Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns
Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat.
Austria plans to test all retirement home residents for coronavirus
Austria, one of the more successful countries in Europe at flattening the curve of coronavirus infections, plans to test every retirement home resident as it expands efforts to measure the pandemic’s spread, its health minister said on Thursday.
Germany’s Oktoberfest unlikely to take place this year
The annual Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, is unlikely to take place this year due to the coronavirus crisis, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria said on Thursday.
Yemen’s war-scarred hospitals gear up to combat coronavirus threat
In a hospital in the Yemeni city of Taiz, medics scarred by five years of war are marshalling scant resources to face a new enemy.
Japan’s Abe expands state of emergency nationwide to halt virus spread
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday expanded Japan’s state of emergency to all areas of the country in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
French doctor, 98, keeps working through coronavirus crisis
Doctor Christian Chenay is almost old enough to remember the 1918 Spanish flu and treated typhus sufferers during World War Two. Now, as he nears his 99th birthday, he is still caring for patients through the coronavirus epidemic.
Inspired by Mother Teresa, Kenyan safari operator feeds 24,000 families
Safari operator Pankaj Shah would normally be showing tourists around the beauty spots of his native Kenya. Instead, he is spearheading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of families left penniless when the new coronavirus devastated the economy.
New Zealand activist flies flag of environmental revolution with election run
The growing green concerns that will be in the spotlight on Earth Day next week are mirrored in a call for an “environmental revolution” by an 18-year-old New Zealand activist looking to take on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an election this year.
‘We will get through it,’ says Captain Tom, 99, after $16 million coronavirus walk
Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran, completed the last of 100 laps of his garden on Thursday, raising 13 million pounds ($16 million) for the health service in an endeavour that has spread joy across the country amid the coronavirus gloom.
Hit by sharp ad decline, India’s newspapers cut jobs and salaries
India’s vibrant newspaper industry that reaches tens of millions of readers daily has been ravaged by declining advertising revenues due to a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus, pushing leading titles to slash jobs and salaries.
