Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor speaks out against authorities
Ai Fen says in interview, which censors are trying to erase, how superiors reprimanded her for warning about outbreakCoronavirus – latest updates
A doctor in Wuhan has spoken out after seeing several of her colleagues die from the coronavirus, criticising hospital authorities for suppressing early warnings of the outbreak in an interview censors have been trying to erase from the internet.
In an interview with the Chinese magazine, Renwu, or People, Ai Fen, director of the emergency at Wuhan Central hospital, said she was reprimanded after alerting her superiors and colleagues of a Sars-like virus seen in patients in December.
Now that the virus has claimed more than 3,000 lives inside China, including four doctors at her hospital, one of which was the whistleblower ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, Ai has joined other critics risking their jobs, as well as detention, to speak out about conditions in Wuhan.
Opinion: Lithuania's independence still rattles Vladimir Putin
On March 11, 1990, Lithuania broke away from the Soviet Union. The event which started the demise of the Soviet empire still reverberates within the Kremlin, says DW's Konstantin Eggert.
The events in Lithuania triggered the USSR's "black swan" moment and set off a chain of momentous events in the already troubled Soviet sphere of influence.
On that day in March, the newly elected Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic renamed itself the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania and proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union. To be precise, it announced the restoration of the independent Lithuanian state — nearly 50 years after the first Lithuanian republic was occupied and annexed by Josef Stalin in the summer of 1940.
Afghan government set to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is set to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners in coming days to pave the way for direct talks with the insurgent group aimed at ending the 18-year-long war in Afghanistan, according to a copy of the decree seen by Reuters.
The two-page decree - which was signed by Ghani and will be made public later by his office - said that all released Taliban prisoners will have to provide "a written guarantee to not return to the battlefield."
The decree lays out details about how the prisoners will be released in a systematic manner, a process that it says will begin in four days.
'How freedom from child marriage meant I could get an education'
Updated 0532 GMT (1332 HKT) March 11, 2020
My name is Faith Cherop. I am 23 years old. I come from a family of 15 members; eight brothers, six sisters and a father. When I was starting schooling, my father wasn't supportive of my education. In our community, they favor that boy children receive an education.
When I completed my primary education, I had to stay at home because my father couldn't afford secondary school and even if he could, he would only take my brothers. He said I had to stay at home or get married. In my community, child marriage has been practiced for a long time but lately the government has stepped up efforts to stop it. Anyone found engaging in this is prosecuted.
Fox News Legal Analyst Thinks Joe Biden May Choose A 'Surprising' Running Mate
Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano thinks former Vice President Joe Biden may choose a “surprising” running mate, should he secure the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2020 election.
“If it were up to me, I would choose a female,” Napolitano said on Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “FOX Across America with Jimmy Failla.”
“But I think there’s a lot of competing factors and former candidates with different levels of influence and approach to President Obama,” he continued. “And the decision might be a little surprising.”
9th anniversary of triple disaster overshadowed by virus
Japan marked the ninth anniversary Wednesday of the massive earthquake and tsunami in its northeastern region that left more than 15,000 people dead, but health fears over the spread of the new coronavirus caused a number of events to be canceled or scaled down.
A state-sponsored memorial ceremony that had been held every year in Tokyo since 2012 was canceled for the first time, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivering an address at his office instead.
"We must never forget the valuable lesson we learned by this immense sacrifice," Abe said at a small ceremony attended by about 20 government officials.
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