Turkey relaxes coronavirus restrictions further, vows to boost economy
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stay-at-home orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
Germany to extend virus-related travel ban for non-European countries
Germany plans to extend a travel ban for non-European countries until Aug. 31, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday, adding Berlin was also strongly advising against any cruises due to the special risks related to coronavirus.
Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down law legalising settlements on private Palestinian land
Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a law on Tuesday that had retroactively legalised about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Anti-racism protesters take a knee in silence in Paris
Hundreds of anti-racism protesters in Paris took a knee and held an eight minute silence on Tuesday in memory of George Floyd, the black American whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck has unleashed a global outpouring of sadness and outr…
Outgoing Burundi president Nkurunziza, famed for soccer and violence, dies
President Pierre Nkurunziza, a fitness enthusiast who increasingly relied on religion and repression to rule the impoverished and unstable central African nation of Burundi for 15 years, has died, the government announced on Tuesday.
Fuel from Russian Arctic spill reaches large lake, says governor
Diesel fuel from a major spill in Russia’s Arctic has reached a pristine lake which is the basin for a river flowing into the Arctic Ocean, a regional official said on Tuesday, but the mining giant embroiled in the scandal rejected his allegation.
Germany to extend virus-related travel warnings for non-European countries until Aug 31: sources
Germany plans to extend its travel warnings for non-European countries until Aug. 31, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that Berlin was also strongly advising against any cruises due to the special risks related to coronavirus.
Exclusive: Oil tankers turn away from Venezuela as more sanctions loom
Oil tankers that were sailing toward Venezuela have turned around and others have left the country’s waters as the United States considers blacklisting dozens of ships for transporting Venezuelan oil, according to shipping data and industry sources.
Artist Banksy has new take on toppled statue of English slave trader
The toppling of a statue of a 17th century slave trader in the English port city of Bristol was hailed by some as a long-overdue reckoning with Britain’s imperalist past and denounced by others as a criminal act.
Erdogan says will not let Syria’s Idlib become conflict zone again
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Syrian government was increasing provocations in northwest Syria’s Idlib region and that Turkey would not allow it to become a conflict zone again.
