Over 1,700 frontline medics infected with coronavirus in China, presenting new crisis for the government
Updated 1253 GMT (2053 HKT) February 14, 2020
Ning Zhu, a nurse in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the heart of a deadly coronavirus outbreak, is restless.
Instead of helping on the frontlines, she has been under self-quarantine at home for weeks, after a chest scan on January 26 revealed that she had a suspected case of the novel Coronavirus.
Zhu was told to wait for a nucleic acid test that would provide the final verdict, but it never came.
Cruise ship rejected by five countries over coronavirus fears docks in Cambodia
Passengers aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship, which was turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears, were allowed to disembark in Cambodia on Friday.
After tests, no one onboard was found to be carrying the Covid-19 virus, and the Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, personally greeted the passengers with handshakes and floral bouquets as they stepped off the ship on to a waiting bus
American children are using Trump's words to bully classmates, report finds
Analysis from the Washington Post finds more than 300 incidents of school bullying
Danielle ZoellnerNew York
Children across the US are using Donald Trump's rhetoric to bully their classmates, a report has found.
The Washington Post reviewed articles throughout Mr Trump's presidency that reference elementary, middle, or high school bullying and found students using the president's inflammatory statements, which are often described as racist or xenophobic, to bully.
The newspaper analysed 28,000 articles starting from the beginning of 2016 for its research relating to bullying in the classroom. It found Mr Trump's words, chants at his campaign rallies, and even his last name were used by students and staff members to harass other people in more than 300 reported incidents.
Candidate from Macron’s party withdraws from Paris mayoral race over sex tape allegations
Emmanuel Macron’s candidate for Paris mayor, Benjamin Griveaux, withdrew from the race over a leaked sex video Friday, in a blow for the French president’s party ahead of March local elections.
Griveaux, 41, said he opted for retreat to protect his family after a website published the video with messages addressed to a woman, which was said to have come from the former government spokesman.
It then spread on social media.
It then spread on social media.
“A website and social networks have launched vile attacks concerning my private life. My family does not deserve this. No one should ever be subjected to such abuse,” Griveaux said at AFP headquarters in Paris.
The Kenyans who earn $100 a month picking Valentine's Day flowers
Kenya is Africa's largest flower exporter, but thousands of farm workers struggle to sustain their families.
Joyce Iminza steps down from an old, white bus and boards a motorcycle taxi in Naivasha, a flower-rich town about 100km northwest of Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
"Take me to my house. My kids are on their way home from school and I need to prepare dinner for them," she tells the driver as she climbs up to sit behind him.
In six minutes, she arrives at her one-bedroom rented house and starts cooking.
Global defence spending is on the rise in an unstable world
In 2019 global defence spending rose by some 4% over 2018 - the highest year-on-year increase in a decade.
The figures are included in this year's Military Balance - the annual publication of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which is to be launched later this morning at the Munich Security Conference.
Appropriately, defence spending in Europe is also on the up, reaching levels not seen since before the financial crisis - an increase of some 4.2% when compared to 2018.
This is all a reflection of a changing world and the return of state-on-state competition.
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