BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the public for patience on Saturday after a top official said restrictions on people’s movements aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus won’t be lifted in the coming weeks.
SYDNEY — The Australian man accused of killing 51 people and wounding dozens of others in two Christchurch mosques in March 2019 changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty, New Zealand police said Thursday.
MONTREAL — Canada will turn back irregular migrants trying to cross the land border with the United States as part of a wider border shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.
BEIJING — For a second consecutive day, China has reported zero locally transmitted coronavirus infections, while the number of “imported” cases has risen to 39.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s forests this winter received 53% fewer monarch butterflies, a species that migrates south from Canada and the United States, according to figures published this week.
ROME — European nations have enacted sweeping restrictions on citizens’ freedom to move around and socialize to combat the coronavirus outbreak, leaving shops shuttered, travel plans scrapped and streets empty.
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a raft of amendments to the constitution including a stipulation to enable the Russian leader to seek reelection.
MADRID — As the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, Europe was taking extraordinary measures on Friday to stop its spread, with Spain planning to declare a state of emergency and countries closing their borders to foreign arrivals.
TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday pays tribute to those killed in the powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami nine years ago that caused the nation’s worst nuclear accident.
ROME — Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus leapt to nearly 200 on Friday while countries across Europe saw a surge in cases, with Serbia and the Vatican the latest to report their first infections.
PAZARKULE, Turkey — Turkey accused Greece of opening fire at migrants trying to cross the border, killing at least one, as Athens dismissed the charge as “fake news” and worries grew that Europe is about to face a new version of a migration crisis it thought it had solved.
