COVID crisis: Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
NASSER KARIMI and AYA BATRAWY, of Associated Press, report on how Iran is faring during the global coronavirus pandemic…
Myanmar forces trap protesters as UN and US urge restraint
Reuters Myanmar security forces cornered hundreds of young protesters overnight in a district of Yangon and threatened to hunt for them door-to-door as the United States and United Nations appealed for them to be allowed to leave. Thousands of people defied a night time curfew to take to the streets of Myanmar’s main city in […]
Australia’s Victoria declares disaster, sets curfew to curb COVID-19
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19. Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city already under a reimposed six-week stay-home order, has struggled to rein in the […]
Shorter hours, cleaner air? Egypt may extend its COVID-19 evening curfew
Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation As coronavirus restrictions ease, business is rebounding in Cairo’s cafes, restaurants and shops. In the evenings, the sounds of street vendors plying their wares blends with the honking of horns, as the city gets back to normal. But the evening revival may not last long. Two men sit at a coffee […]
Under the cover of lockdown, illegal logging surges in Tunisia
Gabes, TunisiaThomson Reuters Foundation As Tunisia’s streets emptied and shops shuttered after the 6pm national curfew to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak, a clandestine group headed to the forest. Over two nights in early April, a group of people in the north-west region of Ain Draham illegally felled 400 trees, a species known as Algerian […]