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UK warns against all but "essential" travel to Wuhan

Airports around the world are implementing measures against the virus that originally emerged from Wuhan, China, a city in central China (Credit: Reuters) The United Kingdom has advised again

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Wuhan shuts down airports, railways to contain novel coronavirus

Wuhan Tianhe Airport. The authorities of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, are suspending all means of public transport, including the cancellation of outbound trains and flights, startin

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WHO extends emergency talks over coronavirus outbreak, commending China's efforts

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of Internatio

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China's Wuhan suspends public transportation, outward flights, trains

Central China's megacity of Wuhan battling with a pneumonia outbreak has announced to suspend public transportation, and close the airport and railway stations to outg

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Wuhan patient expected to recover from new pneumonia after ECMO support

One patient suffering from pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus is expected to recover after receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support, a local

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Russia gets new government in what Putin calls 'major renewal'

Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday approved a new government, bringing in some fresh faces but retaining many senior ministers, according to the decrees Kremlin p

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Trump Threatens to Slap 25% Tariffs on European Cars if No US-EU Trade Deal

The Trump administration has long accused the EU of unfair trade practices and has clashed with its trans-Atlantic allies over state subsidies to manufacturers and taxe

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Iran will never seek nuclear arms, with or without nuclear deal: Rouhani

Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, with or without nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, calling on the European powers to avoid Washingt

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Greece elects first woman president

Greece's parliament on Wednesday elected the first woman president in the country's history, a senior judge with an expertise in environmental and constitutional law.A

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Macron Says France Won't Change Its Stance on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions

Tehran has stated that its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency will be reviewed after the EU nations announced earlier in the month that they would

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UK May Lose Access to Single Market if it Drops EU Regulations, European Commission President Says

As the United Kingdom is set to withdraw from the European Union at the end of January, the two will enter into a phase of negotiations to establish a new trading relat

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Saudi foreign minister calls claim that Crown Prince hacked Bezos phone 'absurd'

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Wednesday that an allegation the kingdom’s crown prince had been involved in a plot to hack the

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Paraguay's President Abdo contracts dengue fever amid outbreak

A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country’s leader Mario Abdo c

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Memphis Meats raised $161 million from SoftBank Group, Norwest and Temasek

Memphis Meats, a developer of technologies to manufacture meat, seafood and poultry from animal cells, has raised $161 million in financing from investors including Softbank Group, Norwest and Temasek

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Shaanxi cultural week kicks off in Frankfurt to celebrate Spring Festival

A week-long event series brought by artists from northwest China's Shaanxi Province kicked off in Frankfurt on Wednesday ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. Under the title "The

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House of Commons rejects changes to Brexit bill demanded by upper house

The House of Commons (lower house of British parliament) overturned Wednesday five amendments to the government's Brexit bill made by the House of Lords (upper house), less than 10 days before Brita

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Here are the six startups in Betaworks’ new Audiocamp

Back in September, Betaworks put out a call for startups to participate in its latest “camp,” this one focused on audio.Danika Laszuk, the head of Betaworks Camp, told me at the time that