China coronavirus 'spreads before symptoms show'
A new coronavirus that has spread to almost 2,000 people is infectious in its incubation period - before symptoms show - making it harder to contain, Chinese officials say.
Some 56 people have died from the virus. Health minister Ma Xiaowei told reporters the ability of the virus to spread appeared to be strengthening.
Several Chinese cities have imposed significant travel restrictions.
Wuhan in Hubei, the source of the outbreak, is in effective lockdown.
The infections were at a "crucial stage of containment", Ma Xiaowei said.
Race to exploit the world’s seabed set to wreak havoc on marine life
The scaly-foot snail is one of Earth’s strangest creatures. It lives more than 2,300 metres below the surface of the sea on a trio of deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Here it has evolved a remarkable form of protection against the crushing, grim conditions found at these Stygian depths. It grows a shell made of iron.
Discovered in 1999, the multi-layered iron sulphide armour of Chrysomallon squamiferum – which measures a few centimetres in diameter – has already attracted the interest of the US defence department, whose scientists are now studying its genes in a bid to discover how it grows its own metal armour.
Mexico acting like Trump's border wall by turning back caravans, critics say
President Obrador's administration described as 'government of the left that acts in complicity with Donald Trump in doing its dirty work'Dave MacleanNew York
Mexican National Guard troops this week blocked a caravan of migrants seeking to breach the country’s border with Guatemala - firing tear gas while dressed in full riot gear.
Now critics say the government’s actions have created a virtual border wall on the country’s southern border with Guatemala.
Hundreds of those detained were put on planes and buses back to Honduras, where the majority began their journey.
A Network of Lies on FacebookHow To Fake Friends and Influence People
A network comprised of hundreds of fabricated Facebook profiles disseminates political propaganda and also coaxes real users to reveal as much about themselves as they are willing. The social network appears to be impotent in its response to the professional saboteurs.
By Maik Baumgärtner und Roman HöfnerAlice Bergmann lives in Chemnitz, Germany, and apparently has a problem with Islam. She had to overcome a tremendous blow a few years back when her sister Elizabeth was brutally murdered in a Berlin park. Both of the perpetrators were immigrants.
“I have a lot of hatred inside me, a lot of anger, I know that this wound will bleed forever,” Bergmann wrote in a post on Facebook in 2015. She’s been fighting against immigrants on the front lines ever since, including at her job at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). One Facebook friend praised her post, writing: “For loyalty to your murdered sister, that’s the best you can do!”
The backlash against Meghan and Stormzy shows that Britain is in denial about racism
Updated 0705 GMT (1505 HKT) January 26, 2020
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan began a new life in Canada last week, having stepped down as senior royals and left the UK. The couple's departure has forced a heated debate on a problem that many say the country is failing to face up to: racism.
People from ethnic minority backgrounds make up 19.5% of the population of England and Wales. But some people who identify with this community say that when they call out their experiences of racism, they are shut down. By white British people.
"The white person in this debate always centers it on themselves," author and broadcaster Afua Hirsch told CNN. "It would make more sense if somebody said: I haven't got a lived experience of racism. I would like to understand your perspective."
Iran's Zarif hits back after Trump's 'No thanks' Twitter post
President says US will not lift sanctions to negotiate with Iran after Zarif reiterates such demand before any talks.
President Donald Trump has said the United States will not lift sanctions on Iran in order to enter negotiations with it, in a response to the Iranian foreign minister who suggested Tehran was still willing to talk on the condition Washington "correct[ed] its past" and removed a series of tough economic measures.
There has been growing friction between the two longtime foes since 2018 when Trump pulled his country out of a landmark nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers. The US has since reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran's economy while calling for negotiations on a new accord that also addressed Tehran's ballistic missiles programme and its support for regional armed groups.
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