Fukushima dreams: a baseball star, a father and their shattered town
Kazuo Ouchi drives down a single-lane road through sheets of rain until he reaches a gravel driveway leading to a weathered farmhouse. Yellowing lace curtains are drawn tight over the windows, shutting out the weak winter light.
Italy may grant holiday from mortgage payments to soften blow from coronavirus
Italians hard-hit by a nationwide lockdown to combat Europe’s worst outbreak of coronavirus could get a holiday from mortgage payments under a raft of measures to ease the economic blow from the epidemic, ministers said on Tuesday.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro plays down coronavirus, calls stock market turmoil ‘sporadic’
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday played down the coronavirus outbreak, and said that the resulting turmoil in financial markets – Brazilian stocks had their biggest fall on Monday since 1998 – is “sporadic” and not a crisis.
‘President of the district’: Afghans mock parallel inaugurations on social media
After a day of political chaos that left many in Afghanistan stunned, some citizens took to social media to vent their frustration and to highlight the absurd elements of their country’s political predicament.
Germany’s Merkel could meet unions, employers to discuss virus: sources
The German government is planning a meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel with representatives of unions and employers on Friday to discuss the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Sixth person dies in United Kingdom from coronavirus
The death toll in the United Kingdom from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to six, British health officials said on Tuesday.
At least one dead in explosion at Barcelona chemical plant
At least one person has died in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Barcelona neighborhood of La Verneda, local emergency services said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in UK rises to 373
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus in the United Kingdom has risen to 373, up from 319 the day before, health officials said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong denies ‘slavery’ as prisoners work nights to make face masks
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hong Kong prison authorities rejected criticism of “modern slavery” on Tuesday as female inmates started working night shifts to produce millions of face masks after the fast-spreading coronavirus triggered s…
Spain bans events with more than 1,000 people in coronavirus risk zones
Spain’s government has banned all public events with an attendance of more than 1,000 people in Madrid, two areas in the Basque Country and La Rioja in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Tuesday.
