US to evacuate its citizens from China virus epicenter

161 WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is arranging aflight to evacuate personnel and American citizens trapped at the epicentreof a deadly virus in central China, the US State Department said. The flight will leave on Tuesday from Wuhan and take people to SanFrancisco, the department said in…

One year on, Brazil town remembers 270 killed in dam breach

BRUMADINHO (Brazil), Jan 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Residents of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil paid homage to the 270 people killed one yearago when a nearby dam burst, spewing millions of tons of mining waste over homes and farmland in one of the country’s worst industrial accidents. Still in mourning for the…

Heads of European Council, European Commission sign Brexit deal

Ursula von der Leyen signs the agreement as Michel Barnier and Charles Michel look on BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heads of the European Council and the European Commission on Friday signed on Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) later this month. “.@eucopresident Charles Michel and I have just…

No more birth tourism: United States limits visas to pregnant women

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — In the latest immigration control measure, the United States said it would no longer issue temporary visitor visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the country for so-called “birth tourism.”In announcing the rule change, which takes effect Friday, the White House said foreigners were using…

US Pres Trump to sign trade accord with Mexico, Canada next week: White House

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump will sign the new North American trade pact with Mexico and Canada next week, a White House official said. The USMCA, the fruit of years of negotiation between the three key tradingpartners, is billed as an update to the 1994 North…

Update: Two more people test positive for Wuhan virus in Singapore; total of 3 confirmed cases – MOH

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (NNN-CNA) — Two more people have tested positive for the Wuhan virus in Singapore, bringing the total number of cases to three, the Ministry of Health said. The new patients include the 37-year-old son of the first confirmed case, MOH said in a media briefing on Friday afternoon. …

Mexican security forces detain 800 Central American migrants

FRONTERA HIDALGO (Mexico), Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexican authorities adopted tougher measures against Central American migrants, detaining 800 of them who had entered Mexico illegally from Guatemala intending to reach the border with the United States. Mexico is under intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to contain mass movements…

Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence

A demonstrator carries an Iraqi flag during ongoing anti-government protests BASRA, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Iraqi demonstrator was shot dead in the southern city of Basra overnight, a security source and the human rights commission said, the latest in a string of protester deaths. The anti-government demonstrations rocking the Iraqi…

Australia to probe crash that killed three US firefighters

NSW Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian confirming to the media that three US residents died in a firefighting aircraft crash in the Snowy Mountains region SYDNEY, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police investigators will join a probe into the crash of a firefighting plane that killed three American crew helping to battle…

Update: US investigating second suspected case of Chinese virus

Security guards patrol outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China HOUSTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a deadly Chinese virus, namely a college student who had recently returned from the city at the heart of the outbreak.…