EU finds money to contain immigration, but at odds over Turkey
European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday to Greece for border policing and for humanitarian aid to Syria’s Idlib in an effort to avert a mass influx of migrants, but were at odds over what to do about Turkey.
Israeli chief rabbi curbs a Jewish tradition over coronavirus fears
Israel’s chief rabbi has advised Jews to forego the traditional touching of the “mezuzah”, a decorative case containing a small holy scroll that is attached to many doorposts in the country.
Traveler placed in coronavirus quarantine in Netherlands
A man traveling through Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has been put in quarantine in a portable room on a fire department parking lot after testing positive for the new coronavirus, a local official said.
Ukraine parliament votes to accept prime minister’s resignation
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Wednesday to accept Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk’s resignation, as part of a sweeping government reshuffle.
On Irish tour, UK’s Prince William asks if coronavirus being ‘hyped up’
Britain’s Prince William asked emergency workers if they thought coronavirus was being hyped up by the media during his first official visit to Ireland.
First coronavirus case at EU council before ministers’ emergency meetings
A first case of coronavirus has been detected among staff at the Council of the European Union, a spokesman said on Wednesday, as ministers of the bloc’s 27 member states were to hold emergency meetings there.
Palestinians protest as Israeli bulldozers clear land
Palestinians have launched protests in the occupied West Bank after Israeli bulldozers began clearing land in what villagers fear is an attempt to confiscate it for future Jewish settlements.
Nervy British lawmakers sweat over coronavirus reaching parliament
Britain’s 19th-century parliamentary palace and its hundreds of grand offices and wood-paneled meeting rooms are ill-equipped to deal with the global outbreak of coronavirus, according to some worried lawmakers working inside the building.
Italy to ban public events to contain coronavirus: draft decree
Italy’s government is set to close cinemas and theaters and ban public events across the whole country to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak, according to a draft decree drawn up on Wednesday.
Greece uses tear gas on migrants at border as row with Turkey worsens
Greek security forces used tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday against hundreds of migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey, as Athens and Ankara accused each other of lying about what was happening.
