5.56am GMT05:56 Authorities have confirmed that China’s coastal city of Shantou in Guangdong province, over 500 miles away from Wuhan, will be the next city to be put on lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. People, cars and ships … Continue reading Coronavirus outbreak: death toll rises to 56 as US plans to evacuate citizens – updates | Science

Halfway through a dinner at the Trump Hotel, US President Donald Trump can be heard giving the order to remove the US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, according to a video that surfaced on Saturday. The video, obtained by Reuters … Continue reading Tape surfaces of Trump calling for envoy’s firing

Employees wearing protective masks stand outside the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park that has been closed, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2020. REUTERS/James Pomfret SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s popular amusement parks Disneyland and Ocean … Continue reading Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park to be closed from Sunday to help prevent spread of virus: CCTV

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters who gathered in the crowded shopping hub of Mong Kok on Saturday night at the site of a 2016 protest that marked a violent turn by … Continue reading Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse Mong Kok protesters

Since late December, more than 800 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. Source link Continue reading Maps show where coronavirus started and why officials are so worried

Scrapping the HS2 rail project will cost at least £12 billion in write-offs and compensation and plunge major construction companies into financial peril, ministers are being warned. Sources close to the beleaguered scheme told the Observer that extra costs of … Continue reading Revealed: the £12bn bill for scrapping high-speed rail link | UK news

COMMENT | Ultimately our decisions have little to do with logic and much to do with emotional needs and unrealistic perceptions. Source link Continue reading Rats! Look what the cat dragged in

The Election Reform Committee’s (ERC) proposal to introduce a “proportional representation” election system has one glaring flaw – it still doesn’t make every vote equal. To recap, the proposed system involves voting for parties instead of individual candidates. Seats in … Continue reading overcoming Article 46 hurdle for true proportionality

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. war veteran group is “expecting” an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his comments that downplayed traumatic brain injuries, an official said on Friday. Speaking in Davos on Wednesday, Trump said he did not … Continue reading U.S. veteran group ‘expects’ Trump apology for brain injury comment

British billionaire Mike Ashley has been struggling to offload the team in recent years. (Bloomberg pic) LONDON:A Saudi Arabia-led investor group is in talks to buy Newcastle United, the Premier League soccer team owned by British billionaire Mike Ashley, for … Continue reading Saudi-led investor group said in talks to buy Newcastle United

Former Canadian cabinet minister Peter MacKay criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he officially announced he is running to be leader of Canada’s Conservative Party Source link Continue reading Peter MacKay begins bid to lead Canada’s Conservative party

It should be one of Australia’s premier tourist destinations – a remote Indian ocean island with beautiful palm-fringed beaches, coral reefs, turquoise waters and fascinating wildlife. Instead, Christmas Island has made its name as a notorious prison, home to a … Continue reading Inside Christmas Island: the Australian detention centre with four asylum seekers and a $26m price tag | Australia news