January 2020 - Articlemild

Lakers legend Jerry West delivers heartfelt remembrance of late Kobe Bryant

Jerry West, the legendary Lakers player who as GM brought Kobe Bryant to Los Angeles, remembered the late star in an emotional interview.

REFILE-ANALYSIS-N.Korea urges citizens to 'break through barriers' as nuclear standoff continues

While a North Korean deadline for the United States to soften its stand on denuclearisation talks passed uneventfully over the New Year, state media and propaganda efforts have been focussing on the prospect of a long confrontation with the United States. Optimism that two years of contacts between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump would usher in a new age, and related hopes for economic improvement after decades of deprivation, appear to have faded.

Camila Cabello brings dad to tears with heartfelt Grammys performance

Camila Cabello’s emotional tribute to her father had the audience in tears following Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s deaths.

Kobe Bryant crash: Helicopter makers vow to probe deadly incident as safety record comes under scrutiny

The manufacturer of the helicopter that crashed killing Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others has vowed to investigate the incident.

5 US coronavirus cases now confirmed; infection can spread before symptoms show

A fifth U.S. case of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed more than 50 people in China has been confirmed in Southern California.

Schiff, Calling Trump ‘Wrathful and Vindictive,’ Sees Tweet as a Threat

In an extraordinary back-and-forth between a president and a congressman, President Trump warned that Representative Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, “has not paid the price, yet.”

Fourth US coronavirus case confirmed in California; infection can spread before symptoms show

A fourth U.S. case of the deadly new coronavirus that has killed more than 50 people in China has been confirmed in Southern California.

China stiffens defences against epidemic as death toll hits 56

China expanded drastic travel restrictions Sunday to contain an epidemic that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the US, France and Japan prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak’s epicentre. China has locked down the hard-hit province of Hubei in the country’s centre in an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people in a bid to slow the spread of the respiratory virus. Its ability to spread appears to be “getting stronger” though it is “not as powerful as SARS”, top Chinese health officials said at a press conference.

China scrambles to contain 'strengthening' virus

The ability of the new coronavirus to spread is strengthening and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday, with more than 2,000 people in China infected and 56 killed by the disease.