Japan waiting for Golden Week to decide on extending coronavirus emergency: sources
Japan will decide during its Golden Week holiday between April 29 and May 6 whether to extend its month-long state of emergency to fight a widening coronavirus outbreak, government and ruling party sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Austrian restaurants, churches and some schools to reopen from May 15
Austria will further loosen its coronavirus lockdown on May 15 by allowing restaurants and cafes to reopen and religious services to resume, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday.
Vietnam jails man for 11 years for ‘terrorist’ tax office bombing
A Vietnamese court jailed a man for 11 years on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to setting off a bomb in an act of terrorism, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Queen Elizabeth sends condolences to Canada after Nova Scotia shooting
Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday sent her condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the after the “appalling” mass shooting in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Coronavirus very likely of animal origin, no sign of lab manipulation: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory.
UK parliament: holding feet to the fire via Zoom?
Britain’s House of Commons, where lawmakers notoriously jeer at rivals seated two sword-lengths away, is about to find out whether it can make ministers sweat over Zoom.
More unrest, vandalism break out in Paris suburbs: media
Young people set bins on fire and let off fireworks in low-income suburbs near Paris, French media said on Tuesday, in a new night of unrest as strict lockdown rules to curb the coronavirus threaten fragile social peace in deprived areas.
In Spain, asparagus lies unpicked as lockdown shuts out migrant workers
About half of farmer Jaime Urbina’s asparagus crop lies unpicked in his fields in central Spain as border closures to curb the coronavirus block Eastern European seasonal labourers.
French parliament to vote on COVID-19 tracing app after all
The French government has decided to allow lawmakers to vote on its plan to launch a contact tracing app to fight the coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers and the prime minister’s office said on Tuesday.
UK’s COVID-19 death toll could be 40% higher than daily figure, data suggests
The true extent of the death toll in Britain from COVID-19 was more than 40% higher than the daily figures from the government indicated by April 10, according to data on Tuesday that includes deaths in the community.
