TheItaliangovernment signs a large package of investment and reforms that will be financed by theEuropean Union’s€800 billion recovery fund, of which the country received €191.5 billion including €69 billion of grants.(Bloomberg News)
Indonesian authorities say that thenavy submarine that sunk off the coast ofBali was found split into three parts in the ocean. It comes after officials received signals from a location of 838 m (2,749 ft). The authorities also say that the 53 crew members are confirmed dead.(The Wall Street Journal)
Delhi extends its lockdown until May 3 amid a record breaking increase in the number ofCOVID-19 cases.(NDTV)
India reports 349,691 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is a world record for the fourth consecutive day, thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 16.9 million. The country also reports a record 2,767deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 192,311.(CNN)
Italy bans anyone who had travelled toIndia within the past 14 days from entering the country in order to reduce the spread of theLineage B.1.617 variant.(The Hill)
TheFijianHealth Ministry announces the introduction of containment zones inLami,Suva, andNausori beginning tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. for 14 days after four community cases were detected.(Fiji Times)
Thousands of people march in protest inParis and several other cities around the world after the FrenchCourt of Cassation announces that the accusedmurderer of Lucie Attal, also known as Sarah Halimi, would not be taken to trial, as they judged that the incident had occurred while the suspect was in the midst of acannabis-induced "delusional fit", which thereforerendered them not culpable in the killing.(The Guardian)
