U.S. FAA agrees it must boost safety oversight for Southwest Airlines

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it should have done a better job of ensuring Southwest Airlines Co had certified completion of maintenance on 88 used Boeing 737 jets, as noted in a report by the U.S. Transportation Department's Inspector General released on Tuesday.

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China says Taiwan drills are meant to hone combat capabilities

A second day of drills by China's military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities, the People's Liberation Army said, after Taiwan's air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Strait's mid-line.

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Deaths hit new high in China’s virus epicentre

The number of people killed by the new coronavirus rises to a new high of 103 in Hubei.

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Cirque du Soleil: I've achieved 'extreme flexibility'

Aleksei Goloborodko tours the world with Cirque du Soleil as a contortionist in the show Luzia.

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EU fishing rules: Did the UK throw away a million tonnes of fish?

Owen Paterson MP said an EU policy meant fish were thrown dead back into the water.

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Syria War: Why is Idlib back in the news?

The BBC's Paul Adams explains what has caused this latest humanitarian crisis in north-west Syria.

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Blockchain: The revolution that hasn't quite happened

Blockchain was hyped as a secure and cheap way to store or retrieve data, but it is yet to take off.

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Parasite: What the Oscar win means for Korean cinema

The film, directed by Bong Joon-ho, is the first non-English language film to take the top prize.

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Daniel arap Moi: How Kenyans learnt to laugh at the president

Ex-President Moi left a mixed legacy but Kenyans learnt to laugh at his dictatorial excesses.

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New Hampshire primary: A family split over the Democratic race

Quincy says she's in "hot water" with her father as they spar over which Democrat can beat Donald Trump.

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Number of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica has fallen sharply: scientists

The number of chinstrap penguins in some colonies in Western Antarctica has fallen by as much as 77% since they were last surveyed in the 1970s, say scientists studying the impact of climate change on the remote region.

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Philippine airlines cancel flights to Taiwan over coronavirus

Philippine airlines have canceled flights to Taiwan after the government expanded its travel ban to include all foreigners coming from the island to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.

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Ireland's Fianna Fail edge out Sinn Fein on election seat count

Ireland's main opposition party Fianna Fail edged out surging nationalists Sinn Fein by 38 seats to 37 to emerge as the biggest party in the country's 160-seat parliament after counting in a national election concluded on Monday.

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China reports 108 new coronavirus deaths on Feb. 10, total at 1,016

China reported 108 new coronavirus deaths on the mainland on Feb. 10, up from 97 on the previous day, the country's health authority said on Tuesday.

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Here come the brides in Northern Ireland's first same-sex marriage

Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding is scheduled to take place on Tuesday after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province, marking legalization of the practice throughout the United Kingdom.

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World Bank not considering new China loans to fight coronavirus, president says

The World Bank is offering technical assistance to China to help battle the coronavirus epidemic but no new loans, the development lender's president, David Malpass, said on Monday.

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Biden's support slumps to lowest on record, Bloomberg surges nationally as Democratic race heats up: poll

Support for Joe Biden's U.S. Democratic presidential bid has tumbled nationally to the lowest on record since his lackluster finish in the Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging in the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.

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Trump proposes cutting Amtrak funding, boosting infrastructure spending

The White House budget released on Monday proposed cutting funding for the U.S. government-owned passenger rail carrier Amtrak while calling for a significant hike in infrastructure spending and killing a clean energy auto loan program.

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Sharp rise in brain injuries from Iran raid on US base

President Trump initially said no US troops were injured in the Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq.

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Coronavirus: 'I walk around my block of flats to stay sane'

Working from home during the coronavirus outbreak has its ups and downs for millions stuck indoors.

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'Post Office false theft claim left me bankrupt'

Lee Castleton was left broke after the Post Office spent £320,000 pursuing him over false losses.

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'I remember the roaches walking across the floor'

When Rob Bernshteyn and his family escaped the Soviet Union, they initially found the US was worse.

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EU aviation agency says monitoring coronavirus, no current need for directive

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a safety information bulletin on Monday saying It was closely monitoring developments related to the coronavirus outbreak in China but the concern does currently warrant an operational directive.

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El Salvador president's power play stokes democracy concerns

President Nayib Bukele's use of armed soldiers in El Salvador's parliament over the weekend has alarmed political foes and rights groups, with growing fears about democratic backsliding in the crime-ravaged Central American nation.

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Taiwan's Foxconn gets OK to restart plant in Zhengzhou, China: source

Taiwan's Foxconn has received approval to resume production at a plant in the northern Chinese city of Zhengzhou that had been shuttered due to a coronavirus outbreak, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

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