February 7, 2020 Coronavirus outbreak: Passengers stranded on Japan cruise plead for help from Trump, say situation is 'desperate' Passengers Milena Basso and her husband Gaetano Cerullo are calling for help from President Trump after being trapped on a Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan with at least 61 positive cases of coronavirus.
February 6, 2020 Tokyo Olympics chief says games will be 'held as scheduled' after saying they could be affected by coronavirus Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Muto reassured the 2020 Games will be "held as scheduled" while walking back remarks he made this week about being “seriously worried” the sports event could be postponed or canceled because of the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
February 5, 2020 Over 5,000 passengers on 2 cruise ships quarantined as coronavirus worldwide death toll nears 500 Over 5,000 passengers on two cruise ships in Asia were ordered into quarantine as the death toll from the coronavirus reached 490 on Wednesday.
February 4, 2020 Coronavirus: How are different countries responding to the outbreak? The deadly novel coronavirus has killed more than 420 people and infected at least 20,704 globally since it was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December.
January 31, 2020 Japan advances plan to release Fukushima plant's radioactive water into the sea A Japanese government panel on Friday roughly accepted a draft proposal for releasing into the sea massive amounts of radioactive water now being stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.
January 31, 2020 Japan ski resort hit by avalanche; 1 feared dead, 7 survive An avalanche at a ski resort on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday hit a group of eight foreign skiers, likely killing at least one.
January 30, 2020 UC Berkeley removes 'Boalt Hall' name from law school after discovery of namesake's racist speech The University of California, Berkeley removed the legend "Boalt Hall" from the facade of its main law school building Thursday, severing an association dating back more than 100 years.
January 28, 2020 HUD Secretary Ben Carson on NYC's homeless crisis: More regulations are not the answer The key to fixing the homeless crisis in places like New York City is fewer regulations and less money unceremoniously flung at the issue, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson said Tuesday.
January 18, 2020 Japanese fashion house accused of cultural appropriation for putting models in cornrow wigs: 'Racist show!' “Cancel culture incoming," one critic wrote.
January 16, 2020 Mile-long asteroid could be dangerous to life on Earth in millions of years if it breaks up: scientists A massive mile-long double asteroid linked to a one-inch meteor that streaked a fireball over Japan three years ago could threaten humanity in millions of years if it eventually breaks up, scientists wrote in a report published Monday.