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China’s Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust

February 2, 2020

JERUSALEM (AP) — China's acting ambassador to Israel apologized on Sunday after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid fears of a new virus from China to the turning away of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.Dai...

Pompeo says US can supply Belarus with 100% of oil, gas

By MATTHEW LEE | February 1, 2020

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that the United States is willing and able to provide Belarus with 100% of its oil and gas, taking a slap at Russia which recently cut off supplies.Pompeo is the first secretary...

U.S. evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base

By AMY TAXIN | January 31, 2020

RIVERSIDE, California (AP) — Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are "very relieved' to be quarantined at a military base in Southern California for two weeks, one of them said Friday.“All of us really want to stay here...

US bars foreigners coming from China for now over virus fear

By KEN MORITSUGU and ZEKE MILLER | January 31, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Friday declared a public health emergency and took drastic steps to significantly restrict entry into the country because of a new virus that hit China and has spread to other nations.President Donald Trump has...

Pompeo plays clean-up in Ukraine as Trump trial nears end

By MATTHEW LEE | January 31, 2020

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As the Senate lurched toward a vote to acquit President Donald Trump on impeachment charges, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo played clean-up in the country at the center of the inquiry on Friday.Visiting Ukraine, Pompeo denied the...

The Latest: Singapore to bar all visitors from China

January 31, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):7 p.m.Singapore will bar all visitors from China, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to tighten border controls to stop the spread of a new virus.The health...

Evacuated American says Chinese city was like a ghost town

January 31, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Jarred Evans, a professional football player in China, is used to wearing a helmet and shoulder pads. But in the wake of a deadly viral outbreak, he's switched to a mask and medical gloves.“When you're dealing with life and...

China wants Danish daily to apologize for virus cartoon

By JAN M. OLSEN | January 28, 2020

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — China demanded Monday that a major Danish newspaper, which angered Muslims worldwide by publishing drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in 2005, apologizes for a cartoon on the new virus outbreak in China.Jyllands-Posten’s chief...

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,...

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...

Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | January 27, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that's the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to try to stop the spread of the virus.A look at steps...

Nighttime rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad injured 1

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | January 27, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — A top U.S. commander said on Monday mortars were used in an attack on the American embassy in Baghdad that injured one person and caused some material damage the previous night, not katyusha rockets as was initially reported by staffers...