Virus update:
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2022
• U.S. lawmakers near deal on a $10B COVID bill.
• Residents tested in China’s Shanghai as lockdown moves west.
• Thousands of workers back home as Malaysia fully reopens.
• South Korea eases distancing as omicron slows.
More coverage: https://t.co/bfTTCIhHcw
The European Union and China held a virtual summit, with Beijing criticizing Western sanctions against Russia. EU officials sought assurances from China that it wouldn't help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed over the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/48H5XRKv4T pic.twitter.com/V3z8lOHtKf
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 1, 2022
Consumer prices in the eurozone rose by a record 7.5% in March from a year ago https://t.co/STIUYN6SL1 pic.twitter.com/APYhKKo84P
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 1, 2022
Sri Lanka was under heavy security on Friday after hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and anger at the unprecedented economic crisis https://t.co/sOezx6IhQ7
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 1, 2022
Dozens of people were arrested in Sri Lanka following protests near the president’s home demanding that he resign amid the country’s worst economic crisis in memory. https://t.co/itapWNPyBJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2022
#UPDATE Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man on Friday during clashes in the flashpoint occupied West Bank city of #Hebron, the latest in a surge of violence, the Palestinian health ministry said https://t.co/AG3rw15bdC
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 1, 2022
VIDEO: On the outskirts of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hunger plagues the village of Kinduti, as the World Food Programme works to avert catastrophic famine throughout the country pic.twitter.com/SH1xvtNTnF
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 1, 2022
Imran Khan has lost support in parliament after key coalition partners decided to support the opposition's no-confidence vote.
— DW News (@dwnews) April 1, 2022
Instead of stepping down, he's accusing a "foreign power" of plotting his ouster.https://t.co/kwP7aGTLFz