Explainer: Trump’s proposal to suspend legal immigration leaves many unanswered questions
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will suspend legal immigration to limit the spread of the new coronavirus and preserve jobs for Americans but his announcement was short on details.
Global coronavirus cases pass 2.5 million as U.S. tally surpasses 800,000
Global coronavirus infections surpassed 2.5 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with U.S. cases surpassing 800,000.
Buhari asks Nigeria’s chief judge to free prisoners because of coronavirus
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the chief judge to free prison inmates who have been awaiting trial for six years or more to ease overcrowding as the novel coronavirus spreads, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use
The Lebanese parliament legalized cannabis farming for medicinal use on Tuesday, a potentially lucrative export for an economy in dire need of foreign currency as it grapples with a paralyzing financial crisis.
Shooter kills nine in Lebanese town
A man slaughtered his wife and shot dead eight other people, including his brother, in a Lebanese town on Tuesday in the country’s worst mass shooting in years, a security source said.
Lebanese protesters return to streets in car convoys amid coronavirus lockdown
Dozens of protesters poured back onto the streets of Beirut in their cars on Tuesday, furious at rising poverty and hardship, as parliament convened for the first time during Lebanon’s coronavirus lockdown.
Venezuelan migrants leave Ecuador as coronavirus hits economy
Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador are setting out on perilous journeys to return to their crisis-stricken homeland or to join family in other Latin American countries as a lockdown meant to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus has left them without…
France close to 21,000 coronavirus deaths
Coronavirus fatalities in France increased steadily on Tuesday to nearly 21,000, but the number of patients in intensive care registered its sharpest decline since the beginning of the outbreak.
Trump officials studying timeline for immigration ban, have carve-outs for pandemic response
U.S. officials are studying a timeline for President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration into the United States to allow flexibility once circumstances change, a senior administration official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Coronavirus preys on inequalities in working class Paris suburb
Resuscitation nurse Aline Lheureux feared there would be trouble in the impoverished Paris suburb where she works when she heard youngsters playing sport in the streets outside even though France was under tough lockdown rules.
