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.
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.
