China to keep close contact for WHO analysis

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  Analysis: Dems strain for civility, contrasts burst through

  US Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greet each other Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: AP)Electability questions persist. Anxieties about gender and sexism are resurgent. And three leading candidates are about to get yanked off the campaign trail forPresident Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.Those deep uncertainties shadowedTuesday’s Democratic debate, the last national stage for candidates running out of time to generate momentum ahead of the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses. Months of campaigning and millions of dollars in advertising have left Democrats with a crowded top tier, and it’s unclear if the debate helped any of the candidates break out of that pack.The six Democrats on stage — the smallest debate field yet — strained to keep the two-hour face-off civil and substantive. They drew policy contrasts with each other on national security, health care and trade, but repeatedly shifted the focus back to their common opponent: Trump.“While differences are usually amplified in the days before an election, with Trump looming over the candidates’ shoulders, this primary campaign seems to be heading in the opposite direction,” said Ben LaBolt, a former White House and campaign official for Barack Obama. “Four candidates entered the debate with a fighting chance to win Iowa tonight, and four candidates left still very much in the hunt.”Those four candidates — former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg — are locked in a tight race for the top spots in Iowa and New Hampshire, which follows next on the primary calendar. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and businessman Tom Steyer also appeared in Tuesday’s contest.The last four winners of the Iowa Democratic caucus have gone on to secure their party’s nomination. Y...

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  China to attend emergency WHO meeting on new epidemic

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  China to attend WHO meeting on the novel coronavirus

  China will attend the meeting held by the World Health Organization to assess the conditions of the pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).(Photo: AP)"As far as I am concerned, on the night of January 22, Beijing time, China will, at the invitation of WHO, join other affected countriese in the meeting of the International Health Regulations Committees." Geng Shuang, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said at a regular press conference on Tuesday."China has taken the pneumonia outbreak seriously and carried out comprehensive deployment of prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic." Geng said.He added that China has informed the World Health Organization, relevant nations, regional organizations, and its Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions of the outbreak in a timely manner and maintained close communication with them.On Jan.13, China has shared with the WHO the genetic sequence of the coronavirus for development specific diagnostic kits.WHO said on Twitter that the meeting will determine "whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, and what recommendations should be made to manage it."