Greece swears in first female president, no handshakes amid coronavirus
Greece’s first female president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, was sworn in for a five-year term on Friday at a ceremony scaled down due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Pasta, toilet paper and flour sold out in some London supermarkets
An increasing number of supermarket shelves in London were empty on Friday as people rushed to buy pasta, toilet paper, flour and frozen food after the government ordered people with coronavirus to isolate themselves.
At 94, Mahathir still punching in Malaysia’s political fray
Having lost leadership of Malaysia to an ally he says “double-crossed” him, 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad insists he feels duty-bound to remain a player in the Southeast Asian nation’s political scene.
U.S. wages retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq
The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26-year-old British soldier.
U.S. air strikes in Iraq killed six people: Iraqi military
Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday and said they had killed six people and wounded 12, describing it as targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces and a violation of sovereignty.
Iran says Trump should blame attacks on U.S. troops’ ‘presence and behavior’
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump should blame attacks against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq on their “presence and behavior”.
Australian PM advises against big gatherings amid virus outbreak
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday urged people not to gather in groups of more than 500 from Monday, but said he would still go to a weekend rugby game, as officials warned millions of residents would contract coronavirus within months…
Kuwait asks Muslims to pray at home to halt coronavirus spread
Kuwait’s religious authorities asked Muslims to pray at home on Friday as Gulf Arab states stepped up measures to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.
‘Drop everything, scramble’: Singapore’s contact trackers fight coronavirus
After a coronavirus outbreak began to disrupt lives and activity in Singapore late in January, Conceicao Edwin Philip keeps himself ready to rush to hospital at a moment’s notice, if summoned.
Romanian interim PM to enter quarantine after coronavirus contact
Romanian interim prime minister and Liberal Party leader Ludovic Orban will quarantine himself after coming into contact with one of his party’s senators who was later confirmed to have the coronavirus, he said on Friday.
