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Northern Star

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...

Ecuador president slammed for ugly words about harassment

By GONZALO SOLANO | February 2, 2020

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's President Lenín Moreno has scrambled to apologize for comments suggesting women tend to complain about sexual harassment when it comes from ugly people.In a speech to investors Friday in the port city of Guayaquil, Moreno...

Pompeo, in Kazakhstan, warns of China’s growing reach

By MATTHEW LEE | February 2, 2020

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday pressed Kazakhstan to be wary of Chinese investment and influence, urging the Central Asian nation and others to join calls demanding an end to China's repression of minorities.Bringing...

Britain to seek Canada-style free trade deal with EU

By GREGORY KATZ | February 2, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Two days after Brexit, British officials pushed the European Union on Sunday for a Canada-style free trade arrangement as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson geared up for a key speech to spell out his government's negotiating stance.Foreign...

20 dead in stampede at Tanzania church service

By Associated Press | February 2, 2020

DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Twenty people have died and a dozen others were injured in a stampede during a church meeting in the northern Tanzanian city of Moshi, the government said Sunday.The stampede was caused by church faithful being ushered to pass...

Eritrea expresses ‘dismay’ at new US visa restrictions

February 2, 2020

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The East African nation of Eritrea on Sunday expressed “dismay at this unfriendly act” after the Trump administration included it in the latest six countries to face U.S. visa restrictions.Eritrea's information ministry asserted...

Fears of new virus trigger anti-China sentiment worldwide

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | February 1, 2020

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A scary new virus from China has spread around the world. So has rising anti-Chinese sentiment, calls for a full travel ban on Chinese visitors and indignities for Chinese and other Asians.Restaurants in South Korea, Japan,...

Police: 2 dead, 1 wounded in shooting after Florida funeral

February 1, 2020

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted after a funeral Saturday in Florida, killing a teenager and a man and leaving one other person wounded, police said.Riviera Beach police said in a statement that the shooting happened near the Victory City...

Mississippi inmate tries to hang self in cell, attorney says

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | February 1, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate tried to hang himself at a troubled Mississippi prison and was taken down by a state trooper, an attorney said in court papers filed Saturday.Casey L. Austin is one of the attorneys representing inmates in a federal lawsuit...

Kansas Senate rivals try to minimize Kobach’s ties to Trump

By JOHN HANNA | February 1, 2020

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Hardline conservative Kris Kobach tried Saturday to reassure his fellow Kansas Republicans that if they nominate him for the U.S. Senate, they wouldn't have to worry that he'd lose to a Democrat again because no one is closer than...

Quarantines await Europeans flown home amid virus outbreak

February 1, 2020

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European governments ramped up flights Saturday to bring their citizens back from China amid the outbreak of a new virus that has sickened thousands of people.A German air force plane arrived in Frankfurt carrying 128 passengers...

Nigeria to address issues that led to visa restrictions

By SAM OLUKOYA | February 1, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) —Nigeria's government pledged Saturday to try to address security issues the Trump administration cited in its decision to stop granting immigration visas to people from Africa's most populous nation.Immigrants from Nigeria and three...