Slovakia bans Italy flights after first coronavirus case appears
Slovakia will ban flights to and from Italy, the European country worst hit by the coronavirus outbreak, starting Monday, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Friday after announcing Slovakia’s first case of the new virus.
For special-needs kids, New Jersey rabbi offers chance of a ‘LifeTown’
Looking out of his office window, Rabbi Zalman Grossbaum finds it hard to get work done as he watches kids enjoying the miniature town he built for them.
Polish police limit some drink-driving tests due to coronavirus
Polish police striving to improve one of Europe’s worst road fatality rates are having to cut back on testing drivers’ breath for alcohol for fear this could speed the transmission of coronavirus.
With cries of ‘it’s fake’, Wuhan citizens voice discontent
“It’s fake! It’s fake!” residents high up in an apartment complex in the central Chinese city of Wuhan shouted down as a senior government official led an inspection tour below of how people were coping during the coronavirus lockdown.
Rolling in toilet paper – Australian family over-orders coveted commodity
An Australian family is rolling in a much-coveted commodity after mistakenly ordering 48 boxes instead of 48 rolls of toilet paper online.
Across Asia, countries race to boost face mask supplies
At a face mask factory just outside the South Korean capital of Seoul, workers are churning out 300,000 masks a day – and it’s still not enough.
Factbox: The economic remedies for the coronavirus
Policymakers have taken a range of approaches to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, from emergency interest rate cuts and big spending packages to a wait-and-see-stance and pledges of action if required.
From island paradise to ‘war zone’: Lesbos weighs cost of migrant crisis
Once better known for its ouzo, cheese, idyllic beaches and being the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, Lesbos has been transformed under the weight of a humanitarian crisis not of its own making.
Togo confirms first case of coronavirus
The West African country of Togo has registered its first case of coronavirus, its government said on Friday.
Do not go to the Turkey-Greece border, EU urges migrants
The European Union pleaded on Friday for migrants in Turkey not to go to the Greek border or try to breach it, saying the frontier was closed and that any encouragement to do by Turkish authorities was a game that had to stop.
