Italy quarantines quarter of its population to fight coronavirus
In a drastic bid to curb the epidemic, Italy limits the movement of more than 16 million people in the north.
The Italian government has locked down almost a quarter of the country's population living across five regions in the north, in the most drastic measure taken by a European nation to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
A decree by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's office said the extraordinary steps will affect people living in the Lombardy region and 14 neighbouring provinces, including the financial hub of Milan and the tourist hotspot of Venice.
The lockdown, which will limit the movement of more than 16 million people, will remain in place until April 3.
Sheikh’s daughter called UK police after kidnap, lawyer claims
Revelation fuels calls for investigations into Cambridgeshire force and Foreign Office after high court bombshell
There are demands for independent inquiries into the roles of the Foreign Office and Cambridgeshire police after an investigation into the abduction of a princess on a British street was allowed to lapse.
Princess Shamsa Al Maktoum of Dubai was snatched two decades ago by men working for her father, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, the billionaire ruler of Dubai, who is a friend of the Queen.
Politicians and human rights groups said the inquiries were vital if political interference into the investigation was to be ruled out, and for the public’s faith in the rule of law to be maintained.
The Closed Gates of EuropeRefugees Caught in the Middle of Turkey-EU Standoff
When the refugee crisis ebbed in 2016, the EU could have used the time to fix its asylum system. But it didn't. Now, Turkey is sending refugees north again as more Syrians seek to escape the violence in Idlib. The ensuing chaos has come as a surprise to nobody.
By Giorgos Christides, Matthias Gebauer, Steffen Lüdke, Peter Müller, Maximilian Popp, Lydia Rosenfelder, Christoph Schult and Wolf Wiedmann-SchmidtThe house belonging to the Arab family is packed with neighbors and friends on this Thursday midday. They have all come to pay their last respects to Mohammed al-Arab.
The young man had fled to Turkey from Syria, one of millions of people trying to escape the violence. He initially found work in a shoe factory in Istanbul, earning enough to feed his family that had stayed behind in Afrin, a town in northwestern Syria. "Mohammed was a good boy,” his uncle Ahmad says over the phone. "He didn’t want to fight, so he went to Turkey.”
Feminist picnics, motorbike rallies, graveyard tours: International Women’s Day in Paris
Paris will celebrate all women in all ways with a panoply of events for International Women’s Day 2020 on Sunday March 8. You can participate in feminist picnics, graveyard tours, motorbike rallies, comedy performances and commemorations of deported martyrs on this day devoted to raising awareness of the importance of women’s rights.
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. Its genesis was in 1908, when 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter working hours, better pay and voting rights. After two years of national celebrations, the first IWD was observed in 1911, and the United Nations celebrated it for the first time in 1975.
IWD aims to shed light on the everyday status of women’s rights throughout the world. The 2020 campaign theme is #EachforEqual, to further the drive for a gender-equal world. In Paris, there is a very full programme of events on Sunday including concerts, debates, screenings, self-defence workshops and celebrations of the women resting forever in Père Lachaise cemetery.
AT THE END of a quiet, dusty street in an industrial suburb outside the Jordanian capital of Amman sits the house of one of the most infamous radical Islamic clerics in the world. Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi has spent a lifetime promoting a militant religious ideology that has helped inspire armed movements around the world. A former carpet salesman, his activism has brought him years in prison and made him an internationally notorious figure. Now aged 60, the lanky Palestinian-Jordanian was described in a 2006 West Point Combating Terrorism Center study as “the key contemporary ideologue in the jihadi intellectual universe” and “the most influential living jihadi theorist.”
Sumo tournament begins without spectators for 1st time
By JIM ARMSTRONG
Japan's ancient sport of sumo is grappling with the harsh reality of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Spring Grand Sumo Tournament kicked off on Sunday in Osaka at Edion Arena with no spectators as part of Japan's extraordinary efforts to halt the spread of the virus. It was the first time in the sport's history for a tournament to be held with no spectators.
Wrestlers arrived wearing face masks and were required to use hand-sanitizing spray before entering the arena. They were also required to take their temperatures before entering the raised ring. If a wrestler has a temperature above 37.5 degrees for two or more days, he will be forced to sit out the tournament.
Sumo officials have said if a wrestler is diagnosed with the new coronavirus, the 15-day tournament will be immediately halted.
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