Germany postpones decision on new start for schools, Bundesliga: Focus Online
Germany’s federal government and states on Thursday postponed a decision on fully reopening schools and kindergartens and resuming Bundesliga soccer matches, Focus Online news magazine reported, citing sources involved in the discussions.
U.S. envoy wants Turkey to press militants in Syria’s Idlib
U.S. Syria special envoy Jim Jeffrey said on Thursday he hoped Turkey would maintain pressure on militant groups including the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria’s opposition-held province of Idlib.
Latin America wrestles with reopening as coronavirus peak looms
By Gabriel Stargardter, Pedro Fonseca and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda
In Spain’s market gardens, migrants left jobless under coronavirus lockdown
In shanty towns outside the polythene-covered market gardens of Almeria in southern Spain, doctors’ charity “Medicos del Mundo” provides health checks and food to migrants left without work during the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus response boosts approval for Colombia’s Duque
President Ivan Duque’s response to the coronavirus has earned him a rare boost in approval ratings, a survey showed, as Colombia’s long nationwide quarantine stretches on.
Arab foreign ministers condemns Israeli plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank
Arab countries condemned Israel’s plan to de facto annex parts of the occupied West Bank as a “new war crime” against Palestinians, the Arab League said in a statement after a video conference of Arab foreign ministers on Thursday.
India exports 50 million hydroxychloroquine tablets to U.S. for COVID-19 fight: source
India has shipped 50 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine to the United States, an Indian source with direct knowledge of the exports said, although U.S. regulators warned the anti-malarial drug may have harmful side effects in the treatment of COVID-…
Moscow doctor sees echoes of war in coronavirus battle
When patients who can hardly breathe fill the wards of Moscow Hospital Number 52, Mikhail Ketskalo recalls the suffering he witnessed as a military doctor at war.
Latest on the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus
More than 3.21 million people have reportedly been infected by the novel coronavirus globally, and 227,864 have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Thursday.
Poland’s Supreme Court chief and top government critic retires
Poland’s Supreme Court chief Malgorzata Gersdorf ended a six-year term on Thursday, opening the way for the ruling nationalists to pick a supporter of their contested judiciary overhaul to replace her.
