BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a “devil” coronavirus that has killed 106 people, but international alarm was rising as the outbreak spread across the world. The United States said it was expanding screening of arrivals from China from five to 20 airports and would consider…

The number of confirmed deaths from China’s coronavirus outbreak rose to 304, as authorities in hardest-hit Hubei province on Sunday reported 45 new fatalities.In its daily update, figures from the provincial health commission also showed a sharp increase in confirmed infections in Hubei, with 1,921 new cases.That puts the national total over 13,700, based on…

Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning leaves after speaking to the press ahead of a Grand Jury appearance about WikiLeaks, in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 16, 2019. Photo: Eric Baradat (GettyAttorneys for imprisoned activist and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning have filed a new motion for her release from the Virginia jail that’s…

PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s northwest Idlib province needed a political solution and that the three should meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “expressed their shared concern over the catastrophic humanitarian…

River systems, such as this one in China, need better protection from encroaching industrialization.Credit: Costfoto/Barcroft Media/Getty Most measures of biodiversity suggest that things are going badly wrong. Some one million plant and animal species face extinction, according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). And French President Emmanuel Macron last week…

A shooting inside an Indianapolis apartment left four people dead Wednesday night in the latest act of violence to strike the community, authorities said.Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to reports of shots fired at a complex on the city’s northeast side, where they found three men and one woman with apparent gunshot wounds, Indianapolis Police Assistant…

The man who allegedly opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, this past August, killing 22 people and injuring 24 others, was handed a 90-count indictment charging him with federal hate crimes Thursday.Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, allegedly gunned down the busy store with a semi-automatic weapon on Aug. 3, 2019, where hundreds of shoppers and…

Garibaldi Mexican Bistro is in a Conoco gas station.It specializes in Mexico City- and Oaxacan-style food.Though it offers many standard options, Garibaldi uses cactus in several of its signature dishes.Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories.Following is a transcript of the video.Joe Avella: Garibaldi Mexican Bistro is easy to miss because it’s tucked away inside a…

Finding the perfect Valentine’s Day gift can be a challenge. And while flowers are a traditional go-to, they’re expensive and only last a few days. If you’re looking for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day without flowers, might we suggest a chicken nugget bouquet instead?In 2019, one bride actually sported a bouquet made with…

Cooking food can be a relaxing or even therapeutic activity. But not in Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! That’s because you are cooking in the back of a moving food truck driven by two cyborgs in a dystopian future. In that case, things are a bit more…chaotic.CSD3 is the third entry in the Cook, Serve, Delicious…

“Systems!” My friends and Marie Kondo’s internet shout. “All you need is a system. As long as you always put your things down in the same place, you’ll never lose anything again,” they say, as I stagger in the door carrying children’s backpacks, a bag of dirty laundry, my fanny pack, and dog food.Like Elizabeth…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Keeping spirits up in virus-hit Wuhan As the number of coronavirus infections continues to grow, millions of people have gone into lockdown in Wuhan – the centre of the outbreak – to try to stop the virus spreading. But in this time of isolation some people are determined to…

The Canadian Press Published Saturday, January 25, 2020 7:02AM EST Last Updated Saturday, January 25, 2020 12:16PM EST OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Agropur Co-operative is recalling some of its milk products in Ontario and Quebec due to the presence of sanitizer. The recall involves Sealtest brand products, including skim milk,…

MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative focuses on all kinds of research and preparation for “the day when humanity becomes a space-native civilization, as comfortable in the cosmos as we have been on Earth.” The team (made up of 50+ graduate students, staff, scientists, designers, and engineers) works on countless aspects of space travel, but…