DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday that it maintained its title as the world’s busiest for international travel, despite closing one of its runways for repairs last year and the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. The airport, home to long-haul carrier Emirates, saw 86.4 million passengers in […]

WUHAN, CHINA (VINnews) — China has applied for a new patent on an experimental Gilead Sciences Inc. drug that its scientists believe may help in fighting the coronavirus, according to a Fortune report. The drug, know as remdesivir, has been rushed into human trials in China even before being licensed or approved anywhere in the […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China. But with important details about the illness and how it spreads still unknown, officials and medical personnel are struggling. Governments have rushed to get their citizens out of China while also restricting […]

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister appeared rattled Wednesday by the meeting this week between the head of his country’s transitional council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, insisting that all decisions related to Sudan’s foreign affairs “should be made” exclusively by his Cabinet. Prime Minister Abddalla Hamdok’s remarks were latest in […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader said Wednesday that Donald Trump’s Mideast plan will not outlive the president, state media reported. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first remarks since the plan was unveiled last week, predicted the deal will fall apart in Trump’s lifetime. “This plan will die before the death of Trump,” he […]

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Outside one of this city’s many brutalist apartment buildings, passersby stop to stare at and photograph a London-style taxi emblazoned with large Star of David symbols. Some seem puzzled by the out-of-place sight. Others look delighted to encounter something they’ve seen or heard about in the news: One of Warsaw’s four […]

NEW YORK (AP) — West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus. And now: 2019 nCoV? “Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?” said Trevor Hoppe, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, who has studied the history of disease names. The name, which stands for 2019 novel coronavirus, has been assigned to […]

BERLIN (AP) — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg is one of more than 20 such relics from the Middle Ages […]

BERLIN (AP) — A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible’s fratricidal Cain went on display at the German Historical Museum in Berlin on Tuesday as part of a new permanent exhibition. Grosz was one of the most important artists focused on political themes during the […]

CAIRO (AP) — A surprise meeting between Sudan’s leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan on Tuesday, with the government saying it wasn’t notified ahead of time and critics lambasting the talks on social media. Others s aid Monday’ s meeting would improve Sudan’s standing with the United States and help […]