Poland’s Senate leader accuses ruling PiS of election-by-post ‘trickery’
The head of Poland’s opposition-led Senate accused the ruling nationalists of “procedural trickery” on Tuesday to force through a May presidential election by postal ballot during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ivory Coast PM to spend weeks in France on medical rest after heart exam
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the ruling party’s candidate in this year’s presidential race, will stay in France for a few weeks of medical rest after undergoing a heart exam, the presidency said on Tuesday.
Ecuador indigenous community fears extinction from COVID-19
One of Ecuador’s indigenous communities fears it could be wiped out as coronavirus infections rise in its territory, prompting dozens of its members to flee into the Amazon rainforest for shelter from the pandemic which has killed nearly 1,600 in the c…
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 59 to 3,520, slowdown continues
The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 59 in the last 24 hours to 3,520, Health Ministry data showed on Tuesday, as a slowdown in deaths and ICU patients continued.
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 693 to 29,427
Britain’s COVID-19 death toll has risen by 693 to 29,427, according to figures announced on Tuesday by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
Jordan to continue night curfew even after virus outbreak ‘contained’
Jordan is to continue to impose a daily night curfew even after containing the spread of the new coronavirus and allowing businesses to reopen and more movement, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.N. Palestinian refugee agency operating on ‘month-to-month’ basis due to U.S. aid cut: official
Scrambling to tackle COVID-19 in camps across the Middle East, the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro confirms his top cop appointee replaced Rio police chief
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Tuesday the replacement of the federal police chief in Rio de Janeiro, where two of his sons are under investigation.
Trump denies U.S. role in what Venezuela says was ‘mercenary’ incursion
President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any involvement by the U.S. government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incursion into the South American country that led to the capture of two American “mercenaries.”
Invoking Cossack resistance, Ukrainian mayor defies lockdown measures
The mayor of a town in central Ukraine has unilaterally decided to ease lockdown restrictions, causing a row with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government as it seeks to avoid a second wave of novel coronavirus infections.
