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SCIENCE

Palindrome day observed

Mathematicians and geeks everywhere celebrated a rare occurrence on Sunday, 02/02/2020, a kind of eight-digit palindrome that has not happened for more than 900 years. A palindrome is any sequence, phrase or word that reads the same backward as forward. And 02/02/2020 is considered a “universal palindrome” because it reads the same whether written as “Month/Day/Year” as the US does, or “Day/Month/Year” as many other countries do. The last universal palindrome occurred on 11/11/1111. The next one will not come until 12/12/2121.

AUSTRALIA

Koalas dead after logging

Dozens of koalas have been euthanized and about 80 more are being treated for injuries and starvation after their habitat was logged, prompting a government investigation yesterday. Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning said the state’s conservation regulator was investigating a “very distressing incident” at a bluegum plantation near the coastal town of Portland that resulted in the deaths of dozens of koalas. “If this is found to be due to deliberate human action, we expect the conservation regulator to act swiftly against those responsible,” the department said. Those responsible could face steep fines under laws designed to protect the country’s native wildlife.

ECUADOR

Moreno panned over remarks

President Lenin Moreno has scrambled to apologize for comments suggesting women tend to complain about sexual harassment when it comes from ugly people. In a speech to investors on Friday in the port city of Guayaquil, Moreno said men were under threat of being denounced for harassment and added: “At times, with harassment, they torment ugly people.” “That is to say, that the harassment is when it comes from an ugly person,” he added. “But if the person looks good according to the standards, they tend not to think necessarily that it is harassment.” That prompted immediate outrage from women’s rights advocates and others.

ISRAEL

Chinese envoy apologizes

China’s Acting Ambassador to Israel Dai Yuming (戴玉明) on Sunday apologized after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid fears of a new virus to the turning away of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Dai told reporters at an English-language news conference in Tel Aviv that the “errors to limit or even ban entries of Chinese citizens” reminded him of “the old days, the old stories that happened in World War II, the Holocaust, the darkest days in human history.” The Chinese embassy later issued a statement saying that “there was no intention whatsoever to compare the dark days of the Holocaust with the current situation and the efforts taken by the Israeli government to protect its citizens.”

BURKINA FASO

Militants kill 18 civilians

Suspected extremists have killed 18 civilians in an attack in the country’s north, the governor of Sahel region said. “The defense and security forces brought back the body of the nurse to give it to her family in Yalgo and secure the area to allow the burial of other victims,” Colonel Salfo Kabore said on Sunday. Several similar attacks were carried out a week ago in the country’s north, with one on Jan. 25 leaving 39 civilians dead in the neighboring province of Soum, northwest of Seno.

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Can foreign-language films ever win over Hollywood?

No non-English-language production has ever won the best picture Oscar — though South Korea’s ‘Parasite’ might make history
This combination photo shows scenes from six Oscar nominated films, from left, Little Women, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Ford v Ferrari, Parasite, Joker and 1917. The Oscars will be held on Feb. 9.Photo: AP

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When South Korea’s Bong Joon-ho accepted the Golden Globe for best foreign language film for his widely hailed Parasite, he urged moviegoers to “overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles.”

“You will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” he promised, reopening a debate that has long plagued Hollywood — can non-English films ever break into the US mainstream?

Parasite, a searing black comedy about class divisions, has earned six Oscar nominations, including for best picture and best director. After the film captured the top prize from the Screen Actors Guild in a shock upset, some believe it could win big at the Academy Awards, but that would be history-making, indeed. No non-English-language production has ever won the best picture Oscar.

For many, the subtitle barrier is more than an inch tall. It requires you to focus on the bottom of the screen, meaning you may miss key visuals. Others, however, say that subtitles invite increased focus on a film.

In the end, English is the lingua franca in Hollywood and in the pivotal North American market — making it the language of the awards season as well.

Fredell Pogodin — a veteran publicist who has worked to promote hundreds of movies, including the Oscar-winning foreign films Roma, Mediterraneo and Koyla — says the obstacle is not just the language; it’s the content.

“It’s not just because there are subtitles — they’re arty here, to begin with. They’re not mainstream,” Pogodin said.

“There is a certain kind of audience for it. It’s generally more upscale,” she noted — meaning it is tough to convince the average American moviegoer to spend money on reading a film.

‘CULTURAL MYOPIA’

Parasite follows one down-and-out Seoul family as they gradually insert themselves into the lives of a wealthy clan, a process that ends in tragedy.

It has so far earned about US$31 million at the US box office, and more than US$160 million worldwide, according to industry tracker Box Office Mojo.

The critical praise and Oscar buzz around the film drew spectators to theaters, but its ticket sales are light years away from what a traditional blockbuster rakes in. Even indie films in English rarely are box office gold.

“The average American moviegoer goes to see between three and five movies at the cinema a year,” said Tom Nunan, the producer of Crash, which won the Oscar for best picture.

“You think they’re going to go see a Korean film? Subtitles? Forget about it.”

Pogodin, who is now retired, says Oscar campaigns are, however, not generally built around everyday audiences — they are constructed around critical acclaim, and film festival hype.

But Nunan, who says he’s part of the “most elite, arthouse populace on the west side of Los Angeles,” insists that even his friends ask if a film is in a foreign language before they head to the cinema.

Justin Chang, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, wrote that with his comment at the Globes, Bong “seemed to be rebuking the cultural myopia of Hollywood itself, which reserves special prizes each year for movies shot in countries outside the US and in languages other than English.”

While Parasite is a long shot for best picture, it is the favorite to win the prize for best foreign film, now called best international feature.

“The bestowing of these awards... is often a condescending gesture disguised as an inclusive one,” Chang wrote.

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Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus scores a penalty against ACF Fiorentina in their Serie A match at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, on Sunday.Photo: AP
Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday stretched his scoring streak to nine consecutive league games with a penalty double as Serie A leaders Juventus bounced back from their defeat by SSC Napoli with a 3-0 win over ACF Fiorentina, whose owner said the result left him feeling “disgusted.”

Title rivals Inter and SS Lazio also got back to winning ways, with Romelu Lukaku and Ciro Immobile bagging a brace apiece for their respective teams to keep the pressure on the eight-time defending champions.

Juventus hold a three-point lead over second-placed Inter, who beat Udinese 2-0. Lazio are a further two points adrift, with a game in hand, after top-scorer Immobile and Felipe Caicedo both scored twice in a 5-1 thrashing of rock-bottom SPAL.

Ronaldo slotted in his goals in either half in Turin, with defender Matthijs de Ligt heading in a third in stoppage-time.

Juventus had fallen to just their second defeat of the season the previous weekend at coach Maurizio Sarri’s former club Napoli.

Fiorentina president Rocco Commisso was furious at the penalty decisions that condemned his 14th-placed team to defeat.

“I am disgusted with what I saw today,” said the Italian-born US businessman, who bought the Tuscany club last year. “Juve are very strong, a team with a wage bill of 350 million doesn’t need help. Referees cannot decide matches. Today they gave two penalties against us, maybe the first was there, but the second certainly wasn’t.”

Juventus vice president Pavel Nedved hit back, declaring that he was “a bit fed up of these controversies.”

“Juve won with merit. Teams have to stop trying to look for excuses and accept defeat,” Nedved said.

Ronaldo, 34, slotted in the opener five minutes before halftime after German Pezzella’s handball was confirmed by VAR (video assistant referee).

His second came 10 minutes from time for a disputed Federico Ceccherini foul on Rodrigo Bentancur, making it 14 goals in nine games to take his tally to 19 in Serie A this season, including seven penalties.

He also became the first Juventus player to score in nine straight league games since David Trezeguet in December 2005.

The former Real Madrid player has now scored 50 goals in 70 games since moving to Juventus in 2018.

Ronaldo is second only in the goalscoring charts this season to Immobile, who has 25 goals after Lazio kept alive their push for a first scudetto since 1999-2000.

Immobile volleyed in on just three minutes, with Caicedo scoring a rebound less than quarter of an hour later.

Immobile’s second came before the half-hour mark and he then played a role in Caicedo’s second seven minutes before halftime.

Substitute Bobby Adekanye came on after the break, with the former Liverpool youngster tapping in his first Serie A goal.

“Caicedo, Immobile and [Joaquin] Correa are untouchable,” said Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi, whose side could move second when they play their postponed match against Hellas Verona tomorrow.

In Udine, Lukaku grabbed a brace to bring his tally to 16 league goals and get Antonio Conte’s side back on track after three consecutive 1-1 draws.

The former Manchester United striker collected Nicolo Barella’s pass and curled an excellent finish through the legs of Udinese defender Bram Nuytinck in the 64th minute He added a second from the penalty spot seven minutes later when Udinese goalkeeper Juan Musso rushed out to fell Alexis Sanchez in the penalty area.

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US presidential adviser Jared Kushner on Sunday said that if Palestinians are unable to meet the conditions of the new Middle East peace plan he crafted, Israel should not take “the risk to recognize them as a state.”

The plan laid out by Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and unveiled on Tuesday last week was warmly embraced by Israel, but curtly dismissed by the Palestinian Authority along with others in the region, including the Arab League.

Kushner was challenged by CNN host Fareed Zakaria in a program aired on Sunday to explain why demands made of the Palestinians before they are given a state — a free press, free elections, religious freedom, an independent judiciary and a reliable financial system — did not amount to “a killer amendment.”

“There is no Arab country that would meet these criteria, certainly not Saudi Arabia, Egypt” or other countries Kushner has worked with closely, Zakaria said.

Kushner said the Palestinian territories amount to “a police state ... not exactly a thriving democracy.”

“For the Palestinians, if they want their people to live better lives, we now have a framework to do it,” he said.

“If they don’t think they can uphold these standards, then I don’t think we can get Israel to take the risk to recognize them as a state,” he said.

“The only thing more dangerous than what we have now is a failed state,” he added.

Trump unveiled the plan in a White House event attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who applauded it as “a great plan for Israel ... [and] a great plan for peace.”

No Palestinians were present.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the plan reflected a persistent pro-Israel bias by the Trump administration and that it “will not pass.”

Under the plan, Israel would retain control of the contested city of Jerusalem as its “undivided capital” and annex settlements on Palestinian lands.

Trump said Palestinians would be allowed to declare a capital within annexed east Jerusalem.

Kushner has been criticized for what some saw as harsh language directed at the Palestinians in connection with the plan’s roll-out.

“If they screw up this opportunity — which again, they have a perfect track record of missing opportunities — if they screw this up, I think that they will have a very hard time looking the international community in the face, saying they’re victims,” he said last week on CNN. “This is a great deal for them. If they come to the table and negotiate, I think they can get something excellent.”

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Social media master could help Trump win a second term

Brad Parscale adapted swiftly as the digital revolution began
and is participating in his second Trump campaign
“Made my night,” Brad Parscale tweeted approvingly.

He was referring to a doctored video in which his head was superimposed on a professional basketball player, leaping up and swatting away from the basket a ball replaced by Joe Biden’s head.

Parscale, who is 2.03m tall, was a student basketball star until his career was snuffed out prematurely by leg and back injuries. He suspects the experience of playing in front of thousands of fervent fans was good training for being a warm-up act at US President Donald Trump’s rallies.

If Trump wins re-election in November, Parscale, his workaholic campaign manager, will have had a lot to do with it. To admirers, the 44-year-old is an alchemist who turns those seemingly chaotic and raucous rallies into a matrix of data that can predict human motivations and behavior with astonishing precision.

To detractors, Parscale is the epitome of Trumpian Man: a plain-speaking white guy with a Viking beard who makes no apologies, is unburdened by doubt and embraces a flamethrowing online persona. He is also seen as a chancer who got lucky because of unquestioning loyalty to the Trump family.

“He’s an over-promoted troll,” said Charlie Sykes, author of How the Right Lost its Mind.

Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota, said: “Donald Trump is the social media president and Brad Parscale is Trump’s enabler.”

Jacobs drew a comparison with a political consultant to Trump’s most recent Republican predecessor.

“Karl Rove was credited as [then-US president] George [W.] Bush’s Brain because of his strategic brilliance. Parscale is Donald Trump’s social media Rasputin,” Jacobs said.

Perhaps it was no surprise, then, that an article copublished last year by the not-for-profit ProPublica and Texas Monthly argued that “Parscale’s accounts of his life and his work for the president comprise a classic Trumpian tale: They’re a combination of hyperbole, half-truths and the occasional fiction.”

He has described himself as a “farm boy from Kansas,” the article noted, but actually grew up on a suburban cul-de-sac. Parscale got a basketball scholarship to the University of Texas at San Antonio until injury struck, and eventually studied international business and economics at Trinity University in San Antonio, graduating in 1999.

He told the Guardian in a telephone interview: “Early years, I thought I might be an athlete, but that stalled on me very quickly as I got a little older and found out it’s actually almost harder to become an NBA player than it is to own a company. I always just saw myself as kind of a CEO, as a business leader. I just wanted to be successful. I was always wanting to adapt, but I knew I wanted more.”

Parscale was relatively quick to understand the digital revolution.

“In 2001, I took the time to start teaching myself Web design. I bought my own URL; I think you can go look it up. I’ve owned it for almost 20 years at parscale.com. I would say that’s as ahead as you can get, right? I would say to my friends, go to my Web site, and they’re like, how do you go? So that’s early,” he said.

Parscale set up a digital marketing agency in San Antonio, which, he says, won local entrepreneurship awards and had more than 700 clients at its peak.

A fan of The Apprentice, he met the Trump family in 2010 and a year later offered a bid of just US$10,000 to design a Web site for Trump International Realty.

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Virus Outbreak: HK medical union starts strike

DEMANDS:HEPA wants the border with China closed, adequate supplies and protection for medics, masks for the public and more isolation wards
Hospital Authority Employees Alliance chairwoman Winnie Yu, center, shouts slogans as striking medical workers hold placards during a protest on a pedestrian walkway outside Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong yesterday.Photo: Bloomberg
Hundreds of medical workers began a five-day strike in Hong Kong yesterday to demand the government shut the border with mainland China to prevent the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and ease pressure on a stretched health sector.

Hours after the strike began, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (林鄭月娥) announced the closure of four more border crossings with mainland China, leaving just three checkpoints open, but stopped short of demands for the entire border to be closed.

“We should be united if we have the same goal. At this critical moment, [some people are] taking extreme means and it is inevitable it will affect the rights of patients,” Lam said. “Those using extreme means to try to force the government’s hand will not succeed.”

Striking workers at the Hospital Authority building booed as they watched Lam speak, calling her a liar and chanting: “Close all borders.”

The workers, members of the newly formed Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA), held a news conference shortly after Lam spoke and said they planned to keep up their strike action.

HAEA, which has about 18,000 members, said 2,400 workers took part in the strike, despite calls by the government for medical workers not to.

HAEA chairwoman Winnie Yu said she expected about 9,000 members to strike today.

Hong Kong has 15 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV.

HEPA’s demands are for the government to close the border with the mainland, facilitate the distribution of masks to the public, ensure that front-line medical workers have adequate supplies and protection, provide enough isolation wards for patients, and guarantee no reprisals for striking staff.

The union also said its members have flagged dangerous situations that have occurred due to a large number of suspected cases of the coronavirus, including lack of personal protective equipment and designated quarters for staff handling isolated patients.

Deacons Yeung, the Hospital Authority’s director of cluster services, said that emergency services remained normal and authorities had activated a “major incident control center” to monitor the situation, according to RTHK.

About 100 people rallied in the heart of Hong Kong’s financial district in support of the union, with some holding banners saying: “Close Borders, Contain Epidemics.”

Panic-stricken residents have emptied shelves in major supermarkets, stockpiling meat, rice and cleaning products as fears escalate over 2019-nCoV. About 90 percent of the territory’s food is imported, with the bulk coming from the mainland, according to official data.

Toy shop owner Lam Wa-yin, 45, said that closing the border would intensify worries about supplies of staples.

“They’ve started rushing to buy supplies even before they fully close the borders,” Lam said. “It’ll get worse if it is fully closed. Especially food, people have been rushing to buy oil, salt and rice, not to mention the face masks.”

Meanwhile, three-quarters of US business leaders polled said they wanted Hong Kong to shut the border with the mainland, according to a survey of 156 executives by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong released yesterday.

Carrie Lam has said such a move would be “inappropriate and impractical” as well as “discriminatory.”

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Chile protests spill from streets to stage

EMERGENCY:Plays staged at the Santiago a Mil festival focus heavily on the protests gripping the country, as well as violence against women and indigenous people
The sparky young performers on stage thanked us for coming out that night. There were so many other things we could have been doing, they told us, before launching into their show: Too Much Sexual Freedom Will Turn You Into Terrorists.

“Burning subways” got the biggest laugh. The play was, after all, in Santiago, where only three months ago people took to the streets and did exactly that.

Even now, in spite of soaring summer temperatures, Chileans continue to protest every weekend. Their list of complaints ranges from inadequate private pensions to an out-of-touch president.

The graffiti creeping across every surface called for an end to police violence, for the renationalization of water and for the indigenous Mapuche people to fight back.

Sprayed everywhere was the figure 6 percent — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera’s popularity rating.

While all that was going on outdoors, things were just as polemical in the theaters.

POLITICAL

“We are in a special situation here, but Chilean theater is always political,” said Carmen Romero, director of the Santiago a Mil festival, sitting in the sun outside Centro GAM, once the political headquarters of the administration of former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet, now a city-center arts complex.

“Theater is always thinking and writing about the social process,” she said.

Nearly all of the dozen shows in the festival bear her out.

Sometimes comic, sometimes earnest, always indignant, Chilean theater repeatedly gives voice to the abused, the angry and the dispossessed.

In Too Much Sexual Freedom, directed by Ernesto Orellana Gomes, four performers turn a panel discussion into a confrontational cabaret about fat shaming, HIV prejudice, discrimination against sex workers and trans rights.

Upfront and ribald, they perform with intelligence, humor and an impassioned sense of injustice.

“Let’s decolonize gender,” they said as they picked apart forces of oppression lying deep in Latin America’s history.

GENDER AND POWER

Gender and power were also on the mind of director Stephie Bastias in The Tower, an all-female adaptation of Alejandra Pizarnik’s The Bloody Countess.

It is inspired by the myth of 16th-century Transylvanian countess Elizabeth Bathory; her insatiable taste for blood threatens the lives of her servants, who plan a pre-emptive strike.

High on gothic melodrama and hand-wringing excess, it was an uneven piece, but its call for unity in the face of tyranny echoed what was going on in the streets.

A sharper show was Dragon by Guillermo Calderon. It was written before the October last year emergency, but the playwright, a frequent visitor to the UK, is amazed to see how topical it has become.

Like a polemical take on Yasmina Reza’s Art, it is about a collective of conceptual artists whose every attempt to create Augusto Boal-inspired “invisible theater” on the streets throws them into ethical dilemmas about class, race and representation.

Is it right they should re-enact the assassination in 1980 of Walter Rodney, a Guyanese political advocate, or are they merely reinforcing cliches about Africa and violence?

If they play the roles of Brazilians, will they be making assumptions about the immigrant experience?

Funny, slippery and energetically acted, the three-hander satirized artistic vanity even as it recognized the value of political engagement.

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Hong Kong recession deepens, GDP shrinks 0.4%

ECONOMY:A 3.9% contraction is expected for the fourth quarter of last year compared with 2018, and analysts said the coronavirus outbreak should only make things worse
The Hong Kong economy’s first recession in a decade deepened in the fourth quarter of last year, weighed down by often violent anti-government protests and the US-China trade dispute, advanced estimates showed yesterday.

The economy shrank by a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent in October to December from the previous quarter, versus a revised 3.0 percent in July to September.

On an annual basis, the economy contracted 2.9 percent, compared with a revised 2.8 percent in the third quarter.

Economists forecast a 3.9 percent contraction in the final three months of last year compared with a year earlier, the median of estimates compiled by Bloomberg showed.

For the whole of last year, real GDP contracted by 1.2 percent, the first annual decline since 2009.

Months of unrest last year in Hong Kong plunged the financial and trading hub into its worst crisis since it reverted from British to Chinese rule in 1997.

Analysts predict an even worse first quarter this year, as measures to restrict cross-border mobility to fight the spread of a new coronavirus, which originated in mainland China, deal a further blow to tourism, retail and other business.

Drawing on experience from the 2003 SARS epidemic in the territory, Aries Wong (黃健明), a lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Business, estimates that visitor arrivals from mainland China could drop by an additional 10 to 20 percentage points, and annual economic growth could be cut by 0.5 percentage points if the outbreak subsides by July — increasing to 1 percentage point if it continues for the whole year.

“Surely the virus is going to add a bit more pressure on tourism and retail,” Wong said.

The negative effects might be limited as the key affected sectors were already hit hard last year, ING Bank NV economist Iris Pang (彭藹嬈) said, although that might not be much comfort to shopkeepers or restaurant owners.

“The impacts are negative on retailers, restaurants, gyms, swimming pools, mass transportation and inbound and outbound tourism activities, but as retailers have been hit by the violent protests, the marginal impact from the coronavirus should be moderate,” she said.

Additional reporting by Bloomberg

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Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio poses for a photograph after an interview in Mexico City on Monday last week.Photo: AFP
A year after the movie Roma catapulted her from obscurity to an Oscar nomination, Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio is using the spotlight to promote causes close to her heart: indigenous and women’s rights in her country.

Taking a break from film sets, the 26-year-old from the Mixtec community in the southern state of Oaxaca is dedicating this year to working as a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples.

In her new role, Aparicio — the first indigenous woman ever nominated for a best actress Oscar — returned to school this week to give a talk at Harvard University’s Mexico Conference 2020.

In an interview in Mexico City, she said she understood that fame and her career would be “a series of ups and downs.”

“So the thing is to use this current high to lend visibility [to indigenous communities] and to explain to more people the things that I have been concerned about,” she said. “It’s been gratifying.”

Aparacio became an inspiration to many Mexicans when she earned rave reviews for her role in Roma, by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron. The film ended up winning three Oscars.

Her Roma character, Cleo, is a domestic worker inspired by Cuaron’s own childhood nanny.

The film’s success not only brought her international plaudits, but she ended up doing interviews and photo shoots for top magazines, such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, where indigenous faces are rare.

Of course, the praise was accompanied by some vitriol on social media.

Many with indigenous roots in Mexico have experienced discrimination, in a society that has been reluctant to acknowledge its own racism.

“We are not new faces, we are simply the people we always were, but who nobody had ever bothered looking at before,” she said. “May we never again be afraid to say: ‘Enough! We exist too.’”

On the back of Roma, Aparicio connected with many ordinary women in Mexico and pushed celebrities to lend their support to the Latin American feminist movement.

Chilean singer Mon Laferte invited Aparicio to appear in the video for her song Plata Ta Ta, a high-octane reggaeton performance in which Aparicio wore a green headscarf, the international symbol of the struggle for women’s rights.

In her native Oaxaca — the second place in Mexico after the capital to decriminalize abortion — conservatives have criticized her liberal stance, but she is holding firm.

“Every one of us is free to decide for themselves, depending on their situation,” she said. “I am simply supporting the right which all women have: We are free to make decisions about our own bodies.”

Violence against women in Mexico — 10 are killed every day, according to the UN — and female empowerment come up often when Aparicio speaks, and she describes herself as a “feminist for equality.”

“I am a feminist and I always have been,” she said. “Lots of times, people think being a feminist means being ‘more than men’ when in reality, it’s just a question of seeking the equality that so many of us lack.”

Aparicio stumbled into the world of movies by chance. Having recently graduated as a teacher, she accompanied her sister to a casting call — with no idea that she herself would be cast and it would change her life.

Her sudden flurry of globetrotting due to the success of Roma left her longing to return to her hometown of Tlaxiaco, a community of 40,000 people in the mountains who now see her as a star.

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Disgraced Cardinal George Pell’s appeal to the high court “glosses over” evidence that supports his conviction for child sexual abuse, Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions Victorian Kerri Judd said.

Pell, who has won the right to have Australia’s top court review his conviction, said in legal submissions that Victoria’s Court of Appeal erred when it found that jurors were not unreasonable to believe the testimony of his victim.

However, in her submission to the court, Judd said Pell’s appeal “glosses over evidence supportive of the account of the complainant.”

“There was a significant body of evidence at trial,” the submission said. “The applicant refers only to a small portion of that evidence. Consequently, the … Applicant’s Submissions provide an incomplete and inaccurate picture of the facts.”

In a two-one majority decision handed down in August last year, the court of appeal upheld Pell’s conviction on one count of sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16 and four counts of an indecent act against a child under the age of 16.

Pell is serving a six-year sentence.

In his submission, published early last month, Pell’s lawyers argue that, in the face of exculpatory evidence, the court of appeal relied on their “belief” in the complainant to eliminate doubt and uphold the conviction.

“Any conflation of the concepts of ‘belief’ and ‘elimination of doubt’ is an attempt to fundamentally depart from the defining safeguards of the accusatorial system of criminal justice,” the submission from lawyer Bret Walker said. “These safeguards protect people from the risk of being wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.”

Judd rejected this argument in documents now published by the high court.

“The applicant suggests that the majority proceeded on the basis of ‘believing’ [the victim] — that this was ‘the end’ of the majority’s enquiry,” Judd wrote.

“The majority did not reason on the basis of ‘belief’ in [the victim]. Rather, they ‘reviewed the whole of the evidence’ and made an ‘assessment of [the victim]’s credibility and reliability,’” she wrote.

In December 2018, a Supreme Court jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on five charges, finding that Pell had sexually abused two 13-year-old choirboys at St Patrick’s Cathedral after catching them drinking sacramental wine in the priests’ sacristy. He assaulted one of them again a few weeks later.

Judd said the submission from Pell’s legal team “disregards” evidence that supported the victim’s account, including his accurate description of the sacristy.

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A farmer holds a piglet in Tauche, Germany, on Thursday last week.Photo: Reuters
The German state of Brandenburg has erected about 120km of electric fencing to prevent wild boars infected with African swine fever from straying across the border from Poland and infecting its pig herd.

Hans-Christian Daniels does not think the barrier will work.

“It looks rather inevitable that swine fever will come,” said Daniels, whose farm near Tauche, close to the Polish border, has 11,000 pigs. “This could cause a dramatic fall in prices.”

African swine fever , which has led to the deaths of a quarter of the world’s pigs in China and roiled the global meat industry, is dangerously close to Germany, Europe’s largest pork producer.

A case of the viral disease was discovered in a wild boar in Poland just 12km from the German border last month.

A confirmed case in Germany could prompt an import ban, ending the boom times for local pig farmers, who have seen exports to China, the world’s biggest consumer of pork, jump due to the viral outbreaks in Asia. It could also have knock-on effects in the Netherlands and Denmark, where the main suppliers of piglets for Germany are based.

Farmers such as Daniels have taken strict steps to ward off the disease, but the biggest risk factor is from wild boars that roam the fields and forests along the German-Polish border feeding on nuts and acorns. They have already helped infect about 10 countries in eastern Europe, with Poland recording 55 outbreaks in wild boars in December alone.

“We do not know exactly how many wild boar we have in Brandenburg, but their numbers have been increasing in recent years,” said Anja Semmele of the Brandenburg hunting association. “Our region is something of a paradise for wild boar, with a mix of forests and farming.”

“They run very quickly and hunters need a good level of marksmanship to hit and kill the animal humanely,” she said.

African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease that kills almost all the pigs it infects, but does not harm humans. It has been spreading across eastern Europe but is doing the greatest damage in Asia and has devastated pig farms in China in the past year.

China’s pork output has slumped to a 16-year low, as herds were culled to stamp out the disease, leading to a surge in imports of pork, beef and chicken to fill the gap.

Germany’s pork exports to China rose 43 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of last year and it was Germany’s single biggest foreign market.

Asian countries, including China, regularly impose import bans on pork from regions where African swine fever has been discovered and German pig farmers could face huge losses from both the drop in exports and costs arising from methods to combat the disease if it is found in Germany, farmers’ association DBV said.

“It is difficult to estimate how high the damage will be for German pig farmers,” DBV secretary-general Bernhard Kruesken said. “But we estimate at least a triple-digit million euro sum.”

Any export ban on German pork would also have knock-on effects for other European countries.

“The main suppliers of piglets for Germany in the EU are Denmark and the Netherlands. That means there will be effects in the Dutch and Danish markets quite immediately,” said Thomas Sanchez, a policy adviser with responsibility for pigmeat at EU farmers group Copa Cogeca.

To help deal with the threat of African swine fever, the German and Polish agriculture ministries are considering creating a fenced corridor on both sides of their border and a “drastic” reduction in wild boar numbers by relaxing rules on shooting them.

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title: Virus Outbreak: First patients admitted to Wuhan’s new hospital

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Workers on Sunday rush to complete Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China, which opened yesterday.Photo: AFP
The first patients arrived yesterday at a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days as part of China’s efforts to fight a new virus.

Huoshenshan Hospital and a second facility with 1,500 beds that is due to open this week were built by construction crews who are working around the clock in Wuhan, where the outbreak was first detected in December last year.

The Wuhan treatment centers mark the second time Chinese leaders have responded to a new disease by building specialized hospitals almost overnight. As SARS, spread in 2003, a facility in Beijing for patients with that viral disease was constructed in a week.

The first patients arrived at Huoshenshan Hospital at 10am, state media said. The reports gave no details of the patients’ identities or conditions.

China’s People’s Liberation Army sent 1,400 doctors, nurses and other personnel to staff the Wuhan hospital, Xinhua news agency said.

Authorities have cut most road, rail and air access to Wuhan and surrounding cities, isolating about 50 million people, in efforts to contain the viral outbreak that has sickened more than 17,000 and killed more than 360 people.

The Huoshenshan Hospital was built by a 7,000-member crew of carpenters, plumbers, electricians and other specialists, Xinhua said.

Photographs in state media showed workers in winter clothing, safety helmets and the surgical-style masks worn by millions of Chinese in an attempt to avoid contracting the virus.

About half of the two-story, 60,000m2 building is isolation wards, the Yangtze Daily said.

It has 30 intensive care units.

Doctors can talk with outside experts over a video system that links them to Beijing’s PLA General Hospital, the Yangtze Daily said.

It said the system was installed in less than 12 hours by a 20-member “commando team” from Wuhan Telecom.

The building has specialized ventilation systems and double-sided cabinets that connect patient rooms to hallways and allow hospital staff to deliver supplies without entering the rooms.

The hospital received a donation of “medical robots” from a Chinese company for use in delivering medicines and carrying test samples, according to the Shanghai newspaper The Paper.

In other cities, the government has designated hospitals to handle cases of the new virus.

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title: Spurs weather City storm to snatch win

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Steven Bergwijn, center, celebrates scoring against Manchester City in their English Premier League match in London on Sunday.Photo: EPA-EFE
Steven Bergwijn on Sunday scored a goal on debut that helped Tottenham Hotspur to a remarkable 2-0 win over 10-man Manchester City to breathe new life into their challenge for a top-four finish in the English Premier League.

Jose Mourinho’s men had been completely outplayed for the first hour, but were kept in the game by City’s profligacy and Hugo Lloris’ first-half penalty save from Ilkay Gundogan.

However, Oleksandr Zinchenko’s sending off changed the course of the game as Spurs scored with their first two shots on goal through Bergwijn and Son Heung-min.

The victory lifted Spurs up to fifth place, just four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

It was arguably the least anticipated of Mourinho and Pep Guardiola’s 23 meetings as opposing managers, but it resorted to type as the Portuguese set up Spurs to defend, while City monopolized possession.

The visitors could have been out of sight by halftime as in a recurring theme of their season, the champions were wasteful in front of goal.

Bergwijn, signed last week from PSV Eindhoven, capped a dream debut after halftime as he chested down Lucas Moura’s pass and volleyed past Ederson.

“As a little kid I wanted to be here and play in the Premier League, so to score on my debut is unbelievable,” Bergwijn said.

Eight minutes later, Spurs were out of sight when Son, who scored three times in a famous Champions League quarter-final win over City last season, was the scourge of City again with a fine finish.

A sixth league defeat of the season for City saw Liverpool remain 22 points clear at the top and within touching distance of their first English title for 30 years.

“Liverpool are unstoppable. We dropped a lot of points in many games where we played quite similar as today,” Guardiola said. “Always I believe you are closer to win the games if you create more chances and concede few. It happened a few times this season and we have to accept it.”

Earlier, Burnley and Arsenal played out a goalless draw at Turf Moor.

Additional reporting by staff writer

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Ryanair Holdings PLC said demand for air travel within Europe could receive an unlikely boost if the coronavirus epidemic in China persists, prompting people to holiday closer to home.

Trends from 2003, when travelers avoided Asia after the SARS outbreak, suggest consumers could begin to alter their travel habits, Ryanair chief financial officer Neil Sorahan said in an interview yesterday.

“People tended to stay close to home,” Sorahan told Bloomberg Television. “They holidayed in Europe as opposed to heading as far afield as Asia and elsewhere.”

The coronavirus that originated in Wuhan last month has killed more than 360 people and infected 17,000.

Dozens of nations and airlines are restricting travel, with almost 10,000 flights canceled through Friday last week, travel industry data and analytics firm Cirium said, even though the WHO has so far said that such limits are not needed to control the spread.

Fitch Group yesterday said that a prolonged outbreak of the coronavirus would weigh on the tourist economy in Thailand, affecting not only Chinese demand but travel from elsewhere.

As of yesterday Thailand had 19 confirmed cases, Fitch said.

For Ryanair, a surge in European travel would bolster margins as it grapples with the grounding of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jet.

The discount giant said that deliveries from a 200-strong order would not start until September or October, so fuel-efficiency savings would not be realized until late in the fiscal year starting in April.

Europe’s biggest low-cost airline posted net income of 88 million euros (US$97.48 million) for the third quarter through December from a loss a year earlier, aided by last-minute sales over the Christmas holidays.

Bookings are 1 percent up on last year, with planes 96 percent full, so an increase in regional travel would push up fares.

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Brexit might distract Britain from its net-zero emissions goal

As Britain left the EU on Friday and starts work to rewrite its relationship with the bloc and quickly strike new global trade deals, some fear Brexit might undercut a similarly demanding key pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The Conservative government’s celebrations on finally reaching divorce day might be short-lived, as it now faces the monumental task of simultaneously repositioning Britain’s global role and overseeing a massive green overhaul of the economy.

London cannot allow tricky trade and foreign policy negotiations to delay climate action if the 2050 net-zero target is to be met, said Mike Thompson, director of analysis at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advises the government.

“This is not about making a few tweaks at the edges of what we are doing,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the shift required to meet the net-zero goal. “We are talking about a fundamental overhaul of most of the systems that we use in everyday life. We have to start now if we are going to have a chance of meeting this target.”

Britain was thrown into political turmoil by the 2016 referendum vote in favor of Brexit, leaving it with the complex task of dismantling years of European regulation and working out new deals to keep borders open and trade flowing.

In the middle of the messy divorce, then-British prime minister Theresa May announced the 2050 net-zero target, which was passed into law.

Climate experts say it will require vast changes across energy policy, transport, infrastructure, land use and diets, but the country is not yet even on track to meet a lower target of cutting its emissions by 80 percent by 2050, with the CCC warning that the government cannot afford to let Brexit elbow out climate action or result in climate pledges being watered down.

“This is the parliament that has got to crack net-zero really — if we don’t break the back of it in this parliament, then we won’t be able to make it by 2050,” Thompson said.

Former top government scientist David King has described Brexit as an “enormous distraction” from meeting climate goals.

It will also create gaps in environmental laws and regulations previously covered by Europe, with climate groups saying they are watching closely to ensure those are filled.

Meanwhile, the European Commission has proposed a “Green Deal” that would make the bloc climate-neutral by 2050.

Much hangs on how closely Britain remains aligned to Europe, said Ed Matthew from climate-change think tank E3G, adding that a trade deal between the two would be “critical” in deciding the extent of collaboration on environmental and climate issues.

“The UK has a choice,” Matthew said. “Is it going to align itself with the EU on energy and environmental regulation, or is it going to go its own way?”

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A spokesman for Britain’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said tackling climate change was a priority, and the government would work with international partners to drive global action on the issue.

“Our net-zero commitment is underpinned by domestic emissions reduction targets that are more ambitious than those set by EU legislation and won’t change as we leave the EU,” he said in an e-mailed statement.

Under the terms of Brexit, Britain has a transition period until the end of this year, during which it will attempt to hammer out an ambitious European free-trade agreement or face an economically precarious no-deal situation if it fails.

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US boosts screening for coronavirus

‘WORKING CLOSELY’:US citizens who have traveled in China within the past 14 days are to be rerouted to designated airports to undergo enhanced health screening
A passenger wearing a protective mask exits the international arrival lounge at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.Photo: AFP
As the US steps up its response to a coronavirus outbreak, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned airline passengers that their flights might wind up rerouted if officials discover mid-flight that someone onboard has been in China in the past 14 days.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a “handful” of flights would be heading to China to bring Americans back home from Hubei Province, which is at the heart of the outbreak.

“The exact timing of those we’re still coordinating with the Chinese government,” Pompeo said at a news conference yesterday in Tashkent.

“We anticipate that they will happen in the next handful of days and we’ll return those American citizens,” he said.

“We may well end up bringing some citizens back from other countries as well. We’re working through the details on that,” Pompeo said.

He said the US might try to deliver some medical supplies to the region.

“We’re working closely and hand-in-hand with the Chinese government to try and resolve what is now this global epidemiological challenge, and so we’ll have more details exactly on when those flights will depart and when they return and how they’ll return to the United States before too long,” Pompeo said.

The DHS guidance on flights was included in a notice it released on Sunday as new travel restrictions officially went into effect for flights commencing after 5pm.

Under the new rules, US citizens who have traveled in China within the past 14 days would be rerouted to one of eight designated airports, where they would undergo enhanced health screening procedures.

They eight are: John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Chicago O’Hare International Airport; San Francisco International Airport; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu; Los Angeles International Airport in California; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; and Washington-Dulles International Airport in Virginia.

Starting yesterday, Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport were to be added to the list.

US citizens who have been in Hubei Province within 14 days of their return are to be subject to up to 14 days of mandatory quarantine. The outbreak originated in that province.

US citizens who have been in other areas of China within the past 14 days are to undergo “proactive entry health screening” and up to 14 days of “self-quarantine.”

Meanwhile, most non-US citizens who have traveled in China within the past 14 days are to be denied entry into the US, except for immediate family members of US citizens, permanent residents and flight crew.

“While the overall risk to the American public remains low, funneling all flights with passengers who have recently been in China is the most important and prudent step we can take at this time to decrease the strain on public health officials screening incoming travelers,” Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf said.

“We realize this could provide added stress and prolong travel times for some individuals, however public health and security experts agree these measures are necessary to contain the virus and protect the American people,” Wolf said.

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title: World Business Quick Take

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CHINA

Industrial profits decline

Profits at industrial enterprises dropped 3.3 percent last year, dragged down by a double-digit decline at state-owned companies and losses at manufacturers, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement yesterday. The main reasons cited by the statistics bureau were the poor performance of the steel, chemical, auto and petroleum refining sectors. Petroleum, coal and other fuel processors had the worst results, with annual profits falling about 43 percent.

ENERGY

OPEC, Russia to meet

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their ally Russia are to convene a technical meeting this week to analyze oil price declines since the outbreak of a new coronavirus, a source close to the cartel said on Sunday. OPEC would assemble experts in a “joint technical committee’ in Vienna today and tomorrow, the source said.

MEXICO

Uber helps with virus

Uber Technologies Inc has suspended the accounts of 240 users who may have been in contact with drivers that ferried a person suspected of having the coronavirus. The ride-hailing app said that Mexico City health authorities last month requested information on a possible carrier of coronavirus, with Uber finding two drivers who transported the suspected individual before driving a further 240 people. “We have proceeded to send information to these two drivers and the 240 users regarding the temporary deactivation of their accounts,” the company said.

AVIATION

Sri Lanka to probe deal

Sri Lanka has ordered an investigation into accusations of bribery by European planemaker Airbus SE to pave the way for the sale of aircraft to state-run carrier SriLankan Airlines. The nation was among the countries whose officials figured in a US$4 billion settlement Airbus agreed with European and US regulators, as having been accused of receiving bribes to clinch sales of its aircraft. Sri Lanka would conduct “a comprehensive investigation into reports of allegations over financial irregularities,” the office of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Sunday.

ELECTRONICS

Panasonic profit down 18%

Panasonic Corp yesterday said that its operating profit for the April-to-December period dropped 18 percent on lower sales in China. Its nine-month sales fell 5.4 percent to ￥5.76 trillion (US$53.06 billion), causing operating profit to fall to ￥240.67 billion, while net profit came to ￥178.15 billion, which marked an increase of 2.6 percent, thanks largely to reduced income taxes, the company said. Panasonic left unchanged its full-year forecast, which sees net profit falling 29.6 percent to ￥200 billion, and operating profit sagging 27.1 percent to ￥300 billion on sales of ￥7.7 trillion, down 3.8 percent.

COWORKING

WeWork names new CEO

WeWork named Sandeep Mathrani its new chief executive officer, tapping an experienced real-estate operator for a bid to turn around the embattled start-up. Mathrani, who was previously chief executive of Brookfield Property Partners’ retail group, would need to execute a plan for WeWork to refocus on coworking and abandon unrelated ventures started by its cofounder, Adam Neumann. Mathrani is to replace Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham, WeWork said in a statement.

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title: Turkish, Syrian forces exchange fire, killing 10

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A Turkish military convoy passes through Dana, Syria, on Sunday.Photo: AFP
Turkey hit targets in northern Syria, responding to shelling by Syrian government forces that killed at least four Turkish soldiers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday.

A Syrian war monitor said six Syrian troops were also killed.

The exchange, which came hours after a large Turkish military convoy entered the northwestern province of Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria, is likely to further increase tensions between the two neighboring countries, as such direct clashes have been rare.

Earlier, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said the Turkish forces were sent to Idlib as reinforcement and were attacked there, despite prior notification of their coordinates to the local authorities.

It said Turkish forces responded to the attack, destroying targets.

Along with four killed, nine Turkish troops were wounded.

Speaking to reporters before departing for a visit to Ukraine, Erdogan said Turkish artillery hit about 46 targets.

He said Turkish warplanes were also involved and claimed that there were between 30 and 35 casualties on the Syrian side, but offered no evidence.

“Those who test Turkey’s determination with such vile attacks will understand their mistake,” Erdogan said.

He suggested that Turkey would not accept attempts by Russia to calm the tensions, saying Moscow was told that Ankara would not stand for any “situation where we are prevented.”

“It is not possible for us to remain silent when our soldiers are being martyred,” Erdogan said.

The exchange occurred near the Syrian flashpoint town of Saraqeb, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group.

It came amid a Syrian government offensive into the country’s last rebel stronghold, located in Idlib and parts of the nearby Aleppo region.

Turkish troops are deployed in some of those rebel-held areas to monitor an earlier ceasefire that was agreed to, but that has since collapsed.

Relations between Turkey and Syria have deteriorated sharply since Syria’s civil war began in 2011.

Syria have accused Turkey of undermining its security by allowing thousands of foreign fighters to battle the Syrian army. Idlib Province is dominated by al-Qaeda-linked militants.

With Russian backing, the Syria government has been on the offensive since December last year to capture and reopen a strategic highway held by the rebels since 2012.

The offensive ignored a ceasefire deal brokered late last year between Russia and Turkey. The deal has since collapsed.

Syrian government forces captured the key Idlib town of Maaret al-Numan from the rebels on Wednesday last week, and have now set their sights on Saraqeb.

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US demands commitment from Taliban

RECONCILIATION:The group must show ‘demonstrable evidence of their will and capacity to reduce violence’ before a peace accord can be signed, Mike Pompeo said
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday demanded “demonstrable evidence” from the Taliban that they can and will reduce violence before signing a deal that would lead to Afghanistan peace talks and a withdrawal of US troops from the country.

Speaking at a news conference in Uzbekistan, Pompeo said a deal is close, but that they have been close before and failed because the Taliban was unable to demonstrate seriousness.

He said more work remains to be done so that peace talks can get started.

“We’re working on a peace and reconciliation plan, putting the commas in the right place, getting the sentences right,” he said. “We got close once before to having an agreement: a piece of paper that we mutually executed and the Taliban were unable to demonstrate either their will or capacity or both to deliver on a reduction in violence.” “

“So, what we are demanding now is demonstrable evidence of their will and capacity to reduce violence, to take down the threat, so the inter-Afghan talks ... will have a less violent context,” he said.

“We’re hopeful we can achieve that, but we’re not there yet, and work certainly remains,” he added.

His comments came just two days after US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul and told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani there has been “no notable progress” in talks with the Taliban.

However, Khalilzad said he was hopeful of reaching an understanding with them on a reduction of hostilities, without offering any time frame.

Khalilzad had been in Pakistan last week to rally support for getting an agreement with the Taliban to reduce their attacks, as a first step toward a peace agreement to end 18 years of war in Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Taliban said they offered Khalilzad a 10-day ceasefire window in which to sign a peace agreement that would be followed by intra-Afghan negotiations.

Khalilzad was appointed by the White House in 2018 to find a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s war that would allow the US to bring home its estimated 13,000 soldiers and end its longest military engagement.

He has held multiple rounds of talks with the Taliban in Qatar, where the militant group maintains a political office.

Talks in recent weeks have focused on finding a way to reduce hostilities and bring both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Until now the Taliban have refused to talk to Ghani’s government.

Ghani has also been unable to agree on a negotiating team with Abdullah Abdullah, his partner in Afghanistan’s so-called Unity Government.

Abdullah accuses the president of foiling efforts at peace by imposing new conditions on talks.

Ghani and Abdullah were the leading contenders in last September’s presidential polls. The voting was mired in controversy and is still without a final result.

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title: France coach Galthie hails ‘great victory’ over England

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France’s Charles Ollivon, right, scores a try against England in their Six Nations match at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, on Sunday.Photo: AFP
France coach Fabien Galthie on Sunday hailed his team’s solidarity after a nail-biting 24-17 victory over England in their Six Nations opener.

France had stagnated under previous coach Jacques Brunel, with Galthie drafted in as assistant at the Rugby World Cup before taking over full-time after the side’s quarter-final exit in Japan.

Galthie, a former France captain and scrumhalf, drafted in a strong backroom staff, including Raphael Ibanez and former Wales defense coach Shaun Edwards, also plumping for a raft of younger players at the expense of the older guard in a revitalized squad.

It paid off under the rain at a vibrant, packed Stade de France.

“The victory is thanks to the players and the solidarity they showed, especially when England came back in second half,” Galthie said after France rushed to a 24-0 lead, before a converted Jonny May brace of tries let England back into the game. “It’s also down to the work done by the squad over the last two weeks, work by staff over the last two months, the clubs who have helped us and helped contribute to our preparation.”

“It’s a great victory, very satisfying,” Galthie said.

“French rugby wanted to win back the hearts of a French public. They did that in a stadium that rocked,” Ibanez said. “It’s only the start, but it’s a great day.”

France skipper Charles Ollivon bagged a brace of tries, with Vincent Rattez opening the scoring with an early opportunistic five-pointer, but the one area in which France stood out was in defense, the forwards putting in a real shift of raw aggression, with center Gael Fickou outstanding.

“When the English team had possession, our team was well organized and fought back every time to win the arm wrestle,” Galthie said. “Scoring three tries in the rain against England is really something. We’re a in a very positive state. We all invested a lot in this match.”

England coach Eddie Jones said that his team had been outplayed by France in the opening period, but praised them for sticking at it.

“We weren’t good enough in that first half and they were,” the Australian said. “I was really pleased with our second half. It was a game that could have been ugly for us, the crowd were going nuts.”

Jones said that there was no hangover from losing the Rugby World Cup final to South Africa last year in Japan.

“I don’t think we would have a mental problem with that second-half performance,” he said. “France played really well, especially in that first half. They’re a young team, there’s a bit of a renaissance in French rugby and we struggled to match their intensity.”

“We’ll pick ourselves up and get up to Scotland,” Jones added, with his team on a short turnaround for the weekend’s second round of matches, when France host Italy.

France skipper Ollivon said he would “certainly remember” his double, but added that he would not be dwelling long on it.

“There’ll be many more weekends when I don’t score,” Ollivon said. “The one thing I want is to keep this spirit in the squad.”

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title: EDITORIAL: Mask kerfuffle reveals demons

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There have been a host of incidents involving Taiwanese celebrities making comments that have been perceived as attempts to ingratiate themselves with the Chinese market, but never has an incident sparked outrage as much as the one last week surrounding singer Christine Fan (范瑋琪). She used a barrage of derogatory epithets to describe Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) after the government banned exports of surgical masks for a month amid fears of a local 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.

Unlike Taiwanese K-pop idol Chou Tzu-yu (周子瑜), who was forced to apologize for briefly waving a Republic of China flag in an episode of a variety show, Fan’s Facebook post was completely spontaneous, which led many to question her intentions.

Although Fan deleted the post and apologized, saying that she had only hoped that people would treat one another with more love and kindness, her attempt at damage control backfired when more than 170,000 Facebook users responded to her apology with the “angry” reaction.

Fan portrayed herself as a humanitarian, yet when confronted by a person online asking her why she had remained silent when the Hong Kong government was brutally cracking down on people protesting an extradition bill, she said that the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong are a “political incident and beyond her power to comment on.”

This response prompted many to question whether she has forgotten her politically charged assault on Su and whether she considers protesting Hong Kongers to be human — also in need of love and kindness.

The controversy raged on when actress Big S (大S, also known as Barbie Hsu, 徐熙媛) and her younger sister, TV show host Little S (小S, also known as Dee Hsu, 徐熙娣), joined the fray. Barbie Hsu’s husband, Chinese millionaire Wang Xiaofei (汪小菲), on Thursday last week announced on China’s Sina Weibo microblogging site that he had purchased 10,000 surgical masks in Taiwan and would ship them to Wuhan, China, where the virus purportedly originated.

Wang later said that he would give the masks to people in Taiwan instead, as he was not allowed to export them to China, while Dee Hsu shared Wang’s Sina Weibo post and said: “It is against human nature not to help one another... Hatred is more dreadful than viruses.”

However, when the WHO, succumbing to Beijing’s pressure, left Taiwan out of emergency meetings on the prevention of 2019-nCoV, creating a breach in disease prevention efforts, the righteous words of Fan and Dee Hsu were nowhere to be heard.

As such, it was perfectly understandable that Dee Hsu’s swipe at the government and Fan’s apology failed to strike a chord. Ultimately, their hypocrisy proved too much for most Taiwanese.

To add to the absurdity of Fan and Dee Hsu chastising the government for issuing an export ban on masks, news channel TVBS last week reported that China manufactures 10 times as many masks as Taiwan, and that the nation imports about 400 million masks from China annually.

Su’s announcement of the export ban does not make him a “dog of a bureaucrat” — it was the only sensible thing to do and a timely judgement call as the virus spread across China and the world. If any other country were in such proximity to China and ran such a high risk from the virus, its government would also ensure that its people had prioritized access to masks.

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title: Fati sets new record in Barca win

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Barcelona’s Ansu Fati, left, scores against Levante UD in their La Liga match at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday.Photo: AFP
Barcelona’s teenage star Ansu Fati on Sunday set another scoring record when he became the youngest player to get a brace in a La Liga match.

Fati struck from a pair of passes by Lionel Messi to help Barcelona beat Levante UD 2-1, keeping the defending champions within three points of leaders Real Madrid.

Fati got his record brace at the age of 17 years, 94 days. That beat the previous mark established by then-Malaga striker Juan Miguel Jimenez in 2010 at 17 years, 115 days.

“I have watched [Messi] for many years and to play next to him is a dream come true,” Fati said. “I have to thank my teammates and my coach. My teammates have made it easy since the first day I came into the changing room.”

The forward from Guinea-Bissau’s latest scoring milestone came after he smashed several other scoring records this season.

Fati became the youngest player to score for Barcelona in the league at the age of 16 years, 304 days in a 2-2 draw at CA Osasuna on Aug. 31 last year.

Two weeks later, he became the youngest player to score at the Camp Nou in a 5-2 rout of Valencia. On Dec. 10, he became the youngest player to score in a UEFA Champions League match in a 2-1 win at Inter.

On Sunday, Fati opened the scoring for the hosts in the 30th minute after Messi drifted back into the midfield and placed a perfectly weighted pass to connect with Fati’s run behind the defense.

Fati did the rest by fending off Jorge Miramon and slotting between the legs of Aitor Fernandez.

A minute later, the teenager switched to his left foot to fire in a second goal after Messi found him on the left side of the penalty area.

They were Fati’s fourth and fifth goals of the season.

“[Fati] is having a breakout season and has great potential,” Barcelona coach Quique Setien said. “Today he made history with two goals, but he also helped the team in many other ways. He has a very promising future.”

Ruben Rochina got one back for Levante in stoppage-time after the visitors had threatened several times in the second half.

“The team competed well in a very difficult match,” Rochina said. “In the second half, we had our opportunities. They did too, but it is a pity we couldn’t take away something positive.”

While the win will help Setien settle in after a tough start replacing Ernesto Valverde, the second half showed the coach still has work to do to shore up Barcelona’s defense.

“It is worrying when you conceded so many chances, but we generated many chances as well and for me that is more important. The game could have ended 8-2 or 8-3,” Setien said.

Elsewhere, Getafe won 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao to rise to third place, moving ahead of Sevilla, who drew 1-1 at home with Deportivo Alaves.

Paco Alcacer had an ideal debut for new club Villarreal, scoring the opening goal and earning a penalty in a 3-1 win over CA Osasuna.

CD Leganes substitute Oscar Rodriguez scored from a free-kick deep in stoppage-time to snatch a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, while Real Betis Balompie drew 1-1 at Sociedad Deportiva Eibar.

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title: Virus Outbreak: Gilead drug to undergo human trials

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China has launched a clinical trial to speedily test a drug to fight the novel coronavirus infection as the nation rushes therapies for those afflicted and scours for vaccines to protect the rest.

Remdesivir, a new antiviral drug by Gilead Sciences Inc aimed at infectious diseases such as Ebola and SARS, is to be tested by a medical team from Beijing-based China-Japan Friendship Hospital for efficacy in treating the new strain of coronavirus, a hospital spokeswoman told Bloomberg News yesterday.

Trials for the drug are to be conducted in the central Chinese city of Wuhan — ground zero of the viral outbreak that has so far killed more than 360 people, infected more than 17,000 in China and spread to more than a dozen nations.

As many as 270 people with mild and moderate pneumonia caused by the virus would be recruited in a randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled study, Chinese news outlet The Paper reported on Sunday.

Drugmakers such as GlaxoSmithKline PLC, as well as Chinese authorities, are racing to crash develop vaccines and therapies to combat the new virus that is more contagious than SARS and could cost the global economy four times more than the US$40 billion sapped by the 2003 SARS outbreak.

The decision to hold human trials for remdesivir shows it is among the most promising therapies against the virus that so far has no specific treatments or vaccines.

The experimental drug has not yet been approved for use by any drug regulator in the world, but is being used on patients battling the new virus in the absence of approved treatment options, Gilead said in a statement last week.

China’s health regulator has also recommended AbbVie Inc’s HIV medicine Kaletra as an ad hoc antiviral drug for coronavirus.

Kaletra is also set to undergo human trials, The Paper said.

Meanwhile, a global search continues for therapies to contain the infection.

Johnson & Johnson has initiated work on a preventive coronavirus vaccine and has “dozens of scientists” working on it, its chief scientific officer Paul Stoffels said last month.

GlaxoSmithKline and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations yesterday said that they would work to accelerate the creation of a vaccine and then provide the doses rapidly.

The coalition, set up in 2017 to spur the development of shots for known diseases and to respond to new viruses, has also signed contracts with drugmakers including Moderna Inc and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc as early as Jan. 22 to expedite work on vaccines.

Novavax Inc was among the first ones to announce it was working on a candidate too.

However, health officials say a vaccine version could take three months to be available for the first stages of human testing, while developing an effective vaccine generally takes years.

That puts remdesivir on the front lines of combating the infection.

The first patient in the US infected with the virus, a 35-year-old man, has seen his pneumonia improve after he was given remdesivir, doctors treating him said in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week.

The trial in China could lead to a fast-track approval of remdesivir by the Chinese drug regulator, which in some cases has been the fastest in the world.

China’s drug law now allows conditional approval for drugs with clinical data demonstrating efficacy against aliments that are life-threatening and have no existing therapies.

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title: Chiefs rally to win Super Bowl

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Chiefs rally to win Super Bowl

COMEBACK KINGS:It was a validation for Kansas City’s Andy Reid, who had more career regular-season wins (207) than any coach without a Super Bowl title
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, center, celebrates with the trophy after winning the Super Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, on Sunday.Photo: Reuters
The Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday ended a half-century Super Bowl drought with a dramatic 31-20 comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers in a breathtaking finish to the NFL’s 100th season.

With the Chiefs trailing 20-10 in the fourth quarter, quarterback Patrick Mahomes engineered three scoring drives in a little more than five minutes, hitting Travis Kelce and Damien Williams with short touchdown passes to take the lead.

Williams then raced 38 yards for the clinching score, sparking wild celebrations for long-suffering Chiefs fans, who had not seen their team hoist the Lombardi Trophy since their victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.

“We never lost faith, I mean that’s the biggest thing,” Mahomes said. “Everybody on this team, no one had their head down and we believed in each other, and that’s what we preached all year long ... we found a way to get it in the end.”

“Those guys around us, the leaders of this team, they have the mindset that we never give up. We’re going to fight to the end,” he added.

San Francisco had looked well on their way to a first Super Bowl in 25 years, holding a 10-point advantage and with time running down, but few leads are ever safe from Mahomes and the explosive Chiefs offense.

In the divisional playoffs, the Chiefs fought back from 24-0 down to beat the Houston Texans and then erased a 10-0 Tennessee Titans advantage in the American Football Conference championship game.

“It was a tough loss and hurts everybody in that room,” said San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan, who was trying to join his father Mike as a Super Bowl-winning coach. “Kansas City played a good game, they were better than us today. We can deal with that, but we’re obviously disappointed.”

Mahomes, 24, is the second-youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, adding to his growing reputation as the NFL’s next superstar.

However, Mahomes, who completed 26 of 42 attempts for 286 yards and two touchdowns, appeared out of sorts for nearly three quarters of the game before stepping up when it mattered to earn the Most Valuable Player (MVP) honor.

Mahomes is the youngest to win both the NFL and Super Bowl MVP awards.

The win was also validation for Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who had more career regular-season wins (207) than any coach without a Super Bowl win until Sunday.

“He is going to be listed as one of the all-time great coaches of history whenever he wants to be done,” Mahomes said. “We wanted to get him this trophy because he deserved it. The work he puts in day in and day out, he is there three in the morning and leaves 11 in the evening, I don’t think he sleeps.”

Reid made it clear early on that he was willing to roll the dice to get his hands on the Lombardi Trophy, extending both his side’s first-half scoring drives by converting on fourth downs.

The Super Bowl began on a sombre note with a moment of silence in memory of Los Angles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, who was killed in helicopter crash along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.

However, the end of night was one of celebration as Hard Rock Stadium exploded in cheers when members of the Hunt family, the owners of the Chiefs, stepped forward to accept the trophy from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

The handover was particularly special given that Lamar Hunt is widely credited with coining the phrase “Super Bowl.”

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title: Thailand reports virus drug success

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Workers yesterday clean outside a shopping mall in Bangkok to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.Photo: EPA-EFE
A cocktail of antiviral drugs appeared to be effective in treating a seriously ill coronavirus patient, a Thai health official said yesterday.

The HIV medicines lopinavir and ritonavir, which are sold by AbbVie Inc as the product Kaletra, were used on three people in conjunction with the anti-flu medication oseltamivir, sold by Roche Holding AG and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co as Tamiflu, said Somkiat Lalitwongsa, director of the Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok.

Kaletra is already being studied in a randomized, controlled trial — the gold standard for testing new medical products — in 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patients in Wuhan, China.

The decision by Thai doctors to give the flu drug was based on research that indicated it helped some people afflicted with the more deadly coronavirus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

A study by researchers in France recommended that it be used in these MERS patients, but discontinued if tests show they do not have the flu.

“There’s not enough evidence to support the effectiveness just yet, but we report to contribute to the medical community globally,” Somkiat said. “The results look good so far.”

Of three people in Thailand on whom the unique three-drug therapy was initiated, two were continuing to receive the medications, Somkiat said.

Treatment was discontinued in one person who developed a rash. One of the two continuing to receive the medicines has tested negative for 2019-nCoV, he said.

“Because there’s no standard procedure yet, we’re trying new combinations of drugs,” Somkiat said.

Meanwhile, in China, officials in some rural areas are using drones to deter outdoor gatherings amid the 2019-nCoV outbreak.

A video clip posted on social media showed a group of people playing mahjong in a village near the southwestern city of Chengdu being told to disperse after being spotted by a camera mounted on a patrolling drone.

“Playing mahjong outside is banned during the epidemic. You have been spotted. Stop playing and leave the site as soon as possible,” an official ordered the villagers through a microphone while watching footage sent by the drone to his screen.

“Don’t look at the drone, child; ask your father to leave immediately,” the official told a boy seen looking curiously up at the drone.

Some netizens were amused by the clip.

“So hardcore! High-tech makes life more efficient,” one wrote.

Additional reporting by Reuters

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title: Reasons to recall Han abound; one is primary

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In the wake of last month’s presidential election, the campaign to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has picked up speed.

From a democratic perspective, the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法) gives residents the right to recall their mayor, allowing voters who regret their choice at the ballot box the opportunity to dissolve the contract.

The outcome of a recall procedure is decided by city residents in a vote.

To date, no campaign to recall a county commissioner or a mayor of a city or special municipality has been successful. If Kaohsiung residents vote to recall Han, they will create a political milestone that is certain to become the envy of Hong Kong residents and Chinese citizens alike.

Why should Han be recalled? There are several reasons:

Some people feel that he deceived them and they did not understand that he was a country bumpkin. Others feel that there was no way he could fulfill the election promises of his mayoral campaign. Yet others feel that his entry into the presidential race only a few months after being elected mayor showed a lack of sincerity, while others say that he likes China more than Taiwan.

Some people reportedly want to recall Han because he gave NT$6 million (US$197,811 at the current exchange rate) to a woman surnamed Wang (王) who lived in New Taipei City’s Sinjhuang District (新莊).

There are many reasons.

All of these seem to make sense, but none are the top reason he should be recalled, which is because he has no idea what it means to be a mayor — he does not even know what a mayor does.

Anyone who has served as a mayor understands that the residents of their city look to them as a benevolent, parent-like official, and the mayor looks on residents as members of their own family. A mayor does all in their power to care for the residents, which means that it is a 24-7 job, allowing no rest or time off.

Han looks at his mayorship as a nine-to-five job, and even says that weekends and after he leaves work in the evenings is his time off.

This approach raises several questions: When there is a risk of a dengue fever epidemic, do mosquitoes follow a five-day workweek? Does the city government never arrange weekend activities? Are there no weddings, funerals or anniversaries that a mayor has to attend?

How could someone who does not even understand the responsibilities of a mayor be qualified to serve as one?

It is not strange that the efficiency of the Kaohsiung administration declines when the mayor “goofs around as much as possible and milks his job for all its worth,” as he encouraged civil servants to do in connection to the central government’s pension reforms two years ago.

This is why the right reason to recall Han is that he does not know what it means to be a mayor.

After Han returned to Kaohsiung, the media have kept close tabs on when he arrives at work and leaves, as if clocking in on time is a major achievement. This brings shame on the position of mayor, and holding other mayors and county commissioners to the same standard would be absurd.

Twu Shiing-jer is a former Chiayi City mayor.

Translated by Perry Svensson

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content_text: 華爾街股市今天早盤勁揚，三大指數漲幅都超過1%，道瓊工業指數大漲347點，未受亞洲股市一片慘綠影響。市場本週除注意中國武漢肺炎疫情發展，也將留意重要的經濟數據和財報。開盤後約半小時，道瓊指數上漲347.49點，或1.23%，來到28603.52點。

title: 美股開盤勁揚  道瓊指數上漲347點


title: 武漢肺炎》口罩之亂機會教育 台史博粉專小編分享台灣口罩史

events: 武漢肺炎 選舉

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國立台灣歷史博物館搭配時事，以館藏文物分享台灣的口罩百年親密史。圖為口罩式防毒面具。（翻攝自台史博臉書粉絲專頁）

2020-02-03 23:59:09

［記者劉婉君／台南報導］武漢肺炎疫情引發民眾搶買口罩，國立台灣歷史博物館臉書粉絲專頁小編搭配時事，利用口罩類館藏分享台灣口罩的百年親密史，宣導防疫也讓民眾長知識。台史博表示，台灣人與口罩已相處近百年，不同時代的口罩有不同的材質、做法、任務，甚至能解讀出其背後的時代意義與社會現象。

小編分享的館藏照片中，有一件口罩式防毒面具，主要用於軍事、救災、衛生防疫等；也有早期口罩文宣品，除了宣傳騎機車、噴農藥要戴口罩，兩旁還有小字寫著「反共抗俄、增產報國」標語。而紗布口罩或棉布口罩，在圖案花俏的布口罩出現前，是最常見的口罩種類。

1988年，電影《大盜李師科》以1982年李師科持槍戴口罩搶劫銀行的真實事件為題材，海報上李師科戴的是紗布（或棉布）純白口罩，此後「進入銀行請脫口罩（以及安全帽）」，也成為常見的標語。2003年爆發SARS疫情，牛頓雜誌別冊出版的《SARS病毒防治手冊》，以戴著N95口罩的女性為封面。2014年318太陽花學運中，有參與者在醫療用口罩上，用釘書針釘了一張寫著「憤」字的紙卡，口罩也是近年街頭社會運動中，常被使用的物件。

另外，近年來各類選舉中，常有候選人以口罩搭配文宣發送，台史博館藏文物中，就有一件2016年總統大選的政黨文宣口罩。在此次武漢肺炎防疫期間，也有民眾買不到口罩，找出過去候選人贈送的口罩應急。

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title: 終於到家了 武漢包機晚間11時40分抵達桃園機場

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張理國／台北報導

武漢台商包機深夜抵台，行政院長蘇貞昌晚間在臉書表示，照護武漢返台的台商，政府已做好準備，請國人放心。

蘇揆說，政府也會嚴格施行集中檢疫隔離措施。搭乘專機從武漢回台的台商下機後，入境會先通過機場發燒篩檢站，若有疑似症狀會後送就醫，其他沒有症狀的台商，會由專車送到集中檢疫場所進行14天的健康監測。

蘇揆表示，台商到檢疫場所後，會以一人一室 為原則，每天量兩次體溫，若有發現相關症狀會立即後送就醫，場所也會有防護裝備提供檢疫者和工作同仁使用。 集中檢疫者不能外出 ，活動範圍以檢疫房間為主，因此跟 附近居民不會有接觸 ，也請所有民眾放心。

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title: 蘇揆：武漢包機回台政府已作好準備


title: 華堡可以加糖了？漢堡王傳回歸台南 預計5月開幕

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 東區

references: 網友 臉書

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2020-02-03 23:33:49

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕過去漢堡王曾在中南部拓點，卻在2012年後爆發倒閉潮，關閉大量中南部分店，讓許多饕客相當惋惜。不過繼高雄店開幕後，台南也傳出5月將在台南市東區重新展店，讓許多看到這則消息的網友相當興奮。

漢堡王高雄店開幕前，招牌曾經「路過」台南，引起網友熱烈討論，以為要在台南重新展店；有網友也到漢堡王臉書詢問可不可以來台南開店，只得到了小編拿台南人愛吃甜的老哏超狂回答：「可是瑞凡，國外不讓我們華堡加糖欸。」

不過現在回歸台南的消息可能是真的了，臉書粉專「台南點」表示，漢堡王預計5月將重新插旗在台南市東區，消息一出再度引發熱烈討論。

許多網友紛紛留言表示「應該在南紡夢時代吧！那麼大」、「快點開~好想念華堡」、「竟然挑戰丹丹南霸天的地位！」、「10年前崇學路有一間，在現在的薄多義」、「又要回來東區了嗎 開心」、「甜甜圈漢堡是主打嗎」、「可以在華堡撒糖吃了」、「台南有加糖嗎」。

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title: 武漢肺炎》口罩搶購潮 韓國瑜喊話：優先關切高雄

taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 高雄市

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高雄市長韓國瑜（中）今再度向中央喊話，希望中央了解高雄市民買口罩很困難，「希望行政院能優先關切高雄，因為是一級防護的關係，給予最大的幫忙。」（記者方志賢攝）

2020-02-03 23:35:40

〔記者方志賢／高雄報導〕中國武漢肺炎疫情嚴峻，國內出現口罩搶購潮，高雄市長韓國瑜今再度向中央喊話，希望中央了解高雄市民買口罩很困難，「希望行政院能優先關切高雄，因為是一級防護的關係，給予最大的幫忙。」

韓國瑜今日主持因應武漢肺炎第4次應變會議，他表示，曾到捷運、輕軌、郵局及超商買口罩，但都買不到，他說曾觀察捷運、輕軌上乘客，約有9成民眾戴口罩，顯示大家都有好習慣、都會戴口罩。

高雄市衛生局長林立人也表示，中央流行疫情指揮中心1月31日啟動徵用口罩，會依各縣市人口比例進行撥配撥補，高市團隊已盤點醫療機構及第一線防疫人員需求，依優先順序撥補口罩。

對於媒體問韓國瑜，是否針對武漢台商返台有規畫相關防疫措施？韓國瑜說，所有從中國回來的，都有14天檢疫、自主管理，相關局處也有基本資料，完全照標準標準程序進行。

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台南市長黃偉哲（右2）頒台南之光獎牌給在2019年世界巧克力大賽中奪銀牌的香格里拉台南遠東國際飯店點心主廚許煜新（右1）。（記者王俊忠攝）

2020-02-03 23:36:36

〔記者王俊忠／台南報導〕香格里拉台南遠東國際大飯店西點主廚許煜新首次從亞太區巧克力賽晉級2019年世界巧克力總決賽，在全球3、400件調味類巧克力作品中，以台灣在地食材為主的「烏龍柚子巧克力」作品奪下世界銀牌獎，台南市長黃偉哲3日特地前往飯店頒發台南之光獎章、肯定許煜新巧思運用台灣在地食材、文化創作巧克力點心，得到國際評審青睞，期許明年再接再厲往世界金牌邁進。

黃偉哲感謝香格里拉台南遠東飯店這10年來積極培育人才、辦公益登高賽並響應環保議題，此次香格里拉飯店西點主廚許煜新利用在地食材，以「烏龍柚子巧克力」作品參賽，其獨特的香味與內餡獲得裁判青睞，奪得世界調味類巧克力賽銀牌，令人敬佩。他期盼未來市府加強與飯店合作行銷台南觀光旅宿與農特產品，讓台南成為國際旅人的最佳選擇。

香格里拉台南遠東飯店總經理周麗華表示，香格里拉飯店長期推動創新理念、積極打造優質就業環境，除了創造在地就業機會，同時吸引青年們南漂定居發展，飯店會持續透過資源整合及參與市府活動，一起為南市觀光產業競爭力努力以赴。

許煜新認為，歐洲評審少接觸台灣、亞洲食材，他利用台灣阿里山烏龍茶、南投竹山茉莉花茶葉與日本柚子創作出新口味巧克力，讓評審對這少見的食材產生記憶點，是能得到青睞的優勢，如果明年有機會再參賽、當然要拚世界金牌。

title: 五星飯店主廚奪世界巧克力賽銀牌 黃偉哲頒台南之光

taiwan-subdivisions: 阿里山 南投 竹山

countries: 日本 台灣


title: LIVE／武漢封城第12天…247名滯留台人到家了！搭專機深夜抵達桃機

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突發中心／桃園報導

武漢肺炎疫情全球矚目，武漢為防堵疫情封城邁入第12天，不少國家紛紛派出專機撤僑！台灣滯留於武漢的247名台人稍早搭乘班機抵達桃園國際機場，《ETtoday東森新聞雲》將全程為您掌握現場情況。

▲桃機武漢撤僑專機返台，接駁專車及救護車到達機場執行接駁作業。（圖／記者莊喬迪攝）


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▲武漢台商撤僑專機返台 。（圖／記者李毓康攝）

記者洪巧藍／台北報導

中國大陸武漢肺炎疫情持續蔓延，滯留武漢的台商3日首批共247人包機返台，由陸籍東方航空所執飛，中央流行疫情指揮中心強調，會全程全人隔離，並且嚴格實施一人一室隔離檢疫措施。在國內方面，口罩供應自6日起實施實名制購買，需持健保卡且7天內限購2片，並採身份證字號分流；教育部也宣布大學延後開學至2月25日之後。

第一批滯留武漢台商返台，中央流行疫情指揮中心強調，將施行嚴格的一人一室隔離檢疫措施。會請返台台商先在機上填寫「旅客入境健康聲明卡」，下機後在入境時將通過機場發燒篩檢站，若有疑似症狀則依規定後送就醫，而無症狀者將依「傳染病防治法第58條」採集中檢疫措施辦理。

監測官、疾管署副署長莊人祥受訪表示，沒有症狀者則會有專車接送至集中檢疫場所，並以「一人一室」為原則，每日需監測兩次體溫，如發現發燒、呼吸道症狀或身體不適時，立即依規定後送就醫，場所也會提供口罩等相關防護裝備供檢疫者及工作同仁使用，集中檢疫者不能外出，且活動範圍以檢疫房間為主，因此與附近居民不會有接觸，請民眾放心。

▲中央流行疫情指揮中心2月3日記者會，指揮官陳時中發言。（圖／記者陳家豪攝）

行政院3日晚間也宣布，由於口罩搶購、囤積亂象，口罩販售實名制2月6日上路。指揮中心進一步說明，政府徵用的口罩，在民生方面，原先超商通路自4日起停止販售；健保署修改相關系統，串連全國6,505家健保特約藥局，每家每天配發200片成人口罩、50片兒童口罩；另偏鄉地區將由當地衛生所代為處理。

自2月6日起，可持本人「健保卡」前往購買，每張健保卡可用10元購買2片口罩，7天內不能重複購買。為分散購買人潮，身分證字號末碼雙號者可於每週二、四、六購買，單號者可於每週一、三、五購買，週日則開放全民皆可購買。

另上班族及行動不便者，可委託親友代為購買，一人限代持一張健保卡，購買規則相同；同時，兒童口罩僅限12歲以下兒童健保卡購買。

▲口罩販售實名制 2 月 6 日上路。（圖／衛生福利部）

陳時中坦言，現在口罩不夠是因為民眾瘋狂搶購，往年一個月使用量約130萬片，現在使用量暴增兩到三倍，過去這個月就使用320萬片。止於7天2片是希望讓最多的民眾可以購買，推估一週可使500萬人以上購買到口罩。

指揮中心強調，國內專家已再三呼籲口罩使用時機應著重在「看病、陪病、探病的時候要戴，有呼吸道症狀者應戴口罩，有慢性病者外出建議戴口罩」，健康民眾及一般學生無須戴口罩，請民眾將口罩留給需要的人，讓資源發揮最大效用。

▲可以不用一直戴口罩。（圖／中央疫情指揮中心）

而繼昨（2）日宣布高中以下延後到2/25開學、寒假活動全暫停，11日改線上寒輔。而教育部今（3）日也宣布大學統一延後到2/25以後開學，但行事曆仍要排18週，研究所考試不受影響；而針對陸生，目前仍持續暫緩入境，2/7前對於陸生就學措施呈報教育部。

教育部長潘文忠強調，2/25跟陸生隔離沒有直接關聯，是因為經過指揮中心疫情評估，考量全國高中以下各級學校和疫情需求，才統一訂出共同時間2/25，但是大學比較彈性，所以訂2/25是考量防疫全面性，讓大家同步調，同時也尊重大學自治可自行做行事曆調整。

▲教育部長潘文忠宣布大專院校延至2月25日以後開學。（圖／記者陳家豪攝）

title: 武漢台商包機首批返台！終結口罩之亂6日啟動實名制「7天限購2片」


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▲知名訂房網站agoda。（圖／翻攝自agoda官網）

記者蔡玟君／綜合報導

武漢肺炎疫情在全球持續增溫，知名訂房網站agoda發出公告表示，因各國政府官方提高對港澳台旅遊警戒，即日起只要預定酒店訂單為2月底前入住，或旅客國籍／所在地為中國、港、澳與台灣，即可免費取消。

agoda在官方公告表示，因疫情擴大，即日起只要預定酒店訂單所在地為中國內地、香港、澳門、台灣的酒店，且入住日為2月29日前，或旅客國籍／旅客所在地來自中國內地、香港、澳門、台灣，可免費取消訂單。

▲agoda宣布中港澳台訂單可免費取消，點圖可放大。

agoda公告全文：

因應此次疫情全球感染人數持續增加，以及各國政府官方提高對港澳台的旅遊警戒，站在保護酒店夥伴們及旅客們的健康安全，以及體恤這些不克完成旅程的旅客們，我們認定所有位在官方發布限制國家的住宿及旅客皆有不可抗力之理由，如遇消費者欲取消訂單，只要符合下列建，將以不可抗力因素的原因免除取消費用。

‧適用訂單符合以下任一條件者：

→旅遊目的地擴大至所有位在中國內地、香港、澳門、台灣的酒店。

→旅客國籍／旅客所在地：所有來自中國內地、香港、澳門、台灣的旅客訂單。

適用入住訂單期間：自2020年1月24日至2020年2月29日為止（訂單以入住日為基準）

title: 因「各國提高對港澳台旅遊警戒」　agoda：預定中港澳台酒店可免費取消

countries: 中國 澳門 香港 台灣


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記者邱茀濱／綜合報導

武漢肺炎疫情嚴峻，台灣也掀起一波「口罩之亂」，但中央疫情指揮中心今（3）日宣布，原先超商通路自明（4）日起停止販售，2/6起開始「實名制」購買，也就是須持健保卡才能在全國6000多家健保特約藥局購買，且每個人在7天內限購2片。消息曝光後，不少網友狂哀指出「7天2片是什麼鬼」、「一天三片七天剩二片，定這樣的人在想什麼」。

▲買口罩人潮。（圖／記者姜國輝攝）

中央疫情指揮中心指揮官陳時中表示，原先超商通路4日起停止販售，改由中華郵政配送口罩至全國6505家健保特約藥局，每家藥局每天配發200片成人口罩、50片兒童口罩；偏鄉地區將由當地衛生所代為處理。

同時為分散購買人潮，身分證字號末碼「雙號者」可於每週二、四、六購買，「單號者」可於每週一、三、五購買，週日則開放全民皆可購買。另外，上班族及行動不便者，可委託親友代為購買，一人限代持一張健保卡，購買規則相同，兒童口罩僅限12歲以下兒童健保卡購買。

▲口罩販售實名制 2 月 6 日上路。（圖／衛生福利部）

消息曝光後，不少網友大罵「7天內兩片那要住院病人的家屬怎麼辦」、「每週至少3片才合理吧」、「實名制很好，但一天三片，變成七天兩片，差太多了吧...」、「7天2片？？ 一個禮拜只能出門兩次？」、「什麼鬼，2片要用七天？」、「7天2片是在哈囉？」

不過，也有部分網友指出「現在全世界都缺口罩是事實」、「7天2片，扣除給醫院的，已經是最大能量了」、「共體時艱」、「推！總比買不到好，我去空氣流通處沒有戴」、「真的怎麼做都有人有意見」、「多少人真的有需求連一片都買不到，好不容易能買到了又要嫌是？」。

此外，指揮中心還強調，國內專家已再三呼籲口罩使用時機應著重在「看病、陪病、探病的時候要戴，有呼吸道症狀者應戴口罩，有慢性病者外出建議戴口罩」，健康民眾及一般學生無須戴口罩，請民眾將口罩留給需要的人，讓資源發揮最大效用。

▲買口罩將採實名制。（示意圖／ETtoday資料照）

►「秒殺小魚乾起司條」～最狂春節追劇零食來了！

title: 超商停售口罩！改實名制每人「7天限2片」　網狂轟：是在哈囉？


taiwan-subdivisions: 花蓮 清水

title: 花蓮酒廠開放購95%酒精 1人限4.5公升

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現在很多地方是買不到口罩、酒精，花蓮酒廠今天是開賣95%的高濃度酒精，民眾須帶身分證件、罐子，每人限購4.5公升，機關團體則是不限公升數，一大早就出現排隊人潮。

為了要趕緊買到可以消毒殺菌用的安全酒精，不少花蓮民眾不到七點就來花蓮酒場排隊，不過大門口警衛沒有收到通知不敢放行，讓無法進入的民眾很生氣。

花蓮民眾說，「從5、6點我們就出發來到這裡，現在到時候沒有拿到，那到時候大家再來吵架、再來打架。」也有民眾說，「你現在也沒有號碼牌，就通通把我們擋在門口說不能進去，那等一下9點、8點到的，還不是跟我7點出門的一樣早？」

受到各地都買不到酒精的影響，花蓮酒廠因此特別開放廠內的95%高濃度酒精給民眾購買，但是這是管制品，民眾必須填寫相關資料，並且憑身分證才能購買，一人限購4.5公升，需自帶容器。

花蓮酒廠廠長莊肇華表示，「沒有預期到民眾會那麼多人來買，所以當初我們原先是設定兩百個，然後明天早上再開放兩百個，因為看啦，如果說大家的進度可以很快的話，我們今天也可以做到四百個沒有問題。」

不過現場排隊人潮越來越多，3日肯定是無法讓所有排隊的人都買到，因此酒廠決定發號碼牌，讓領到號碼牌的民眾可以隔天再來。花蓮民眾說，「希望它動線重新改一下，因為群眾一來是盲目的，要不然的話你看工作人員也很累，買的人也很累，效果很差。」

花蓮酒廠強調，這批95%的高濃度酒精需要添加1/4清水，稀釋成65%到75%的酒精，並且避免放在高溫的地方，酒廠每天都會開放200個名額購買，目前廠區還有一年的庫存量供貨沒有問題。


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教育部依指揮中心建議，決定中小學延後到2月25日開學，但許多私立幼兒園已經開學，中央提供私幼兒童口罩供緊急備援，雙北市都在今早發放。

帶上證明、依序排隊，台北市內534家私立幼兒園代表上午七點到十點陸續到市府九樓，領取兒童口罩。一包50片、人數較多的領三包，教育局強調這批口罩是教育部供緊急備援，並非一個孩子一片，以台北市來說，共有4萬7千多片，新北市也在上午發放7萬8千3百片。，而下一波應是0206針對公幼發放。

台北市教育局主秘陳素慧表示，「有一些呼吸道感染或發燒，可以臨時提供他不備之需，不是每一個小朋友都配發一個的意思。」北市私立千千幼兒園老師蔡玉霞說，「我們盡量就請家長（準備），如果再不行的話，就是說自己做還是怎麼樣嘛。」

備用口罩應急，也請家長準備，但有家長說家裡兒童口罩早沒了，也買不到，只能先讓孩子用大人的，再綁緊一點。家長王小姐說，「說真的，我們現在一個就是撐一整天啦，不可能換的啦。」

已開學的私幼加強防疫，公幼和高國中因為教部宣布延到2月25日開學，新北市2日晚間宣布，3日開始的課後照顧、國高中輔導課全取消，台北市則尊重各校決定。

北市大佳國小校長李鍾慧表示，「目前因為這個是疫情的關係，所以我們的寒輔是暫停，我們的工作人員都是正常上班，所有的學校趁著這個延後開學，我們再做更周延的防疫。」

不過接近中午，北市教育局決定臺北市公立國小含附設幼兒園到國高中職，2月4日周二開始暫停寒假各項教育相關活動，並在11日推出線上寒輔課程。

taiwan-subdivisions: 臺北市 新北市

title: 中央提供私幼兒童口罩 雙北今早發放


title: 武漢肺炎》中國確診超過1.7萬例 鍾南山：死亡率僅2.4％

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2020-02-04 00:24:28

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕武漢肺炎疫情延燒，中國境內確診病例超過1萬7000例，死亡361例，中國人民人心惶惶深怕染病，官方還蓋了「火神山」、「雷神山」兩家專門醫院收治患者。對此，中國防疫專家鍾南山表示，目前確診病例病死率大概是2.3％、2.4％。

中國權威專家、中國國家衛健委高級別專家組組長鍾南山2日接受《新華社》專訪時指出，目前中國疫情仍處於「上升期」，但應該不會產生中國「全國性爆發」，可能只是局部爆發，目前對抗肺炎的方法仍是「早發現早隔離」最為有效。

而據《央視新聞》報導，針對這次武漢肺炎疫情死亡率，鍾南山表示，中國目前確診病例病死率大約2.3％、2.4％，而武漢因為患者集中，病死率要高於外地。雖然跟H7N9、MERS、H5N1相比，武漢肺炎病死率相對低，但比普通的流感還要高，他認為仍須警惕。

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title: 武漢肺炎》中國火神山醫院挨批集中營 明居正：讓人不寒而慄

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中國湖北武漢以8天時間完成的「火神山」醫院已於2日交付，3日正式啟用，中國官媒也在臉書公布多張內部照片，但有中國網友爆料，病房的門只能從外打開，裡面沒有把手，痛批「這不是醫院，這是集中營」。（圖擷取自《人民日報》臉書）

2020-02-03 23:58:32

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕中國政府日前下令建造「火神山」、「雷神山」兩家專門醫院收治武漢肺炎患者，火神山醫院經過8天趕工於3日正式啟用。中國官媒也公布多張內部照片，但有中國網友爆料，病房的門只能從外打開，裡面沒有把手，痛批「這是集中營」。對此，台大政治學系名譽教授明居正直言，火神山醫院讓人細思極恐不寒而慄。

有中國網友2日在推特上PO出影片爆料稱，火神山醫院病房裡面沒有把手，只能從外面才能打開，而房門上有送飯的小窗口，直言「味道很大，明天就要住人進來」，直批「這不是醫院，這是集中營」。底下有網友留言指出，影片是該醫院建築工人所錄下的。

對此，明居正在臉書表示，火神山醫院房間的設計，不象病房反倒像牢房，窗戶還用鐵枝加固，病房從門外上鎖，病人在裡面是打不開的。這種設計很明顯是怕病人從裡面逃出來。現在武漢市裡，病人排隊都排不到醫院床位，能進入醫院醫治是求之不得的事情，肯定不會跑，那為什麼這個新建的火神山醫院，要有這麼多設施防止病人逃跑呢？

明居正指出，在火神山醫院裡面的病人將會與囚犯一樣被監禁，住一樣的牢房，到時候病人會被怎樣對待？做活體實驗？像日本731部隊一樣？「火神山的設計和建設加上中共的歹毒歷史，讓人細思極恐不寒而慄，這裡很可能不是醫院，是集中營，是監獄，是地獄」。

中國依循SARS期間「小湯山醫院」模式，在8天內趕建火神山及雷神山2間臨時醫院，並改建「鄂州市第三醫院」的舊院區。火神山醫院2日舉行交付儀式，中國國家主席習近平批准由軍隊抽出1400名醫護人員，擔任火神山醫院武漢肺炎醫療救治任務，3日起開始接收治療武漢肺炎病患。

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