Day: January 24, 2020

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

US investigating second suspected case of Chinese virus

6:05 am January 24, 2020

Houston: Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a new and deadly Chinese virus, officials said Thursday. Brazos County, northwest of Houston, “is investigating a suspected case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV),” officials wrote in a statement on Facebook. “The patient traveled from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus […]

'Sopranos' actress Annabella Sciorra tells Harvey Weinstein trial: 'He raped me'

‘Sopranos’ actress Sciorra tells Weinstein trial: ‘He raped me’

5:55 am January 24, 2020

New York: “The Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra’s voice cracked as she told a court Thursday that being raped by Harvey Weinstein left her feeling like she was having “a seizure” and caused her to self-harm. In emotional testimony at Weinstein’s trial, Sciorra described how he barged into her New York apartment late at night in […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Trump invites Netanyahu to US for peace plan talks

5:47 am January 24, 2020

Jerusalem: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election rival to Washington next week to discuss Donald Trump’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. The White House said the talks would take place on Tuesday. “President Trump asked me to extend an invitation to Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

Hundreds of Central American migrants cross into Mexico

5:38 am January 24, 2020

Ciudad Hidalgo (Mexico): Hundreds of Central American migrants surged into Mexico Thursday, wading unopposed across a river on the Guatemalan border where Mexican troops had used tear gas earlier in the week to keep them back, AFP journalists at the scene reported. Once on the other side of the Suchiate River, the migrants quickly formed […]

Death toll rises to 11 in Spain as Storm Gloria ebbs

5:32 am January 24, 2020

Barcelona: The death toll from a violent storm that has wrought havoc across huge swathes of Spain’s eastern and southern coastline rose to 11 on Thursday, with rescue workers still searching for four people. The latest victim was a 50-year-old man who was fishing in coastal Ametlla de Mar, according to civil protection authorities in […]

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