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Trump's expanded travel ban targets Nigeria, five other countries

U.S. President Donald Trump will issue an expanded version of his travel ban on Friday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries, U.S. officials said, a move that could affect thousands of people and reignite debate over whether the policy is discriminatory. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GEnIh8

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 31, 2020

Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner : Brexit is done, but the EU is readying another battle for Britain A few hours from now, at 6 p.m. EST, Britain will no longer be a member of the European Union. It's a big victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but one he won't be able to savor for long. A major battle for the economic future of Britain and the EU is now set to begin. It's a battle in which the EU holds a distinctly political objective. The key here is that President Emmanuel Macron of France and the EU executive leadership are determined to show that it is better to be inside the EU club than outside of it. Macron's fear is that Britain will now ease the burden of its regulatory and tax regimes, thus incentivizing foreign investment and expanded trade. And that this success will harm less efficient EU economies. Read more .... Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 31, 2020 After UK leaves EU on January 31, what will change? -- Alasdair Lane,...

World News Briefs -- January 31, 2020 (Evening Edition)

Jubilant Brexiteers heralded the moment with celebrations across the country, including a flagship bash in London's Parliament Square (pictured) where Nigel Farage led a chorus of God Save The Queen Daily Mail: Got Brexit done! The UK finally leaves the EU as Britons across the country celebrate in jubilant scenes as the clock hits 11pm - from Nigel Farage in Parliament Square to ordinary people up and down the nation * On the stroke of 11pm, the UK officially divorced from the bloc after three years of bitter political struggle * Brexiteers heralded the moment with celebrations, including a flagship bash in London's Parliament Square * The last moments were ticked off in a light show projected on to the famous black door of Downing Street * The Prime Minister hailed the 'moment of hope, a moment many people thought would never come' Britain has ushered in a new chapter outside the European Union as Brexit was at last delivered, drawing a line under 47 years ...

Snow prompts many area schools to release early Friday - WLOS

Snow prompts many area schools to release early Friday    WLOS Mixed weekend showers    WBNG-TV You'll be able to see the sun again this weekend    WTMJ-TV CBSMiami.com Weather 1/31 6AM    CBS Miami RED BANK: Weekend weather outlook? We don't hate it.    redbankgreen View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3aYIZA2

'A lot of chaos': State Department says it will fly Americans back from Wuhan, but questions remain - USA TODAY

'A lot of chaos': State Department says it will fly Americans back from Wuhan, but questions remain    USA TODAY Britons on evacuation flight from Wuhan tell of relief and confusion    The Guardian Coronavirus: British mum and son back safely from Wuhan    BBC News India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid coronavirus outbreak    Reuters India Wuhan coronavirus: Woman says UK told her to leave behind son, age 3 - Business Insider    Business Insider View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3b5z3oz

Pope at Mass: worldliness, a slow slide into sin - Vatican News

Pope at Mass: worldliness, a slow slide into sin    Vatican News Pope chats at Vatican with president of Argentine homeland    Yahoo News Pope Francis: Elderly have a role in God's saving plan    Vatican News What it's like to get to know your bishop on pilgrimage    America Magazine Drag queen hopes to meet Pope Francis in drag, challenge him to accept gay ‘marriage’    Lifesite View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/38VQBRV

WHO Declares Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency, Highlights Need to Support Countries ‘Weaker Health Systems’

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 (IPS) - Weeks into widespread panic about the "Coronavirus" that has so far killed at least 170 people in China, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared it a public health emergency. As of Friday, the disease had spread to all the regions in Mainland China, with more than 7,500 cases in the country alone, according to the BBC .  Read the full story, “WHO Declares Coronavirus a Public Health Emergency, Highlights Need to Support Countries ‘Weaker Health Systems’”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/31cui85

'Every day it got worse': Evacuee describes Wuhan lockdown

The English teacher now faces two weeks in quarantine in Wirral after evacuation from the Chinese city A English teacher who has lived in Wuhan for the last four years described his long journey back to the UK after being evacuated on Friday. Speaking from his room at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, where he and 82 other Britons will be quarantined for two weeks in NHS staff accommodation, he said he was “very tired” after a 30 hour journey but grateful to have been evacuated. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GJLckY

Senate races toward Trump acquittal as Democrats warn of lawless presidency

McConnell appears confident in bid to avoid witnesses as House managers launch last-ditch effort The Senate Republican majority on Thursday raced toward an early end to what would be the fastest presidential impeachment trial in US history by half, fighting to block witnesses as Democrats sounded dire warnings about the imminent advent of a lawless presidency remade in the image of Donald Trump. The disposition of a crucial vote expected on Friday on whether to call witnesses was unclear as the senators broke for dinner on Thursday. As many as three Republican senators appeared to be ready to vote in favor of witnesses, but the support of that trio was far from certain, and all three votes would only be enough to create a tie vote on the question. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3aTyI89

Here are the lawmakers who defected on Iran legislation | TheHill - The Hill

Here are the lawmakers who defected on Iran legislation | TheHill    The Hill U.S. House passes measures seeking to pull war powers back from Trump    Reuters House backs measures asserting congressional war powers    Los Angeles Times GOP fumes over Democrats' maneuver for bringing up Iran bills | TheHill    The Hill View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2tUWdxa

House Votes 'No War Against Iran,' In Rebuke To Trump - NPR

House Votes 'No War Against Iran,' In Rebuke To Trump    NPR House approves war powers legislation pulling authority back to Congress    Politico Iraq: In the shadow of US-Iran tensions | Talk to Al Jazeera In the Field    Al Jazeera English House of Representatives passes two measures limiting Trump's ability to go to war with Iran    CNBC After Soleimani killing, U.S. braced for Iranian drone and missile strikes    NBC News View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2S9vtkC

1st case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus in the US confirmed - fox5sandiego.com

1st case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus in the US confirmed    fox5sandiego.com First US case of coronavirus transmitted person-to-person is confirmed    USA TODAY First person-to-person transmission of coronavirus reported in the United States    The Verge Worried about cornovirus? Let's talk flu    KARE 11 US reports its 1st case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus    Al Jazeera English View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RJDSfz

700,000 Syrians flee intensifying bombing, U.S. envoy warns - NBCNews.com

700,000 Syrians flee intensifying bombing, U.S. envoy warns    NBCNews.com Syria war: Rebel-held Idlib 'hit by 200 air strikes in three days'    BBC News At least 21 killed in air raid in Syria's Idlib    Al Jazeera English Warplanes kill 10, strike hospital in Syrian offensive    ABC News International crisis looms as 700,000 flee Syria’s Idlib - U.S. envoy    The Washington Post View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3aUDFgY

UN Security Council urges immediate end to fighting in Yemen

The U.N. Security Council called Thursday for an immediate end to a “significant” escalation in fighting in Yemen between Houthi Shiite rebels and the Saudi-led military coalition supporting the government. The council statement followed a briefing Tuesday by the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/317BSkl

China virus death toll tops 200 as WHO declares global emergency

The death toll in China from the new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday, with overall cases worldwide rising rapidly in an outbreak that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uRP3tl

China says death toll from coronavirus outbreak rises to 213

China's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Friday the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the country rose to 213 as of end-Thursday, with another 1,982 new cases confirmed. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uIJjCh

WHO declares global emergency as China virus death toll reaches 170

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was declaring the coronavirus outbreak that has killed 170 people in China a global emergency, as cases spread to at least 18 countries. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/3aSu4aF

Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop as virus fear mount worldwide

Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines' pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38WzLCG

Trump vows to reverse course on deportations of Iraqi Christians

U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Thursday during a speech in Michigan to reverse course on some deportations of Iraqi Christians whom his administration sought to remove earlier in his term, but gave no specifics. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O9B6hi

Charter flight carrying South Koreans from Wuhan arrives home

A charter flight carrying 367 South Koreans from Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China, landed at the Gimpo International Airport on Friday, South Korea's foreign ministry said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GEmdzm

China has confidence and capability to win the war against coronavirus: foreign ministry

China has confidence and capability to win the war against the new coronavirus, said the country's foreign ministry spokeswoman in responding to the World Health Organization (WHO)'s decision to declare the virus outbreak in China as a global emergency. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/36BUWIs

New Challenges to Growth in Latin America & the Caribbean

WASHINGTON DC, Jan 30 (IPS) - Alejandro Werner is Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean stagnated in 2019, continuing with the weak growth momentum of the previous five years and adding more urgency and new challenges to reignite growth. Read the full story, “New Challenges to Growth in Latin America & the Caribbean”, on globalissues.org → from Global Issues News Headlines https://ift.tt/2uOqtcO

World News Briefs -- January 29, 2020 (Evening Edition)

Reuters: WHO to reconsider declaring global emergency as China virus evacuations begin BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) - Foreign governments flew their citizens out of the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, as the number of deaths jumped to 133 and the World Health Organization voiced “grave concern” about person-to-person spread in three other countries. The WHO said its Emergency Committee would reconvene behind closed doors on Thursday to decide whether the rapid spread of the new virus from China now constitutes a global emergency. “In the last few days the progress of the virus especially in some countries, especially human-to-human transmission, worries us,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva, naming Germany, Vietnam and Japan. Read more .... MIDDLE EAST Fire erupts on Panama-flagged oil tanker off UAE coast. Syria war: Army 'recaptures' key town from opposition in Idlib. Turkey's Erdogan says Russia...

Coronavirus live updates: death toll jumps to 170 amid evacuation delays for foreign nationals

WHO says whole world must be on alert for Wuhan virus as UK citizens in Hubei told they will not be flown out on Thursday. Follow the latest news and live updates Whole world must be ready to deal with coronavirus, says WHO Japan and US fly citizens home as China death toll jumps 12.25am GMT Australian authorities are holding a press conference on the country’s response to the virus outbreak, including quarantining any citizens airlifted out of China on Christmas Island for 14 day. The island is where Australia has previously detained refugees and asylum arriving in the country by boat. 11.58pm GMT Let’s have a look at those new figures that have been announced. The total number of deaths is confirmed to be 170 . This is up from 132 reported on Wednesday, and is a rise of of 29%. Infections now stand at 7,183, up from 5,974 – a rise of 20%. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2u2zuir

Remain in Mexico: 80% of migrants in Trump policy are victims of violence

Asylum seekers sent to Mexico to wait US court hearings under Trump scheme routinely targeted for abduction, survey finds A staggering 80% of asylum seekers sent to Mexico to await US court hearings report being victims of violence, according a survey by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). In one month – September – three-quarters of asylum seekers seen by MSF physicians in Nuevo Laredo reported having been kidnapped for ransom, according to the figures released on Wednesday. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2O9IU2q

Bridget McKenzie granted $500,000 to Coalition colleague's Northern Territory gun club

Former senator Nigel Scullion is also a shooting enthusiast and funds were announced shortly before May 2019 election Bridget McKenzie gave a $500,000 grant to the Northern Territory shooting club of Nigel Scullion, her former Coalition colleague and fellow shooting enthusiast. Guardian Australia also understands that the club’s application for the grant was initially given a low score of 60 out of 100 by Sport Australia, well below the 74-point cut-off identified by the auditor-general as necessary for projects to be awarded money. Continue reading... from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3aTLV0T

Amid coronavirus outbreak, plane evacuates U.S. citizens from Wuhan, China - CBS News

Amid coronavirus outbreak, plane evacuates U.S. citizens from Wuhan, China    CBS News US evacuees from China land at California military base as coronavirus outbreak grows    CNN American evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined    CNN View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RFYaGN

Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name - The Guardian

Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name    The Guardian Good News from the Apocalypse Desk    National Review Greta Thunberg files trademark for her name and movement    Washington Examiner Greta Thunberg seeks to trademark her name to stem misuse    Reuters Climate change activist Greta Thunberg applies to trademark her name    NBC News View full coverage on Google News from World - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2RDCD1q

Ukraine’s ex-prosecutor who led Burisma investigation demands criminal probe of Biden

Former top prosecutor of Ukraine, Viktor Shokin, has filed a criminal complaint with the state authorities, claiming former US Vice President Joe Biden strong-armed Kiev into firing him in order to stop the Burisma investigation. In the complaint Shokin sent to the Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) on Monday, the former prosecutor requests that Biden be charged with “interference with the activities of a law enforcement officer.” The document was obtained by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. Shokin urged the SBI to kick-start a pre-trial investigation into the alleged crime committed by Biden, who he claims was illegally pressuring Ukrainian officials into ousting him from office while using a $1 billion loan guarantee as a leverage. Also on rt.com Joe Biden’s past strong-arming in Ukraine is coming back to haunt him Noting that Biden, in his official capacity as the second-in-command in the US political hierarchy, repeatedly visited Ukraine in late 2015 and earl...

PACE ratifies full credentials of Russian delegation, rejecting five-nation challenge

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has once again confirmed that Russia's delegation enjoys full rights within the international body, after they were challenged by five member nations, led by Lithuania. PACE delegates overwhelmingly voted to confirm Russia's credentials on Wednesday: 96 of them supported the move, with 44 votes against it and seven abstentions. A challenge on "substantial grounds" was raised earlier this week by Lithuanian delegate Emanuelis Zingeris, who claimed that Moscow supposedly does not comply with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights. Other issues were raised as well, related to Crimea and ability of certain Russian MPs to represent it. The UK and Ukraine led the way in backing the complaint. Also on rt.com PACE invites Russia back to European human rights body The Russian delegation was pleased with the outcome of the vote, its leader Pyotr Tolstoy told reporters, while denouncing the proposed a...

Democrats' early 2020 blitz to strike in Texas flops

If Texas is going to be competitive in 2020, the first race wasn't. Democrats went all-in on a legislative runoff in the booming Houston suburbs, drumming up endorsements from Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren and putting $1 million on the ground. “They made a big mistake by nationalizing," said Republican strategist Karl Rove, the former adviser to President George W. Bush. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3aV5t4Y

WHO to reconsider declaring global emergency as China virus evacuations begin

Foreign governments flew their citizens out of the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, as the number of deaths jumped to 133 and the World Health Organization voiced "grave concern" about person-to-person spread in three other countries. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U86zEA

China virus evacuations begin as death toll rises at outbreak epicenter

Foreign governments began flying their citizens out of China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, as authorities said the death toll there had topped 160. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2u4RHft