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Americans evacuated from virus-hit China set to land home as death toll soars to 132
A chartered plane carrying American consulate personnel and citizens from an area of China at the center of a coronavirus outbreak has been cleared to proceed to California after making a refueling stop at an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday night. Health officials in Alaska said all 201 passengers on board continued on to the …
Johnson faces Tory rebellion after allowing Huawei 5G role | Technology
Boris Johnson is facing a possible rebellion over his decision to allow China’s Huawei to build part of Britain’s 5G infrastructure. Senior Tories are examining whether they could try to force a Commons vote on tightening restrictions on Huawei or reduce the cap on its market share further from 35% in the coming years. The …
US charges three researchers with lying about links to China
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Harvard University described the charges as “extremely serious” The US has charged a Harvard professor and two Chinese researchers based in Boston with assisting the Chinese government. Harvard department chair Charles Lieber is accused of lying about his connections, while the researchers were charged with being foreign agents. Mr …
Harvard’s Chemistry Chair Charged on Alleged Undisclosed Ties to China
The chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department was arrested Tuesday on charges of allegedly lying to the U.S. about millions in Chinese funding he has received, in an escalation of U.S. efforts to counter what officials describe as Beijing’s aggressive recruitment at U.S. universities. In a separate case also unsealed Tuesday, a researcher at Boston …
Huawei decision is a sensible compromise but could still anger US | Technology
It may not please large segments of the Conservative party, but Boris Johnson’s Huawei decision is a realistic attempt to carve a compromise between legitimate security concerns about the Chinese company and the need for a fast and affordable rollout of 5G networks in the UK. The decision to designate Huawei a “high risk” vendor …
Americans hope for evacuation from Wuhan as death toll rises
About 1,000 Americans were still stuck in the Chinese city at the center of the new coronavirus outbreak Tuesday, many hoping for seats on a U.S. government-chartered flight expected to leave early Wednesday. Anxiety in Wuhan, a quarantined city of 11 million people — and across Asia — was spreading as fast as the deadly …
Coronavirus Live Updates: Hong Kong Restricts Travel From Mainland China as Infections Exceed 4,500
Death toll exceeds 100 as number of infections skyrockets. The outbreak of a mysterious new virus is rapidly spreading, the Chinese authorities said on Tuesday, as the official account of known cases jumped nearly 60 percent overnight and the death toll exceeded 100 for the first time. ◆ China said on Tuesday that 106 people …
Semiconductor biz stocks slip amid China supply chain fears • The Register
Stocks in a bunch of semiconductor companies dipped by four to five per cent on Monday – after China banned travel in and out of the manufacturing hub of Wuhan to isolate the new coronavirus that has already killed more than eighty people. Named 2019-nCoV, this novel coronavirus has an incubation period of two to …
Coronavirus: China premier Li Keqiang visits Wuhan as death toll hits 80 – live updates | World news
1.48am EST 01:48 The Associated Press has just published a useful list of the latest figures on coronavirus infections. It says these are up-to-date as of midday on Monday in Beijing: China: 2,744, with 769 of those newly confirmed in the 24 hours through midnight Sunday. Five are in Hong Kong and two in Macao. …
Coronavirus deaths hit 56; China bans wildlife trade
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – More than 2,000 people have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast majority in China where 56 people have died from it, and the United States said it will evacuate some of its citizens from the city at the center of the outbreak. Street view after Wuhan government announced to ban …
