Dutch use ice rink for drive-in coronavirus testing
The Netherlands is ramping up testing for the new coronavirus with drive-in locations for healthcare personnel, including one site at an ice rink.
Jordan announces a 48-hour nationwide curfew starting Thursday midnight: government spokesman
Jordan announced a 48-hour sweeping nationwide curfew that would start from Thursday midnight, in a stepped-up bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the government spokesman said.
Top EU court orders Poland to suspend disciplinary chamber
The European Union’s top court told Poland on Wednesday to suspend a panel created to discipline judges, saying it was not independent and breached EU law.
France knife attack suspect charged with terrorism offences, murder
A man who killed two people in a knife attack in southeastern France at the weekend is a refugee from Sudan and has been charged with terrorism offences and murder, the French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
Cubans cast aside coronavirus fears to search for scarcer food
From the seafront capital Havana to the foothills of the Sierra Maestra mountains, Cubans are defying fear of the new coronavirus to search for food as global trade disruptions worsen shortages of basic goods on the Caribbean island.
U.S. concurs with new findings on Syria’s use of chemical weapons: Pompeo
A new report by the global chemical weapons watchdog is the latest addition to a “large and growing body of evidence” that the Syrian government uses chemical weapons against its people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.
In Libya, water cuts add to misery of conflict and coronavirus
Cuts to Tripoli’s water and power supply on Tuesday and Wednesday aggravated conditions for civilians after days of intensified fighting that have undermined preparations to cope with the novel coronavirus.
After Trump criticism, U.N. chief says now not the time to assess virus response
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that now was not the time to assess the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, calling instead for the international community to focus on working in solidarity to stop the virus.
No sign Europe’s COVID-19 epidemic is at peak, EU disease monitoring agency says
The COVID-19 disease pandemic is still infecting and killing large numbers of people across Europe and there is no sign yet that the peak of the region’s outbreak has been reached, the EU’s disease monitoring agency said on Wednesday.
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll falls, but new cases accelerate
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 542 on Wednesday, a lower tally than the 604 the day before, but the number of new cases pushed higher to 3,836 compared with a previous 3,039.
