Roundup: Italian farmers facing uncertainty due to market changes under coronavirus lockdown
“We’re facing several problems at once: workers who can’t find work, farmers who can’t pick or sell their products, and a risk of food shortages in [...]
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Beijing reopens 30 percent of its major tourist sites
The tourist sites that resume operation should receive no more than 30 percent of the maximum real-time number of visitors, and no more than 30 percent of the daily visitor [...]
Pele, Maradona join applause for ‘humanity’s heroes’
Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo were among 50 global football icons to pay tribute to workers striving to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a video posted by FIFA. (Xinhua) [...]
Trudeau confirms extending Canada-U.S. border restrictions for another 30 days
The agreement to close the border to all non-essential travel between Canada and the United States has been extended for another 30 days. (Xinhua) — Canadian Prime [...]
Universities in China’s Guangxi reopen as epidemic wanes
Students have to put on new masks, have body temperatures taken, disinfect their baggage, present their digital codes proving their health conditions and register their [...]
China Focus: More scenic attractions reopen as tourism picks up in China
As the epidemic control situation is improving in China, a total of 3,714 tourist sites in 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland had [...]
FIFA underlines complete safety for football matches to resume
Football competitions could resume only once complete safety of spectators and athletes is guaranteed, FIFA president required. By Zhang Rongfeng (Xinhua) — Football [...]
COVID-19 hits U.S., French aircraft carriers
Crew members on board of several U.S. aircraft carriers, including USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Ronald Reagan, and Charles de Gaulle, flagship of the French Navy and [...]
Italian PM extends national coronavirus lockdown to at least May 3
“Our hope is that after May 3 we can gradually start again, with caution, gradually,” Conte said. “But this will depend on the efforts we make between now [...]
Friendship with Chinese cities counts: deputy mayor of Italy’s Padova
After receiving the latest batch of medical supplies – 50,000 masks – this week from its sister city of Handan in north China, Italian city Padova’s deputy [...]
Northwest China city reopens tourist attractions
(Xinhua) — The tourist city of Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province, has reopened its major tourist attractions, according to local authorities. Yueya [...]
Asia Album: People wait in circles marked on ground outside pharmacy in India
(Xinhua) — “PLEASE KEEP DISTANCE”! People wait for their turn to buy medicine in the circles marked on the ground outside a pharmacy in Agartala, [...]
France mulls “temporary” nationalization of companies hit by COVID-19: minister
“It is simply a matter of having the state protect companies, for a limited period, by taking a stake or possibly by making a temporary nationalization,” said [...]
U.S. economy to decline by 7 pct in Q2: Congressional Budget Office
The economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has been “rapid and sharp,” and it’s impossible to know at this point how deep the recession will [...]
Trump says supports firing “whistleblower” captain of virus-stricken USS Roosevelt
Trump said Brett Crozier’s “five-page” letter, which pleaded help from his superiors and called for protecting the sailors, “looked terrible” [...]
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