“See” reviews hits of news across the world on Friday
Pence's office denies Prince Charles 'snub' after video posted online
The press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence hit back at reports Thursday that he might have been “snubbed” by Prince Charles while at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem. ( Fox News)
Democrats, in impeachment trial arguments, charge that Trump's conduct was worse than Nixon's
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler Thursday accused President Trump of putting his own personal interests above national security and American democracy and charged that Trump is the only president in history to violate his oath of office so flagrantly. ( Fox News)
Wuhan is the latest crisis to face China's Xi, and it's exposing major flaws in his model of control
Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the 2003 SARS crisis, Zhong Nanshan, one of the heroes in China's fight against that disease, described its as a "turning point" for the nation.
"SARS forced the whole country to pay attention to the livelihood of the people," he said, before adding a warning. "We've made huge progress, but our footsteps are slow, especially in terms of healthcare." (CNN)
1 in 3 GOPers think Trump did something illegal
One in three Republican voters (32%) in a new Pew national poll say that Donald Trump "probably" or "definitely" did something illegal either while running for president or during his first three years in office.
Which, well, wow. Right? That's a big number -- especially when you consider how Republicans have, almost unanimously, fallen into line behind Trump, no matter what he says or does in office. (CNN)
The rich have had enough of negative interest rates. Some are pulling cash out of Swiss banks
Banks are meant to hold cash. But in Switzerland, some rich savers are looking for alternatives.
Swiss private bankers say that clients have asked to withdraw large amounts of cash so they can store it themselves, despite the country's reputation as a secure and reliable place for wealthy investors. Some of that money may now be sitting in private safes and storage. (CNN)
Zimbabwean billionaire pays striking doctors to return to work
Striking medics in Zimbabwe have agreed to go back to work after billionaire Strive Masiyiwa offered a $6.25 million fellowship to help ease doctors' welfare in the country.
Junior doctors in the country's public hospitals downed tools in September to protest poor wages which had been worsened by Zimbabwe's economic crisis. (CNN)
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Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spread to affect 20m people
Hospitals in the Chinese city of Wuhan have been thrown into chaos and the movement of around 20 million people has been restricted by an unprecedented and indefinite lockdown imposed to halt the spread of the deadly new coronavirus. ( The Guardian)
The inside story of how the U.S. gave up a chance to kill Soleimani in 2007
One afternoon in Baghdad in the final months of 2007, a few members of a U.S. special operations task force were monitoring the feed from a Predator drone over the Iraqi capital, scanning for signs of trouble, when they spotted a large crowd gathering in the neighborhood of Sadr City. ( Yahoo News)
16 people under observation after contact with U.S. coronavirus patient
At least 16 people had close contact with a Washington state man diagnosed as the first U.S. case of the coronavirus and are being monitored for the illness that has killed 17 people in China and sickened hundreds more, local officials said. ( Yahoo News)
Japanese Health ministry confirms the second case of coronavirus in Japan
The health ministry said Friday it has confirmed a second domestic case of a new deadly virus that has been rapidly spreading from the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
A patient is a man in his 40s from Wuhan who is currently visiting Japan, the ministry said, adding that he has been hospitalized in Tokyo and is in stable condition.
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