Restart or re-stop? Economies reopen but chaos abounds

A waiter is serving a coffee to a guest at the restaurant Portico on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, Switzerland, Monday, May 11, 2020. Following the coronavirus lockdown, Switzerland reopens it’s shops, fitness centers, restaurants and museums under strict restrictions for social distancing and hygiene measures today. (Ti-Press/Pablo Gianinazzi/Keystone via AP) PARIS (AP) — Plastic

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Iranian vessel hit by friendly fire; 19 dead

An Iranian destroyer mistakenly struck a support vessel during a naval exercise Sunday in the Persian Gulf, killing at least 19 people, according to local media on Monday. A total of 15 other people were also injured in the incident, the official IRNA news agency said, citing the public relations department of the Iranian Naval

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Romano converted to Islam while in captivity – Reports

The rescue took place in on Friday night, 30 kilometres from Mogadishu. Reports say captors later sold her to the al Shabaab. After one and a half years in captivity, Italian volunteer Silvia Romano, 25, is free. Romano was kidnapped by gunmen at Chakama village in Kilifi county on November 20, 2018, while she prepared

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No end to UK lockdown but some measures will be eased, says PM Johnson

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – There will be no immediate end to the coronavirus lockdown in Britain, Prime Minister

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Italian woman returns home after 18-month African kidnapping

Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International Airport. She hugged

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Iraq to review strategic agreement with US: Iraqi PM

Newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Saturday that a strategic agreement with the US on the basis of protecting the unity and sovereignty of Iraq will be reviewed. Following his first Cabinet meeting, al-Kadhimi told reporters the group established a crisis desk consisting foreign affairs experts. Iraq and the US signed the Strategic

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Battle for Jubilee’s soul: Who has the numbers?

Photo: Credit Daily Nation President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and his deputy William Ruto. Their allies are engaging in a popularity contest. After months of exchanging barbs in public rallies and on Twitter, rivals in the ruling Jubilee Party christened Kieleweke, who are aligned to President Uhuru Kenyatta, and Tangatanga, leaning to deputy William Ruto, were

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Britain’s Johnson to set out five-tier coronavirus warning system

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts outside 10 Downing Street during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out a five-tier warning system for the coronavirus in England

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Taliban say they don’t have missing US contractor

Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Illinois, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020. Early efforts to locate him have been shrouded in mystery and his disappearance has been the subject of minimal public discussion

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Italian PM says kidnapped volunteer Silvia Romano freed

Ms Silvia Constanca Romano who was abducted by gunmen from Malindi, Kilifi County, on November 20, 2018. Italian volunteer Silvia Constanca Romano, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from Chakama in Kilifi County in November 2018, has been released. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced this on his official Twitter page on Saturday, thanking Italy’s

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