Kyrgyz national in Japan tests positive for coronavirus
A Kyrgyz citizen staying in Japan has tested positive for coronavirus and will be hospitalized there until full recovery, Kyrgyz deputy foreign minister Nurlan Abdrakhmanov said on Friday.
Turkish media says several hundred migrants walking towards Greek border
A group of migrants is walking in northwest Turkey toward its border with Greece, the Demiroren news agency reported on Friday after a senior Turkish official said Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe.
No special session of Malaysian parliament on Monday to pick PM – speaker
Malaysia’s parliament will not hold a special session on Monday to decide on the next prime minister, its speaker said, a day after interim premier Mahathir Mohamad said the legislative body would do so.
Belarus announces first case of coronavirus: TASS
Belarus registered the first case of coronavirus infection in the country, Russian news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing the Belarussian Ministry of Healthcare.
Turkey says will not stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe after troops killed
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said, as Ankara responded on Friday to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region.
Qualify first, worry later: Marathoners say no time to fear Olympic cancellation
Aspring Olympians at the U.S. marathon trials said on Thursday that they were concerned first with securing one of the coveted few tickets to Tokyo 2020 – and less, at least for now, about whether there would even be an Olympics this year.
Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, total reaches 41 – health official
Thailand recorded one new case of coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to 41 since January, a senior health official said on Friday.
JPMorgan restricts global travel to protect against virus: Bloomberg News
JPMorgan Chase & Co issued global restrictions on non-essential travel to protect its employees and business against the spreading coronavirus, the Bloomberg News https://bloom.bg/2vnxhyW reported late on Thursday.
World faces coronavirus pandemic; markets brace for global recession
The world prepared for a coronavirus pandemic on Friday as hopes the disease could be contained to China vanished and investors dumped equities in expectation of a global recession.
Lithuania confirms first coronavirus infection
Lithuania reported its first coronavirus infection on Friday, in a woman who returned this week from a visit to Italy’s northern city of Verona, the government said, as the disease spreads rapidly worldwide.
