Kyrgyzstan's PM, parliament speaker step down

Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov and Speaker of the Parliament Dastan Dzhumabekov resigned on Tuesday amid protests in the country.
Virus to cost UK hospitality over 560,000 jobs: boss
Britain's hospitality sector will shed more than 560,000 jobs this year as the coronavirus pandemic kills trade in bars, hotels, nightclubs, pubs and restaurants, its boss warned Tuesday.
Tokyo organizers expect huge cost cuts for Games
NHK has learned that the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are expecting to slash a total of more than 190 million dollars in costs for the Games.
Covid-19 cases soar among extreme poor in Paris: study
More than half the people living in extreme poverty in the Paris region, in particular migrants, have been infected with the new coronavirus, the French aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday.
Maldives ex-vice president gets 20 years for graft
Maldives former vice president Ahmed Adeeb has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to graft, money laundering and abuse of power, court officials said Tuesday.
Ireland to ramp up nationwide virus curbs
Ireland will ratchet up nationwide coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday, as the Republic is gripped in a second surge of infections.
China leads UN call for US to end 'coercive' sanctions
China, Russia and two dozen other countries called on the United States and Western countries to end the use of unilateral sanctions, which they said make it harder to deal with Covid-19.