Coronavirus: Three out of four Americans under some form of lockdown
About three out of four Americans are now, or about to be, under some form of lockdown, as more states tighten measures to fight the coronavirus.
Maryland, Virginia, Arizona and Tennessee became the latest states to order citizens to stay at home, meaning 32 of 50 states have taken such steps.
Meanwhile governors are quarrelling with President Donald Trump about the availability of testing kits.
The US has more than 163,000 confirmed virus cases and over 3,000 deaths.
Cruise operator says lives are at risk on Zaandam as nations 'turn their backs' on ship
President of Holland America Line berates countries refusing to help passengers trapped onboard two ships amid coronavirus crisis
The operator of a coronavirus-stricken cruise liner has warned that more people could die at sea unless its vessels are allowed to dock, accusing governments of “turning their backs” on thousands of people stranded at sea during the global pandemic.
Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, called for a port to show “compassion and grace” by allowing passengers on the Zaandam cruise liner and its sister ship, the Rotterdam, back on land.
Singapore high court upholds law criminalising gay sex
Judge rules law ‘important in reflecting public sentiment and beliefs’ in city-state
Singapore’s top court has upheld a colonial-era law that criminalises gay sex, dismissing three appeals that argued it was unconstitutional.
The presiding judge said that the legislation was “important in reflecting public sentiment and beliefs” in the city-state – despite it being rarely enforced.
Under Section 377A, men found guilty of homosexual acts in public or private can be jailed for up to two years.
Despite coronavirus, foreign doctors struggle to get degrees recognized in Germany
Some German authorities have called on foreign doctors in the country to help fight the coronavirus, even without a license. But the bureaucracy of approving their foreign medical degrees can't just be fast-tracked.
In the middle of a pandemic that is threatening to overwhelm Germany's health care system, Ben, a Berlin-based surgeon from Poland, spends his evenings stitching up cow intestines that he buys from his local supermarket.
"Specialist surgery is like driving a car," the 34-year-old, who holds medical degrees from universities in Libya and Egypt, explained to DW. "When you don't drive your car for a while you forget how to drive. So I bought some intestines from the supermarket and I am stitching it in my home."
Two adults, two kids, one square metre each: trapped in a shoebox under lockdown
A nationwide lockdown intended to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic has turned ordinary hardship into a living nightmare for French families living in cramped and overcrowded dwellings, with experts warning that homelessness and inadequate housing will only worsen the health crisis.
Ramata’s weary voice is barely audible, drowned out by the surrounding clamour as her children’s cries bounce off the mildewed walls of their tiny abode.
With France under a nationwide lockdown, the mother of two has been ordered to stay at home – except she doesn't have one. Her “home”, so to speak, is an 8-square-metre hotel room in the Seine-et-Marne department, east of Paris, which she shares with her partner, their two children and a legion of cockroaches.
Malian parliamentary elections marred by kidnappings, attacks
Election observers report a series of polling day incidents in volatile north and centre of the country.
Mali's parliamentary elections were marred by kidnappings, ransacked polling stations and a deadly roadside bomb attack, according to local officials.
Voters in the war-torn West African country cast their ballots on Sunday to choose new MPs, in an election that was long delayed, mostly because of security concerns.
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