1China abductions: Parents find son snatched in hotel 32 years agoTuesday, May 19, 2020

A Chinese couple whose son was abducted in a hotel in 1988 have been reunited with him after 32 years. Mao Yin was snatched aged two, while his father stopped to get him some water on the way home from nursery. His parents searched the country for him and his mother distributed more than 100,000 flyers. The family... Read More

2COVID-19 UPDATETuesday, May 19, 2020

China-US relations continue to deteriorate. China’s foreign ministry has accused the Trump administration of attacking the World Health Organization as a means of diverting attention from its own mishandling of the coronavirus crisis It came after Trump accused the WHO of showing an “alarming lack of independence”... Read More

3Poland hopes for downward trend next weekTuesday, May 19, 2020

Coronavirus infections in Poland may start to fall within a week, the country’s Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski says. “I think that in a week we will be able to say that we have a downward trend,” Szumowski told a news conference. The number of cases is not yet falling because of an outbreak among coal miners... Read More

4Coronavirus: Trump gives WHO ultimatum over Covid-19 handlingTuesday, May 19, 2020

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline for the body to commit to "substantive improvements" or risk losing millions and US membership altogether. Addressed to WHO chief... Read More

5South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa jokes about arrest for breaking coronavirus rulesMonday, May 18, 2020

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been criticised for posing for photos with strangers despite telling people to keep their distance to reduce the spread of coronavirus. A video shows Mr Ramaphosa joking about breaking social distancing rules after two women asked him for the photo. He is heard saying "come,... Read More

6Coronavirus: Global push for inquiry into Covid-19 responseMonday, May 18, 2020

Global health leaders are pushing for an independent review of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the UN's World Health Assembly. Monday's virtual meeting brings together envoys from 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO is facing questions on how it dealt with the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese... Read More

7Coronavirus: European countries further relax restrictionsMonday, May 18, 2020

Italy and Spain are among a number of European countries further easing their coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday. Most businesses in Italy, including bars and hairdressers, are reopening after more than two months of nationwide lockdown measures. Spain meanwhile has slightly eased restrictions on some of its least... Read More

8Thomas Thabane resigns as Lesotho prime ministerMonday, May 18, 2020

Thomas Thabane has announced he will step down as prime minister of Lesotho following months of pressure after he was named as a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife. He did not say when he would leave office but his party said a new premier would be sworn in on Tuesday. The 80-year-old's current wife, with whom he was living... Read More

9Hancock: UK now a global champion in testingMonday, May 18, 2020

Giving more details about the expansion of testing, Mr Hancock said the UK had scaled up its diagnostic testing capacity over the past six weeks at "breathtaking" speed and was now a "global champion". He encouraged all those aged over five with symptoms - a new persistent cough, a high temperature or the loss of smell... Read More

10UK's track and trace system faces monumental challengeMonday, May 18, 2020

The expansion of the testing programme may grab the headlines. It is a significant milestone – in less than two months the UK has gone from only being able to test hospital patients and health and care staff to offering it more or less population-wide. But it should not mask the difficulties that remain getting... Read More