The death toll from coronavirus nears 2,000 as a Chinese study says the outbreak is 20 times more deadly than the flu.
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:54:10 -0500

Amarah Banks, 26, Zaniya Ivery, 5, and Camaria Banks, 4, were discovered after the arrest of Banks' boyfriend, Arzel J. Ivery, in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:04:00 -0500

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for all cases stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election to be "thrown out" and suggested he could bring a lawsuit over the matter. Trump made the comments hours before a telephone conference call between lawyers for the president's former adviser, Roger Stone and prosecutors. Stone was convicted on seven counts of lying to the U.S. Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:37:51 -0500

A "ghost ship" drifting without a crew for more than a year washed ashore on Ireland's south coast in high seas caused by Storm Dennis, the Republic's coast guard said. The abandoned 77-metre (250-feet) cargo ship MV Alta ran aground on rocks outside the village of Ballycotton near Cork, Ireland's second city, bringing an end to her months-long voyage. The Alta's odyssey began in September 2018 when she became disabled in the mid-Atlantic en route from Greece to Haiti.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:32:28 -0500

Iranian media have broadcast the first-ever footage of an operational Sejjil medium-range rocket in its underground bunker.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:14:00 -0500

The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after years of civil war, officials announced Tuesday. Around 2,000 locusts were spotted inside the country, Agriculture Minister Onyoti Adigo told reporters. The locusts have been seen in Eastern Equatoria state near the borders with Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:26:10 -0500

The former New York mayor knows his opponents are coming after him at Wednesday's debate in Las Vegas and he's been preparing for weeks.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:46:21 -0500

An American passenger from a cruise ship that docked in Cambodia has tested positive for the new coronavirus a second time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiam officials said on Sunday, after the cruise line and Cambodian authorities sought further tests.
Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:25:47 -0500

(Bloomberg) -- An Istanbul court acquitted prominent businessman Osman Kavala of charges of plotting to overthrow the government during mass protests that shook the country in 2013.Nine defendants were cleared, and arrest warrants for others living abroad have been rescinded. Others accused in the case include actor Mehmet Ali Alabora and journalist Can Dundar, who have both left the country.Kavala spent two years in jail while his case was tried. He was the only defendant to be incarcerated.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has alleged that Kavala was the local collaborator of a foreign conspiracy led by billionaire George Soros to divide Turkey by backing the demonstrations against a planned development in Istanbuls Gezi Park.The protests quickly morphed into the biggest challenge to the rule of Erdogan, then a powerful prime minister.\--With assistance from Ercan Ersoy.To contact the reporter on this story: Fercan Yalinkilic in Istanbul at fyalinkilic@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Onur Ant at oant@bloomberg.net, Amy Teibel, Mark WilliamsFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.2020 Bloomberg L.P.
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 07:23:55 -0500

The director of a major hospital in Wuhan, China, died of the coronavirus on Tuesday. More than 1,700 medics across China have already been infected.
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:15:14 -0500