Pierre Albouy | AFP | Getty ImagesThe spread of a fast-moving virus outside of China is of “grave concern” and has prompted the World Health Organization to reconvene an emergency meeting this week to decide whether it’s become a global health emergency, WHO officials said Wednesday. The coronavirus outbreak has killed 132 people in China and sickened more than 6,150 across more than a dozen countries across the globe. Ryan said there are currently 71 cases outside of China in 15 other countries

Internal Boeing messages released this month that showed employees boasting about pressuring regulators into accepting less training for the 737 Max were “unacceptable,” CEO David Calhoun told CNBC on Wednesday. “My stomach turned,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” after Boeing reported its first annual loss since 1997, a dismal result from the fallout from last year’s 737 Max grounding. Boeing released more than 100 pages of internal messages on Jan. 9. The messages were from a time period befor

The company that offered real-life go-kart tours of Tokyo, with drivers dressed up like Mario Kart characters, has lost in court to Nintendo again, and this time must pay five times the original judgment against it. Kotaku this morning noted that the company has since rebranded itself as Street Kart Akihabara, and provides its customers superhero-themed costumes. “Street Kart is in no way a reflection of Nintendo, the game ‘Mario Kart’. The original 10 million yen judgment (about $90,000) increa

Bungie and Twitch are partnering up to give players Exotic and Legendary Destiny 2 gear through Twitch Prime Loot, according to an apparent leak of Bungie’s plans. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 29, players can link their Twitch accounts to their Bungie accounts and claim bonus gear for being a Prime subscriber. The loot itself seems geared toward newer players, with most weapons and cosmetic items coming from the first year of Destiny 2 content. According to Tassi, the first month’s loot is:The Suros

PlayStation Plus subscribers will get access to three games (or five, depending on your count) in February: BioShock: The Collection, The Sims 4, and Firewall Zero Hour. Those PlayStation 4 games will be available as part of PlayStation Plus starting Tuesday, Feb. 4. BioShock: The Collection includes the single-player content from the original BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, and all single-player add-on content from those games. The game’s new season starts on Feb. 4, the same day i

Dwarf Fortress, the elaborate colony simulation nearly two decades in the making, has a brand-new version available today. But, perhaps most important of all, it will finally allow you to pet the dog in its roguelike Adventure mode. The centerpiece of this new version of the game, referred to as the version 0.47.01, is the addition of villains in Fortress mode. That addition allows for the potential to play Dwarf Fortress as a kind of Japanese-style role-playing game. This latest version of Dwar

Tecmo Bowl — the original arcade version of the game, not the one most remember from the Nintendo Entertainment System — is coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 tomorrow, just in time for Super Bowl LIV. The arcade version of Tecmo Bowl, which launched in 1987, pit two generic teams against each other, the Wildcats and the Bulldogs. The Tecmo Bowl most are familiar with was the 1989 NES cartridge, which had nine players on each side, but featured 12 teams stocked with real-life NFL player

The latest patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sees Infinity Ward switching up the game’s weekly rotating playlist once again. The patch also provides a couple of major balance changes, including a nerf to the game’s newest weapon. Another playlist change in this patch adds a new version of Gunfight where players can use Custom Classes. The biggest change in the patch came for the recently-added Crossbow, which was destroying Support Helos a little too quickly. For a full look at all the chan

If I’m sloppy, viewers stop tuning in, and I’m suddenly out of a job. I don’t move around too much in Not for Broadcast; I’m stuck at my station. There are four screens on the left, each of which can show different camera angles or segments of the news. I get to choose which of those screens to display on the broadcast screen, which is smack in the middle. I fall into a comfortable rhythm: Shot, reaction shot, wide shot, go to commercials.

There’s just one thorn in my side: my rival, Max. Dawn of a rivalryTemtem starts with my character waking up for her very first day as a Temtem tamer. (Five minutes later, I run into a NPC Temtem tamer with the exact same creature, so yeah, horseshit.) I’m the good child, the humble Temtem tamer who only wants to do their very best. The next time I face Max in a Temtem battle, I’m going to win.

Novartis’s fourth-quarter core net income rose 13% in constant currencies, helped as its new Zolgensma gene therapy gained traction and five-year-old drugs Cosentyx and Entresto added to their blockbuster status. Core net income rose to $2.99 billion while sales rose 9% to $12.4 billion. For 2020, the Swiss drugmaker expects net sales to grow in the mid-to high-single-digit percentage range, with core operating income expected to grow in the high-single to low-double-digit percentages. For the c

Santander posted a 35% increase in net income for the fourth quarter of 2019, beating market expectations, supported by a rise in its customer base and capital gains. The Spanish bank posted a net profit of 2.78 billion euros ($3.06 billion) in the last quarter of the year. Here are some of the highlights for the fourth quarter:Total income hit 12.5 billion euros — slightly lower than the fourth quarter of 2018. These amounted to about 1.7 million euros ($1.87 million). Nonetheless, their impact

European markets traded cautiously higher on Wednesday as investors in the region look to brush off concerns about the spread of the China coronavirus. Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the country to strengthen its resolve on Tuesday, saying “I believe that as long as we strengthen our confidence, help each other, adopt scientific prevention and containment measures, and persist in precise policies, we will definitely win the battle against the outbreak.” Earnings come from Santander, Nova

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has spoken out about her battle with depression, calling for greater public discussion to help tackle the mental health crisis. Padukone, who is one of India’s highest-paid actresses, said her experience during a seeming “professional high” revealed the illness’ indiscriminatory nature and inspired her to campaign for other sufferers. “Mental illness crept up on me when I least expected it,” Padukone said last week. “The perception and the general understanding wa

U.S. government debt prices were slightly higher on Wednesday morning, as investors monitored the spread of the coronavirus and looked ahead to a rate decision by the Federal Reserve. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 1.6355%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.0872%. On Tuesday, the three-month Treasury bill briefly inverted with the 10-Treasury note for the first time since October. Chi

A total of 50 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injury from this month’s Iranian missile attack on Iraqi bases hosting American troops, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Last week, the Pentagon said there were 34 service members diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries. Of the 16 new diagnosed cases, 15 service members have returned to duty in Iraq, Campbell said. That person had been taken to Germany “for other health reasons and has since been diagnosed with a TBI,” Campbel

US President Donald Trump speaks during a “Keep America Great” campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on January 9, 2020. WILDWOOD, N.J. — President Donald Trump praised Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the newest Republican in Congress, as he denounced Democrats’ impeachment efforts at a raucous campaign rally in New Jersey on Tuesday. In response, Trump had vowed to endorse Van Drew, who before switching parties was reportedly facing a tough Democratic primary battle. “What he did was incredi

Over the past 16 years at Trisara, Lark has taken care of a host of bold-faced names — Kate Moss, Roger Federer, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, members of U2 and Maroon 5. Phuket earns its first Michelin starIn 2016, Trisara opened Pru — a restaurant specifically aimed at catering to the tastes of nomadic foodies and wealthy travelers. “It’s unbelievable the impact winning a Michelin star has had on me as a chef, and on this restaurant,” Ophorst said. Ophorst said when Pru was opened, a key goal was

A recent trade deal between Beijing and Washington could suffer “collateral damage” if the spread of coronavirus in China causes prolonged demand disruption, according to a recent report by Panjiva Research. Wuhan and the surrounding region of Hefei and Jiangsu — that have also been shut down due to the virus outbreak — are major manufacturing hubs that work with American firms. Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in China has impacted the Cupertino-based tech giant’

The number of coronavirus cases in China has already surpassed that of SARS, and the economic impact of the new virus from Wuhan could be more severe than the 2002-2003 epidemic, or at least similar, according to economists. It took more than 6 months for the number of SARS cases to surpass 5,000 in mainland China. China had 5,327 SARS cases between Nov. 1 2002 and July 31 2003, according to the World Health Organization. On the other hand, it’s taken about a month for the number of new coronavi