Christine Johns

For the first time, someone got infected with the coronavirus in Singapore. The Straits Times reports this on Thursday based on the Singaporean authorities. According to the newspaper, this is a 66-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan,…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further reduced its growth forecasts for the global economy, despite the reduced trade tensions between the United States and China and progress in the Brexit process. According to the fund…

The American ambassador to South Korea, Harry Harris, has taken on the government's anger after some critical remarks. Besides, a fuss has also arisen about his moustache. This is compared to the moustache of members of the…

Britain will likely conclude a trade deal with the European Union before the end of this year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this in an interview with the BBC. Johnson stated that it is "epic likely" that a large-scale trade…

Miroslav Marcek, one of the four defendants in a trial of the murder of 27-year-old Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and his equally old fiancé, has today announced that he had committed both murders. Two other defendants, including…

One of the forty-one Chinese who was admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia after a visit to a local market died. The SARS epidemic also started in 2002 with such a scenario. A 61-year-old man died in the Chinese city of Wuhan.…

British public broadcaster BBC has lost a case against journalist Samira Ahmed, who claimed that she was salaried less than her male colleagues for the same work. According to The Guardian, the BBC now pays her 700,000 pounds in…

The oldest living person in the world today celebrated her 117th birthday. The Japanese Kane Tanaka, born in Fukuoka on January 2, 1903, celebrated her birthday with family in the nursing home where she lives. Tanaka was the…

In the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a large memorial ceremony has begun for the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Thousands of people gather to say goodbye. They chant "death to America". Soleimani died yesterday in an air raid…

At least eight people were killed in a rocket attack on the international airport of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Besides, the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force elite force of the Revolutionary Guard, was killed.…