Brazil public prosecutor Aras asks Supreme Court to authorize Bolsonaro investigation
Brazilian public prosecutor Augusto Aras asked the Supreme Court on Friday to authorize the investigation of allegations made by former minister Sergio Moro against President Jair Bolsonaro, his office said.
Peru indigenous warn of ‘ethnocide by inaction’ as coronavirus hits Amazon tribes
Indigenous tribes in Peru’s Amazon say the government has left them to fend for themselves against the coronavirus, risking “ethnocide by inaction,” according to a letter from natives to the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rig…
Trump says U.S. sending ventilators, coronavirus help to Latin America, Asia
The United States will send ventilators to three countries in Latin America – Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras – as well as to Indonesia, President Donald Trump said on Friday, as the coronavirus pandemic has devastated countries around the world.
Explainer: How the U.S. is handling immigration enforcement during the coronavirus crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump made a hardline immigration agenda central to his 2020 re-election campaign and his administration has pushed ahead with a wide-ranging crackdown even as the United States has become the epicenter of the novel coronavirus ou…
Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2.73 million globally and 191,470 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Friday.
DR Congo police arrest leader of separatist cult after deadly clashes
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday arrested Ne Muanda Nsemi, the leader of a separatist religious sect, killing eight of his followers as they raided his home in Kinshasa, the interior minister said.
UK PM Johnson’s aide Cummings attended coronavirus experts’ meeting, Guardian reports
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, took part in meetings of a scientific panel that has shaped the British response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Guardian reported on Friday.
Polish health minister says presidential vote in two years would be safest
Poland’s health minister on Friday urged a delay of the presidential election scheduled for May 10, saying postponing it by two years would be the safest option because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Prominent Saudi rights activist dies in prison, sources say
Prominent Saudi Arabian rights activist Abdullah al-Hamid, imprisoned since 2013, died on Thursday, activists and a source close to him told Reuters.
He’s number one: UK’s Captain Tom, 99, add hits single to fundraising record
Coronavirus charity walk hero Captain Tom Moore became the oldest person to top Britain’s main music chart and also added a world fundraising record to his accolades on Friday, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
