Saudi imposes curfew to curb coronavirus, UAE suspends passenger flights
Saudi Arabia will impose a nationwide curfew starting on Monday after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger flights as of Wednesday, state media reported.
Turkey detains five Kurdish mayors as crackdown continues
Turkish authorities detained mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Monday as part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the party’s co-leader said.
Saudi imposes curfew to curb coronavirus, UAE suspends passenger flights
Saudi Arabia will impose a nationwide curfew starting on Monday after reporting a jump of almost a quarter in coronavirus cases, while the United Arab Emirates will suspend all passenger flights as of Wednesday, state media reported.
Physical education online: British children join exercise lesson from home
Hundreds of thousands of British children joined in an online live physical education (PE) class on Monday after the government ordered the closure of the nation’s schools to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Much more serious than the 2008 crisis, former BoE Governor King says
Britain faces a “much more serious” economic challenge now than in 2008 when the country’s banking system almost collapsed, and must be prepared for far higher borrowing, former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said on Monday.
‘First we need to stay alive’: virus spread dampens Chile’s fiery protests
For many in Santiago’s Plaza Italia, ground zero for mass protests in Chile that have raged for months, the chaos seemed never to end. Bloody clashes with police forces, tear gas, hooded vandals, broken windows and graffiti were a daily event.
Georgia bans passenger traffic on domestic railway over coronavirus
Georgia banned passenger traffic on its domestic railway on Monday to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Australian divisions over coronavirus put pressure on PM
On the burning question of whether Australian schools should close as coronavirus cases increase, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was adamant: “Children should go to school.”
Russia to use mobile phones to track people at risk of coronavirus: PM
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday gave the authorities five days to develop a system to track people who have come into contact with anyone with coronavirus by using mobile phone geolocation data.
Paris keeps banning gatherings on Seine river banks over coronavirus
Paris will maintain a ban on gatherings on promenades along the Seine river, the lawns of Les Invalides and the Champs de Mars around the Eiffel Tower in efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus, police said on Monday.
