Coronavirus
The United
Arab Emirates has announced two people infected in their country have recovered.[1]
Australia extends entry prevention of people flying from China to February 22nd.[2]
North Korea has mysteriously not reported being affected by the Coronavirus.[3]
Egypt confirms first case.[4]
Cruise ships have been covered extensively in the news. At least 67 people were
tested positive for coronavirus on the Diamond Princess.[5] The death toll of the virus surpassed 1,600 according to the Chinese government via AFP. China is seeing a 90%
decrease in trade by sea.[6]
Asia
The ethnic
differences inspire residence of Arakemer and Masanchi, Kazakhstan. Mobs
destroy property, and ten people were killed nine Dungans, a Chinese minority,
and one Kazakh in a recent attack. 178 suffer injuries.[7]
A fishing
boat full of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar capsized on February 11 in the Bay
of Bengal due to the ongoing persecution of the Muslim people. Fifteen people
die, and seventy-two were rescued in Teknaf, Bangladesh with about fifty remain
missing.[8]
Central America
There has
been a rise in femicide in Mexico, the killing of women. A protest in Mexico
City yesterday seeks awareness and action.[9]
The 25-year-old woman’s death that has brought the situation to light is Ingrid
Escamilla
Africa
About thirty
were killed in several recent attacks in Ogossagou, Mali with the destruction
of houses and farms. No entity claims
the attacks; however, Islamic rebels have been active since 2012. Several
people are missing[10]
Middle East
In Jawf,
Yemen their army forces, who are led by Revolutionaries, shot down by missile a
Saudi fighter jet that is part of a campaign to restore President Abd Rabbuh
Mansur Hadi from asylum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[11]
Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen kill 31 people after jet crash: UN via AFP
Journalists
are receiving suspicious emails, seeking to hack their accounts were identified
as attempts by “Charming Kitten,” a known Iranian hacking group. This may be
retaliation of the death of General Qassem Soleimani in a US air strike.[12]
The Syrian
war that has been happening for several years leaves many people displaced in
freezing weather. The front lines are in a city called Idlib as hundreds of
thousands of people are fleeing, and at least ten people have died.[13]
More than 150,000 people have fled Idlib, and more than 800,000 people fleed
northwestern Syria since December.[14]
China
China denys
US Justice’s accusation of Huawei’s racketeering, the theft of intellectual
property by dishonoring confidential agreements.[15]
United States
Fourteen
thousand people died from this season’s flu according to the CDC. Ninty-two of
them were children.[16]
Microsoft’s $10,000,000,000
cloud computing contract called JEDI with the US military was temporarily
blocked by a federal judge due to an Amazon appeal, citing illegitimate reason
to deny them the contract and involvement of Donald Trump.[17]
Russia
A crackdown
on Monday February 10, 2020 against the “extremist” faith of Jehovah’s Witnesses
based on a ruling of the Russian Supreme Court in April 2017 has a man claiming
that he was tortured by local police in Chita, Siberia.[18]
The
International Biathlon Union has recalled the medals of two former Russian
Olympic champions for doping. All Russian athletes were banned for 4 years from
major international sporting events the World Anti-Doping Agency, starting on 9
December 2019.[19]
India
Four
children died on a bus ride home from school because the bus caught on fire in
Longowal, Punjab.[20]
Avalanche
rescue operations are underway to save three people in the state of India
called Jammu and Kashmir.
South America
Former Venezuelan
President Maduro is having the opposition leader Juan Guaido’s uncles detained.
Although many nations recognize Juan Guaido as the interim ruler.[21]
Maduro still has influence and he is seeking to reclaim his presidency as he
has the military practices drills throughout the country to show his power.[22]
[1] “Coronavirus: UAE Announces Recovery of
Two Patients.” Khaleej Times, 15 Feb. 2020, www.khaleejtimes.com/photos/nation/coronavirus-uae-announces-recovery-of-two-patients-1.
[2] Brugen, Isabel Van. “Australia Says
Extended China Travel Ban in ‘National Interest’ Amid COVID-19 Outbreak.” The Epoch Times, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.theepochtimes.com/australia-says-extended-china-travel-ban-in-national-interest-amid-covid-19-outbreak_3238146.html.
[3] Phillips, Jack. “Experts Sound the Alarm
Over North Korea Coronavirus Cases.” The
Epoch Times, The Epoch Times,
14 Feb. 2020,
www.theepochtimes.com/us-ready-to-help-north-korea-fight-coronavirus-as-experts-sound-the-alarm_3238385.html.
[4] “Egypt
Confirms First Coronavirus Case, Says Affected Person Is a Foreigner.” Egypt
Independent, Reuters, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-says-affected-person-is-a-foreigner/.
[5] Thompson. “Another 67 People Test
Positive for Coronavirus on Cruise Ship in Japan.” CBC News, 15 Feb. 2020, www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-1.5465349.
[6] Longley, Alex. “Ships Are Skipping China
and It’s Causing Turmoil for Trade.” Bloomberg, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-15/ships-are-skipping-china-and-it-s-causing-turmoil-for-trade.
[7] “An Ethnically Motivated Attack Alarms
Multi-Ethnic Kazakhstan.” Economist, 13 Feb. 2020,
www.economist.com/asia/2020/02/13/an-ethnically-motivated-attack-alarms-multi-ethnic-kazakhstan?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/fireandfuryanethnicallymotivatedattackalarmsmultiethnickazakhstanasia.
[8] “Rohingya Boat Capsize Adds to Already
Long List of Tragedies.” The
Straits Times, Daily Star, 15
Feb. 2020,
www.straitstimes.com/asia/rohingya-boat-capsize-adds-to-already-long-list-of-tragedies-daily-star.
[9] Verza,
Maria. “Mexican Activists Protest After Gruesome Killing of Woman, Publication
of 'Horrific' Crime Scene Photos.” Time, Time USA, LLC, 14 Feb. 2020,
time.com/5784801/mexico-city-ingrid-escamilla-murder-protests/.
[10] “Mali
Violence: At Least 30 Killed in Spate of Violence.” BBC News, BBC, 15 Feb.
2020, www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51511686.
[11] “Yemeni
Missile Shoots down Saudi-Led Fighter Jet in Jawf.” PressTV, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/02/14/618681/Yemen-Saudi-Arabia-Tornado-fighter-jet-Jawf-missile-Houthis.
[12] Satter, Raphael, and Christopher Bing.
“Iran-Linked Hackers Impersonate Journalists in Email Scam.” Independent, 5 Feb. 2020,
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-hack-journalist-email-scam-cyber-threat-erfan-kasraie-a9319181.html.
[13] “Freezing Weather Compounds Crisis for
Displaced in Syria.” The
Daily Star, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2020/Feb-15/501141-freezing-weather-compounds-crisis-for-displaced-in-syria.ashx.
[14] Ahelbarra, Hashem. “Syria: 800,000
Displaced Face Desperate Conditions in Camps.” Aljazerra, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/syria-800-000-displaced-face-desperate-conditions-camps-200215184848199.html.
[15] Klein,
Jodi Xu. “China Clashes with US over New Huawei Accusations of Intellectual
Property Theft and North Korea Dealings.” South China Morning Post, South China
Morning Post Publishers Ltd, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/3050756/huawei-denounces-new-us-allegations-intellectual-property-theft.
[16] “Flu Is Widespread across 44 States, CDC
Says.” NBC News, NBC Universal, 14 Feb. 2020, www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/flu-is-widespread-across-44-states-cdc-says-78793797524.
[17] Chapman, Glenn. “US Judge Blocks
Microsoft’s ‘Tainted’ Contract.” Asia
Times, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.asiatimes.com/2020/02/article/us-judge-blocks-microsofts-tainted-contract/.
[18] Krasnoukhov, Sergei. “Jehovah’s Witness
Says Russian Police Used Torture in Siberian Crackdown.” The Moscow Times, 14 Feb. 2020,
www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/14/jehovahs-witness-says-russian-police-used-torture-in-siberian-crackdown-a69287.
[19] Ivanova, Polina. “Two Russian Athletes
Stripped of Biathlon Medals for Doping: IBU.” Edited by Edmund Blair, Reuters, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-russia-biathlon-idUSKBN2090AS.
[20] Bhandari, Ankita. “4 Students Charred to
Death as School Bus Catches Fire in Punjab's Sangrur.” Zee News, Zee Media Bureau, 15 Feb. 2020,
zeenews.india.com/india/4-students-charred-to-death-in-school-bus-fire-in-punjabs-sangrur-2264365.html.
[21] “U.S. Condemns Detention of Venezuela
Opposition Leader Guaido's Uncle.” Reuters, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-detention-idUSKBN2090OO.
[22] Quintero, Manaure, and Efrain Otero.
“Venezuela Holds Military Exercises as Maduro Attempts to Show Force.” Reuters, 15 Feb. 2020,
www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-military-idUSKBN2090SU.
