Saudi Arabia confirms virtual donors conference for Yemen with U.N.
Saudi Arabia confirmed it will host a virtual donors conference next week for Yemen together with the United Nations which said the conflict-riven nation risked being overwhelmed by the coronavirus.
Singapore-China to open essential travel corridor in early June
Singapore and China plan to reopen essential travel for business and official purposes between the two countries early next month, they said in a joint statement on Friday.
Austria to loosen face-mask requirement, scrap table-size limit in bars
Austria will no longer require shoppers to wear face masks and scrap a limit of four adults at a table in bars and restaurants, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday, outlining the next loosening of the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
In Canada’s COVID-19 capital, bone-weary nurses plead for summer break
Quebec nurses and orderlies are pleading for time off this summer, ahead of a possible second wave of coronavirus infections in the fall, as Canada’s hardest-hit province from the virus wrestles with a staffing crunch in its health sector.
Colombia ELN rebels would back U.N. ceasefire, urge government to join
Colombian rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) would be willing to participate in a global three-month ceasefire being discussed at the United Nations to contain the spread of coronavirus, the head of its negotiating team said.
Canada ‘needs’ airline industry, is monitoring day by day: minister
Canada is closely monitoring the slumping airline industry and extended a ban on large cruise ships to Oct. 31 to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said on Friday.
Pakistan to resume outbound international flights as COVID-19 spreads
Pakistan will allow outbound international flights to resume from Saturday, an aviation official said, after largely closing its airspace to commercial flights to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Kazakhstan to ease lockdown next week
Kazakhstan will take down police checkpoints between its regions next week and reopen kindergartens and gyms as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown, the government said on Friday.
Three wounded in shootout in Kiev suburb, 20 detained
Dozens of people, some armed with what appeared to be hunting rifles, clashed in broad daylight on Friday in a residential suburb outside the capital Kiev, and at least three people were wounded, according to officials.
A ‘suspected explosion’ at hydropower station in China’s Yunnan province kills six
A “suspected explosion” at a hydropower station in China’s Yunnan province has killed six people and injured five others, the Yunnan government said on Friday.
