In parts of Africa, police are accused of excess force amid coronavirus lockdowns
Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus, a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a...
Renault chairman: could seek 4-5 billion euros worth of bank loans
Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said on Friday that the carmaker could seek bank loans worth 4-5 billion euros ($4.4-$5.4 billion)....
On Good Friday, Jerusalem archbishop urges prayer for the suffering and dying
On a sombre and quiet Good Friday in Jerusalem, the Vatican’s apostolic administrator in the Holy Land called for prayer for people suffering and dying...
Sanofi will donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to 50 countries
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said Friday it had decided to donate 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, the decades-old anti-malaria drug touted by some as a...
Cambodia adopts law to allow for emergency powers to tackle coronavirus
Cambodia’s parliament passed a law on Friday to prepare the way for a state of emergency, which Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he might...
China to ease internal migration curbs this year to lift virus-hit economy
China will loosen residency rules this year to make it easier for people in rural areas to move to small cities, in an effort to...
On this day: Died April 11, 1977: Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player
Karen Krantzcke played tennis at a time when Australia was routinely producing the world’s best women’s players, but her premature death at the age of...
Japan’s battle with pandemic may mark end of Abe’s fiscal experiment
The huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic is upending Japan’s seven-year experiment to rescue the economy from its debt timebomb, as recession fears prompt calls...
War-torn Yemen confirms first coronavirus case; braces for outbreak
Yemen reported its first case of the novel coronavirus on Friday as aid groups try to prepare for an outbreak in a country where war...
Thailand reports 50 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Thailand reported 50 new coronavirus cases and the death of a 43-year-old woman on Friday....