US Democrats have reiterated calls for President Donald Trump to be removed from office at his ongoing impeachment trial over his dealings with Ukraine.
The upper chamber of Britain's parliament has approved a bill needed for the country to leave the European Union as scheduled on January 31.
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Chinese health authorities are facing criticism over their initial response to a new strain of coronavirus that is believed to be causing a pneumonia outbreak.
The authorities held a news conference on Wednesday and pledged to ensure transparency about the outbreak.
The Chinese newspaper Beijing News accused the officials on social media of not informing the public earlier of the infection of medical workers.
The paper said if the officials had assumed the worst case scenario and responded accordingly, the virus might have not spread this rapidly.
Chinese people have also taken to the Internet to voice criticism. Some noted that police in the city of Wuhan exposed eight people earlier this month for circulating false information online about the spread of the virus. They demand the police apologize.
The Chinese government was criticized in 2003 for its delay in information disclosure when China and other parts of Asia saw the SARS epidemic.
Until a few days ago, Chinese health authorities had stressed that the spread of the new coronavirus could be prevented.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed that China will work closely with other countries in fighting the outbreak of pneumonia believed to be caused by a new type of coronavirus.
Xi spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on the phone on Wednesday. China's Foreign Ministry quoted Macron as saying his country supports China in actively dealing with the contagion and is willing to strengthen bilateral health cooperation.
Xi explained that since the outbreak of the contagion, China has made all-out efforts to prevent and control the disease, and promptly informed the World Health Organization as well as relevant countries and regions.
Xi also spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said Germany stands ready to provide support and assistance to China.
Xi thanked Merkel and vowed to step up cooperation with the international community.
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US Democrats have reiterated calls for President Donald Trump to be removed from office at his ongoing impeachment trial over his dealings with Ukraine.
Last month, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power, claiming he pressured Ukraine for his own political gain. The House also charged the president with obstruction of Congress.
Opening arguments of the impeachment trial began on Wednesday in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, who serves as one of the prosecutors, said, "President Trump withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to a strategic partner at war with Russia to secure foreign help with his reelection ... in other words, to cheat."
Democrats are set to make 24 hours of opening arguments over three days.
Then, Trump's defenders will present their views over another three days.
The Democrats are trying to win over moderate Republican senators so that Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton could be subpoenaed as a witness.
The Republicans, on the other hand, want to wrap up the trial as early as the end of this month.
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The upper chamber of Britain's parliament has approved a bill needed for the country to leave the European Union as scheduled on January 31.
The House of Lords made changes to the bill on Tuesday. But the House of Commons rejected them on Wednesday and the upper chamber resumed debate on the bill.
The legislation was passed without any changes. The upper chamber had been expected to uphold the decision by the House of Commons, whose members are elected.
The bill will become law when it receives Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth. The EU parliament needs to approve the legislation next week to set the course for Britain's departure.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement, "We will leave the EU on 31 January and move forward as one United Kingdom."
He also said, "At times it felt like we would never cross the Brexit finish line, but we've done it."
Johnson added, "Now we can put the rancor and division of the past three years behind us and focus on delivering a bright, exciting future, with better hospitals and schools, safer streets and opportunity spread to every corner of our country."
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the need to address four looming threats to 21st century progress and possibilities.
Guterres was speaking about his priorities for this year to the General Assembly on Wednesday.
He described the threats as "four horsemen" -- nuclear menace, the climate crisis, growing global mistrust and the dark side of the digital world.
Guterres called on nuclear powers to build trust, saying the "nuclear menace is growing."
On climate change, the UN chief said the planet is burning. Citing the COP25 negotiations, he said "too many decision-makers continue to fiddle."
He then suggested that the UN will support the international community to work for unity.
At the meeting, India's UN ambassador said developed countries should provide funds to tackle climate change for developing countries.
Guterres responded that he expects industrialized nations to provide funding, and that developing countries need to attract private companies and investment.
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The head of Japan's nuclear watchdog has stressed that the screening of a reactor at the Ikata nuclear plant in western Japan was carried out appropriately.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, commented on a court ruling that ordered the suspension of the No.3 reactor.
The Hiroshima High Court on Friday issued the injunction to halt the reactor in Ehime Prefecture. The court said the reactor poses a danger to nearby residents in the event of earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
It said that the presence of an active fault near the plant cannot be ruled out.
It also said the NRA underestimates the impact of the ash that would fall on the plant in the event of a massive eruption of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, located about 130 kilometers away.
In the news conference on Wednesday, Fuketa said he has no intention of interfering with the court's decision.
But regarding the possibility that there is an active fault near the plant, he said the NRA studied the ground data the court referred to and concluded that a fault would not affect the reactor's quake-resistance.
Fuketa also said he believes the NRA did not underestimate the impact of volcanic ash.
He said the NRA screening confirmed that the emergency cooling system could keep the reactor safe even if the amount of volcanic ash exceeds the predicted fallout.
The No.3 reactor is currently offline for a regular inspection.
But due to the court ruling, it is likely to remain suspended even after April, when the inspection is due to be completed.
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Japan's opposition camp has raised the issue of what it calls inappropriate jeering by a ruling party lawmaker over allowing married Japanese couples to use different surnames.
An opposition party member raised the issue at a meeting of directors of the Lower House steering committee on Thursday.
The member said the heckling came when the president of the Democratic Party for the People, Yuichiro Tamaki, was questioning the government at a Lower House plenary session on Wednesday.
Tamaki was calling for a system to allow couples to use different surnames when someone blurted out that those who want to shouldn't get married in the first place. Tamaki said the words came from among the ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers.
The opposition camp asked if the heckler was LDP member Mio Sugita, and requested that the ruling party look into the matter and confirm who it was.
An LDP member of the panel said obstruction of Diet deliberations must not be tolerated, but that the jeering has not been confirmed. The member added that the issue will be discussed by the party.
The Diet affairs chief of the Democratic Party for the People, Kazuhiro Haraguchi, said such jeering cannot be overlooked.
Haraguchi said the words will hurt those who suffer due to the lack of a system for different surnames. He added that the LDP's political stance is being questioned in terms of how it will deal with the issue.
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An Olympic torch relay committee of Fukushima Prefecture has approved a proposal to add a town hosting the crippled nuclear power plant to the route for the flame relay.
In a previous meeting, the committee members concluded that they will add Futaba Town to the route if the government's evacuation order on the town is lifted. The town is one of three municipalities where the order has been in place since the 2011 nuclear accident.
Last week, the government decided to lift the order for parts of Futaba Town on March 4.
The torch relay in Fukushima is scheduled to start on March 26 at the J-Village soccer stadium. The flame will then travel through 25 municipalities within the prefecture for three days before heading for points across Japan.
Fukushima governor Masao Uchibori said that adding Futaba Town to the route sends a strong message to people inside and outside Japan, letting them know what is happening in Fukushima nine years after the disaster.
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