World update: January 31 2020

Stories from China, the Central African Republic, and more

I don’t know if my head was in a fog and I just missed all the excitement but it really seemed like things were kind of quiet today. Maybe everybody was too busy Brexiting and/or banning travel to China to get into any serious trouble. As a result this update should be shorter than usual.

MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA

The Russian government on Friday suggested, presum…