United States President, Donald Trump, on Friday played down a furor over his suggestion that people could try injecting disinfectants to fight the novel coronavirus, claiming he was being sarcastic. “I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen,” he told journalists at the White House. During a […]

Sergio Moro, Brazil’s justice and security minister, resigned on Friday after clashing with President Jair Bolsonaro over the sacking of the federal police chief. The Brazil minister, Moro, a former anti-corruption judge, hit out at “political interference” in the federal police, saying that he could not do his job without “autonomy” for the force. The […]

Mozambique has admitted for the first time the presence of Islamic State militants in the country amid escalating attacks in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado northern province, according to a statement seen Friday. The public acknowledgement came just days after police reported a “massacre” of 52 villagers who had refused to be recruited into the ranks […]

Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation on Friday loosened restrictions that kept seniors and children from leaving their homes at all, in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, after the top court ruled those restrictions violated the constitution. As of today, people older than 65 will be allowed to leave their homes from 0900 to […]

British luxury brand Burberry (BRBY.L) will continue to pay its employees who are unable to fulfill their roles because of store or site closures during the coronavirus crisis and will not rely on government help, it said on Friday. The group, which warned last month its fourth-quarter sales would be 30% lower due to the […]