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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 12:02 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Remembering the liberation of Auschwitz

Aleksandra Szmigiel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 10:04 PM

A woman pays her respects after a wreath-laying ceremony at the "death wall" at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Osweiecim, Poland on Monday. Read more »

Oil, equities hit by fears over economic impact of deadly virus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 27 12:40 PM

The economic shock to China and the world -- just as a growth slowdown appeared to be easing -- could be massive, according to one analyst. Read more »

Global stocks mixed as Chinese virus spreads, oil prices drop

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:50 AM

European stocks rallied Friday while Wall Street equities tumbled along with oil prices as markets weighed the potential impact of a spreading viral illness in China. Read more »

Lockdown lifted in several Batangas villages; volcano alert level 4 stays

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:38 PM

Some villages near Taal Volcano relax their evacuation and lockdown orders nearly two weeks since the eruption. But the volcano's alert level four remains. Read more »

DOH treating novel coronavirus as public health emergency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:31 PM

China restricts the movement of more than 20 million people as it fights the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus which continues to infect more people and claim more lives. Read more »

Analyst: Only China gains from a weakened US-PH alliance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 11:26 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his officials to immediately begin the process of terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States instead of waiting for a month. Read more »

Banta ng 2019-nCoV 'public health emergency' na para sa DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 08:33 PM

Para sa World Health Organization, di pa public health emergency of international concern ang 2019 novel coronavirus. Read more »

Greta Thunberg says climate demands 'completely ignored' at Davos

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 07:40 PM

Thunberg was a highlight of the 50th edition of the conference, drawing massive attention including barbs by US Secretary Steven Mnuchin who on Thursday told the teen to go "study economics." Read more »

How China virus outbreak threatens the global economy

Alexandra Stevenson, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 24 12:08 PM

On the minds of many in China and around the world right now: Could this new virus cause the same kind of damage as the SARS epidemic, which killed 800 people in 2003? Read more »

China virus death toll mounts to 25, more than 800 infected

Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 09:35 AM

BEIJING - A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said on Friday, as the World Health Organisation declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern. Read more »

How tech taxes became world’s hottest economic debate

Jim Tankersley, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 24 08:42 AM

The fight pits traditional allies against each other, with European countries like France, Italy and Britain clashing with the US over their plans to impose new taxes on digital services provided by companies like Amazon and Google. Read more »

New Chinese virus not yet a global health emergency: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 04:26 AM

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- A deadly virus outbreak in China and beyond does not yet constitute a global emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday, urging China to keep its lockdown of some 20 million people "short". Read more »

3 senior police officials sacked for playing golf during office hours

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 12:28 AM

New Philippine National Police chief Archie Gamboa hits the ground running, sacking erring cops and implementing a reshuffle of his agency's key units. Read more »

Philippines suspends flights to and from Wuhan, China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 12:05 AM

Despite Malacañang earlier saying there's no need for drastic action yet, flights to and from Wuhan, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak, are now suspended indefinitely.  Read more »

Novel coronavirus, posibleng nagmula sa paniki at ahas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 09:14 PM

Posibleng nagmula raw sa paniki o ahas ang novel coronavirus sa Wuhan, China.  Read more »

Equality won't happen by itself, says Finnish PM

Belinda Goldsmith, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 23 08:33 PM

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin called on Thursday for governments and companies to do more to ensure women were treated fairly, saying equality would not happen by itself. Read more »

Nearly 600 infected with novel coronavirus; China locks down outbreak epicenter

Yawen Chen and Se Young Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 12:20 PM

BEIJING - China is putting on lockdown a city of 11 million people considered the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people, as health authorities around the world work to prevent a global pandemic.   Read more »

'No doubt' e-cigarettes harmful: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 10:22 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - Electronic cigarettes are harmful both to users and bystanders exposed to the fumes, the World Health Organization says in a report warning they can damage growing foetuses and impact teenagers' brains.   Read more »

China shuts down Wuhan transportation as WHO extends virus outbreak talks

Laurent Thomet and Dario Thuburn, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 05:21 AM

China said it was halting flights and trains from Thursday out of Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the center of a deadly SARS-like virus outbreak, as the UN extended emergency talks on the disease. Read more »