News Headlines - 15 November 2019
A 70-year-old cleaner who died after being hit on the head by a brick during a clash between anti-government protesters and residents in Sheung Shui was “maliciously” killed by a black-clad person in a mask, police alleged on Friday.
The case was being treated as murder and the force called on eyewitnesses to come forward to provide evidence, admitting they had not identified any suspects yet.
The man surnamed Luo, a contracted government cleaner, died on Thursday night after sustaining injuries during the clash near North District Town Hall on Wednesday.
▽Taiwan Halts Sale of Huawei Phones in New China Sovereignty Row - Bloomberg
Taiwan suspended sales of three Huawei Technologies Co. smartphone models that identify Taiwan as part of China, striking a fresh blow in a long-running conflict over references to sovereignty.
Phone carriers were ordered to stop offering Huawei’s P30, P3O Pro and Nova 5T models starting Thursday because their displays included the words “Taiwan, China” for time zones and contacts, said Peter Niou, a deputy director at the National Communications Commission in Taipei. The reference impairs Taiwan’s “national dignity,” Niou said.
▽In China two people got the plague yes, the Black Death plague. Why is it still a thing? - CNN
Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, has been detected in the region -- in May, a Mongolian couple died from bubonic plague after eating the raw kidney of a marmot, a local folk health remedy.
The two recent patients, from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, were diagnosed with pneumonic plague by doctors in the Chinese capital Beijing, according to state media Xinhua. They are now receiving treatment in Beijing's Chaoyang District, and authorities have implemented preventative control measures.
▽IS member stuck between Turkey-Greece borders not matter of Turkey: president - Xinhua
A U.S. citizen, captured during Turkey's military incursion into Syria for being an IS member, was deported to Greece through Pazarkule border crossing, local media reported on Monday.
However, he was rejected by the Greek authorities and has been waiting on the no man's land between borders since Monday.
The U.S. citizen has reportedly entered Turkey through Greece, and Ankara wanted to deport him back to America through Greek authorities.
Ankara, Athens, and Washington are now in talks for his extradition, according to the Turkish officials.
▽Ghana Withdraws 'Premature' Kosovo Recognition
Ghana says it has reversed its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state, a move hailed by Serbia as an "important decision."
A November 11 statement from the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry said the 2012 decision to recognize the former Serbian province’s statehood turned out to be “premature” in view of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
The 1999 resolution placed Kosovo under international protection and gave the region "substantial autonomy" within Yugoslavia, which Serbia was a part of at the time.
