South Africa were 90-2 at lunch on the fourth day, still needing 376 to claim an improbable victory and draw the series. Rassie van der Dussen was not out after a brisk 39 off 45 balls, with captain Faf du Plessis having just arrived at the crease. England had two days to bowl the hosts out and took an hour before claiming the wicket of Pieter Malan, who scored 22 in a 38-run opening partnership with Dean Elgar. Three balls later, Woakes trapped Van der Dussen leg before wicket. The South Africa batsman almost ran out of time to review, but then won a reprieve as the ball was shown to be missing the wickets and the umpire’s decision was overturned.

By Shelley Shan and Huang Pei-chun / Staff reportersSeveral mask manufacturers cut short their holiday and on Sunday began working to meet surging demand as fears over a fast-spreading new virus escalate, a Ministry of Economic Affairs official said yesterday. Asked whether the export ban would continue, the ministry official said the ministry would hold a meeting after the holiday, which ends tomorrow. Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said the government should not be so rigid in regulating mask exports, as the nation has sufficient inventory to meet demand. “The nation has sufficient inventory [of masks] to meet the demand and [the government] should take this into consideration. On average, the demand for masks increased to about 1.54 million daily during the SARS outbreak in 2003, she said.

AFP, LISBONThe Portuguese hacker involved in the “Football Leaks” revelations is also the whistle-blower behind the “Luanda Leaks” scandal embroiling the daughter of an ex-president, his lawyers said yesterday. Dos Santos has been accused of financial crimes during her tenure at Sonangol, Angola’s state-owned oil giant, which she headed during her father’s rule. They say Pinto is a “very important European whistle-blower.”The Football Leaks revelations allowed prosecutors in several countries, including Britain and France, to investigate possible wrongdoing in soccer. Angolans call Isabel dos Santos “the princess,” and she is Africa’s richest woman, according to Forbes, which estimates her assets at US$2.1 billion. Hundreds of companies, many based in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands, are alleged to have helped Dos Santos accrue her fortune.

AP, TEHRANAn Iranian passenger plane carrying about 150 passengers yesterday skidded off the runway and into a street next to the airport in the southern city of Mahshahr, after apparently losing its landing gear in a hard landing. The footage showed passengers being helped to the street below by people on the ground. Provincial airport director Mohammad Reza Rezanian said all of the passengers had been safely taken off the plane. Iranian state TV said the plane involved in yesterday’s incident came in harder than usual and lost its landing gear as it hit the tarmac. Iranian reports identified the plane only as a McDonnell Douglas without being more specific, but Caspian has only the McDonnell Douglas MD-83s in its fleet.

AP, LOS ANGELESThe edgy, avant-pop album that siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas created in a small bedroom made a big splash at the Grammy Awards, winning 11 honors for the musical family. — created in the musicians’ Los Angeles home — helped Eilish win the top four honors, including album, song and record of the year, along with best new artist. Eilish won five honors. Together, they also won best pop vocal album, while Finneas’ individual honors included producer of the year (non-classical) and best engineered album (non-classical). Cage won Best Rock Album for Social Cues, Vampire Weekend won Best Alternative Music Album for Father of the Bride and Angelique Kidjo won Best World Music Album for Celia.

AFP, PESHAWAR, PakistanA charismatic Pashtun rights leader who has repeatedly accused the powerful military of abuse has been arrested in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, police said yesterday. Manzoor Pashteen, chief of the Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM), appeared before a magistrate after being detained shortly after midnight, police official Shiraz Khan said. Khan said Pashteen would be transferred to another district where he is wanted on charges including sedition, hate speech, incitement against the state and criminal conspiracy. The army has carried out many operations in the region, and security across Pakistan has dramatically improved in recent years. “He has been charged in many cases including sedition,” Dawar said, who along with another PTM lawmaker was detained by authorities for months last year.

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday confirmed a fifth case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, urging people returning from China to cooperate with quarantine officers conducting health checks in airports. The new patient was one of the people being monitored for possible infection, said Chen, who also heads the command center. While the woman took the same plane back to Taiwan as the first confirmed case, she is likely to have been infected in Wuhan, rather than by the other passenger, Chuang said. “We are warning that anyone who refuses to cooperate with our quarantine officers or is disrespectful toward them will be strictly punished according to the law,” he said. “Disease prevention is not a game, so we will impose the heaviest punishment for obstructing public officers in discharging their duties,” he added.

Singapore is currently forecasting growth in a wide range of 0.5 to 2.5 percent this year. Chan is part of a government task force set up to tackle the coronavirus in Singapore. Families in Singapore, many of which are ethnically Chinese and have relatives in mainland China, are currently traveling for Lunar New Year holidays. The virus has so far spread to more than 10 countries and the viral outbreak may end up hitting Japan’s fragile economy harder than the SARS outbreak of 2003, according to economists. Tourism has become a much more important prop to Japan’s growth over the past decade, and Chinese tourists are the biggest spenders.

Lillard on Sunday had 50 points and 13 assists, becoming the first Portland player with 40-plus points in three straight games, as the Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 139-129 on a day marked by grief over the death of the NBA great. “I think it was the right decision for us to go out there and compete today in his honor. McCollum returned after a three-game absence because of an ankle injury and added 28 points for the Blazers (20-27). That’s just the way he played the game,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. A former coach of the Trail Blazers, McMillan recalled how Bryant once scored 65 points against Portland.

AFP, PARISIt is the annual event that has accomplished chefs quaking in their toques: The release yesterday of the Michelin restaurant guide for France, revealing the winners and losers of its coveted ratings stars. Poullennec said no other three-starred restaurants ran the risk of being downgraded in this year’s guide. Critics say the process has rendered Michelin stars untenable, as more and more diners balk at spending a fortune on a meal. The 2003 suicide of three-star chef Bernard Loiseau was linked, among other reasons, to speculation that his restaurant was about to lose its three-star status. In 2005, the Michelin Guide branched out of Europe with a New York guide, followed in 2007 by editions for San Francisco, then Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

AP, WASHINGTONThe stakes over witness testimony at US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book by US former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defense argument. The account immediately gave Democrats new fuel in their pursuit of sworn testimony from Bolton and other witnesses, a question expected to be taken up this week by the Republican-led Senate. “I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens,” Trump said. First, though, Trump’s legal team will begin laying out its case in depth, turning to several high-profile attorneys to argue against impeachment. Once Trump’s team concludes, senators will have 16 hours to ask questions of both the House impeachment prosecutors and the president’s legal team.

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ReutersSan Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl on Saturday scored the game-winning goal as Team Pacific defeated Team Atlantic 5-4 to win the NHL All-Star Game in St Louis, Missouri. In the semi-finals, Team Atlantic defeated Team Metropolitan 9-5, while Team Pacific beat Team Central 10-5. In the second semi-final, Team Pacific broke a 4-4 tie with a dominant second period — outscoring Team Central 6-1 to advance to the final. “I thought Tomas Hertl was really good, he played defense,” Team Pacific and Arizona Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. Flames goaltender David Rittich stopped nine of 10 shots in the second period to seal the victory and send Team Pacific to the final.

Reuters, HAVANAA day after Bolivia suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba, Havana accused its interim government of having sought to sabotage bilateral ties ever since it took power last year, partly under pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration. “It is not casual that the facts described here coincide with a brutal, politically motivated US campaign against the international medical cooperation Cuba provides to dozens of countries,” it said. US officials had, since the departure of Morales, “applied pressure on Bolivia to impose a deterioration in relations with Cuba,” the ministry said. Cuba terminated its medical mission to Bolivia in November, saying Bolivian officials were fostering violence against about 700 doctors by claiming they were instigating rebellion. Cuban foreign ministry denied this, saying on Saturday that from 2006 to 2012, Havana had actually covered all the costs of medical cooperation with Bolivia, at more than US$200 million per year.

The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the east African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. About US$70 million is needed to step up aerial pesticide spraying, the only effective way to combat them, the UN said. The rose-colored locusts turn whole trees pink, clinging to branches like quivering ornaments before taking off in hungry, rustling clouds. Astonished by the finger-length insects, children dash here and there, waving blankets or plucking at branches to shake the locusts free. And more are coming.”A single swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer of farmland, an area the size of almost 250 football fields, regional authorities say.