Moscow's authorities have more than doubled the official death toll from Covid-19 in the Russian capital for the month of April.
The US National Guard has been deployed to Minneapolis after two nights of violent clashes following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at removing some of the legal protections given to social media platforms.
The mayor of Minneapolis asked the Minnesota National Guard to move in after protests in the city over the death of George Floyd in the custody of police escalated Wednesday night with a fatal shooting near the site of the demonstrations, widespread looting, fires and the deployment of tear gas.
The Health Ministry mandated that cruises be canceled. It advised local authorities to scrap large-scale events. And it urged travelers arriving from abroad to go into isolation for a week. Although Brazil had yet to report a single death from COVID-19, public health officials appeared to be getting out in front of the virus. They acted on March 13, just two days after the World Health Organization called the disease a pandemic.
The U.S. should give up its “wishful thinking” of changing China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, warning that some in America were pushing relations to a “new Cold War.”
The Taliban have announced a ceasefire with the Afghan government that will take effect when the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr begins on Sunday.
A Pakistan International Airlines plane has crashed in Karachi on a flight from Lahore, aviation officials say.
Starting 25 May, Indian airlines will begin flying domestic routes again - some two months after the country suspended all air travel.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.