Brexit no detour for migrants hoping to cross Channel to UK

Migrants and refugees waiting by the French side of the English Channel say Brexit hasn’t derailed their determination to cross over to pursue better lives in Britain. Mingled alongside police officers

This Day in History | 1966 – Soviets land probe on Moon

The Russians have made the first controlled landing of a spacecraft on the Moon. Luna 9 made its “soft” landing at 2145 Moscow time (1845 GMT). The probe immediately began taking pictures

Offbeat | Florida man mistakenly pumps gas onto the deck of his boat

Mistakenly inserting a fuel nozzle into a fishing pole slot, a Florida man pumped $60 worth of gasoline onto the deck of his boat and the ground of a gas

The Buzz | 20 dead in stampede at Tanzania church service

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 yesterday. The stampede was

World Briefs

AUSTRALIA Dozens of homes were destroyed overnight in Australia’s southeast but the wildfire threat had diminished by yesterday across New South Wales state and around the national capital Canberra, officials

When will there be a coronavirus vaccine? 5 questions answered

Is there a vaccine under development for the coronavirus? Work has begun at multiple organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, to develop a vaccine for this new strain of coronavirus,

Europe evacuates citizens from China, Russia shuts border

LISBON - European countries stepped up efforts today (Thursday) to contain the virus sweeping through central China, sending a chartered plane there to evacuate hundreds of citizens, scrapping more commercial

EU to repatriate 600 citizens seeking to flee China virus

BRUSSELS — The European Union is working to repatriate about 600 citizens from 14 EU countries seeking to leave China because of a spreading new virus that has already killed

Prince Andrew called uncooperative in Jeffrey Epstein probe

Britain’s Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex trafficking probe into Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. prosecutor said

This Day in History | 1987 – Aquino suppresses rebel uprising

President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino has forced a group of heavily armed rebels occupying a television station to surrender. Her troops fired tear gas into the Channel 7 building in

Offbeat | Animal shelter says ‘world’s worst cat’ is up for adoption

The “world’s worst cat” is available for adoption — just ask the Mitchell County Animal Rescue organization in North Carolina. The shelter about 55 miles (89 kilometers) northeast of Asheville is

European Union to evacuate citizens from China

The European Union is dispatching two flights to evacuate at least 350 healthy European citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan as a deadly new flu spreads in the region. The

Hong Kong famous frozen dumplings tested for swine fever

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) is following up on the detection of the virus that causes African swine fever in the products of a well-known frozen food brand from Hong

Lowest temperature of this winter recorded

A temperature of 7.9 degrees Celsius was recorded yesterday morning at 8 a.m. in Macau, according to the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG). This marks the lowest temperature registered this winter.

World Briefs

CHINA demanded that a major Danish newspaper, which angered Muslims worldwide by publishing drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in 2006, apologizes for a cartoon on the new virus outbreak in

Portugal police: Banker in Angola scandal hangs himself

A Portuguese banker named in a major Angolan money-laundering and corruption scandal has died in apparent suicide at home, police said yesterday. Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, named as a

Offbeat | Judge deals blow to woman charged for being topless at home

A judge refused to overturn part of Utah's lewdness law Tuesday in a blow to a woman who's fighting criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her

This Day in History | 1969 – LSE closes over student clashes

The London School of Economics has been closed following violent protests by students angry at the installation of steel security gates. Police were called in to try to break

World briefs

SINGAPORE The outbreak of a SARS-like virus that’s killed at least 17 people appeared in the Asian financial hub of Singapore, as Chinese health officials scrambled to halt its spread. Travel

The Buzz | Police bust ring accused of smuggling 10,000 migrants to UK

French and Dutch police have arrested 23 suspected members of a criminal network that has smuggled as many as 10,000 migrants from France to Britain, according to the European

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