Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has come under criticism for joining protesters demanding that restrictions on movement introduced to stop the spread of coronavirus be lifted. Mr Bolsonaro has clashed in recent weeks with state governors who have imposed lockdowns, denouncing the measures as “dictatorial”. As of Sunday, Brazil had more than 38,000 confirmed cases, the highest number in Latin America. More than 2,400 people there have died. As well as demanding an end to the lockdown, some of those attending the rally also held up signs calling for Brazil’s CongressRead More

BERLIN, APR 20 – Germany has reopened small shops, car dealerships and bicycle stores, in a tentative easing of the coronavirus lockdown imposed nearly a month ago. The country has flattened the curve of new infections and last week said it had got the spread under control. But social distancing remains in force. In Saxony it is mandatory for people to wear face masks in public – and that is strongly recommended elsewhere. The only students back in school are those sitting leaving exams. Germany’s mortality rate from Covid-19 isRead More

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to cancel all domestic cricket matches during the holy month of Ramazan due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The PCB spokesman told Radio Pakistan that NOCs will not be issued for Ramazan cricket and all matches will remain suspended until normalcy returns to society.

A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people in an Atlantic Canada shooting rampage, federal police said Sunday, the worst case of its kind in Canadian history. The shooter, identified as Gabriel Wortman, 51, was shot dead by officers after a 12-hour manhunt in Nova Scotia province ended Sunday morning. Among the victims was a veteran female constable with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which also handles municipal and provincial law enforcement in the province.  Police said the suspect had been on the run sinceRead More

Former Ivorian striker Didier Drogba and one of the country’s biggest music groups Magic System distributed aid on Friday to 200 families in a poor area of Abidjan as part of the effort to fight the coronavirus crisis. Drogba joined Salif Traore, known as A’Salfo, the Magic System frontman, for the second phase of the “caravan of solidarity against covid-19”, financed by their respective foundations, the European Union and a real estate company. “This is the time to show solidarity and compassion, to help the poorest in the population,” saidRead More