U.S. sending ventilators, coronavirus help to countries in Latin America, Asia: Trump
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.
Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment: document
Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom’s top court seen by Reuters on Friday.
Saudi Arabia eliminates flogging as form of punishment: document
Saudi Arabia eliminated flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom’s top court seen by Reuters on Friday.
‘We refuse to die in jail’: Argentine inmates set fire to prison in coronavirus protest
Inmates at an Argentine prison in Buenos Aires set fire to mattresses and protested on the roof of the jail, demanding some people be released due to fears of infection by the coronavirus, according to local media and a Reuters witness.
Ecuador coronavirus cases top 22,000 after release of delayed tests
Ecuador’s confirmed coronavirus cases more than doubled to a total of 22,719 after the government released a batch of delayed test results, the Andean country’s interior minister said on Friday.
Water shortage leaves poorer Mexicans high and dry in coronavirus fight
In the shade of a rust-colored hill, a dozen women gathered on a dusty road to fill buckets from a water tanker truck that pulled up to service their modest community built on a former Mexico City dump.
Armenia commemorates mass killings anniversary under quarantine
Armenians have used text messages and mobile phone flashlights to mark the 105th anniversary of mass killings in the Ottoman Empire, dropping their usual march because of coronavirus restrictions.
Up to one in 10 residents of Moscow may have had coronavirus infections: laboratory
Tests in the wider Moscow region to see if people are carrying coronavirus antibodies suggest that as many as one in 10 residents may have been infected, a government project said on Friday.
Fires near Chernobyl pose ‘no risk to human health’, IAEA says
Radiation from fires that have torn through forests around Ukraine’s defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant poses “no risk to human health”, the U.N. atomic agency said on Friday, based on data provided by Ukraine.
Rouhani urges Iran military to seek regional stability, remain vigilant
President Hassan Rouhani called on Iran’s armed forces on Friday to seek regional stability while maintaining vigilance against “provocations”, state TV reported, as a war of words with arch-enemy the United States escalated.
