Norway’s Oslo airport shuts gates to foreign travelers
Travelers from countries outside the Nordics arriving at the Norwegian capital’s main airport will not be admitted into the country, the municipality where the airport is located said on Friday.
Air pollution clears in northern Italy after coronavirus lockdown, satellite shows
Air pollution over northern Italy fell after the government introduced a nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus, satellite imagery showed on Friday, in a new example of the pandemic’s potential impact on emissions.
‘Life continues,’ says Brazil’s Bolsonaro after negative coronavirus test
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with President Donald Trump in the United States less than a week ago, has tested negative for coronavirus, a post on his Facebook page said on Friday.
Poland to close borders to foreigners, quarantine returnees
Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday.
Hezbollah: Not against aid, even from IMF, but depends on terms
Hezbollah does not oppose foreign aid to Lebanon, even from the International Monetary Fund, as long as the help does not impose conditions that harm the national interest, its leader said on Friday.
Factbox: Here’s what the new U.S. restrictions on Europe mean for travelers
The United States will suspend travel from certain European countries for 30 days beginning at midnight on Friday as part of an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
El Salvador president seeks emergency powers to fight coronavirus
El Salvador’s Congress will on Friday debate temporarily suspending a range of civil liberties including the right to freely enter and exit the country, as President Nayib Bukele resorts to tougher measures to curb coronavirus.
Coronavirus work-from-home push means long nights, employee health checks for cloud firms
Italian IT shop owner Simone Merlini joined a 2 p.m. call on Wednesday to do something that sounded fairly straightforward: demo three Amazon.com Inc cloud services to a new client.
Kosovo confirms first coronavirus cases, an Italian and a Kosovar
Kosovo reported its first coronavirus cases on Friday, in a 20-year-old Italian woman and a 77-year-old Kosovar man.
Egypt reports 13 new cases of coronavirus, bringing total to 93
Egypt reported on Friday 13 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total of cases detected in the country to 93, the health ministry said in a statement.
