Venezuela says troops seize abandoned Colombian combat boats, weapons
Venezuela’s military said it seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found on Saturday while patrolling the Orinoco river, several days after the government accused its neighbor of aiding a failed invasion.
Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kenya has been freed: PM Conte
(This May 9 story corrects location where Romano was seized to southeastern Kenya, not northern Kenya in 7th paragraph)
UK commuters face cycling or walking to work once lockdown is eased
More commuters should consider cycling or walking when Britain’s coronavirus lockdown is eased to take the pressure off public transport capacity that is likely to drop by 90% under social distancing requirements, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said o…
France says total death toll from coronavirus rises by 80 to 26,310
The number of people who have died from coronavirus infections in France rose by 80 to 26,310 on Saturday, the health ministry said, a much smaller daily increase than the previous day when it was 243.
Trudeau warns premature reopening could send Canada ‘back into confinement’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned on Saturday that if provinces move too quickly to reopen their economies, a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could send Canada “back into confinement this summer.”
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 194 on Saturday, against 243 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases fell to 1,083 from 1,327 on Friday.
Avalanche kills skier in northern Italy: alpine rescue
A skier was killed in an avalanche on Saturday morning in the Dolomites near the ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy, Italy’s alpine rescue corps said.
Britons urged to cycle, walk to work when virus lockdown eased
More Britons should cycle or walk to work when the country’s coronavirus lockdown is eased to take the pressure off limited public transport capacity under social distancing requirements, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Saturday.
Half of Spaniards to see lockdown eased from Monday as daily deaths fall
Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on Saturday, as half the country prepared to move to the next phase of an exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns.
Senior UK medic confident “R” contagion number below 1 across country
Britain’s deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus “R” number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom.
