanistan reports
breyesus insisted China’s lion people in mass isola mited, many localities re amid potential aftershocks. tocols when it comes to an across the Western Balkans. magnitude of the quake from
fi rst viruslinked death
success “provides hope for tion. Hundreds of millions quire citizens to show a QR Mr. Plenkovic and Interior earthquake. But when it an initial reading of 6.0. MAZAR-I-SHARIF
the rest of the world”. of Chinese live in closed re code on their phone that Minister Davor Bozinovic al comes to an earthquake 2 admitted to hospital The U.S. Geological Sur Afghanistan on Sunday
But China is a particular sidential complexes where rates them as “green”, “yel so appealed for people rush combined with the global Zarko Rasic, head of the Za vey said the quake measured reported its fi rst fatality due
case — a centrallycon neighbourhood committees low” or “red”. ing onto the streets to keep pandemic, then it is a much greb Emergency Medicine 5.4, while the European Me to COVID19, after a man died
trolled, topdown, onepar can police movement in and This assessment — based social distances from each more complicated situa Institute, a children’s hospi diterranean Seismological in the north of the
ty authoritarian state that al out — meaning compliance on tracking of whether they other as the country strug tion,” Mr. Bozinovic told lo tal, said a 15yearold was in a Centre (EMSC) also reported impoverished and wartorn
lows no dissent and can could be closely monitored. visited a highrisk zone — is gles to contain the spread of cal media. critical condition after being 5.3 magnitude, followed by country. Offi cials said the
mobilise vast resources on a “Containment works,” now an entrance require COVID19. So far, Croatia has Mr. Plenkovic said the found by an emergency ser another 5.1 magnitude earth 40yearold victim died in
single issue. In January, Chi said Sharon Lewin, profes ment for many businesses. reported 206 cases of the vi quake, with a magnitude of vices team under a collapsed quake. Balkh province, which
borders Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan, from
extend Conde’s rule He failed to expand his message beyond his traditional base and unify Democrats, say offi cials
Putin sends aid to
Italy to fi ght virus
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treat COVID19 may be faster A researcher working on a ral proteins are capable of proteins. dent’s remarks with a warn vation offi cers said the hiker,
than trying to invent a new vaccine against COVID19 in targeting a dozen human cel The new study raises the ing that there was only Ashley Furness, 35, of Bar Ober, Jr. said. “Her compa couldn’t walk, said Lt. Ober.
antiviral from scratch, the Copenhagen, Denmark. AFP *
lular proteins. possibility that this side ef “anecdotal evidence” that tlett, was with a companion nion was able to descend to Due to the steep, icy, ter
scientists said. fect might turn out to be an chloroquine might work. On on Sunday afternoon when her position, place a call for rain and remote location,
The list of drug candidates rus, also called SARSCoV2. 24 drugs identifi ed antiviral treatment. ly wellrun trials could esta she slipped and fell, striking help and keep her warm the Cog Railway prepared a
appeared in a study pu To infect a lung cell, the vi Researchers sought drugs One drug on the list, chlo blish whether chloroquine several rocks. with a space blanket until train to retrieve Ms. Furness.
blished on the website bioR rus must insert its genes, co that also latch onto the hu roquine, kills the single was safe and eff ective against She was descending along rescuers arrived.” In the meantime, a rescue
xiv. The researchers have opting the cell’s own genetic man proteins that the virus celled parasite that causes the coronavirus, Dr. Fauci the railway tracks and was Rescuers could only get so belay was set up with ropes
submitted the paper to a machinery. The cell begins seems to need to enter and malaria. Scientists have long said. about 2 miles up from the far using an ATV and snow and other gear to hoist Ms.
journal for publication. to produce viral proteins, replicate in human cells. The known that it can also attach On Wednesday, the World railway station. “It was these mobiles. There was no snow. Furness up to the tracks.
To come up with the list, which are used to produce team eventually identifi ed 24 to a human cellular protein Health Organization an rocks that ultimately saved Crews hiked the rest of the The train reached her and
hundreds of researchers em millions of new viruses. Each drugs approved by the Food called the sigma1 receptor. nounced it would begin a her from plunging into the way and reached Ms. Fur returned to a waiting ambu
barked on an unusual study of those viral proteins must and Drug Administration to And that receptor is also the trial on chloroquine, among ravine, a fall that would have ness after several hours, but lance at the base around 11
of the genes of the coronavi be able to latch onto the ne treat such seemingly unrelat target of the virus. other drugs. NY TIMES likely proved fatal,” Lt. Mark injuries were severe and she p.m. on Sunday.
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U.S. could become virus epicentre: WHO China to lift travel curbs on
Trump says he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months; U.K. enforces lockdown
Reuters
50 million people in Hubei
GENEVA/LONDON Spain toll Healthy residents would be allowed to leave the province
The World Health Organisa
tion said on Tuesday that the rises by 514
U.S. could become the global Agence France-Presse
epicentre of the COVID19 Reuters Beijing
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Mahinda convenes allparty Bangladesh to release Khaleda Zia
meet on COVID19 preparedness Former PM’s family had sought her release following the virus outbreak
Press Trust of India “I thank Prime Minister
MPs suggest reconvening of House for better coordination Dhaka Sheikh Hasina,” Zia’s youn
Bangladesh on Tuesday in ger sister Selima Islam said.
Pompeo slashes $1 bn Meera Srinivasan liance spokesman M.A. Su ed by the Army commander, itiated a process to “condi Zia served thrice as the
aid to Afghanistan COLOMBO
DOHA
manthiran said in a tweet: has implemented various tionally” release jailed form premier since 1991. Her par
U.S. Secretary of State Mike As Sri Lanka’s Parliament “Reconvening #Parliamant measures, including an en er Prime Minister Khaleda ty suff ered a miserable de
Pompeo on Monday slashed stands dissolved since early was raised at the Party Lead forced curfew in the coun Zia for six months following feat in the 2018 elections
$1 billion in aid to Afghan March, Prime Minister Ma ers’ Mtg by @Rauff _Hakeem try. Over 2,000 people have the COVID19 outbreak in the bagging only six seats in
government after a mission hinda Rajapaksa convened [Sri Lanka Muslim Congress been arrested since Friday country. 300seat parliament.
to Kabul failed to bridge a an allparty leaders’ meeting Leader] and myself. It is not for violating it. The Bangladesh National Her conviction on “moral
divide between feuding on Tuesday to discuss the necessary to meet physically When the curfew was ist Party chief is serving a 17 turpitude” charges debarred
leaders. Mr. Pompeo made government’s ongoing stra in one place but it is impor temporarily lifted on Tues year prison term in two graft her from contesting the
the surprise trip in hopes of tegies in combating CO tant to have an active Parlia day morning, long queues cases since February 8, 2018. polls.
reviving a landmark U.S. VID19 that has aff ected over ment so that feedback from were seen outside supermar “The decision has been ta She was sent to jail in Fe
accord with the Taliban. AFP 100 persons so far. the people are received and kets but adequate arrange ken on humanitarian A fi le photo of Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. *
AP bruary 2018 by a local court
“I emphasised the need of for better accountability.” ments were made to manage ground,” Law Minister Ani on charges of embezzling fo
Jihadist ambush kills at working together to success While there has been no offi the crowd. sul Huq said. immediately but offi cials fa Staterun specialised hospi reign donations meant for an
least 70 Nigerian soldiers fully battle #COVID19. All cial response yet, Mr. Su The government said it is He said the decision was miliar with the process said tal, “as soon as” they receive orphanage, named after her
KANO present were in agreement manthiran tweeted that organising doortodoor de taken in line with Prime Mi the Home Ministry would the fi le from the Law slain husband and President
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers and pledged full support. there was a “favourable res livery of essentials in capital nister Shekh Hasina’s direc take subsequent steps for Ministry. Ziaur Rehman, during her
were killed in an ambush on #TogetherWeCan #CO ponse” to his suggestion. Colombo, Gampaha and Ka tives and considering the age the former premier’s tem The development came a premiership between 2001
their convoy by jihadist VID19SL,” Mr. Rajapaksa President Gotabaya Raja luthara districts. of the former Prime porary release under a cri day after Zia’s family sought and 2006.
fighters in the restive
said in a tweet. paksa dissolved Parliament Meanwhile, President Go Minister. minal procedure code her release over the CO Rehman, a military ruler
northeast, military and
Meanwhile, some partici and announced general elec tabaya Rajapaksa has asked (CrPC). VID19 outbreak. turnedpolitician, was the
security sources said on
pants suggested that the tions for April 25 that now legal experts and the Depart Freedom for 6 months Home Minister Asaduzza “This is a decision we wel founder of the BNP.
Tuesday. Insurgents fired
rocketpropelled grenades at
Prime Minister and the go stand indefi nitely post ment of Prisons to explore “... Zia will be released for a man Khan Kamal said his of come,” BNP leader Ruhul Ka She was convicted in
a lorry carrying troops as it vernment consider recon poned. the possibility of granting period of six months and she fi ce would take steps for the bir Rizvi told reporters in another corruption case la
travelled near Gorgi village in vening Parliament to help Sri Lankan public health some relief to the prisoners must stay in her own house,” release of Zia, who is being brief comments at the Ban ter the same year, though
Borno state on Monday, said MPs coordinate better in dis authorities, along with a na who were charged with mi the Minister said. treated for oldage complica gabandhu Sheikh Mujib her party claims both cases
two military officers. AFP tricts. Tamil National Al tional task force being head nor off ences. He declined to elaborate tions at the prison cell of a Medical University here. are politically motivated.
China told to reverse decision to expel scribes 64 found dead
in container in
Albert Uderzo, cocreator of
NYT, WSJ and Post emphasise the need for free fl ow of information from Country
Marc Tracy Trump administration. The
Mozambique Asterix and Obelix, is dead
The publishers of The New ouster of the American jour Agence France-Presse
York Times, The Wall Street nalists followed the Trump Maputo He and Rene Goscinny together created 24 comic books
Journal and The Washington administration’s decision to More than 60 suspected
Post on Tuesday released a limit to 100 the number of undocumented migrants Associated Press Bernard de Choisy, as say
statement critical of the Chi Chinese citizens who can from Ethiopia were found PARIS ing. “He had been very tired
nese government’s decision work in the U.S. for fi ve state dead on Tuesday in a cargo Albert Uderzo, one of the for several weeks.”
to bar American journalists run Chinese media container in Mozambique's two creators of the beloved Mr. Uderzo initially illus
for the three publications organisations. northwest Tete province, a comic book series Asterix trated the characters creat
from working in China. The letter from the three senior hospital offi cial said. and Obelix, who captured ed along with writer Rene
The unusual statement, publishers emphasized the “A truck transporting il the spirit of the Gauls of yore Goscinny. Together, they
signed by A.G. Sulzberger of Media freedom: NYT’s journalist Steven Lee Myers, centre, need for a free fl ow of infor legal immigrants from Ma and grew a reputation created 24 comic books. Af
The Times, William Lewis of with other journalists in Beijing, in this fi le photo. AFP *
mation during the coronavi lawi, suspected to be Ethio worldwide, died on Tues ter Goscinny’s death in 1977,
The Journal and Fred Ryan rus crisis. “This move — pians, was stopped at the day. He was 92. The French Mr. Uderzo also took over
of The Post, was released on news organisations that pre journalists at the three new made in retaliation for re Mussacana weight bridge press quoted family mem the comic books’ writing du
line early Tuesday and was ceded this action,” the pu spapers based in the country cent expulsions by the U.S. in Tete, and 64 people bers as saying that Mr. Uder ties, deciding to continue
scheduled to appear in the blishers said in the state whose credentials were set government — is one that we were found dead. Only 14 zo died of a heart attack in without his creative partner.
rival newspapers’ Tuesday ment. “The media is to expire in 2020 had to would protest under any cir survived,” an offi cial said the Paris suburb of Neuilly. Albert Uderzo Goscinny’s daughter,
print editions. collateral damage in a diplo hand in their press cards cumstances,” the publishers on condition of anonymity. Asterix, portrayed as a Anne, called the two men
“We strongly urge the Chi matic dispute between the within 10 days. The action wrote. “The cause of death is short man with a droopy conquerors, along with his “brothers”. “They were as
nese government to reverse Chinese and U.S. govern would aff ect at least 13 “But it is uniquely damag presumed to be mustache always wearing a inseparable bigbellied diff erent as fi re and water,
its decision to force the ments, threatening to de journalists. ing and reckless as the world asphyxiation.” helmet with wings, was friend, Obelix. but they lived something
Americans working for our prive the world of critical in China’s move was the lat continues the struggle to The victims were disco created in the early 1960s by “Albert Uderzo died in his that few among us could
news organisations to leave formation at a perilous est in an escalating diplomat control this disease, a strug vered in a blue cargo con Mr. Uderzo and Rene Gos sleep at his Neuilly home of a live,” she told the French
the country and, more moment.” ic feud between the Chinese gle that will require the free tainer loaded on to a haul cinny. The character lived in heart attack with no links to daily Le Parisien. “They
broadly, to ease the growing On Wednesday, China an government, led by Presi fl ow of reliable news and in age truck, according to a village in Gaul, presentday the coronavirus,” the French were the kind of friends you
crackdown on independent nounced that all American dent Xi Jinping, and the formation.” NY TIMES pictures seen by AFP. France, resisting Roman press quoted his soninlaw, don’t often have in life.”
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25 worshippers killed in IS
attack on Kabul gurdwara
80 rescued after gunman laid siege to the worship house
Associated Press
KABUL
A lone Islamic State gunman
rampaged through a Sikh
house of worship in the
heart of the Afghan capital,
Kabul, on Wednesday, kill
ing 25 worshippers and
wounding eight, Afghanis
tan’s Interior Ministry said.
The gunman held many of
the worshippers hostage for
several hours as Afghan spe
cial forces, helped by inter
national troops, tried to
clear the building. At least Targeting the faithful: Afghan security personnel inspecting
one of the dead was a child. the gurdwara in Kabul after the attack. REUTERS *
Within hours, the Islamic
State group claimed respon Aamaq media arm. Taliban spokesman Zabihul
sibility for the attack. At a Kabul hospital, Mo lah Mujahed tweeted that
As the siege ended, the Af han Singh, who was in the the Taliban was not in
ghan special forces rescued gurdwara when the attack volved. Earlier this month,
at least 80 worshippers, who began, said he fi rst heard the Afghanistan’s IS affi liate
had been trapped inside the sound of gunshots and struck a gathering of minori
gurdwara, as the gunman ducked for cover under a ta ty Shiite Muslims in Kabul,
lobbed grenades and fi red ble. Later, he heard the killing 32 people.
his automatic rifl e into the sounds of explosions, ad Afghanistan’s National Se
crowd, the ministry said. ding that he believes they curity Adviser Hamdullah
has confi ned a third of oconference summit on there were people who are Prince Charles, the 71year
humanity. Thursday to discuss a global dying alone, without seeing old heir to the British
“COVID19 is threatening
the whole of humanity — and
response to the crisis, as will
the 27 leaders of the Euro
their family for the last time.”
Hardhit Spain and Italy
throne, has tested positive
for COVID19 but is in good
Netanyahu ally resigns as Speaker
the whole of humanity must pean Union, the outbreak’s were joined by France and health and is now self isolat
fi ght back,” UN Secretary new epicentre. six more EU countries in urg ing in Scotland. Agence France-Presse until a new government was war,” he said as the court’s
General Antonio Guterres Spain saw the number of ing Germany and the Nether Prince Charles, eldest son Jerusalem formed, but stood down af deadline approached.
said, launching an appeal for deaths surge to 3,434 after lands to allow the issue joint of Queen Elizabeth, is dis Israel’s parliamentary ter the Supreme Court set a “I hereby resign from my
$2 billion to help the world’s more than 738 people died European bonds to cut bor playing what Clarence Speaker, an ally of Benjamin Wednesday deadline for the position as Knesset
poor. in the past 24 hours, follow rowing costs and stabilise House said were mild symp Prince Charles Netanyahu, resigned on vote to take place. Speaker.”
On Wednesday, the num ing Italy in overtaking the fi the eurozone economy. toms but remains in good Wednesday, clearing the “The court ruling consti The announcement could
ber of deaths around the gure in China, where the vi Meanwhile in Iran, the co health and has been work mild symptoms but other way for a vote that could see tutes crude and arrogant in pave the way for the opposi
world from the novel corona rus originated late last year. ronavirus has claimed more ing from his Birkhall resi wise remains in good health him replaced by an oppo tervention of the judiciary in tion, led by the centrist Blue
virus strain stood at 19,647, than 2,000 lives until now. dence in Scotland. His wife, and has been working from nent of the embattled pre the matters of the elected le and White party, to take con
with more that 436,000 de ‘People dying alone’ “New journeys will be Camilla, 72, tested negative. home throughout the last mier. gislature,” Mr. Edelstein trol of the legislative agenda.
clared cases registered in 181 At the La Paz university hos banned, leaving towns and “The Prince of Wales has few days as usual.” Yuli Edelstein, a member said. It also came after a year of
countries and territories. pital in Madrid, A&E nurse cities will be banned,” go tested positive for coronavi Queen Elizabeth, who is of Netanyahu’s rightwing Li “I won’t allow Israel to political turmoil that has
India’s stayathome order Guillen del Barrio sounded vernment spokesman Ali Ra rus,” Clarence House said. currently at Windsor Castle, kud party, had refused to descend into anarchy. I seen three inconclusive elec
is now the biggest, and Rus completely empty as he re bii announced. “He has been displaying is reportedly in good health. schedule a Speakership vote won’t lend a hand to civil tions.
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White House, Congress agree Bolsonaro
slams virus
Turkey charges 20 Saudis
on $2 trillion virus rescue Bill quarantines over Khashoggi murder
Agence France-Presse
Measures include aid to businesses, workers and healthcare Brasţ lia 2 former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince among suspects
Brazilian President Jair Bol Bangladesh frees
Associated Press ity Leader Chuck Schumer, businesses to keep making sonaro lashed out on Tues Agence France-Presse Riyadh insists he was opposition leader Zia
WASHINGTON DN.Y., said. payroll while workers are day at what he called Istanbul killed in a “rogue” DHAKA
The White House and Senate Top White House aide Er forced to stay home. “scorchedearth” quaran Turkish prosecutors have operation. Bangladesh released
leaders of both parties an ic Ueland announced the One of the last issues to tine policies to contain the charged 20 suspects, includ But the CIA, a UN special opposition leader Khaleda
nounced agreement on agreement on Wednesday, close concerned $500 bil pandemic, saying they ing two former top aides to envoy and Ankara have di Zia, 74, from jail on
risked wrecking the Saudi Crown Prince Mo rectly linked the Saudi Wednesday for six months to
Wednesday on an unprece capping days of often in lion for guaranteed, subsi
economy. hammed bin Salman, over Crown Prince to the killing, a allow the two-time former
dented $2 trillion emergen tense haggling and mount dised loans to larger indus
The farright leader con the 2018 murder of Riyadh charge the kingdom vehe Prime Minister to undergo
cy Bill to rush sweeping aid ing pressure. Some fi nal tries, including a fi ght over
demned the containment critic Jamal Khashoggi. mently denies. urgent medical treatment.
to businesses, workers and a pieces of the agreement how generous to be with the Zia has spent more than two
health care system slammed need to be fi nalised in de airlines. Hospitals would get measures in places such as Prosecutors accuse Saudi
years behind bars on
by the COVID19 pandemic. tailed legislative language. signifi cant help as well. Sao Paulo and Rio de Janei Arabia’s deputy intelligence ‘Monstrous killing’
corruption charges. AFP
The urgently needed The measure is the third “After days of discussions, ro, saying they risked kill chief Ahmed alAssiri and Turkey carried out its own
measure is the largest eco Bill produced by Congress the Senate has reached a bi ing people's jobs in a mis the royal court’s media czar investigation after being un
guided eff ort to save lives. 67 Italian priests have
nomic rescue Bill in history. and by far the largest in res partisan agreement on a his Saud alQahtani of leading Jamal Khashoggi happy with Saudi Arabia’s
died of virus: report
It is intended as a weeks ponse to COVID19, building toric relief package for this “Some state and local the operation against Khash explanations.
ROME
long or monthslong patch on earlier eff orts focussed pandemic,” said Majority authorities need to aban oggi and giving orders to a The Saudi insiderturned The Istanbul prosecutor’s A total of 67 Italian priests
for an economy spiralling in on vaccines and emergency Leader Mitch McConnell. don the scorchedearth Saudi hit team. critic was strangled and his offi ce said in a statement infected with the COVID-19
to recession — or worse — response, sick and family The package would give concept: blocking tran Khashoggi, 59, a com body cut into pieces by a 15 that Assiri and Qahtani were have died since the pandemic
and a nation facing a poten medical leave for workers, onetime payments to Amer sport, closing businesses mentator who wrote for The man Saudi squad inside the charged with “instigating reached the Mediterranean
tially ghastly toll. and food aid. icans — $1,200 per adult and confi ning people en Washington Post, was killed consulate, according to Tur the deliberate and mon country last month, the
It would give direct pay making up to $75,000 a year, masse,” he said. after he entered the Saudi kish offi cials. strous killing, causing Avvenire newspaper said on
‘Help is on the way’ ments to most Americans, and $2,400 to a married “We need to preserve consulate on October 2, His remains have never torment”. Wednesday. The youngest of
“To the American people, expand unemployment be couple making up to jobs and families’ liveli 2018, to obtain paperwork been found despite repeated The murder caused rela those listed by the Catholic
we say, big help, quick help nefi ts and provide a $367 bil $150,000, with $500 pay hoods.” Mr. Bolsonaro for his wedding to Turkish calls by Turkish offi cials for tions to between Ankara and Church-affiliated paper was
is on the way,” Senate Minor lion programme for small ments per child. said. fi ancee Hatice Cengiz. the Saudis to cooperate. Riyadh to worsen. 53. AFP
In New York, some women will have to deliver babies alone Sudan Defence Minister
Spouses, partners and other family members barred as a measure to help protect mothers and children from COVID19
dies at Juba peace talks
‘He died of an unspecifi ed illness’
Christina Caron help protect mothers and riod.” The State said the sup Moshen, 37, who is due in
Katie Van Syckle children during the corona port person must be asymp early June and plans to deliv Agence France-Presse heart attack during the per
New York
virus outbreak. tomatic for COVID19 and er at the Weill Cornell Medi Khartoum formance of his sacred
Women giving birth at two And on Monday night, Mt. should be screened for any cal Center, part of the Ne Sudanese Defence Minister duty”.
leading New York City hospi Sinai Health System an symptoms, with their tem wYorkPresbyterian Hospital Lieutenant General Jamal al Born in 1960, Mr. Omar
tal networks are being told nounced it would also bar perature checked before system. “I haven’t been able Din Omar died of an unspec was named Defence Minis
they must labour without partners and other visitors they enter the labour and de to sleep. I’ve just been a ifi ed illness on Wednesday ter after the armed forces
spouses, partners or doulas from its labour and delivery livery fl oor. mess.” Ms. Moshen, a prekin while in neighbouring South toppled veteran President
by their side — leaving the ex rooms, beginning Tuesday. Pregnant women here say dergarten teacher in Manhat Sudan for peace talks with Omar Bashir in a palace
pectant mothers anxious “We do not take this deci they are increasingly on edge tan, said she nearly under his country’s main rebel coup last April following
and frightened about their sion lightly, but these are un as they prepare to deliver a went an emergency groups, the military months of nationwide
upcoming deliveries. precedented times that re baby in a region that has be Csection with the birth of announced. protests.
The New York City hospi quire unprecedented steps come the epicentre of the co her fi rst child, a boy who is Mr. Omar had “suff ered Before becoming Minis
tal network NewYorkPresby to protect our patients, their ronavirus outbreak in the now 4, and the experience from a number of chronic ter, he headed the security
terian on Monday instituted families and their new ba U.S. at a time when very little has made her fearful that so illnesses,” armed forces spo and defence committee. Be
one of the most restrictive bies,” Lucia Lee, a spokeswo Tough times: Medical personnel outside the emergency room is known about how the dis mething may go wrong dur kesman Amer Mohamed al fore Bashir was overthrown,
visitor policies in the country man for Mt. Sinai, said in a at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital. AP *
ease aff ects an expectant ing her second delivery. Hassan said without he served as head of mili
for women giving birth, bar statement. mother or her unborn child. NewYorkPresbyterian an elaborating. tary intelligence.
ring spouses, partners and The new rules at Ne the New York State Depart ronavirus outbreak because “I have so much anxiety nounced Sunday that it The government delega Since October, Sudan’s
other family members or wYorkPresbyterian net ment of Health issued gui a support person was “essen now and literally have not would be instituting the new tion in the South Sudanese transitional government has
outside support people, such work, where about 15,000 dance stating that one sup tial to patient care through stopped crying after hearing rules, saying they were “a ne capital Juba said Mr. Omar been locked in talks with re
as doulas, from the delivery infants are delivered each port person could be in the out labour, delivery and the that my husband can’t be cessary step to promote pa died at 2:30 a.m. (2330 GMT bel groups that fought Bash
room — a rule it said would year, started two days after delivery room during the co immediate postpartum pe with me,” said Samantha tient safety.” NY TIMES on Tuesday) “after a sudden ir’s regime.
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The unanimous vote came es of the virus, but has the new coronavirus fi rst
despite misgivings on both managed to avoid the high emerged late last year. Nearly 3,000 people were tients were discharged last
sides about whether it goes death rates seen in hardhit Travel restrictions were infected and 125 died in week and now the empty
too far or not far enough and Italy and Spain. At 0.54%, loosened on Wednesday and Huanggang, which is now hospital is dark and desert
capped days of diffi cult ne Germany’s death rate is far — if healthy — people were al considered a lowrisk area. ed. Protective equipment lay
gotiations as Washington lower than Italy’s rate of lowed to leave Hubei, where Like other regions in the on the ground, with aban
confronted a national chal around 10% and Spain’s fa more than 50 million people province, people can travel doned quilts and fl asks next
lenge unlike it has ever tality rate of 7.3% percent. were placed under lock in and out of the city if they to beds in empty wards.
faced. The 880page mea Experts say widespread down in January to prevent have a “green” health status Du Zhiqiang, who is in
sure is the largest economic testing and tracing of cases the spread of the virus. on a special phone app. charge of the hospital’s con
relief bill in the U.S. history. is key to limiting the spread But despite the easing of struction, said the power
Worldwide, the death toll of the disease, an approach ‘Not safe’ restrictions, Huanggang is had been turned off after it
climbed past 22,000, ac adopted in South Korea, But warnings were promi still on edge, and offi cials re was decommissioned as a
cording to a running count where the outbreak has lar nently displayed across peatedly said the situation COVID19 facility.
kept by Johns Hopkins Un gely been contained. Huanggang city to remind was still “not safe”. Many Huanggang resi
people that the virus still A closed fi eld hospital is a dents, however, jumped at
posed a threat. “If you don’t testament to the vast chang the chance to go out.
Spain virus wear a mask, the virus will es the city has already gone Chen Wenjun, a 22year
Hospitals swamped
of the new coronavirus, cau
tioning it was too soon to say
whether the worst had
early to say that the pandem
ic is peaking in that country,”
he added.
Mr. Kluge cautioned go
vernments and citizens to be
aware of the “new reality”
people died within 24
hours, the Health Ministry
said on Thursday.
Terror charge slapped on man for
passed. WHO Europe said that to created by the pandemic and
Public health offi cials in the
city hunted down beds and
medical equipment and
“While the situation re
mains very serious, we are
date over 220,000 cases of
COVID19 had been reported
prepare for the long term im
pact. “This is not going to be
It was a 19% rise on fi
gures released on Wednes
day in the country, which
coughing near supermarket worker
called for more doctors and starting to see some encou on the continent, along with a sprint, this is going to be a has the world’s second Neil Vigdor groceries at a Wegmans other store employees that
nurses for fear the number raging signs,” WHO Regional 11,987 deaths. marathon.” highest death toll from the New york store in Manalapan, New Jer they were lucky to have jobs,
of sick patients will over DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
disease after Italy. The A New Jersey man was sey, on Sunday evening offi cials said.
whelm hospitals. A makesh home from work and closing his chances for reelection la and safety of Americans. number of confi rmed cases charged with making a terro when a worker asked him to Mr. Falcone was charged
ift morgue was set up outside bars and restaurants to help ter this year. “I’d like to say, let’s get of COVID19 rose to 56,188. ristic threat after he inten move away from her and a with making a terroristic
Bellevue Hospital, and the ci try to stall the spread of the “The LameStream Media back to work next Friday,” Despite a lockdown im tionally coughed near a su food display because he was threat in the third degree
ty’s police, their ranks dwin disease. is the dominant force in try said Joe Biden, the frontrun posed on March 14, which permarket employee and too close, the State Attorney and fourthdegree of ob
dling as more fall ill, were Yet, he has also grumbled ing to get me to keep our ner for the Democratic presi Parliament on Thursday told her he had the coronavi General, Gurbir Grewal, said structing administration of
told to patrol nearly empty that “our country wasn’t Country closed as long as dential nomination. “That’d agreed to extend until April rus, the authorities said on on Tuesday. law, Mr. Grewal said. Both
streets to enforce social dis built to be shut down” and possible in the hope that it be wonderful. But it can’t be 11, both deaths and infec the same day that the Justice The authorities said that charges are considered felo
tancing. vowed not to allow “the cure will be detrimental to my arbitrary.” tions have continued to Department warned of simi Mr. Falcone leaned in close nies in New Jersey.
In Washington, President be worse than the problem” election success,” Mr. Trump Mr. Biden said the con mount. But the rise in the lar threats to spread the to the worker to cough and Mr. Falcone would face up
Donald Trump called for — apparently concerned that tweeted on Wednesday. gressional aid package ad number of new deaths was virus. allegedly laughed, telling to seven years in prison and
Americans to dedicate them the outbreak’s devastating Democrats say that Mr. dressing the outbreak “goes smaller than that recorded The man, George Fal her that he was infected with a fi ne of up to $26,000 if
selves to social distancing for eff ects on fi nancial markets Trump was prioritising the a long way,” but that “metic on Wednesday, when the cone, 50, of Freehold, New the virus. convicted on all charges, Mr.
15 days, including staying and employment will harm economy over the health ulous oversight” is required. fi gure rose by 738. Jersey, was shopping for Mr. Falcone later told two Grewal said. NYTIMES
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Ex-FBI agent missing for TNA condemns pardon of murder convict
13 years died in Iran: kin
Sri Lankan President pardoned an Army offi cer who was on death row for killing eight Tamil civilians
Agence France-Presse nient visa rules than the rest
Washington of Iran, and was said to have Meera Srinivasan ted,” the TNA tweeted. release those convicted for nistry. “The fi nal decision is
A former FBI agent who been investigating cigarette COLOMBO Sri Lanka has been on a heinous crimes is reprehen with the President. He can
Two rockets hit mysteriously vanished in counterfeiting. The Tamil National Alliance neartotal lockdown and en sible. “Victims have a right to overrule anything. He has
Iraq’s Green Zone 2007 died in Iranian custo But The Washington Post (TNA), Sri Lanka’s main par forced curfew for a week justice, and Sri Lanka has an the absolute power to grant
QAYYARAH BASE dy, his family has conclud reported in 2013 that Mr. Le ty representing Tamils of the now, with a total of 104 CO obligation to ensure that jus pardon, no one can question
Two rockets slammed into ed, saying U.S. intelligence vinson, who had retired north and east, condemned VID19 patients reported so tice is done. him,” he told The Hindu, ad
the Iraqi capital’s high had made them give up 13 from the FBI, was working President Gotabaya Rajapak far. ding that the constitutionally
security Green Zone early on years of hope. for the CIA and had gone on sa’s decision to pardon and In 2015, Staff Sergeant Su Semblance of justice mandated procedure for the
Thursday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump a rogue mission aimed at release an Army offi cer who nil Ratnayake was tried be After many long years, the pardon was followed.
led forces were set to pull did not confi rm Bob Levin gathering intelligence on was on death row for killing fore a threemember bench victims of the Mirusuvil mas M.A. Sumanthiran, form
out of a second base in the son’s death, saying that Iran Iran. eight Tamil civilians — in at the Colombo High Court. sacre from 2000 fi nally got a er Jaff na MP and a senior la
country. Some 7,500 troops had not communicated any It said at the time that the cluding a 5yearold and two He was convicted for the semblance of justice in 2015. wyer, said the executive par
are in Iraq as part of the
news on the former agent, CIA paid $2.5 million to Mr. teenagers— in 2000 during murder in Mirusuvil, Jaff na It is despicable to have that don in the “rarest of rare
U.S.led coalition helping
who would have turned 72 Levinson’s wife Christine, the civil war. Peninsula, and sentenced to Sri Lankan President justice reversed through an cases” that ended in a con
local troops fight jihadist
this month. accepting responsibility for “If true, we condemn the death. In 2019, the Supreme Gotabaya Rajapaksa arbitrary executive deci viction confi rms that the Sri
remnants, but those numbers
are being significantly drawn
But Mr. Levinson’s family his disappearance. opportunistic action of Prez Court affi rmed the convic sion,” Amnesty regional di Lankan state “will never” ex
down this month. A security said on Wednesday that it Iran implicitly denied on @GotabayaR under guise of tion and the sentence. crimes committed during Sri rector Biraj Patnaik said. ercise accountability for war
source said the intended had learned that he was Thursday that Mr. Levinson dealing with the issue of pri Lanka's threedecade civil Asked to comment on the time atrocities.
target appeared to be the US dead, although it gave no in had died in its custody, res soners at a time like this. Rare instance war. Presidential pardon, Nimal “All the institutions of the
Embassy, a sprawling formation on how or when. tating its longstanding posi This is one case in which a The case is widely cited as a Issuing a statement, rights Siripala de Silva, Minister of state will eventually conspire
compound a few hundred The father of seven van tion that he left the Islamic person was actually convict rare instance of accountabili watchdog Amnesty Interna Justice, Human Rights and together and let the off en
metres south on the banks of ished in March 2007 in Kish, republic “years ago for an ed. Other cases weren’t even ty, amid lingering concerns tional said using the pan Legal Reforms, said a report ders go free,” he told The
the Tigris. AFP an island that has more le unknown destination”. prosecuted or were acquit over impunity for war demic as an opportunity to had been called from his Mi Hindu.
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British PM tests positive for coronavirus China and U.S. must ‘unite to
U.S. overtakes China with the most number of infections; Spain toll hits 4,858 as 769 die in 24 hours fi ght virus’, Xi tells Trump
Associated Press on the U.S. economy and
London health care system. ‘Cooperation is mutually benefi cial & the only right choice’
British Prime Minister Boris The chamber had ap
Johnson said on Friday he peared set to pass the mea Agence France-Presse cusations of racism, in
has tested positive for the co sure after an extraordinary Beijing another small sign of easing
ronavirus, while the number 960 Senate passage, but the China and the U.S. should tensions between the two
of infections in the U.S. vote ran into complications. “unite to fi ght” the deadly world powers.
surged to the most in the A Republican lawmaker coronavirus pandemic, Pre Earlier this month, a Fo
world and Spain announced threatened to delay passage sident Xi Jinping said in a reign Ministry spokesman in
a record number of virus until most lawmakers return call with Donald Trump on Beijing also suggested in a
deaths overnight. to Washington, which could Friday, as he called for the tweet that the U.S. military
Mr. Johnson’s offi ce said make a Friday vote impossi U.S. to improve relations. brought the virus to Wuhan.
the Prime Minister was test ble. The two countries have This prompted Mr.
ed after showing mild symp The situation in countries clashed in recent weeks over Trump to accuse China of
toms for the new coronavi with more fragile health care the virus, and Chinese state Xi Jinping spreading misinformation,
rus and is selfisolating and systems worsened, with Rus media said Mr. Xi told Mr. and the US President repeat
continuing to lead Britain’s sia, Indonesia and South Trump he hoped the “U.S. “China has been through edly attacked China’s lack of
response to the pandemic. Africa all passing the 1,000 will take substantive actions much & has developed a transparency and the slow
“Be in no doubt that I can infection mark. South Africa to improve SinoU.S. strong understanding of the ness of its initial response to
continue, thanks to the wi also announced its fi rst two relations”. virus. We are working close the outbreak.
zardry of modern technolo deaths as it began a three He also called for the two ly together. Much respect,” Mr. Xi said SinoU.S. rela
gy, to communicate with all Cause for concern: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in week lockdown. countries to work together he wrote. tions were at a “critical junc
my top team, to lead the na this fi le photo. Both of them have tested positive for COVID19. AFP * The U.S. now has 86,012 to tackle the virus and said ture”, CCTV reported, ad
tional fi ghtback against coro confi rmed cases, and Italy Beijing “wishes to continue War of words ding that cooperation was
navirus,” Mr. Johnson said in but her fi rst two tests have cases. “It’s true that we have was set to pass China’s 81,897 sharing all information and Mr. Trump and his Secretary mutually benefi cial and “the
a video message, adding that been negative. more deaths than what we infections later on Friday, ac experience with the U.S.”, of State Mike Pompeo an only right choice”.
he had a temperature and Earlier this week Britain’s saw yesterday, but it’s also cording to a count kept by according to state broadcas gered Beijing this month by During the call, Mr. Xi
persistent cough. Prince Charles said he had ported another 7,800 infec true that the percentage in Johns Hopkins University. ter CCTV. repeatedly referring to “the said China had shared infor
Several weeks ago, Mr. tested positive. tions overnight for a total of crease today is similar to that The three countries account Mr. Trump sounded a Chinese virus” when dis mation about the epidemic
Johnson had pledged he British Health Secretary 64,059. Deaths climbed by of he past three days and it nearly half the world’s nearly positive tone, tweeting that cussing the COVID19 out with the World Health Or
would “go on shaking hands Matt Hancock, who has been 769 to 4,858 — the world’s se appears there is a stabiliza 558,905 infections and more he had a “very good conver break fi rst detected in the ganization and other coun
with everybody”. at the forefront of nation’s cond highest total after Ita tion,” said Fernando Simū n, than half of the 25,336 re sation” with Mr. Xi, and that Chinese city of Wuhan. tries, including the U.S., in a
Mr. Johnson, 55, was the response to the outbreak, al ly’s 8,214 fatalities. the head of Spain’s health ported virus deaths. both leaders discussed the Mr. Trump has since “timely” manner
fi rst leader of a major nation so was confi rmed to have emergency coordination New York state, the epi pandemic “in great detail”. dropped the term amid ac throughout.
known to have contracted tested positive for the virus. 9,000 health workers centre. centre of the U.S. outbreak,
COVID19; German Chancel Britain has 11,658 confi rmed Spain says 9,444 health In Washington, the House reported 100 more deaths in
lor Angela Merkel has been
in isolation since her doctor
tested positive for the virus,
cases of the virus, and 578
people have died.
Spain’s Health Ministry re
workers have contracted the
coronavirus. That’s nearly
15% of the total number of
kicked off debate on a $2.2
trillion package to ease the
pandemic’s devastating toll
one day, accounting for al
most 30% of the 1,300 fatali
ties nationwide.
16yearold among dead in
France’s highest daily toll
German researchers plan mass Toll rises to 2,378 in Iran, Agence France-Presse for the virus so far. short of breath, her mother
immunity study to track virus infections cross 32,000
Paris The teenage girl named said. She underwent scans
The mother of France’s Julie A. died in Paris, becom in hospital and several tests
youngest coronavirus victim ing the youngest French vic for COVID19.
Agence France-Presse spokesman Kianoush Jahan has spoken of the “unbeara tim of the disease that more Her condition deteriorat
Agence France-Presse search confi rmed a report in epidemiologist Gerard Associated Press pour said. More than ble” loss of her 16yearold often affl icts the elderly or ed and her death was an
Frankfurt am Main news weekly Der Spiegel Krause told Der Spiegel. Tehran 32,000 people have been in daughter, as the country re people with underlying nounced on Thursday, with
German researchers plan to that largescale testing for But even if the study is ap Iran on Friday announced fected in the country. ported its highest daily toll health conditions. health offi cials emphasising
regularly test over 100,000 antibodies could start in proved, initial readings 144 new deaths from the no Meanwhile, nearly 300 from the pandemic. “It’s unbearable,” the that severe cases are very
people to see if they have April if researchers are given might not be completely re vel coronavirus, bringing people have been killed and French authorities said on girl’s mother Sabine told rare in young people.
overcome infection with CO the green light. liable. Tests currently availa the offi cial number of fatali more than 1,000 sickened Thursday that 365 people AFP by phone from her “From the start, we were
VID19 to track its spread, an “You could give immune ble can show false positives ties to 2,378 in one of the so far by ingesting methanol had been killed by COVID19 home in the Parisian sub told that the virus doesn’t af
institute behind the plan people something similar to for coronavirus antibodies, world’s worsthit countries. over fears about the new co over the previous 24 hours, urbs. “We were meant to fect young people. We be
confi rmed on Friday. a vaccination certifi cate that as 90% of adults already “In the past 24 hours, ronavirus. Drinking alcohol taking the national total of have an ordinary life.” lieved it, like everyone else,”
A spokeswoman for Brun could allow them exceptions have immunity against com we’ve had 2,926 new con is banned in the country those who have died in hos A week ago, Julie deve Ms. Sabine said. Her daught
swick’s Helmholtz Institute from limits on their activi mon, harmless viruses from fi rmed cases across the and those who do rely on pital to 1,696. At least 29,155 loped a mild cough but on er had no known underlying
for Infectious Disease Re ties,” Helmholtz Institute the same family. country,” Health Ministry bootleggers. people have tested positive Saturday she began to feel health problems.
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U.S. offi cials push to evict ‘Chinese spies’ Virus cases spike on U.S.
aircraft carrier: media
Administration offi cials suspect several employees at media outlets in the U.S. are agents
‘23 patients on USS Theodore Roosevelt’
Edward Wong ing strategic rivalry between ligence work could include
Julian E. Barnes the two superpowers, both ones based at the United Na Agence France-Presse
Washington because the outlets dissemi tions, where China has a per Washington
Prince Harry and Meghan
As China moves forward nate propaganda around the manent seat on the Security The number of coronavirus
set up base in California
LONDON
with expelling almost all world and because of their Council, according to an in cases on the USS Theodore
Prince Harry and wife American journalists from ability to provide cover for telligence offi cial familiar Roosevelt aircraft carrier in
Meghan have permanently three major U.S. newspap intelligence operatives. with the plans. the Pacifi c Ocean has spiked
relocated to California, media ers, Trump administration “Propaganda outlets that Most Chinese employees to at least 23, with authori
reports said. The couple flew offi cials have intensifi ed dis report to the Chinese Com of staterun organisations ties moving to isolate the en
by private jet from Canada to cussions over whether to ev munist Party are foreign work in Washington for large tire crew in port, U.S. media The USS Theodore
Los Angeles last week before ict employees of Chinese me agents, not ‘journalists,’ ” the organisations. reported. Roosevelt REUTERS *
the border between the two dia outlets who they say State Department spokeswo Some Chinese intelligence Earlier this week, three
countries closed because of mainly act as spies. man, Morgan Ortagus, said operatives pose as journal sailors were evacuated after The Wall Street Journal
the deadly virus outbreak, The action is under con A fi le photo of a Foreign Ministry briefi ng in Beijing. China on Twitter on Thursday. ists at those agencies and at testing positive, the fi rst cas said there were now “at
The Sun reported. AFP sideration because some U.S. recently said it would expel U.S. journalists. AP *
smaller staterun outlets, us es reported on a U.S. Navy least 23” cases and quoted
offi cials want to retaliate Information duel ing “nonoffi cial cover,” in the ship on deployment. Acting Navy Secretary Tho
Israel heads for against China in a new con gers of the virus as it was fi rst month that it would expel al “Even General Secretary Xi parlance of spies, experts on “Additional positive cases mas Modly as saying author
unity government fl ict that has revolved around discovered. Mr. Trump, most all U.S. citizens who re says they ‘must speak for the Chinese espionage say. of COVID19 have been dis ities were “in the process
TEL AVIV news organisations and is though, has been criticised port from mainland China Party,’ ” she added, referring Some U.S. offi cials have covered”, Chief of Naval Op now of testing 100% of the
Israel appeared headed for a being fuelled by hostility ov for vast failures in the U.S. for The New York Times, The to remarks that President Xi spoken of entirely shutting erations Admiral Mike Gil crew”.
unity government on Friday er the coronavirus pandem response. Washington Post and The Jinping of China made in down those small outfi ts as day said in a statement on “During the port visit,
after Opposition leader Benny
ic. Wall Street Journal. 2016 as he toured the head well as any Chinese organisa Thursday, without specify base access will be limited
Gantz moved towards an
Since the virus began Strong case China also demanded quarters of staterun media tion or company accused of ing how many. to the pier for Roosevelt’s
agreement with Prime
spreading across the U.S., Some U.S. intelligence offi those organisations, as well organisations. In recent being a front for intelligence He added he expected sailors. No base or regional
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
disappointing voters who had
Washington and Beijing have cials have pushed for years as Voice of America and days, Ms. Ortagus and Hua work. further positive tests among personnel will access the
hoped to bring down the waged a global information to expel employees of Chi Time magazine, turn over in Chunying, a spokeswoman Offi cials declined to esti the more than 5,000 per pier,” Mr. Modly said.
rightwing premier. Mr. Gantz war over the outbreak. Presi nese media organisations formation on employees, for the Chinese Foreign Mi mate the number of Chinese sonnel on board the war The USS Theodore Roose-
was elected parliamentary dent Donald Trump and his who they say mainly fi le in budgets, assets and other op nistry, have engaged in an in intelligence operatives in the ship, which is in Guam on a velt was last in port in Viet
speaker on Thursday aides are trying to pin res telligence reports. The offi erational details. formation duel on Twitter. U.S. they say use journalism “prescheduled port visit”. nam, but Admiral Gilday
with support from Mr. ponsibility on China, where cials now see an opening to U.S. offi cials view the Any expulsion of Chinese employment as a cover or None was seriously ill and said it was diffi cult to con
Netanyahu’s Likud and allied Communist Party offi cials in make a strong case after Beij staterun outlets in China as employees at media outlets the number they would like none had been hospitalised, nect the cases to a particular
parties. REUTERS itially covered up the dan ing abruptly announced this a potent threat in the grow accused of conducting intel to expel. NY TIMES Admiral Gilday said. port visit.
Afghan government names Sanders sees a moment that matches his ideas
team for talks with Taliban Allies say he believes that he can meld the COVID19 crisis with his progressive policy agenda
Agence France-Presse partner forces will withdraw er Mr. Abdullah supports the Sydney Ember my God, the universe is col and live streams where he And he rebuff ed a compa
Kabul from Afghanistan over the team’s composition, it in lapsing!” he said so passion studiously repeats his man rison to his 2016 campaign,
The Afghan government has next 14 months. cludes Batur Dostum whose Both hands were waving — ately that he nearly spat. tra to loyalists. when he fought Hillary Clin
fi nalised a 21member team father Abdul Rashid Dostum over here, over there, a full With the virus bringing It is unclear who exactly is ton to the bitter end, arguing
— including fi ve women — Political crisis — a notorious former war wingspan on display — as the nation to a virtual stop, listening or whether he can that the coronavirus made
who will negotiate with the The negotiating team was lord — is a staunch Abdullah Bernie Sanders directed his there is no real presidential make a diff erence. Even Mr. the two situations diff erent
Taliban in upcoming talks supposed to be unveiled ally. most biting sarcasm at his campaign for Mr. Sanders to Biden, as the likely Demo because many states this
aimed at ending Afghanis weeks ago, with the “intra In a statement, Afghanis “Republican friends”. engage in, and even if there cratic nominee to face Presi year had postponed their
tan’s 18yearold confl ict, of Afghan” talks with the Tali tan”s Peace Ministry said Mr. Excuse him, forgive him, were, he is almost hopelessly dent Donald Trump, has primaries.
fi cials said on Friday. ban meant to get under way Ghani “wishes the delega for wanting working people behind Joe Biden in the dele struggled to get visibility. “You’re talking about an
Under a deal signed by on March 10 in Oslo. But Ka tion success”. to get a few more bucks for a gate count. But Sanders is Both candidates are being election without elections,”
the U.S. and the Taliban last bul has been gripped by a Among the fi ve women few more months as part of still running, in large part, al overshadowed by daily brief he said. “What does that
month, the insurgents political crisis, with Mr. Gha delegates is Habiba Sarabi, the sweeping stimulus bill lies and aides say, because he ings from Mr. Trump and mean? It’s kind of
agreed to commit to starting ni’s legitimacy being chal deputy leader of the govern that was being debated on believes he can meld this Democratic presidential Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New unprecedented.”
talks with the Afghan go lenged by his rival Abdullah ment’s High Peace Council. the Senate fl oor. Excuse him, moment of national crisis candidate Bernie Sanders York. Some close to him sug
vernment and discuss a pos Abdullah, who has also pro Sarabi is a Hazara, the pre forgive him, for not wanting with the progressive policy gested that his virus out
sible ceasefi re. Up until now, claimed himself President. dominantly Shi'ite ethnic “to punish the poor and agenda that has been his cal outreach director for the Not going anywhere reach was a way to keep his
the Taliban has refused to The team will be led by group that the Taliban have working people” struggling life’s work. 2016 Sanders campaign. In an interview on Thursday supporters motivated and
meet with the administra former Afghan intelligence repeatedly targeted. to weather the economic “For someone who has So Mr. Sanders will take with the public radio pro engaged during this strange
tion of President Ashraf Gha chief Masoom Stanekzai, Another woman delegate meltdown caused by the co built a career out of cam the stage when he can get it gramme “1A”, Mr. Sanders time of suspended anima
ni, calling him an American who as a Pashtun shares a is Fawzia Koofi , an ethnic Ta ronavirus pandemic. paigning against the inequal — including on the Senate did not say how long he in tion, so that the campaign
stooge. In return for starting tribal identity with the Tali jik and a woman's rights acti “My Republican col ity of our health care system, fl oor on Wednesday night, tended to stay in the race but can jumpstart them into ac
talks and other commit ban. While there was no im vist who has been a vocal Ta leagues are very distressed,” this is prime time,” said Nick but also in news releases, ra suggested he was not going tion if he decides to rev his
ments, the U.S. and foreign mediate indication of wheth liban critic. he said on Wednesday. “Oh Carter, who served as politi dio and television interviews anywhere soon. candidacy back up. NYTIMES
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Russia to close
borders ‘Countries reporting less than 20% of symptomatic cases’
Agence France-Presse
Moscow
U.K. epidemiologist Adam Kucharski says a big challenge in fi ghting COVID19 is that a lot of transmission happens very early on in the infection
Russia is to completely Narayan Lakshman mathematics, biology and COVID19 diff er from other is that a lot of transmission number of confi rmed cases less than 20% of their symp
close its borders from Mon societal analysis that he did major infectious outbreaks seems to be happening very and correspondingly fewer tomatic cases.
day to stop the spread of Professor Adam Kucharski, to predict the endgame such as the Spanish fl u, early on in the infection, recorded deaths linked to
the virus, the government who is an Associate Profes scenario for the coronavirus SARS or Ebola? when people don’t have COVID19. Given the size and Do you see any parallels
said on Saturday. sor and the Sir Henry Dale pandemic today? symptoms or have very mild density of our population, between deadly pandemics
A decree on the govern Fellow at the London School There are a number of broad symptoms. One of the rea does this seem a little such as COVID19 and how
men’s website said Russia of Hygiene and Tropical One of the key insights that principles that we can use to sons why infections like Ebo suspicious to you? fake news transmission
would “temporarily res Medicine, specialises in the Ross made was regarding the understand these infections. la and SARS have been easier happens?
trict traffi c” across national mathematical analysis of in control of infection. People These can apply across a to control is that a lot of peo I think in the early stages, it is
borders to prevent new fectious disease outbreaks. had this idea that you number of pathogens, partic ple who are highly infectious quite hard to untangle those There certainly are parallels.
infections. He spoke to The Hindu about couldn’t control malaria un ularly in understanding the have very distinctive symp two things, when you have a For COVID19, on average, in
The country closed its the global coronavirus pan til you could remove every magnitude of spread. So, toms. very small number of cases — the early stage, each case
borders to foreigners last demic, specifi cally on what single last mosquito. Ross each person who gets infect That means you can iden is it just by chance, or popu would give the infection to a
week and grounded all in nations can learn from mo used these simple, concep Adam Kucharski. * NYT ed, on average, how many tify them, look at whom lation structure or other fea couple of others. In a study
ternational fl ights on dels of infectious outbreaks, tual models and realised that people are they giving the vi they’ve come in contact tures that mean that trans of viral Facebook content, it
Thursday as part of in and even of fake news. Edit actually you don’t need to re may still be some infectious rus to? For COVID19, it is with, and make sure those mission hasn’t quite taken off was found that each person
creasingly stringent mea ed excerpts: move every last mosquito. people out there, but be about two or three. We can people have been quaran yet? on average who shares a viral
sures to slow the spread of Once you get the density of cause these measures are in also think about the time tined. However, for CO Once we start to get more post will lead to about two
COVID19 in Russia. Health In your book, The Rules of mosquitos low enough, the place, they will have the in scales: if you have one case, VID19, a lot of the transmis severe cases, especially more people sharing it. But
offi cials have registered Contagion: Why Things Spread chances are that someone fection and recover before how long on average is it un sion happens among people deaths, you can then start to the big diff erence is the time
1,264 cases and four – and Why They Stop, you talk who is infected would recov they pass it on to someone til the person infected then who might feel perfectly get a clearer picture of how scale.
deaths, according to Satur about Ronald Ross, a Nobel er before they pass it on to else. That’s what we’ve seen shows symptoms? For CO well, or might have a slight much infection you might be With COVID19, it takes a
day’s offi cial tally. Prizewinning British doctor others. in places like Wuhan. VID19, that’s about fi ve days cough, for example. That seeing. We recently did some few days for that transmis
Russian diplomats and who in the late 19th century We can think of a similar or so. makes it very hard to pick up rough estimates and we sion and that new infection
truck drivers will be ex discovered that mosquitoes idea with a lot of the physical How, in terms of the One of the big challenges all the infections. think that many countries to occur whereas online we
empted from the new res spread malaria. How can we distancing measures that are mathematics of or diff erences of COVID19, that have clear outbreaks might be talking about 30
trictions. apply the blend of coming in. Initially, there epidemiology, does as opposed to SARS or Ebola, India has a relatively low now are probably reporting seconds.
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A train arrived in Wuhan
consecutive day, lockdown
measures have been tight
toms, wrote in a leafl et sent
to all U.K. households. to 2,00,000 U.S. lives’ South Africans
for the Beijing government,
told reporters.
overseas.
Airlines have been or
on Saturday for the fi rst time
since the city was placed in
ened as offi cials cling to hope With the pandemic “There’s no reason to lay dered to sharply cut interna lockdown two months ago.
that slowing growth rates
mean they are nearing the
sweeping westward, the U.S.
is home to the highest num
Agence France-Presse
Washington
don’t want to be held to
that... It’s such a moving
exit quarantine back and relax yet. It’s not a
time when we can say eve
tional fl ights from Sunday.
And restrictions on foreign
Restrictions have also
been eased on people look
peak of the crisis. ber of confi rmed infections A senior U.S. scientist target that you can so easily Agence France-Presse rything is going well.” Most ers entering the country ing to return to the capital,
globally with more than issued a cautious prediction be wrong and mislead Johannesburg of those imported cases went into eff ect on Saturday. although the procedure still
Shortage of medical gear 1,24,000 cases, according to on Sunday that COVID19 people.” have involved Chinese re appears much more vigo
COVID19’s relentless spread a Johns Hopkins University could claim 1,00,000 to Asked about the President Cyril turning home from abroad. No new cases in Hubei rous as it’s done on an appli
has infected nearly every tally. As States impose a 2,00,000 lives in the United persistent shortage of tests Ramaphosa on Sunday A total of 3,300 people Five more people died on Sa cation approval basis.
sphere of life, from wiping patchwork of measures, Pre States. Dr. Anthony Fauci, for the COVID19 disease, oversaw the release of have now died in mainland turday, all of them in Wu
out millions of jobs to post sident Trump sowed confu who leads research into he struck a slightly more dozens of South Africans China, with a reported han, the capital of Hubei 7,000 return to Beijing
poning elections and putting sion over the weekend by infectious diseases at the optimistic tone, saying, “If who had been in 81,439 infections. province. It has reported on More than 7,000 have re
a pause on the world’s sport backpeddling on a proposal National Institutes of you compare a couple of quarantine since returning China was widely accused ly one new case in the last 10 turned to Beijing from Hubei
ing scene. It has also spurred to impose a broad lockdown Health, told CNN that weeks ago to where we are from Wuhan in China of a delayed response when days. Saturday marked the by charted trains or private
a worldwide scramble for on New York and its neigh models predicting a million right now, we have an earlier this month. Mr. suspected cases fi rst fourth consecutive day that cars, Mao Jun, a Beijing go
medical gear as exhausted bours. “A quarantine will not or more deaths were amazingly larger number of Ramaphosa went to a emerged in December. But Hubei recorded no new con vernment offi cial, said on
doctors and nurses in some be necessary,” Mr. Trump “almost certainly off the tests than we had.” remote resort in the the world’s most populous fi rmed cases. Sunday.
of the world’s wealthiest ci tweeted eight hours after he chart.” Asked how soon the northern Limpopo country has since won The sole case of domesti On a cold and rainy Sun
ties struggle to dole out limit stunned the New York me “It’s not impossible, but wider availability of testing province to free the 114 praise from the World cally transmitted virus was day, Wuhan streets and me
ed stocks of face masks and tropolitan region — the epi very, very unlikely.” might allow a lifting of South Africans who had Health Organization for its recorded in Henan province, tro trains were still largely
lifesaving respirators. centre of the U.S. outbreak — He off ered a rough travel and work been isolated since March eff orts to lock down aff ected bordering Hubei. empty. The Hubei govern
In Britain, deaths have with a proposal to place it estimate of 1,00,000 to restrictions, Dr. Fauci said, 14 when they were areas and isolate patients. With traffi c restrictions in ment said on its offi cial We
now topped 1,000 as Prime under quarantine. Around 2,00,000 deaths and “It’s going to be a matter of evacuated from China. The the province lifted, Wuhan is Chat account that a number
Minister Boris Johnson — the world, more than “millions of cases.” weeks. It’s not going to be group, who had been 313 imported cases also gradually reopening of malls in Wuhan, as well as
who tested positive for the 6,67,090 cases have been of But Dr. Fauci, a leading tomorrow and it’s certainly working and studying in In the last seven days, China borders and restarting some the Chu River and Han Street
virus last week — warned fi cially declared since the member of President not going to be next week. Wuhan, were all free of the has reported 313 imported local transportation servic shopping belt, would be al
that dark days were on the outbreak began late last year, Donald Trump’s COVID19 It’s going to be a little bit virus on their return, but cases of COVID19 but only es. All airports in Hubei res lowed to resume operations
horizon. “We know things according to an AFP tally. task force, quickly added, “I more than that.” still quarantined. six confi rmed cases of dom umed some domestic fl ights on Monday.
Malians vote
A new wave of the fake news pandemic is born ‘Worried’ German State
amid virus, Finance Minister kills self
security fears Misinformation linked to supposed cures and misleading claims has proliferated on social media
Agence France-Presse of content they are spread the immediate risk of the vi He was tense about COVID-19 fallout
Agence France-Presse New York ing on social networks are rus itself. “I have seen posts
Bamako
The biggest reputational risk needed, said Mr. Rand, co related to ‘treatments’ that
Agence France-Presse headquarters. The Euro
Malians voted in a longde Facebook and other social author of a study on CO are not proven, techniques
Berlin pean Central Bank is also lo
layed parliamentary elec media companies had ex VID19 misinformation that to prevent exposure and in Thomas Schaefer, the Fi cated in Frankfurt.
tion on Sunday, barely a pected in 2020 was fake was published earlier this fection that are either not nance Minister of Germa A visibly shaken Mr. Bouf
day after the country re news surrounding the U.S. month. proven and/or fi lled with a ny’s Hesse State, has com fi er recalled that Mr. Schaef
corded its fi rst COVID19 presidential election. Be it lot of misleading informa mitted suicide apparently er, who was Hesse’s fi nance
death and with the leading foreign or domestic in ori ‘Remedy’ kills 300 tion, and instruction for indi after becoming “deeply wor chief for 10 years, had been
Opposition fi gure kid gin, the misinformation What is undoubted is that viduals to stock up on sup ried” over how to cope with working “day and night” to
napped and believed to be threat seemed familiar, per misinformation about the plies and food,” he said. the economic fallout from help companies and work
in the hands of jihadists. haps even manageable. pandemic has been deadly. Dr. McKnight highlighted the virus, State Premier ers deal with the economic
There were security The novel coronavirus, Although U.S., French and two types of danger posed Volker Bouffi er said on Sun impact of the pandemic.
fears about the vote to however, has opened up an other scientists are working by inaccurate information day. Mr. Schaefer, 54, was “Today we have to assume
elect new MPs to the 147 entirely diff erent problem: to expedite eff ective treat on the virus: that it “could in found dead near a railway that he was deeply wor
seat National Assembly the lifeendangering conse ments, false reports have ap cite fear or panic,” and “the track on Saturday. The Wies ried,” said Mr. Bouffi er, a
even before the wartorn quences of supposed cures, “There’s still a disconnect when online. Part of the rea peared in numerous coun potential for individuals to baden prosecution’s offi ce close ally of Chancellor An
West African country re misleading claims, snakeoil between what people think son is that social media algo tries. In Iran, a fake remedy do harmful things in hope of said they believe he died by gela Merkel. “It’s precisely
corded its fi rst virus infec sales pitches and conspiracy is true and what people are rithms are geared to appeal of ingesting methanol has re ‘curing the illness’ or ‘pre suicide. “We are in shock, during this diffi cult time
tion on Wednesday. theories about the outbreak. willing to share,” Professor to someone’s habits and in portedly led to 300 deaths, venting’ the illness.” we are in disbelief and that we would have needed
But then late on Satur So far, AFP has debunked David Rand, a specialist in terests: the emphasis is on and left many more sick. The COVID19 misinfor above all we are immensely someone like him.” Popular
day, just hours before polls almost 200 rumours and brain and cognitive sciences likeability, not accuracy. Dr. Jason McKnight, assis mation study mirrored past sad,” Mr. Bouffi er said in a and wellrespected, Mr.
opened at 0800 GMT Sun myths about the virus, but at the MIT Sloan School of Changing that would re tant clinical professor in the tests for political fake news, recorded statement. Schaefer had long been tout
day, the country’s fi rst CO experts say stronger action Management, said, explain quire Facebook, Twitter and Department of Primary Care notably in that reminders Hesse is home to Germa ed as a possible successor to
VID19 death was an from tech companies is ing how a user’s bias toward other such companies to al and Population Health at about accuracy would be a ny’s fi nancial capital Frank Mr. Bouffi er. Like Mr. Bouf
nounced — a 71yearold needed to stop misinforma content he or she thinks will ter what people see on Texas A&M University, said simple way to improve furt, where major lenders fi er, Mr. Schaefer belonged
man recently returned tion and the scale at which it be liked or shared typically screen. Prompts urging us the sharing of false informa choices about what people like Deutsche Bank and to Ms. Merkel’s centreright
from France. can be spread online. dominates decisionmaking ers to consider the accuracy tion has an impact beyond share. Commerzbank have their CDU party.
attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthis Pyongyang has launched nine projectiles in four rounds this month
Reuters shortrange weapons, such
Shrapnel fall on capital Riyadh, border city of Jazan Seoul as the KN24 fi red during the
North Korea fi red what ap last launch on March 21.
Reuters Yemen’s Houthis battling peared to be two shortrange
Rouhani warns Iran on
Riyadh the Saudiled coalition have ballistic missiles into the ‘Strategic weapon’ prolonged restrictions
Saudi Arabia said its air de launched hundreds of mis ocean off its east coast on But Mr. Kim has warned that TEHRAN
fences intercepted two bal siles and drones across the Sunday, the latest in a fl urry North Korea is developing a President Hassan Rouhani
listic missiles on Saturday border, mostly at nearby of launches that South Korea new ”strategic weapon” to warned on Sunday that “the
night in an attack that Ye military and civilian targets decried as “inappropriate” be unveiled this year, with new way of life” in Iran was
men’s Iranaligned Houthi but also at Riyadh. amid the global COVID19 analysts speculating that it likely to be prolonged, as its
group on Sunday said it had The last attempted strike pandemic. could be a new longrange declared death toll from
launched towards the capi on the capital was in June Two “shortrange projec ballistic missile, or a subma COVID-19 rose to 2,640. “We
tal Riyadh and southern 2018. tiles” were launched from rine capable of launching must prepare to live with this
areas near the Yemeni Saudi Arabia blamed Iran the coastal Wonsan area, such missiles. virus until a treatment or
border. for a September 2019 drone and fl ew 230 km at a maxi This month’s military vaccine is discovered, which
The attacks come days af and missile attack on two oil mum altitude of 30 km, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting a military drill at drills have been conducted has not yet happened to
ter Yemen’s warring parties installations that initially South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of an undisclosed location earlier this month. AP *
despite a border lockdown date,” he said. AFP
had welcomed a UN call for A Patriot missile battery at halved Saudi oil output, Staff reported. “In a situa and quarantine measures
Trudeau’s wife recovers
an immediate truce on al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. AFP * even after the Houthis tion where the entire world ritory or its exclusive eco cording to a tally by Shea imposed in North Korea in from COVID-19
Thursday to fi ght the CO claimed responsibility. Teh is experiencing diffi culties nomic zone. They would be Cotton, senior researcher at an eff ort to prevent an out MONTREAL
VID19 outbreak. “Two civi No fatalities were record ran denies involvement. due to COVID19, this kind of the eighth and ninth missiles the James Martin Center for break of COVID19. Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the
lians were slightly injured ed from the shrapnel that A military spokesman for military act by North Korea launched in four rounds of Nonproliferation Studies. In the past, North Korea wife of Canada’s Prime
due to the falling of the inter fell on Riyadh, and the Yemen’s Houthis on Sunday is very inappropriate and we tests this month as North Ko “Coming this early in the has typically conducted mili Minister Justin Trudeau, has
cepted missile’s debris as it southwestern city of Jazan, said the group’s forces had call for an immediate halt,” rean troops conduct military year, the only time we’ve tary drills, including tests of recovered from COVID-19,
exploded in midair over re located on the Red Sea di launched rockets and South Korea’s JCS said in a drills, usually personally seen tests this frequently its ballistic missiles, in March she said on Saturday. She had
sidential districts,” in Ri rectly north of the border drones at “sensitive” sites in statement, according to Yon overseen by Kim Jongun. were in 2016 and 2017, both as the wintry weather turns tested positive for the virus
yadh, the Saudi state news with Yemen, SPA said, citing the Saudi capital Riyadh and hap news agency. of which were huge years for warmer. For the previous on March 12 after returning
agency (SPA) reported, cit a spokesman for the Saudi at economic and military Japan’s Ministry of De Unprecedented number North Korea’s missile pro two years, however, it had from Britain, with her
ing a Saudi civil defence spo led coalition fi ghting Houth sites in Jazan, Najran and fense said they appeared to That would be the most mis gram,” he said on Twitter. avoided such springtime husband subsequently going
kesman, Lt. Colonel Mo is in Yemen, Colonel Turki Asir, near the Yemeni bor be ballistic missiles, and they siles ever fi red in a single All of the missiles fi red so launches amid denuclearisa into self-quarantine as a
hammed alHammadi. alMalki. der. did not land in Japanese ter month by North Korea, ac far this year have been small, tion talks with the U.S. precautionary measure. AFP
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U.S. virus crisis will get worse: Trump ‘Testing and mass quarantines
Restrictions extended until April 30; Moscow imposes lockdown as situation in Europe remains grim helped Wuhan defeat virus’
Agence France-Presse
Washington FB off ers grant Doctor from the city explains how China battled COVID19
President Donald Trump has
extended emergency coro
to news media Ananth Krishnan isolation for mild cases?
navirus restrictions for the Agence France-Presse
U.S., where his top scientist Washington Wuhan, the epicentre of the ■ Quarantine and home
warned up to 2,00,000 peo Facebook said on Monday COVID19 outbreak, is slowly isolation depends on diff e
ple could die, as the Russian that it was donating $100 rebounding after two rent countries’ conditions.
capital and Africa’s biggest million to support news months in lockdown. Dr. In China and India, because
city readied to go into lock organisations globally Gong Zuojiong, Director of we have such a large popula
down on Monday. hurting from the COVID19 the Department of Infec tion, one family may have
The reassessment by Mr. pandemic, citing the need tious Diseases at Renmin several members. Crossin
Trump, who had previously for reliable information Hospital of Wuhan Universi Dr. Gong Zuojiong. *
SPECIAL fection occurs commonly.
said he wanted the country about the crisis. ty, has been on the fron ARRANGEMENT For mild and moderate type
back to work in midApril, The new funding tlines of the COVID19 fi ght confi rmed cases, the ark
came as Britain and hardhit includes $25 million in in the city. In an interview When was the ‘turning hospital is a good quarantine
Italy warned measures to emergency grants for local with The Hindu, he says a point’ achieved? and isolation place, and this
prevent the spread of the dis news through the key lesson from Wuhan’s helps avoid crossinfection
ease would be in place for Facebook Journalism battle was breaking the ■ We reached the ‘turning and breaks down the
months to come. COVID19 Project, and $75 million chain of transmission point’ at the end of Febru transmission.
has already killed more than for additional marketing through widespread testing ary, when the numbers of
33,000 people worldwide, eff orts “to move money and isolating all patients, new confi rmed and suspect What was the scale of
with the number of cases Working from prison: Minors serving prison sentences sewing masks at a juvenile centre in over to news organizations even those with mild symp ed cases dramatically de testing done in Wuhan?
nearing 7,00,000. Guatemala City earlier this month. AFP *
around the world,” toms, away from their creased. Now, we are report
according to a statement. homes in central quaran ing zero cases. ■ I don’t know exactly the
2,00,000 Americans could
die from the disease, and
millions could be infected.
Spain overtakes China Facebook said it will
off er grants “to publishers
most in need in the
tine. Edited excerpts:
Trump, Putin
discuss oil
Opposition urges Sri Lankan COVID19: Maldives Parliament ELSEWHERE
Russian President Vladimir Meera Srinivasan reau. Sri Lanka has been on gress Leader Rauff Hakeem Meera Srinivasan sinesses which will “bounce under quarantine
Colombo
Putin on Monday dis Colombo curfew for over a week, as had made the point at the back”, like fi shing and not JERUSALEM
Greek resistance hero N. Korea hits
out at Pompeo
Virus halts N. Korean ships that sailed through sanctions
Glezos passes away over remarks Satelliteimages show vessels that once traffi cked prohibited goods to and from China are idling
He remained an activist even in old age Christoph Koettl Nampo, a vital port on North tions evasion operations.
Reuters Korea’s western coast. The recall of ships is part
Agence France-Presse Seoul President Donald Trump has A draft of the forthcoming of North Korea’s border clo
Athens North Korea said on Mon called the coronavirus “the annual report from a U.N. sures, which started on Janu
Manolis Glezos, who died day that U.S. Secretary of invisible enemy.” But when it panel states that North Ko ary 22, the same time the
Monday at the age of 97, was State Mike Pompeo under comes to sanctions on North rea “continued to fl out UNSC Chinese authorities an
a Greek resistance hero who mined its willingness to Korea, the pathogen may resolutions through illicit nounced the shutdown of
tore down the Nazi swastika restart stalled denucleari turn out to be his administra maritime exports of com the city of Wuhan, the epi
fl ag from the Acropolis dur sation talks, criticising his tion’s most eff ective ally. modities, notably coal and centre of the outbreak.
ing the Second World War, recent remarks on sanc North Korea’s fear of coro sand.
survived two death sentenc tions. Mr. Pompeo had said navirus infection appears to Such sales provide a reve ‘Economy will take a hit’
es and remained an activist after a teleconference with have achieved what Mr. Traffi cking halted: Satellite image of Nampo, a vital port nue stream that has histori Park Jongchol, professor at
even in old age. G7 Foreign Ministers last Trump’s “maximum pres region on North Korea’s western coast, on March 13. NYT * cally contributed to its nu the Department of Social
State TV ERT said he had Manolis Glezos. *
AFP week that all nations must sure” campaign against clear and ballistic missile Studies Education at South
died in an Athens hospital. remain united in calling for North Korean nuclear and sation, and a review of neighbouring China battled programmes.” Korea’s Gyeongsang National
Mr. Glezos was a loud voice crisis and campaigned for North Korea to return to missile work has not: chok additional satellite imagery the outbreak, eff ectively The report covers the University, said the econom
on the Greek left throughout Germany to repay money it negotiations and applying ing the North’s economy by by The New York Times, ma puts “an end to the large and time frame up to early Fe ic impact on North Korea
a life that saw him partici had forced Greece to loan it pressure over its missile stopping its traffi cking of ny North Korean commer coordinated eff orts to evade bruary, and does not ac from idling so many ships is
pate in a Communist plot during the war. programmes. coal and other goods, prohi cial vessels that once carried United Nations Security count for the impact of the severe.
that almost killed Winston Mr. Glezos was just 18 That comment high bited under United Nations sanctioned material to and Council Resolutions (UNSC) pandemic. The Royal United The longterm disruptions
Churchill and also saw him when, on May 30, 1941, he lighted the United States sanctions, which is believed from China — or transferred by shipping resources to Chi Services Institute satellite to North Korea’s economy
become the European Par and friend Apostolos San cannot reverse its hostile to be mostly with China. them illicitly shiptoship at na,” according to the analysis shows that on remain unclear. But analysts
liament’s oldest deputy at tas, a 19yearold law stu policy toward North Korea According to a satellite sea — are now idled in their analysis. March 3, 139 ships were idled say it was reasonable to as
the age of 91. dent, climbed onto the “no matter how excellent image analysis published on home ports. The new fi ndings show for in the Nampo area, up from sume damage has been done
He opposed his govern Acropolis in the middle of and fi rm the relationship” Thursday by the Royal Unit The change, seen after the fi rst time how a large 50 ships a month earlier. The to North Korean agriculture,
ment’s austerity measures the night and tore down the their two leaders have, ed Services Institute, a Lon North Korea sought to seal it number of North Korean fl eet includes vessels pre industry and the overall eco
in the wake of the fi nancial swastika fl ag. state media KCNA said. donbased research organi self off two months ago as ships have moved back to viously implicated in sanc nomy. NY TIMES
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Day of mourning: Turin Mayor Chiara Appendino, left, stands at attention as an elderly woman
12-year-old beds that docked in New
York on Monday, was ex
ed. Chris Cuomo tweeted
that he suff ered fever, chills
ics and emergency medical
technicians to help its
Over the same period, the
walks past during a minute of silence on Tuesday. AFP *
Iran reports 141 deaths, Indonesia
declares state
Study shows middle-age China focuses on patients with
raising total to 2,898 of emergency COVID-19 mortality risk no symptoms as infections rise
Agence France-Presse nesday to ban all intercity Agence France-Presse is, mild or asymptomatic in
Tehran travel until at least April 8. Agence France-Presse Paris fections — the data showed
Iran said on Tuesday 141 The government has repeat Jakarta Middleaged people, and the hospitalisation rate of Asymptomatic people under observation numbered 1,541
more people have died from edly urged Iranians to stay Indonesia on Tuesday de not just the elderly, have a patients in their fi fties was
the novel coronavirus, rais at home. clared a state of emergency dramatically higher risk of 8.2%. Reuters Commission will include de reported. Many were stu
ing the offi cial toll in one of President Hassan Rouha as COVID19 deaths in the dying or developing serious It estimated that the mor SHANGHAI/BEIJING tails of such cases for the dents returning from over
the world’s worstaff ected ni renewed those warnings world’s fourth most popu illness from COVID19, says a tality rate from confi rmed China will start releasing in fi rst time, Chang Jile, a com seas. About 35 infected Chi
countries to 2,898. on Tuesday as the climax of lous country jumped study published in The Lan- cases in China was 1.38%. formation from Wednesday mission offi cial, told a brief nese citizens are still
Health ministry spokes the twoweek Persian New again. cet Infectious Diseases jour The Lancet study showed on coronavirus patients who ing. People in close contact studying abroad, Education
man Kianoush Jahanpour Year holiday nears. However, he has resisted nal. Researchers from Bri that 18.4% of patients in show no disease symptoms, with them face 14 days of Ministry offi cial Liu Jin said.
said 3,111 new infections He said authorities would calls for a nationwide tain analysed more than their 80s were hospitalised ordering them into quaran medical observation. Fearing a second wave of
have been confi rmed over close parks across the coun lockdown. 3,600 confi rmed COVID19 in China. This compared to tine for 14 days, a health offi Asymptomatic patients infections sparked by such
the past 24 hours, bringing try on Wednesday, in a President Joko Widodo cases as well as data from 4.3% for 40 to 49yearolds cial said, after the mainland under observation num inbound travellers, China
the total to 44,606. move that eff ectively blocks has been heavily criticised hundreds of passengers re and roughly 1% for people in witnessed its fi rst rise in in bered 1,541 by Monday, with will delay its college en
He said 3,703 of those the family picnics that tradi for not imposing lock patriated from Wuhan. their 20s. fections in fi ve days. 205 of the cases having trance exam by a month, un
hospitalised are in a critical tionally mark the 13th day of downs in major cities, in They found that age was a “There might be outlying As local infections peter come from overseas, the til July 7 and 8, China Central
condition and 14,656 have holiday. Mr. Rouhani called cluding the capital Jakarta, key determining factor in cases that get a lot of media out and new cases surface Commission said separately. Television said, although
recovered. on people to “leave this tra home to about 30 million serious infections, with attention, but our analysis among travellers returning Monday's 48 new infec Hubei province, where the
Iran has been scrambling dition for some other time” people. He announced $1.5 nearly one in fi ve over80s very clearly shows that at home, the existence of virus tions, and one death, in virus emerged late last year,
to contain the COVID19 out and said violators would be billion in beefedup social requiring hospitalisation, aged 50 and over, hospitali carriers with no symptoms mainland China were up and Beijing, the capital, will
break since it reported its fi ned. assistance and subsidies compared to around 1% sation is much more likely is fuelling public concern from 31 the previous day, the get more leeway in schedul
fi rst cases on February 19. The authorities have also for lowincome workers. among people under 30. than in those under 50, and that people could be spread commission said, reversing ing it.
After weeks of refraining stopped the print editions of On Tuesday, 136 people Taking into account esti a greater proportion of cas ing it without knowing they four days of declines. All The annual twoday “gao
from imposing a lockdown all Iranian media until at died after contracting the mates of the number of cas es are likely to be fatal,” said are ill. were imported, taking Chi kao” test drew more than 10
or quarantine measures, least April 8, state news virus, with 1,528 confi rmed es that may not have been Azra Ghani, a coauthor of From April 1, the daily re na’s tally of such cases to 771, million candidates last year,
Tehran decided last Wed agency IRNA reported. cases of infection. clinically confi rmed — that the study. port of the National Health with no new local infection state media have said.
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China chases Indonesia’s fi shing fl eets, staking claim to sea’s riches Taliban team in Kabul to
monitor prisoner release
Fishers in Natuna islands say they feel vulnerable with Beijing’s presence in South China Sea becoming more aggressive
First such visit since its ouster in 2001
Hannah Beech nerable. “There was a vacant waterway through which had taken place.
Muktita Suhartono period, then China came onethird of the world’s mar “Little by little, I think the Associated Press ing a video conference that
NATUNA ISLANDS KABUL
back,” said Ngesti Yuni Su itime trade fl ows. But local Chinese will take the Indone the insurgent group should
Dedi knows where the fi sh prapti, the Deputy Regent of leaders in the Natunas don’t sian sea, the Philippine Sea, A threemember Taliban send a technical team to Ka
run strongest in Indonesian the Natuna archipelago. control what happens near the Vietnamese sea,” said technical team arrived on bul for discussions on the
waters off the Natuna is their shores. Wandarman, a fi sherman in Tuesday in the Afghan capi release of Taliban prisoners.
lands. The Chinese know, Global ambitions Chinese impunity was on the Natunas. “They are hun tal to monitor the release of The International Commit
too. Backed by Chinese coast The latest episode occurred full display in January when gry: oil, natural gas, and lots their prisoners as part of a tee of the Red Cross agreed
guard ships, Chinese fi shing in February, fi shers said, President Joko Widodo of In and lots of fi sh.” peace deal signed by the Ta to assist the team in getting
fl eets have been raiding the when Chinese boats fl anked donesia visited the Natunas. The Chinese fi shers are liban and the U.S., a spokes to Kabul.
rich waters of the South Chi by coast guard vessels “There is no bargaining helping feed the country’s man for the insurgent group The prisoner release is
na Sea that are international dropped their trawl nets yet when it comes to our sove growing appetite for seafood said. part of a peace deal signed
ly recognised as exclusively again. It seemed as if the co reignty,” Mr. Joko said. Ear by trawling the South China Taliban spokesman Zabi last month by the Taliban
Indonesia’s to fi sh. ronavirus outbreak peaking lier, Indonesian fi ghter jets Sea. hullah Mujahid confi rmed and U.S. that calls for the go
While Mr. Dedi catches in China at the time hadn’t buzzed the sky, while war But they are also serving a the team’s arrival in a tweet. vernment’s release of 5,000
the traditional way, with nets Troubled waters: A Vietnamese boat that was sunk after diminished the country’s ships patrolled the seas. broader purpose. It marked the fi rst time a Ta Taliban and the Taliban’s re
and lines, the steel Chinese caught fi shing in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands on Monday. * NYT global ambitions. But the day after Mr. Joko “Beijing wants Chinese liban delegation has been in lease of 1,000 government
trawlers scrape the bottom The Indonesian Fisheries left the Natunas, the Chinese fi shers to operate here,” said Kabul since the group was personnel and Afghan
of the sea, destroying other ters and kill everything,” said gest trading partner, Indone Ministry, however, denied showed up again. Its fi shing Ryan Martinson, an assistant driven out by the U.S.led troops. The peace deal calls
marine life. So not only does Mr. Dedi, who like many In sian offi cials have played any intrusion by the Chinese. fl eet, backed by the coast professor at the China Mari coalition in November 2001. for the eventual withdrawal
the Chinese trawling breach donesians goes by a single down incursions by Chinese China’s illegal fi shing near guard, took days to leave the time Studies Institute at the On Monday, Jawed Faisal, of all 13,000 U.S. soldiers
maritime borders, it also name. “I don’t understand fi shing boats. But with the the Natunas carries global area, local offi cials and fi sh U.S. Naval War College, “be spokesman for the Afghan from Afghanistan in ex
leaves a lifeless seascape in why our government doesn’t Chinese presence growing consequence, reminding re ers said. cause their presence helps to National Security Adviser’s change for guarantees from
its wake. protect us.” more aggressive, fi shers in gional governments of Beij The Fisheries Ministry de embody China’s maritime offi ce, said Afghan offi cials the Taliban that they will
“They come into our wa Wary of off ending its lar the Natunas are feeling vul ing’s expanding claims to a nied that any such incident claims.” NY TIMES and the Taliban agreed dur fi ght other militant groups
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Number of positive cases reported in Sri Lanka so far is 146
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Govt. calls Afghan leader’s decision to form a team for dialogue a ‘positive step’ SaudiRussian oil price war
Suhasini Haidar the Bagram Base outside Ka
NEW DELHI bul on Tuesday to talk about
Welcoming Afghanistan Pre the release of prisoners that
Riyadh said it would raise exports further after talks failed
Adidas says 'sorry' after
sident Ashraf Ghani’s deci had been decided in the U.S. ing at the appropriate time, uproar over rent payment
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sion to form a team for intra Taliban agreement in Washington
if need be,” Trump said. FRANKFURT
Afghan negotiations that will February. Saudi Arabia had been ex German sportsgear maker
include the Taliban, the go U.S. President Donald porting around 7.0 million Adidas on Wednesday said it
vernment said this is a “pos Technical measures Trump said on Tuesday he barrels per day under an had made “a mistake” when it
itive step” for the process of "They (the Taliban delega was ready to help resolve an output reduction agreement decided not to pay rent on its
reconciliation in the tion) will pursue the issue of escalating oil price war bet among 24member produc shuttered shops in April,
country. release of the prisoners and ween Russia and Saudi Ara er alliance known as OPEC+, after the move sparked a
“We view the formation of will conduct the necessary bia that has helped push which included Russia. widespread outcry. “We made
the team as a positive step technical measures,” Taliban crude benchmarks to 17year OPEC+ failed to reach a deal a mistake. We would like to
which would lead to a peace The way forward: A fi le photo of Taliban militants at the spokesman Zabihullah Muja lows. on further production cuts apologise. We have paid our
ful and stable future for Af PuleCharkhi Jail in Kabul. AP *
hid, tweeted. The threat of a global re to shore up sagging prices. rent,” the firm said. AFP
ghanistan free from the The issue of the prisoners cession triggered by the CO Donald Trump Analysts say Riyadh is en
Iran floods leave 21 dead
scourge of externally spon on the situation in Afghanis and even Mr. Ghani’s arch release, including 5,000 VID19 pandemic had alrea gaged in a deliberate long
TEHRAN
sored terrorism,” said a tan”. They said Mr. Pompeo political rival former Chief held by the government and dy hammered prices when biggest monthly and quar term strategy to capture
Flooding in Iran caused by
statement issued by the Mi had condoled with Mr. Jaish Executive Abdullah Abdul 1,000 by the Taliban, has Riyadh said last month it terly price plunges in greater market share by heavy rainfall has left 21
nistry of External Aff airs. ankar on the death of an In lah, that have all hailed his been a sticking point in the would raise exports after a history. pressuring its highcost riv people dead and one missing,
The statement followed a dian national in the March 25 announcement on March 27 deal, and has meant that in productioncut agreement Mr. Trump said he had als. “Saudi policy will not an emergency services
conversation between Exter Kabul gurdwara attack, and of a 21member negotiating traAfghan talks planned for among top producers spoken with his Russian just drive more expensive spokesman said on
nal Aff airs Minister S. Jaish both leaders resolved to team that included fi ve wo March 12 had to be put off . fl opped in early March. counterpart Vladimir Putin forms of oil production out Wednesday. Mojtaba Khaledi
ankar and U.S. Secretary of keep exchanging notes on men, to talk to the Taliban. India sent its envoy to wit On Monday, Saudi Arabia and Saudi Crown Prince Mo of the market; it will also said that 22 people had also
State Mike Pompeo to dis the developing situation. Although the Taliban re ness the signing of the U.S. said it would increase ex hammed Bin Salman by make it harder for renewa been injured, with most of
cuss cooperation on the CO India’s statement also fol jected the announcement in Taliban deal but has been ports further to a record 10.6 phone with the aim of halt ble energy to compete with the casualties in southern or
VID19 pandemic. lows similar statements by itially, claiming that it was cautious in welcoming its million barrels per day from ing the slide. fossil fuels,” said Bernard central provinces. He said 11
MEA sources said there the UN’s mission in Afghanis not “inclusive enough”, the content and sceptical of May, deepening a global sup “The two countries are Haykel, a Saudi expert at people had died in Fars
had also been a “discussion tan UNAMA, other countries group sent a delegation to dealing with the Taliban. ply glut as crude recorded its discussing it. And I am join Princeton University. province alone. AFP
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Amid virus threat, Biden sidelined by omnipresent Trump Iran, U.S. heat up war of
The Democratic frontrunner is struggling for attention as the President dominates the airwaves words despite pandemic
Agence France-Presse a critical, highprofi le point with no knowledge of cur basement, there’s a televi Agence France-Presse
Washington in a campaign. rent operations or access to sion studio set up down Tehran
One month on from histori In a situation unheard of internal administration re here,” he said. “That’s just Iran said on Thursday it “on
cally reclaiming Democratic in modern American polit ports. He accuses Mr. Trump going to have to do.” ly acts in selfdefence” after
Jazz great Ellis Marsalis presidential frontrunner sta ics, several States have post of being “very slow to act” Mr. Trump, meanwhile, President Donald Trump
passes away aged 85 tus, Joe Biden is in physical poned their primaries, mass and downplaying the gravity has dominated the airwaves. warned it against attacks on
NEW YORK and political isolation, base rallies are paused and all in of the crisis for weeks. His job approval rating, un U.S. troops in Iraq, as a new
Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died mentbound and largely un person campaigning has U.S. networks are giving derwater for years, has war of words heated up des
on Wednesday at the age of heard as Donald Trump ground to a halt. Mr.Biden, 77, some expo ticked up in the past 10 days, pite the pandemic.
85 after contracting the commands Americans’ at Coronavirus is the ines sure, and he strives to pre a common phenomenon for Tensions between the
coronavirus, his son Branford tention with his coronavirus capable news headline, and sent himself as a leader with U.S. Presidents in the grips of archfoes fl ared in Iraq Iranian Foreign Minister
said. The acclaimed American response. the President’s megaphone Joe Biden greater presidential bearing a crisis. where the U.S. deployed Pa Mohammad Javad Zarif
pianist and teacher — who It has been an awkward si during this ongoing tragedy than Mr. Trump. But Mr. Pacek said the triot air defence missiles,
featured on dozens of delining of an extraordinary is impossible to eclipse. ings with him and his coro But even if Wisconsin de “rally ‘round the fl ag eff ect” prompting Iran to demand a Mr. Trump warned Iran
records over a musical career comeback story. “Crises are fundamentally navirus task force now often fi es mounting criticism and for Mr. Trump will be fl eet withdrawal. on Wednesday that it would
spanning several decades —
After nearly selfimplod presidential moments, and roll past 90 minutes, with holds its primary on April 7 ing. He pointed to George Foreign Minister Moham pay a “heavy price” in the
was the father of trumpeter
ing in the fi rst three state given that, Biden just doesn’t Mr. Trump spending signifi as scheduled, Mr. Biden Bush’s job approval skyrock mad Javad Zarif tweeted event of further attacks on
Wynton and saxophonist
contests in February, former have the capacity to truly cant chunks of time on his would be deprived of his eting to 89% in early 1991 that “unlike the U.S. —which U.S. troops. He tweeted that
Branford. Born in New
Orleans —the epicenter of the
VicePresident Biden turned break in,” Josh Pacek, a Un personal and administrative greatest political assets: his during the Gulf War. The Re surreptitiously lies, cheats & “upon information and be
jazz world — in November his campaign around, win iversity of Michigan Profes achievements. warm, empathetic manner publican lost reelection 20 assassinates — Iran only acts lief, Iran or its proxies are
1934, Mr. Ellis recorded with ning the lion’s share of the sor and expert on political and a bluecollar “here’sthe months later. By compari in selfdefence”. planning a sneak attack on
heavyweights such as next 25 primaries to become communication, told AFP by Basement broadcast deal” delivery during face son, Mr. Trump’s approval “Don’t be misled by usual U.S. troops and/or assets in
Cannonball and Nat Adderley, the presumptive nominee phone about the campaign Mr. Biden, by contrast, is toface contact with voters. climbing only past 50% dur warmongers, AGAIN,” he Iraq”.
Marcus Roberts and Courtney over his rival Bernie Sanders. ahead. broadcasting from his base “It doesn’t worry me,” Mr. ing an allhandsondeck said, addressing Mr. Trump. In response, Mr. Zarif
Pine. Mr. Ellis was inducted Suddenly, Mr. Biden is Mr. Trump, of course, is ment, clamouring for air Biden told CNN on Tuesday emergency “portends some “Iran starts no wars but tweeted that “Iran has
into The Louisiana Music Hall struggling for attention dur taking full advantage. time even while acknowledg about the campaign moving what poorly” for the teaches lessons to those FRIENDS: No one can have
of Fame in 2018. AFP ing what would normally be Daily White House brief ing he is a former insider online. “I’m sitting in my President. who do,” he added. MILLIONS of ‘proxies’”
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Democrats postpone convention President’s family fi rm Statue of Soviet
Gen. removed
faces fi nancial woes in Prague
It will be held in midAugust, a week before the event to renominate Trump
It is seeking to delay loan repayments
Reid J. Epstein consider moving the event to Associated Press
Katie Gluec September, after the Repu Agence France-Presse PRAGUE
Washington
blicans’, and was averse to New York
Corona beer producer
The Democratic National conducting a virtual conven U.S. President Donald A district in the Czech cap
halts brewing
MEXICO CITY
Committee on Thursday tion that would be less likely Trump’s family company is ital, Prague, went on Fri
The Mexican brewer of postponed its presidential to attract hours of television asking creditors such as day ahead with a plan to re
Corona beer said on Thursday convention because of the coverage. Deutsche Bank if it can de move the statue of a Soviet
it was suspending production COVID19 outbreak, moving lay loan payments as the Second World War com
because of the health it from midJuly to midAu Safe convention economic impact of the CO mander.
emergency in the country gust, and making it the lar “We’re going to hold a very VID19 pandemic deepens, The Russian Embassy in
over the COVID19 pandemic. gest political event to be exciting and safe convention The New York Times report Prague condemned the
The Mexican government has upended by the public in Wisconsin to highlight our ed on Thursday. move, saying it sent a prot
ordered the suspension of all health crisis sweeping the nominee and to make sure The Trump Organization est note to the Czech Fo
nonessential activities until country. Safety comes fi rst: A fi le photo of Democratic presidential that people know the values — the conglomerate of com Donald Trump reign Ministry about the
April 30 to slow the spread of The convention will still candidate Joe Biden at a campaign rally in Detroit. AP *
of the Democratic Party and panies created by Mr. “demolition.”
coronavirus. AFP be held in Milwaukee, as what we’re fi ghting for,” he Trump and now run by his working together,” Mr. General Ivan Stepanovic
planned, the week of August of staging the conventions The decision to postpone said in a telephone sons — is, like many others, Trump’s son Eric, the Or Konev led the Red Army
Israel arrests Palestinian 17, offi cials said, a week be outweighs the medical risks. the Democratic convention interview. losing money as the restric ganization’s executive vice forces that liberated
official in east Jerusalem
fore Republicans plan to The timing sets the stage was made over the previous “There are things you can tions put in place to lessen president, said. Prague and large parts of
JERUSALEM
gather in Charlotte, North for a highstakes test of wills two days, offi cials involved do online, but there is so the spread of the deadly CO The Trump Organization Czechoslovakia from the
Israeli police arrested the
Palestinian minister for
Carolina, to renominate Pre and judgment over the next in the planning said, but the mething about the commu VID19 bring the U.S. to a still owes Deutsche Bank Nazi occupation in 1945.
Jerusalem affairs on Friday sident Donald Trump. The four months between Mr. issue was amplifi ed on Wed nal spirit that is important grinding halt. several hundred million dol His monument, unveiled in
for allegedly violating an adjacent dates mean that Trump and former VicePre nesday night by Mr. Biden, and people feed off of,” said The NYT said the compa lars, according to the Times. the Prague 6 district in
Israeli ban on Palestinian both parties will be using sident Joe Biden, the likely who called for rescheduling David Axelrod, a senior offi ny contacted Deutsche The group also contacted 1980 when the country was
political activities in east expert health data from the Democratic nominee, as the the convention during an ap cial in Barack Obama’s presi Bank, seen as the only ma Palm Beach County to see if occupied by Soviet troops,
Jerusalem. Fadi alHidmi’s same time frame to assess public health crisis paralyses pearance on “The Tonight dential campaigns. “From a jor lender willing to do busi it could suspend rent pay has been a source of con
office circulated surveillance the safety of bringing togeth the country through the Show.” TV standpoint it’s hard to ness with the company, at ments on the Trump Inter troversy.
camera footage showing er thousands of people at summer. Neither will want to Tom Perez, the chairman have the same impact if Marchend for extension of national Golf Club, a 27hole On Friday morning, a
police searching his home one event — and, ultimately, be the fi rst to cancel his of the Democratic National you’re cobbling together a some repayment deadlines. course and clubhouse on crane at the site lifted the
with dogs. AP deciding whether the benefi t convention. Committee, said he did not series of remotes.” NY TIMES “These days, everybody is more than 120 hectares. statue from its place.
Cuban doctors fi ghting virus around world Bill Withers, who sang
Havana has deployed 593 doctors to at least 14 countries to fi ght the disease, despite U.S. opposition Ain’t No Sunshine, dies at 81
Associated Press through an extremely com Twitter last week. “Host
plicated situation from the countries seeking Cuba’s
Labelling the doctors and start,” Lombardy’s top social help for COVID19 should
Threetime Grammy winner succumbed to heart problems
nurses as both exploited welfare offi cial, Giulio Galle scrutinize agreements and
Derrick Bryson Taylor
workers and agents of com ra, said at the inauguration end labour abuses.” ing town in West Virginia,
munist indoctrination, the last week. “The number of Cuba currently has about Bill Withers, the legendary serving in the Navy and
U.S. has notched a series of patients who have fi lled and 37,000 medical workers in soul singer behind 1970s hits working as an aircraft me
victories as Brazil, Ecuador continue to fi ll the emergen 67 countries, most in long like Lean on Me, Lovely Day chanic. But during his 14
and Bolivia sent home thou cy room and departments standing missions. and Ain’t No Sunshine, died year recording career, start
sands after leftist govern has truly put the medical The most recent deploy on Monday in Los Angeles, ing with the album Just As I
ments allied with Havana personnel to a hard test.” ments of at least 593 doctors his family said. He was 81. Am in 1971, he wrote and
were replaced with ones The U.S. has sought to cut have also been to Suriname, The soulful singer and performed songs that have
friendlier to Washington. off income to Cuba as part of Jamaica, Dominica, Belize, threetime Grammy winner become anthems around the
The coronavirus pandem Medical diplomacy: Cuban doctors and medical professionals a tightening of sanctions. Saint Vincent and the Grena died from heart complica word, drawn from gritty
ic has brought a reversal of prepare to leave for Italy to fi ght the pandemic. AP/FILE *
And it continues to discour dines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Ve tions, his family said. blues, R&B and the era’s
fortune for Cuban medical age countries from contract nezuela and Nicaragua, “We are devastated by the Bill Withers confessional style of lyrics.
diplomacy, as doctors have “I am aware of the posi northern Italy, 52 Cuban doc ing Cuban medical workers some of them reinforcing ex loss of our beloved, devoted Long after his de facto re
fl own off on new missions to tion of the United States, but tors and nurses set up a fi eld despite the pandemic. isting medical missions. husband and father,” the fa The family added, “in this tirement from recording —
battle COVID19 in at least 14 we are a sovereign country hospital with 32 beds “The government of Cuba All have been billed as tied mily’s statement said. diffi cult time, we pray his he released his last album in
countries, including Italy and we can choose the partn equipped with oxygen and keeps most of the salary its to the coronavirus epidemic, “A solitary man with a music off ers comfort and en 1985, after many battles with
and the tiny principality of ers with which we are going three ICU beds. doctors and nurses earn even though some of the heart driven to connect to tertainment as fans hold music industry executives —
Andorra on the Spanish to have cooperation,” Andor while serving in its interna countries have few con the world at large, with his tight to loved ones.” Withers entered the Gram
French border, burnishing ran Foreign Minister Marţ a Symbolic moment tional medical missions fi rmed cases so far. None of poetry and music, he spoke Mr. Withers was well into my Hall of Fame in 1999. He
the island’s international im Ubach said. “This is a strongly symbolic while exposing them to egre the agreements or fi nancial honestly to people and con his 30s when he began re was inducted into the Rock
age in the middle of a global In the city of Crema in the moment because the Crema gious labour conditions,” the terms have been made pu nected them to each other,” cording music, after growing and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015
crisis. hardhit Lombardy region of hospital has been going State Department said on blic. it added. up in a segregated coalmin by Stevie Wonder. NY TIMES
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cording to three U.S. sourc and 2019, according to a Chinese cases dwindling, spokeswoman Hua Chuny Iran’s President Hassan
es, a step experts said would March 11 Congressional Re Beijing has encouraged fac ing, who over the past week Rouhani said on Sunday that
undercut both Kabul’s abili search Service report. tories to increase production has repeatedly urged West ”lowrisk” economic activities
ty to fi ght the Taliban and its “That's the only fund large of medical supplies as parts ern media not to “politicise” would resume from April 11.
“Two thirds of all Iranian
leverage to negotiate a enough to support a $1 bil of the world face a protective or “hype up” the issue.
government employees will
peace deal with them. A wallpainting in Kabul lion cut,” said the third equipment shortage. A masked aff air: A Palestinian newlywed couple in Hebron,
work out of the offi ce from
Secretary of State Mike symbolising the Afghan source, a former U.S. mili China has exported 3.86 West Bank. AFP * Tighter regulations
Saturday.” Reuters
Pompeo announced the re peace process. AFP * tary offi cial. billion masks, 37.5 million Earlier this week, Beijing
duction on March 23 and The former U.S. military pieces of protective clothing, and Spain — have com masks) are nonsurgical.” tightened regulations for ex
threatened to slash the same $4.2 billion Pentagon fund offi cial said the proposed 16,000 ventilators and 2.84 plained about substandard Spain also rejected thou ported virus medical equip Pakistan cleric booked
amount next year to try to that underwrites about cut refl ects U.S. President million COVID19 testing kits or faulty medical products sands of rapid test kits sent ment, requiring products to for violating ban
ISLAMABAD
force Afghan President Ash three quarters of the Afghan Donald Trump’s determina since March 1, customs offi shipped from China. by an unauthorised Chinese fulfi l both domestic licensing
A case has been registered
raf Ghani and his political security forces’ annual bud tion to bring U.S. forces cial Jin Hai said, with orders company after it found that standards and that of their
against former Lal Masjid
rival Abdullah Abdullah to get. “The idea they would home from the longest con to more than 50 countries. Recall of orders they were unreliable last destination countries. cleric former Lal Masjid cleric
end a feud that has stalled cut security forces funding fl ict in American history. She added the country’s Last week, the Dutch govern week. Chinese offi cials hit China has also increased Maulana Abdul Aziz and six
U.S.led peacemaking ef goes against U.S. national se Asked what $1 billion U.S. medical supply exports were ment recalled 6,00,000 back on Sunday at media re its production capacity of others in Pakistan for
forts in Afghanistan. curity interests,” said one aid cuts this year and next valued at 10.2 billion yuan masks out of a Chinese ship ports over defective medical COVID19 testing kits to over gathering around 400 people
Two U.S. congressional aide, arguing the money is would do to Afghan security ($1.4 billion). However ment of 1.3 million that did supplies, saying that they 4 million a day, said Zhang for Friday prayers at a
aides said State Department needed to maintain the U.S. forces’ ability to fi ght the Ta numerous nations — includ not meet quality standards. “did not refl ect the full Qi, an offi cial with the Na prominent mosque here,
offi cials told Congress the $1 backed government’s ability liban, he replied: “They will ing the Netherlands, the Phi China said the manufacturer facts”. “In reality there are tional Medical Products Ad despite a ban on such
billion would come from a to fi ght the Taliban while be toast.” lippines, Croatia, Turkey “stated clearly that (the various factors, such as Chi ministration. religious congregations. PTI
U.S., U.K. face hard time as deaths spike British PM Johnson in hospital
American offi cial compares the crisis to Pearl Harbor, 9/11 attacks; Britain sees over 600 deaths a day with persistent virus symptoms
Associated Press
Doctors seeking He will undergo ‘routine tests’ and continue to run govt.
LONDON
The U.S. and Britain braced
for what could be one of
PPEs held in Pak. Reuters
LONDON
man urged caution about
media reports that Mr. John
their bleakest weeks in me British Prime Minister Boris son was receiving oxygen
mory on Monday as the hu Agence France-Presse Johnson was undergoing treatment but refused to
Quetta
man and fi nancial toll of the hospital tests on Monday af answer directly if he had
coronavirus outbreak More than 50 doctors prot ter suff ering persistent coro pneumonia.
mounted. But new deaths esting the lack of personal navirus symptoms for more Mr. Johnson continues to
and infections appeared to protective equipment than 10 days, but the govern receive his ministerial box of
be slowing in Italy, Spain and (PPE) were arrested on ment said he was in good government documents, he
France, suggesting that lock Monday in the southwest spirits and still in charge. added.
downs and social distancing ern Pakistani city of Quet Mr. Johnson, who had It was not clear how an ill
are working. ta, police and physicians been isolating in Downing Prime Minister could lead
Much of Europe saw glim said. The arrests occurred Street after testing positive the government’s response
mers of hope — deaths and after more than 100 doc for the virus last month, was to the outbreak from a hos
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
new infections appeared to tors and paramedics rallied taken to St Thomas’ Hospital pital.
washing his hands at a
be slowing in much of the near the city’s main hospi in central London on Sun Some medics said it was
laboratory in March. AP *
deaths the nation is facing. Sunday, up from 30 a day observation around main Baisakhi events
“This is going to be our Pearl
Harbor moment, our 9/11
moment,” he told “Fox News
‘Rise to the occasion’
In a rare televised address,
Queen Elizabeth II appealed
earlier, and the number of
asymptomatic cases also
surged as the government
land China. The surge in
asymptomatic cases, which
China only began reporting
Press Trust of India
Laore
Abe proposes state of emergency
Sunday.”‘More than 9,600 to Britons to rise to the occa vowed tighter controls at last week, poses a worry as
people have died of the virus sion, while acknowledging land borders. Hubei’s capital Wuhan pre Pakistani authorities have Agence France-Presse ly, we are seeing rapid in duce persontoperson con
in the U.S., and it leads the they face enormous disrup The National Health Com pares to allow people to cancelled the Baisakhi ce
Tokyo creases of new infections tacts that lead to infections,”
world in confi rmed infec tions, grief and fi nancial dif mission said on Monday leave the city on April 8 for lebrations at Gurdwara Japan’s Prime Minister on particularly in urban areas said Mr. Abe. The measure
tions at more than 3,37,000. fi culties. Lacking enough for that 78 new asymptomatic the fi rst time since it was Punja Sahib in Punjab pro Monday proposed a state of like Tokyo and Osaka,” said does not include legal pow
President Donald Trump protective gear against the cases had been identifi ed as locked down in late January. vince from April 14, in emergency for several major Mr. Abe. The declaration ers to enforce requests for
suggested the hard weeks virus, British doctors and of the end of Sunday, com Wuhan offi cials revoked which around 3,000 Sikhs regions seeing a sharp rise in hands regional Governors people to stay inside, or
ahead could foretell the turn nurses were wearing goggles pared with 47 the day the “epidemicfree” status from India were to partici COVID19 cases, as well as a the power to ask residents to punishments for people
ing of a corner. “We’re start from school science classes, before. of 45 residential com pate, due to the coronavi stimulus package worth $1 stay inside, seek the closure who fail to do so. “In Japan,
ing to see light at the end of holding their breath when Imported cases and pounds due to the emer rus pandemic. trillion to cushion the im of businesses that attract even if we declare a state of
the tunnel,” Mr. Trump close to patients, and repeat asymptomatic patients, who gence of asymptomatic cas The number of the coro pact on the world’s thirdbig large crowds and comman emergency, we will not close
claimed at a briefi ng. edly reusing singleuse show no symptoms but can es and other unspecifi ed navirus cases in Pakistan gest economy. deer land and buildings for cities as seen in foreign
Italy still has, by far, the masks, Dr. Rinesh Parmar, still pass the virus on, have reasons, according to a re on Monday reached 3,277. The offi cial declaration of medical purposes. But it falls countries. Experts have told
world’s highest coronavirus head of Doctors’ Association become China’s chief con port on Monday by the offi The celebrations were the state of emergency far short of the sort of lock us that there is no need for
death toll — almost 16,000 — UK, told Sky News. cern after draconian con cial Xinhua news agency. scheduled to begin at the would likely come as soon as down measures imposed in such a step,” said Mr. Abe.
but the pressure on northern Worldwide, more than 1.2 tainment measures suc “Epidemicfree” status al revered Gurdwara in Ha on Tuesday, Shinzo Abe told parts of Europe. Tokyo’s Governor Yuriko
Italy’s intensive care units million people have been ceeded in slashing the lows people living in Wuhan san Abdal city of Punjab reporters, as the country “We envision, for a period Koike has already urged resi
has eased. In Spain, deaths confi rmed infected and over overall infection rate. compounds to leave their province on April 14, Dawn grapples with a recent spike of about one month, that we dents to avoid nonessential
and new infections dropped 70,000 have died, according Hubei province, the origi homes for two hours at a reported. Now only a sym in virus cases, especially in will ask further cooperation outings and to work from
again on Monday. The Health to Johns Hopkins University. nal epicentre, accounted for time. bolic event would be held. the capital Tokyo. “Current of the Japanese people to re home during the week.
Venezuelans
stream home
Sudan ‘fi nalises’ deal to New York zoo tiger tests positive for virus ELSEWHERE
Deal near a breaking point: Taliban U.S. gives ‘terrorist’ label to white supremacist group
Militants warn of more attacks if provisions are breached Russiabased ultranationalist movement is the fi rst such organisation to be given the designation
Associated Press Adam Goldman The authority for either dimir Putin has tolerated its
Islamabad Eric Schmitt the Treasury Department or activities and it has helped
Washington
The Taliban said its peace the State Department to advance the Russian govern
deal with the U.S. was near The Trump administration deem a group or an indivi ment’s external goals by re
ing a breaking point, accus on Monday designated an ul dual a specially designated cruiting Russian fi ghters to
ing Washington of violations tranationalist group based in global terrorist traces back aid proRussia separatists in
that included drone attacks Russia as a terrorist organi to an executive order issued eastern Ukraine. The group
on civilians, while also chas sation, according to offi cials. by President George W. Bush has also helped support neo
tising the Afghan govern U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah It is the fi rst time the govern after the September 11, 2001, Nazi groups in Scandinavia.
ment for delaying the re Abdul Ghani Baradar signing a peace deal on February 29. AP *
ment applied the label to a terrorist attacks. Ambassador Nathan A.
lease of 5,000 Taliban white supremacist group. Sales, the State Depart
prisoners promised in the violations of the deal. U.S. will continue to come to the While the label of special Threat of diff erent nature: A training session of the Russian Signing of order ment’s counterterrorism
agreement. military spokesman Col. aid of Afghanistan’s security ly designated global terrorist Imperial Movement in St. Petersburg in 2015. President Donald Trump in coordinator, said the group
The Taliban said it had Sonny Leggett in a tweet forces if attacked. has been frequently used for September signed an execu operated two facilities in St.
restricted attacks against Af overnight denied the Tali Meanwhile, the militants Islamist extremists, there designation for the organisa members from travelling to tive order expanding that Petersburg, that off ered pa
ghan security forces to rural ban allegation, saying the said they had reduced their have been growing concerns tion, the Russian Imperial the U.S. authority to cover groups ramilitary training to neo
outposts, had not attacked U.S. forces in Afghanistan attacks compared to last among U.S. offi cials about Movement, sets up the Trea The U.S. is also designat that provide training for ter Nazis and white suprema
international forces and had has “upheld and continues year, but said continued vio violent white supremacists sury Department’s Offi ce of ing three of the group’s lead rorists even if the groups are cists. Although a Russian Im
not attacked Afghan forces to uphold the military terms lations would “create an at with transnational links over Foreign Assets Control to ers — Stanislav Anatolyevich not directly linked to any perial Movement member
in cities or military installa of the U.S.TB (Taliban) mosphere of mistrust that the past fi ve years. In 2018, block any American proper Vorobyev, Denis Valliullov attack. has visited the U.S., the or
tions. The Taliban’s state agreement; any assertion will not only damage the the White House added that ty or assets belonging to the ich Gariev and Nikolay Niko The Russian Imperial ganisation does not appear
ment issued on Sunday otherwise is baseless.” In his agreements, but also force threat to the government’s group. It will also bar Ameri layevich Trushchalov — as in Movement is not considered to have domestic members.
warned of more violence if tweet, Col. Leggett called for mujaheddin to a similar res National Strategy for cans from fi nancial dealings dividual terrorists who will to be sponsored by the Rus It is not clear if the group has
the U.S. and the Afghan go Taliban to reduce violence ponse and will increase the Counterterrorism. with the organisation and face similar sanctions, offi sian government, offi cials provided training to U.S.
vernment continue alleged and said the U.S. military level of fi ghting.” The State Department’s make it easier to ban its cials said. said, although President Vla based neoNazis. NY TIMES
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British PM moved to intensive care U.S. death toll crosses 11,000
Spokesman says Johnson is stable and conscious; Foreign Secretary takes over ‘many of PM’s duties’ Offi cials tell Americans to brace for one of the worst periods
Agence France-Presse
Associated Press
LONDON
Spain’s toll rises Washington
Americans were put on not
British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson was taken into in
to 743 after drop ice on Monday not to let up
in the fi ght against COVID19,
tensive care on Tuesday with as a grim milestone of 11,000
Agence France-Presse
COVID19, while Japan’s lead Madrid
deaths cast a pall over the
er declared a monthlong fi rst signs of optimism about
state of emergency for Tokyo Spain’s death toll from the outbreak’s trajectory.
and six other regions to keep COVID19 increased to 743 The U.S. has emerged as
the virus from ravaging the on Tuesday after falling for one of the world’s worsthit
world’s oldest population. four straight days, lifting nations, with a steadily
Mr. Johnson,55, the fi rst the total to 13,798, the mounting number of fatali Making it count: A man casting his ballot in a Democratic
major world leader con Health Ministry said. ties and millions facing the presidential primary poll in Wisconsin on Tuesday. AFP *
India sends emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka Scientists say more testing is needed before hydroxychloroquine is proven safe
Meera Srinivasan lim parliamentarians and ci Associated Press with the worst weeks yet to lected were enough to re
WASHINGTON
COLOMBO vil society members, seeking come for the U.S. The virus commend the drug widely,
For people who have braved burial rights for Muslim vic President Donald Trump has killed more than 10,000 according to a person fami
1960s Bond girl Honor
a war for 30 years, living in tims — authorities cremated and his administration are in the U.S., and measures liar with the exchange who
Blackman dead at 94
camps and amid fear, stay the body of a Muslim victim promoting an antimalaria meant to contain its spread spoke on the condition of LONDON
ing at home in the wake of sparking concern — Mr. Raja drug not offi cially approved have taken a painful eco anonymity to describe the Honor Blackman, one of the
pandemic cannot be diffi paksa said: “This is not the for fi ghting the new corona nomic toll and all but frozen blowup. most memorable costars of
cult, Sri Lankan Prime Mi time to fulfi l special religious virus, even though scientists life in large swaths of the Mr. Fauci has repeatedly the early James Bond films,
nister Mahinda Rajapaksa or ritual rights... this is the say more testing is needed country. said current studies provide has died at the age of 94. The
said, urging citizens to stay time to think about the before it’s proven safe and ef But medical offi cials warn only anecdotal fi ndings that actress shot to fame in her
at home for the country’s country.” fective against COVID19. that it’s dangerous to be the drug works. In response, late 30s after playing
sake. Mahinda Rajapaksa Mr. Trump’s Trade Advis hawking unproven reme Mr. Navarro told CNN on legendary Bond girl Pussy
Speaking at a televised ad Leaders thank India er Peter Navarro cham dies, and even Trump’s own President Donald Trump Monday, “I would have two Galore in the 1964 movie
dress on Tuesday night, Mr. Even as calls from the pol Earlier, Both Gotabaya Raja pioned hydroxychloroquine experts have cautioned opening a COVID19 test kit words for you ‘second opi Goldfinger. Ms. Blackman
Rajapaksa outlined the in itical opposition to recon paksa and Mahinda Rajapak in television interviews Mon against it. in Washington. AP *
nion.’” also became wellknown for
itiatives being taken by the vene Parliament grow loud sa tweeted thanking India day, a day after the President her role as Cathy Gale in
government led by President er, Mr. Rajapaksa said: for a special consignment of publicly put his faith in the Severe side eff ects In a heated Situation Off label prescribing 1960s TV spy series The
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his “When we tried to pass an essential medicines that ar medication to lessen the toll The American Medical Asso Room meeting of the White Doctors are already pre Avengers. AFP
younger brother, to combat interim budget before disso rived in Sri Lanka via a spe of the coronavirus pandem ciation’s president, Dr. Pa House’s coronavirus task scribing the malaria drug to
COVID19 that has so far af lution of Parliament [on cial Air India charter fl ight. ic. trice Harris, said she perso force on Saturday, Mr. Navar patients with COVID19, a Taliban to end ‘fruitless’
fected 185 persons, of whom March 2], the Parliament did The 10tonne consignment talks over prisoner swap
“What do I know, I’m not nally would not prescribe ro challenged the top U.S. in practice known as off label
KABUL
six have died. not support us,” asking of “lifesaving” medicines a doctor,” Mr. Trump said on the drug for a coronavirus fectious disease expert, Dr. prescribing.
The Taliban said it will no
Underscoring the pan “what use” reconvening Par were requested by the Go Sunday. “But I have common patient, saying the risks of Anthony Fauci, over his con Research studies are now longer participate in
demic’s impact on the global liament could be now. The vernment of Sri Lanka, a sense.” In promoting the severe side eff ects were cerns about recommending beginning to test if the drugs “fruitless” discussions with
economy, and on Sri Lanka’s opposition has maintained press release from the In drug’s possibilities, the Pre “great and too signifi cant to the drug based only on un truly help COVID19 patients, the Afghan government over
garment exports and reve that reconvening Parliament dian High Commission in sident has often stated, downplay” without large scientifi c anecdotal evi and the Food and Drug Ad a prisoner swap that had
nue from foreign remittanc would be in democratic spi Colombo said. “What have you got to lose?” studies showing the drug is dence. ministration has allowed the formed a key part of a deal
es, PM Rajapaksa sought the rit, and allow for grievances “This is yet another ma Mr. Trump held out pro safe and eff ective for such Mr. Navarro, who has no medication into the national with the U.S. The group’s
country’s cooperation to from all parts of the country nifestation of India’s unwa mise for the drug as he use. formal medical training, stockpile as an option for spokesman Suhail Shaheen
take on the “enemy” [virus], to be heard better. vering commitment to stand grasps for ways to sound “People have their health erupted at Mr. Fauci, raising doctors to consider for pa blamed the Afghanistan
in order to put the country Apparently responding to with Sri Lanka, in rain and in hopeful in the face of a to lose,” she said. “Your his voice and claiming the re tients who cannot get into government for delaying the
back on track. requests from former Mus shine,” the statement said. mounting death toll and heart could stop.” ports of studies he had col one of the studies. prisoner release. AFP
Cardinal Pell acquitted of sexual off ences Chad’s former
dictator under
Prince Harry and Meghan
Vatican welcomes the decision, says extreasurer waited for truth to emerge house arrest to start nonprofi t in U.S.
Reuters from Brisbane, ordered Mr. A few hours after Mr. Pell’s Associated Press
MELBOURNE Pell’s convictions be acquittal, Pope Francis of DAKAR They have planned many projects under the name Archewell
Australia’s highest court ac quashed and verdicts of ac fered his morning Mass for Former Chadian dictator
quitted former Vatican trea quittal be entered in their those who suff er from unjust Hissene Habre has been Agence France-Presse Telegraph said.
surer George Pell on Tues place, ending the most high sentences. Francis did not granted 60 days of home
London They have delayed releas
day of sexually assaulting profi le case of alleged histor mention Mr. Pell by name. arrest by Senegal’s Justice Prince Harry and his wife ing full details about it be
two teenaged choirboys in ical sex abuse to rock the Ro Ministry because of the Meghan Markle are planning cause of the COVID19 pan
the 1990s, freeing the 78 man Catholic Church. ‘Unjust sentences’ threat of COVID19 in the to launch a wideranging demic and will make an
yearold cardinal after 404 The seven judges of the “I would like to pray today prison where he is serving nonprofi t organisation announcement “when the
days in jail. High Court agreed unani for all those people who suff a life sentence. named Archewell, reports time is right”, they told the
The Vatican welcomed mously that the jury in the er unjust sentences resulting “Habre was not re on Tuesday said. paper.
the decision and praised Mr. cardinal’s trial “ought to from intransigence (against leased. Hissene Habre is The Duke and Duchess of Their proposals are for “a
Pell for having “waited for have entertained a doubt” them),” Pope Francis said, still in prison, it is simply Sussex told the Daily Tele- vast and ambitious array of
the truth to be ascertained”. about his guilt. Mr. Pell, who George Pell speaking extemporaneously the place of detention that graph newspaper they were projects” under the name
In a statement it said it al has maintained his inno at the start of the Mass. has changed,” Justice Mi establishing the organisa Archewell to replace their
ways had confi dence in Aus cence throughout the leng in a statement shortly before An investigation of Mr. nister Malick Sall said in tion in the U.S., where they Prince Harry and wife previous “Sussex Royal”
tralian justice, that Mr. Pell thy court process, cannot be he was driven away from the Pell by the Vatican was moot the announcement late are now based. Meghan in London, in this brand, it added.
had always maintained his retried on the charges. maximum security Barwon ed but never formally begun. Monday. “Habre is an inter The charitable organisa fi le photo. REUTERS
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The new name is report
innocence and that the Holy “I hold no ill will toward Prison near Melbourne. The Pope appointed Mr. national political prisoner tion will include emotional edly derived from the Greek
See reaffi rmed its “commit my accuser, I do not want my The verdict comes in the Pell to overhaul the Vatican’s who has been entrusted to support groups, a multime do something of meaning, to word Arche, meaning
ment to preventing and pur acquittal to add to the hurt middle of Holy Week, the pe vast fi nances in 2014 and has us by the international dia educational empire and do something that matters”. “source of action”, and was
suing all cases of abuse and bitterness so many feel; riod leading up to Easter, the withheld comment on the community his security is a wellbeing website among The couple fi led paper the inspiration behind the
against minors”. there is certainly hurt and most important day in the case throughout the trial and the responsibility of the other things. work for their new venture name of their son, Archie
The High Court, ruling bitterness enough,” Pell said Christian calendar. appeals. state of Senegal.” They said they wanted “to in the U.S. last month, the MountbattenWindsor.
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TikTok sees appeal growing during lockdowns Singer John Prine dies at 73
The app, owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, saw 65 million worldwide downloads in March The cause was complications from COVID19, said his family
William Grimes ble refrain “There’s a hole in
Agence France-Presse yearold children, was in shots — long the markers of
New York trigued when a friend sent the Instagram aesthetic — are John Prine, the raspyvoiced Daddy’s arm where all the
This is TikTok’s time. The so her a video. Soon, she had currently out of reach for countryfolk singer whose money goes”); Hello in
cial video platform which downloaded the app and most. ingenious lyrics to songs by There, a heartrending evo
was already a favourite of was posting clips herself. But the typical TikTok turns poignant, angry and cation of old age and loneli
teens is increasingly being “I said to myself: ‘Well, post does not require a beau comic made him a favourite ness; and Angel From Mont-
used by adults looking for this is something funny I tiful background, explained of Bob Dylan, Kris Kristoff er gomery, the hardluck
ways to pass the time during could do with the boys to Thibault Le Ouay, founder of son and others, died on lament of a middleaged wo
coronavirus lockdowns. pass the time, if only for fi f Pentos, a company that Tuesday at Vanderbilt Un man dreaming about a bet
Users post short videos — teen minutes’,” she said. helps brands with their mar iversity Medical Center in ter life, later made famous
no longer than 60 seconds Celebrities have joined keting strategy on the plat Nashville, Tennessee. He by Bonnie Raitt.
but often as short as 15 — to the fun too, from Jennifer Lo form. was 73. John Prine “He’s a true folk singer in
showcase their bitesize In sync: A fi le photo of two youths making a TikTok video on pez to Mariah Carey —even “On TikTok, you do a The cause was complica the best folk tradition,” Ms.
dance skills or share relata the terrace of their residence in Hyderabad. AFP *
82yearold Jane Fonda. dance in your own house,” tions from COVID19, his fa His debut album, called Raitt told Rolling Stone in
ble experiences with a hu Social media use is up he said. mily said. simply John Prine and re 1992.
morous twist. 800 million reported in Janu with more free time — as across the board as move Many videos on the plat Mr. Prine underwent can leased in 1971, included Dylan, listing his favourite
The application, owned ary by DataReportal, the app much of the world is encour ment is restricted around the form — a descendant of the cer surgery in 1998 to re songs that became his signa songwriters in a 2009 inter
by Chinese tech company is nearing a billion users aged to stay at home to stop world, but TikTok — already website Musical.ly — are move a tumour in his neck tures. Some gained wider view, put Mr. Prine front and
ByteDance, saw 65 million —though TikTok itself does the spread of the novel coro having a moment before the amateur performances of identifi ed as squamous cell fame after being recorded by centre. “Prine’s stuff is pure
worldwide downloads in not publish such data. navirus —are fi nally catching pandemic — is doing better short choreographed dances cancer, which had damaged other artists. Proustian existentialism...
March, according to analyt And though teens have on. than others. and lip syncs to song clips, his vocal cords. In 2013, he They included Sam Stone, Midwestern mind trips to
ics site SensorTower. been posting on the platform Cecile, stuck at home in Idyllic vacation views and repeated and riff ed on over had part of one lung re about a drugaddicted war the nth degree. He writes
In addition to the existing for months, it seems adults Paris with her six and three perfectly framed artistic and over. moved to treat lung cancer. veteran (with the unforgetta beautiful songs.” NY TIMES
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World faces new ‘Great Depression’ Google must pay news fi rms
IMF anticipates the worst economic fallout since the 1930s; 17 million workers lose jobs in U.S. for content, says France
Agence France-Presse
Washington 100 doctors Regulator tells tech giant to negotiate with publishers
World powers scrambled on
Thursday to build a global dead in Italy Agence France-Presse ing in a loss of visibility and
response to the human trage Paris potential ad revenue for the
dy and onceinacentury Agence France-Presse France’s competition regula publisher.
economic collapse caused by Rome tor said on Thursday that Media groups and news
the coronavirus epidemic, as One hundred Italian doc Google must start paying agency Agence France
death tolls in the U.S. and Eu tors have died of the coro media groups for displaying Presse lodged a complaint
rope soared higher. navirus so far, FNOMCeO their content, ordering it to with the competition regula
In a lockeddown New health association said. begin negotiations after re tor last November.
York, the UN Security Coun The toll includes retired fusing for months to comply The regulator said on
cil was to meet on the pan doctors the government with Europe’s new digital Google was told to conduct Thursday that “Google’s
demic for the fi rst time. And, began calling in a month copyright law. talks within three months. practices... were likely to
by video conference, EU Fi ago to help fi ght the virus The agency said it “re constitute an abuse of a do
nance Ministers are wran that has claimed 17,669 quires Google, within three blishers are compensated minant position, and caused
gling over how to bail out lives in Italy. Media reports months, to conduct negotia when their work is shown on serious and immediate harm
their worst hit members Italy estimate that 30 nurses tions in good faith with pu websites, search engines to the press sector”.
and Spain. and nursing assistance blishers and news agencies and social media platforms. Google said that since the
“We anticipate the worst have also died of COVID19. on the remuneration for the But Google, which eff ec new European copyright law
economic fallout since the reuse of their protected tively has a lock on Internet came into force in France
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Great Depression,” said IMF Keeping safe: A woman putting cloth masks for drying before distributing them for free in contents”. searches in Europe, refused last year it had been “engag
chief Kristalina Georgieva, Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. REUTERS “This injunction requires to comply, saying that snip ing with publishers to in
Spain sees
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warning that all but a hand that the negotiations eff ec pets of articles, pictures and crease our support and in
ful of countries will see in
comes fall and urging go
vernments to provide
Boris Johnson’s health ‘improving’ drop in deaths tively result in a proposal for
remuneration from Google”
that must be applied retroac
videos would be shown in
search results only if media
groups consent to let the
vestment in news”.
Google’s vicepresident
for News, Richard Gingras,
“lifelines” to businesses and Agence France-Presse country’s total toll to 7,978. Agence France-Presse tively to October 2019, when tech giant use them at no said in a statement: “We will
households alike. London The total number of cases Madrid France became the fi rst cost. comply with the (French
The U.S. Federal Reserve British Prime Minister Boris stood at 61,516. Spain’s daily death toll fell country to ratify the EU law. If they refuse, only a hea competition regulator's) or
tossed out just such a rescue Johnson’s health “continues Senior Ministers were to to 683 on Thursday, after The new rule on socalled dline and a bare link to the der while we review it and
to Americans, with chairman to improve” on his fourth discuss extending strict rising for two days. The toll “neighbouring rights” is de content will appear, Google continue those
Jerome Powell announcing day in COVID19 intensive social distancing measures was down from 757 on signed to ensure news pu said, almost certainly result negotiations”.
fi nancing facilities of $2.3 care, his spokesman said on rolled out on March 23, Wednesday.
trillion “to provide as much Thursday, while the during a daily coronavirus The country, one of the
relief and stability as we can
during this period of con
strained economic activity”.
government prepared to
extend a nationwide
lockdown. Boris Johnson
response meeting.
Foreign Secretary
Dominic Raab, who is
worst hit by the pandemic,
has now recorded 15,238
deaths. The number of dai
Oil producers put heads
He warned, however, that “The Prime Minister had standing in for Mr. Johnson, ly new cases also dropped
a good night and continues
to improve in intensive care
at St Thomas’ Hospital. He’s
Johnson’s health, there is
also concern over the
numbers of people infected
will lead the “war cabinet”.
However, Ministers have
made it clear no
slightly, bringing the total
to 1,52,446.
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together over output cuts
in good spirits,” the with the virus. announcement on the status Agence France-Presse Last week U.S. President
the U.S. economy is moving
“with alarming speed” to
spokesman said, adding that
Mr. Johnson was not
Britain announced
another 881 deaths of people
of the lockdown— rolled out
for an initial three weeks — ‘New cases London
Top oil producers started a
Donald Trump claimed Rus
sia and Saudi Arabia would
wards “very high unemploy
ment”. Another 6.6 million
working.
While much of the focus
testing positive for
coronavirus in Thursday’s
would be made until that
period has ended on drop in Iran’ crucial meeting on Thursday
to discuss a possible cut in
step back from their stand
off and agree to slash output.
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Agence France-Presse mand due to the coronavirus Arabia called for an urgent
new data showed on Thurs Tehran and a SaudiRussian price meeting of producers “to try
day, meaning that nearly 17 worldwide cases of the novel Trade Organization warning was reportedly released Iran’s Health Ministry on war caused the market to to reach a fair deal” to “sta
million workers have lost coronavirus since it spread of the “worst recession of from hospital, a moment of Thursday said 117 new crash. bilise the oil market” follow
their jobs since midMarch. from China earlier this year our lifetimes.” hope in a country with deaths took the total to The videoconference The headquarters of the ing a phone call between its
On the spiritual front, topped 1.5 million, according The worsthit countries in 17,669 dead. 4,110. But spokesman Kia meeting began between OPEC in Vienna. REUTERS
* Crown Prince Mohammed
Pope Francis was preparing to an AFP tally. More than Europe — the worsthit conti Madrid and Rome are noush Jahanpour said the OPEC, its OPEC+ allies, in bin Salman and Mr. Trump.
to celebrate Maundy Thurs 88,981 people have died. nent — are Italy and Spain, seeking assistance from EU latest fi gures showed there cluding Russia and other key The meeting is seen as the Thursday’s meeting in
day with The Mass of the where daily death tolls are partners to rebuild their eco was a downward trend in nonmembers. best chance of providing tends to conclude an agree
Lord's Supper, but he was to Worst recession now down from their peaks nomies. EU fi nance minis the number of new corona Oil prices rose sharply as support to prices which ment to cut production by
be unable to perform the tra Alongside the personal tra but still running high, des ters were to meet later virus infections. the meeting opened, extend have been wallowing near between 10 and 15 million
dition of washing the feet of gedies and the pressure on pite strict lockdowns. Thursday by videoconfe “We have identifi ed ing earlier big gains, but twodecade lows. barrels per day, Kuwait’s Oil
the faithful in case of overburdened hospitals, In Italy, the country's rence for crisis talks to try to 1,634 new cases, bringing then fell back again later to Experts warn that without Minister Khaled alFadhel
infection. there has been a stark eco youngest COVID19 patient, a agree terms to allow hardhit the total number of con post more modest gains as concerted action the com said in an interview with the
Meanwhile, the number of nomic toll, with the World twomonthold baby girl, members to access funds. fi rmed cases to 66,220.” nervous traders took profi ts. modity risks a steep selloff . Kuwaiti Al-Rai daily.
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‘Half a billion people face Spy chief Kadhemi named Iraq’s Saudiled ceasefi re in
poverty due to virus’ third PMdesignate this year Yemen’s long war begins
Richer countries should help: Oxfam No decision yet from Houthi leadership
Agence France-Presse nating speech, describing close ties to Iran, which en
Associated Press “The devastating eco Baghdad Mr. Kadhemi as someone joys vast infl uence in Bagh Agence France-Presse every truce they an
Space station crew London nomic fallout of the pan Iraqi President Barham Sa with integrity and reason. dad. Any candidate for the Riyadh nounce”.
dock at ISS Around half a billion people demic is being felt across leh nominated spy chief premiership, observers say, The Saudiled coalition be “The announcement of
ALMATY could be pushed into pover the globe,” said Jose Maria Mustafa Kadhemi on Thurs Widespread support must have a green light from gan a unilateral ceasefi re in this truce is to evade the
A three-man crew docked ty as a result of the econom Vera, Oxfam International day as the country’s third His nomination was attend Iraq’s Shiite, Kurdish and Yemen’s long war on Thurs true national vision that off
successfully at the ic fallout from the pandemic interim executive director. Prime Ministerdesignate ed by Ministers, political riv Sunni communities — as well day, saying it hoped the in ers real solutions,” he said,
International Space Station unless richer countries take “But for poor people in poor this year, moments after his als and even the UN repre as Iran and its rival, the U.S. itiative to prevent coronavi referring to a roadmap for
on Thursday. Anatoly “urgent action” to help de countries who are already predecessor ended his bid to sentative in Iraq, indicating Mr. Kadhemi was able to rus would lead to a wider peace that the rebels un
Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of veloping nations, a leading struggling to survive there form a government. widespread support for Mr. secure that support after political solution. veiled on Wednesday.
Roscosmos and NASA’s Chris
aid organisation warned on are almost no safety nets to Mr. Kadhemi, the 53year Kadhemi that neither of the weeks of lobbying that The Iranbacked Houthi If the ceasefi re does hold,
Cassidy reached the ISS at
Thursday. stop them falling into pover