Flights canceled as Britain braces for Storm Dennis

Published On: February 15, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Feb 15:  Flights have been canceled and the army drafted in as Britain prepares for Storm Dennis with the authorities warning of heavy rain and flooding in parts of England.

MUNICH, Feb 15:  Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, adding that while he isn’t proposing lifting sanctions they have changed nothing about Russia’s behavoir.

Enormous waves race across Atlantic, UK braces for storm

Published On: February 15, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, Feb 15: Enormous waves churned across the North Atlantic on Saturday as Britain braces for a second straight weekend of wild winter weather and flooding that’s already seen the army deployed to help out residents in northern England and the Royal Navy assist in a search and rescue operation.

BAMAKO, Feb 15:  At least 31 people were killed on Friday in an attack on a village that was the scene last year of Mali’s worst civilian massacre in recent memory, the government said.

Haiti officials say 15 children died in residence fire

Published On: February 15, 2020 06:10 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 15: A fire swept through a Haitian children’s home run by a Pennsylvania-based religious nonprofit group, killing 15 children, officials said Friday.

TOKYO, Feb 15: Another 67 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Saturday.

New virus has infected more than 67,000 people globally

Published On: February 15, 2020 02:26 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Feb 15: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 67,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

BEIJING, Feb 14: More than 1,700 Chinese medical workers have been infected by the new virus that has killed nearly 1,400 people and spread to other parts of Asia and as far as the U.S. and Europe, a senior Chinese official announced Friday.

Trump to woo Indian executives during New Delhi visit

Published On: February 14, 2020 05:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Feb 14:  U.S. President Donald Trump will meet executives of large Indian companies with interests in the United States as he looks to drum up investments during his visit to New Delhi this month.

Trump says he might keep others from listening in on calls

Published On: February 14, 2020 02:52 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Feb 14: President Donald Trump said Thursday that he might end the long-running practice of letting other administration officials listen in on presidential calls with foreign leaders. That’s after Trump’s impeachment was triggered by his July phone call with the president of Ukraine.