Feb 09 Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine By Erika Kinetz, Associated Press For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration… Continue reading
Feb 09 US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack By Rahim Faiez, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Feb 09 Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in Thailand By Grant Peck, Busaba Sivasomboon, Associated Press A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand's worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country's northeast on Sunday, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 09 China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's death toll from the new virus outbreak has risen by 89 to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, as other governments step up efforts to block the disease. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:00 SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination In what has already been a busy year in space, the London-based telecommunications company, OneWeb, on Friday launched a second round of satellites into orbit in a bid to expand global internet coverage. The launch followed the return of NASA… Continue watching
Feb 08 U.S. official: American casualties in Afghan military mission By Associated Press American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday. Several U.S. personnel were either injured or killed, but the exact number and other details were not provided,… Continue reading
Feb 08 China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken By Associated Press The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measures to contain its spread. Continue reading
Feb 08 Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch By Julie Pace, Associated Press Democrats are on edge over embarrassing technical issues that marred this week's Iowa caucuses, and they're worried about the lower-than-expected turnout in the first contest of the 2020 election season. Continue reading
Feb 08 Irish voters frustrated by economy choose next leader By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Irish voters are choosing their next prime minister in an election where frustration with economic austerity and a housing crisis have fueled the rise of Sinn Fein — still shunned by the political establishment because of its links to the… Continue reading
Feb 08 Thai soldier kills at least 20 people, holes up in mall By Sakchai Lalit, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press A Thai Cabinet minister says at least 20 people have been killed and 31 injured in a mass shooting. Continue reading