Moscow reopens museums and terraces as it rolls back coronavirus curbs
Muscovites returned to museums and restaurant terraces on Tuesday for the first time in more than two months as the Russian capital rolled back more coronavirus curbs despite still recording over 1,000 new infections daily.
China foreign ministry says unaware of reported border clash with India
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday he was not aware of any incident on the border with India after the Indian army said one of its officers and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” there.
India says officer, two soldiers killed in ‘violent faceoff’ on border with China
An Indian officer and two soldiers were killed in a “violent faceoff” with Chinese troops on the contested border, the Indian Army said on Tuesday, reporting the first casualties in decades to result from a clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
China asks Canada to probe parasites found in salmon: foreign ministry
China’s foreign ministry has asked Canada to investigate parasites found in shipments of salmon products, spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday.
Kyrgyz ruling coalition nominates former cabinet No.2 for PM
Kyrgyzstan’s ruling coalition nominated Kubatbek Boronov for prime minister on Tuesday, virtually ensuring he would get the post, after his predecessor resigned due to a corruption probe against former cabinet officials.
Ukraine president’s wife hospitalized with moderate COVID-19
The wife of Ukraine’s President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said on Tuesday, adding a fresh test of her husband showed he remained negative.
Spain may quarantine UK visitors, foreign minister tells BBC
Spain is considering imposing a quarantine on visitors from Britain when it re-opens its borders next week, Spain’s Foreign Minister said, in response to a similar policy introduced last week for travellers to Britain.
North Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South
North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea in its border town of Kaesong on Tuesday after it threatened to take action if North Korean defectors went ahead with a campaign to send propaganda leaflets into the North.
Greek PM visits Israel, hoping to restore tourism and warning on Turkey
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Israel on Tuesday in a show of confidence in the countries’ anti-coronavirus measures which Athens hopes can be translated into a resumption of tourism.
Exclusive: African nations seek U.N. inquiry into U.S. racism, ‘police brutality’ – text
African countries are lobbying to set up a U.N. inquiry into “systemic racism” and “police brutality” in the United States and elsewhere, aiming to defend the rights of people of African descent, a draft resolution seen by Reuters shows.
