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Warren offers infectious-disease plan amid China outbreak

By WILL WEISSERT | January 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced a plan to prevent, contain and treat infectious diseases as a new viral illness spreads in China.The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday unveiled a plan that includes...

US, others prepare evacuations as virus spreads from China

By JOE McDONALD | January 28, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people.Hong Kong's leader said it will cut all rail links to mainland...

Western powers won’t mediate Kosovo’s domestic politics

January 28, 2020

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Western powers said Tuesday they would not get involved in mediation between Kosovo’s two main winning parties in the last election that have yet not concluded coalition talks.A statement from the embassies of France, Germany,...

Experts say UK should lower salary threshold for immigrants

January 28, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A panel of immigration experts says Britain should lower the salary threshold for immigrants after Brexit and urged the government to quickly set up new migration rules once the U.K. leaves the European Union.The Conservative government...

Greece ex-captain Zagorakis expelled from political group

January 28, 2020

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Former Greece football captain Theo Zagorakis has been expelled from the country's conservative group of European Parliament members following a public dispute over his former club team PAOK.Zagorakis, 48, captained Greece to its...

Threatening message found in condo of woman who shot 3

January 28, 2020

LISLE, Ill. (AP) — A cryptic and threatening message has been found written on the wall of a condominium belonging to a woman who fatally shot a retired Illinois State Trooper and wounded two other men at a suburban Chicago cigar lounge, authorities...

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and ALEXANDRA OLSON | January 28, 2020

Businesses around the world that have grown increasingly reliant on big-spending tourists from China are taking a heavy hit, with tens of millions of Chinese residents restricted from leaving their country as the coronavirus spreads.Hotels, airlines,...

Britain’s EU Journey: When Brexit chaos ensued

By PAN PYLAS | January 28, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum.Difficult negotiations setting out the new relationship between Britain...

The Latest: Fuss over Thai navy officers’ return from China

January 28, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):8:25 p.m.A Thai navy spokesman says 20 officers sent to Wuhan to oversee construction of Thailand's first new submarine have returned home after the Chinese city was...

Report alleges killings in Burundi as elections draw near

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | January 28, 2020

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Repression has intensified in Burundi as the country prepares to hold elections, according to a human rights research group.Abductions and killings target the government's political opponents in rural areas where the crimes are...

‘Confused and angry’: Brexit unsettles EU citizens in the UK

By JILL LAWLESS and JO KEARNEY | January 28, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Anxious, angry, abandoned. Brexit elicits strong emotions, and as Britain’s departure from the European Union approaches, more than 3 million U.K. residents who are citizens of EU countries are feeling the impending separation more strongly...

Moderate quake shakes western Turkey, no injuries reported

January 28, 2020

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook buildings in western Turkey on Tuesday, sending people running into the streets for safety, Turkish media reports said. Authorities said there were no immediate reports of any injury or major damage.The...