Jerusalem's Yad Vashem devoid of people as Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies begin

COVID-19 restrictions prevent traditional sundown gathering with dignitaries.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jerusalem-s-yad-vashem-devoid-of-people-as-holocaust-memorial-day-ceremonies-begin-1.5539200?cmp=rss

Israel's Netanyahu, Gantz agree to form 'emergency' government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival announced Monday that they have forged a deal to form an "emergency" government, ending months of political paralysis and averting what would have been a fourth consecutive election in just over a year.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-netanyahu-gantz-power-sharing-1.5538571?cmp=rss

Protests highlight growing U.S. unease over coronavirus lockdowns

The U.S. debate intensified over when to lift restrictions to control the coronavirus outbreak intensified on Monday, with protesters gathering in state capitals to demand an end to lockdowns and officials urging caution until more testing becomes available.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/protests-coronavirus-lockdown-1.5538441?cmp=rss

U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimous verdicts required to convict for serious crimes

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury requires a unanimous verdict in serious crimes, siding with a Louisiana man convicted of murder and paving the way for potentially hundreds of defendants found guilty by divided juries to receive new trials.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ussc-unanimous-verdicts-1.5538476?cmp=rss

Iran opens up shopping centres despite having region's worst COVID-19 death toll

Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centres to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it has brought under control its coronavirus outbreak — one of the worst in the world — even as some fear it could lead to a second wave of infections.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-coronavirus-monday-1.5538412?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: Tentative easing of lockdowns underway in some countries

Tattoo parlours and hair salons in Denmark. Beaches in Australia. Bookstores in Germany. Nations around the world took advantage Monday of their flattening coronavirus infection curves to tentatively ease lockdowns, edging toward a new yet unknown state of normal amid a devastating pandemic.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-lockdown-restrctions-germany-europe-us-1.5538131?cmp=rss

Oil price plunges to lowest level since 1999 as world drowns in oversupply

The economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 is pushing oil prices down to their lowest level in more than 20 years.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oil-price-monday-1.5538048?cmp=rss

Several U.S. long-term care facilities have had at least 40 coronavirus deaths

With 55 deaths it can only assume were caused by COVID-19, among the most of any long-term care home in the United States, Cobble Hill Health Center has become another glaring example of the nation's struggle to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus in nursing homes that care for the most frail and vulnerable.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-nursing-home-deaths-1.5538047?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday

Military members with medical training arrived in Quebec over the weekend as they prepare to help long-term care homes struggling with COVID-19 outbreaks. Here's what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world on Monday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-covid19-april20-canada-world-1.5538023?cmp=rss

Prince Harry and Meghan say they won't co-operate with U.K. tabloids

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced they will no longer co-operate with several British tabloid newspapers because of what they call "distorted, false or invasive" stories.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harry-meghan-tabloids-1.5538063?cmp=rss

Sports leagues seek return to play but with no guarantees

Over the past week, The Associated Press spoke to more than two dozen policymakers, coaches and players to get their candid assessments of how sports might return. The conclusion: No matter how innovative the plan, it will be risky and uncertain for the rest of this year and into 2021.

source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/sports-leagues-seek-return-ap-april-19-1.5537891?cmp=rss

Why South Korea has managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve

South Korea's first line of defence against COVID-19 now is at the Seoul airport, and it's an impressive sight. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/south-korea-covid-19-outbreak-record-1.5537631?cmp=rss