Cyclone Amphan kills at least 72 in eastern India: minister
At least 72 people were killed in eastern India after a powerful cyclone tore through coastal areas and neighbouring Bangladesh, a state chief minister said on Thursday.
Visually impaired Nigerians struggle to navigate coronavirus challenges
Lawal Adebimpe knows she must remain a safe distance from people to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria. But her blindness means she usually holds people to navigate her way around the heaving megacity of Lagos.
Turkey says attacks on its interests in Libya will have grave consequences
Turkey’s foreign ministry warned on Thursday of grave consequences if General Khalifa Haftar’s forces attacked Turkish interests in Libya.
UK PM Johnson will not face criminal action over relationship with U.S. businesswoman: Mirror
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not face criminal action following allegations of misconduct over his relationship with U.S tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Thursday.
Lagos doctors to end strike after curfew harassment complaint remedied
Nigeria’s largest medical union ordered its members in the commercial capital Lagos to go back to work on Thursday, ending a strike over alleged police harassment of doctors as they travelled to and from work during a night curfew.
Beijing to unveil plans for national security laws in Hong Kong: report
Beijing will announce a resolution for national security legislation in Hong Kong, proscribing secession, foreign interference and terrorism, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported on Thursday, citing unnamed sources.
South Africa scientists say up to 50,000 COVID-19 deaths possible
(This May 21 story corrects paragraph two to say lockdown entering “eighth” not “sixth” week)
More than 300 attacks on UK emergency staff prosecuted during COVID-19 lockdown
More than 300 prosecutions were carried out for attacks on police and other emergency workers during the first month of the lockdown in Britain to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday.
Would-be Merkel successor warns against EU ‘transfer union’
The European Union must be careful not to become a “transfer union” in which richer member states are asked to bankroll their poorer peers, a leading candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters.
More work, little extra pay: Italian healthcare contractors outraged
Health workers and care providers in northern Italy are outraged by regional budget limits which they say have cut into payments despite a surge in work during the coronavirus emergency.
