Families mark first anniversary of Ethiopian 737 MAX crash
Families who lost loved ones aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 visited the crash site on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy, a day after interim results of a probe focused on faulty systems on the Boeing 737 MAX jet.
No coronavirus found on Marseille cruise ship passengers: port authority
Tests carried out on two passengers from a cruise ship currently near the French port city of Marseille showed a negative result for the coronavirus, said a spokesman for the Marseille port authority.
Catholic Italy adapts to religion in a time of coronavirus
It’s hard being a Catholic in Italy these days.
Austria says it will deny entry to arrivals from Italy over coronavirus
Austria is introducing border checks and will deny entry to people arriving from Italy, drastically stepping up measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday.
Turkey says coronavirus outbreak ‘highly likely’, no confirmed cases
It is highly likely that there is a coronavirus outbreak in Turkey, but there have not been any confirmed cases for now, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday.
Taliban prepare for Afghan president to order prisoner swap
The Taliban have sent vehicles to be ready to collect fighters expected to be released by the Afghan government in a prisoner exchange and said they will honor the deal by handing over 1,000 government troops.
Greece rebuffs 963 migrants in border standoff with Turkey
Nearly 1,000 migrants tried to cross into Greece from Turkey in the past 24 hours despite tight border security, Greek officials said on Tuesday, suggesting little respite in a nearly two-week diplomatic bust-up between Ankara and the European Union.
Hard habit to shake: Dutch PM Rutte has to hold his hands up
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte had just gone on live TV to tell the country’s 17 million residents to stop shaking hands to help combat coronavirus when he immediately broke the new rule.
Baghdad’s booksellers won’t let coronavirus close them down
They survived censorship under Saddam Hussein and the years of violence that followed his downfall, so the booksellers of Baghdad are not too worried by coronavirus.
‘It’s a pain in the neck,’ Madrid parents say as schools shut over coronavirus
Parents across the Madrid region scrambled for ways to cope with a two-week shutdown of schools starting Wednesday in the hope of stemming the spread of coronavirus, while authorities prepared to carry out daily disinfection of the metro network.
