France emerges cautiously out of coronavirus lockdown
France tiptoed out of its strict coronavirus lockdown on Monday, allowing non-essential shops, factories and other businesses to reopen for the first time in eight weeks to help resuscitate the economy despite the risk of a second wave of infections.
Lesotho PM Thabane’s coalition folds, he leaves on May 22: speaker
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s coalition fell apart in parliament on Monday, spelling the end of his tenure and paving the way toward a resolution of a political crisis that has engulfed the kingdom since late last year.
Four Tajik men accused of militant recruitment in Poland
Four Tajik men have been detained in Poland on charges of trying to recruit Muslim converts to carry out militant attacks, authorities said on Monday.
London commute is going to be very different, transport operator says
London’s commute will be very different when people start to go back to work as demand on buses and the underground railway will be reduced by 85%, the city transport operator said.
Low-skilled men suffer highest COVID fatalities in England and Wales
Men in the lowest-skilled jobs had the highest rate of death involving COVID-19 among working-age people in England and Wales, according to data on Monday which also showed deaths among nurses and doctors was no higher than the average.
China’s health authority to tighten rules on laboratory controls
China will require local health authorities to tighten their supervision over how virus strains and their samples are handled in labs, the National Health Commission said in a draft rule issued on Monday.
Second wave of COVID-19 cases sweeps Senegal’s holy city
Senegal’s holy city of Touba is fighting a second wave of COVID-19 infections, dashing hopes that swift action by authorities had stopped the new coronavirus from spreading in the one-time epicentre.
Latin America’s indigenous shield elderly ‘cultural guardians’ from coronavirus
Indigenous peoples across Latin America are cutting off their communities from the outside world, worried that the coronavirus could pose a grave threat to their culture by putting at risk tribal elders, the keepers of their heritage.
Spain’s daily coronavirus death tolls falls to 123 on Monday
Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll fell on Monday to 123, the health ministry said, its lowest level in seven weeks.
South Korea scrambles to contain nightclub coronavirus outbreak
South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the capital Seoul.
