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New coronavirus. WHO reassesses international danger

The World Health Organization will discuss for the second time whether it is necessary to declare an international emergency for the spread of the virus

The World Health Organization will hold an extraordinary meeting today, where it will discuss the need to declare an emergency of international importance in connection with the outbreak of coronavirus 2019-nCoV . This was announced on Twitter by WHO Director-General Tedros Adan Gebreisus.

According to him, about 1% of patients with this form of pneumonia are located outside of China.

"In three countries outside of China, cases of transmission of the virus from person to person have been recorded. This potential possibility of further spread is the reason why the meeting convened," said Gebreisus.

Earlier, WHO stated that they were confident in the ability of the Chinese government to "prevent and control the epidemic."

• In late December 2019, Wuhan  confirmed the emergence of a  new  strain of coronavirus  2019-nCoV, which causes SARS.
• Starting January 23, quarantine began to be introduced in the cities of Hubei Province, the focus of the outbreak of the virus  . The regime differs depending on the decisions of the authorities of a particular city. In Wuhan, in particular,  canceled flights  departing aircraft, buses and trains.
• January 23, WHO did not declare a public health emergency at the international level due to the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus in China.
• On January 30, it was reported that  38 people have died in the last day in China infected with the  2019-nCoV coronavirus , the total number of victims has already reached 170 people.

Canada introduced new sanctions against Russia for the occupation of Crimea

Canada imposed sanctions against six Russians for organizing illegal elections in occupied Crimea. This was announced at the Canadian Foreign Office.

"The Ordinance on Special Economic Measures freezes assets and prohibits cooperation with certain individuals by prohibiting everyone in Canada and Canadians outside of Canada from selling the property of these individuals and providing them with financial and related services," the document says.

The sanctions list includes: the so-called “chairman of the Sevastopol election committee” Sergei Danilenko, his “deputy” Lidia Basova and “secretary of the election commission” Ekaterina Pyrkova, as well as member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from Sevastopol Ekaterina Altabaeva, the so-called “chairman of the city legislative assembly” Vladimir Nemtsev and the so-called "acting city governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev.

It is noted that the announced sanctions take effect immediately.

Earlier today, restrictive measures against these people, as well as the Moscow private railway company Grand Service Express and its CEO Alexander Ganov, were announced in the United States.

Dissatisfaction with democracy grows in the world

In 2019, the share of dissatisfied increased from 48% to 58%

The dissatisfaction of the inhabitants of developed countries with the state of democracy in their countries has reached a peak over the past 25 years. This conclusion was reached by researchers at Cambridge University, reports the BBC .

Academics have analyzed what they say is the world's largest amount of data on attitudes toward democracy - 3,500 opinion polls in which four million people participated.

A particularly high level of dissatisfaction with democracy is in the USA and Great Britain.

The Center for Future Democracy at Cambridge University has been tracking democracy views since 1995. The figures for 2019 show that the share of dissatisfied increased from 48% to 58%, which is the highest recorded level.

The study, covering 154 countries of the world, is based on a survey of people whether they are satisfied with democracy in their countries.

Satisfaction with democracy has grown in the last decades of the 20th century, researchers note.

But over the past decade, this figure has become negative - there are more and more dissatisfied.

The study suggests that this could be a political consequence of the 2008 economic crisis, a surge of concern about the 2015 refugee situation, and “foreign policy failures.”

One of the authors of the study, Dr. Roberto Foa warns of a loss of confidence in democracy and says that the growth of populism is not so much a cause as a symptom of this.

For example, in the UK, the proportion of people dissatisfied with democracy in 1995 was 47%, in 2005 - 33%, in 2019 - 61%.

"If confidence in democracy is declining, it is because democratic institutions have failed to cope with some of the major crises of our era - from economic crises to the threat of global warming," Foa said.

According to the latest survey , 52% of Ukrainian citizens believe that democracy is the most desirable form of government for Ukraine. At the same time, the opposite opinion - that under certain circumstances an authoritarian regime may be better - is held by 20%, another 19% answered that it does not matter for them whether the democratic regime is in the country or not.

53% of Americans do not believe Trump's words about his Ukrainian politics

54% of respondents are convinced that the US president has abused his powers in actions regarding Ukraine

53% of American voters believe that US President Donald Trump is not telling the truth about his policy towards Ukraine. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University .

40% of respondents believe that Trump does not hide anything about his policy towards Ukraine.

57% of voters believe that Trump should provide more detailed information about this policy, while 38% believe that published materials and statements made are enough.

54% of respondents are convinced that Trump has abused his authority in actions regarding Ukraine. 42% are of the opposite opinion.

52% believe that trump prevented Congress from investigating its actions against Ukraine. 42% believe that he did not.

52% of voters consider Trump’s decision to delay aid to Ukraine to be a mistake. 34% of respondents are convinced that this step was justified.

In response to the question of whether Trump should be removed from office, US voters are still divided: 48% say the Senate should not remove Trump from office, and 47% are of the opposite opinion.

The survey was conducted on January 22-27, and 1905 registered voters participated in it.

Now in the US Senate is a trial in the case of impeachment trump. The US president is accused of trying to use military assistance to Ukraine to pressure it in order to intensify the investigation, which may feature the son of his likely rival in the upcoming presidential election, Joe Biden.

An earthquake hits a nuclear test site in North Korea

An earthquake of magnitude 2.5 occurred in North Korea, three kilometers from the Pungeri test site, where a nuclear test was conducted in 2017. It is reported by Yonhap with reference to the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA).

"This is probably a natural earthquake caused by a nuclear test in 2017," the report said.

Since the last nuclear test in Pungari, 13 natural earthquakes were recorded at the test site, including seven in 2017, three in 2018 and the second in 2019. Their magnitudes ranged from 2.5 to 3.2.

No information on the victims. On January 28, it was reported that a massive earthquake of magnitude 7.7 was recorded nearby Jamaica.