North Carolina will soon be under a new, modified stay-at-home order, including a 10 p.m. curfew, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday. That announcement comes just as Mecklenburg moved into the orange zone on the state’s county-by-county COVID-19 alert system. That means the state considers Mecklenburg to have “substantial community spread.” […]
Read Time : 7 Minutes
Police on curfew patrol as Spain fights nightlife infections
Mossos D’Esquadra, the regional police of Catalonia, reinforce the entrance of a store after being sacked by demonstrators in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Police officers fan out across the Spanish city each night to stamp out clandestine parties and unruly youths that have become some of the prime […]
Read Time : 8 Minutes
Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos
Protesters run away as police officers use teargas to disperse people demonstrating against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday Oct. 21, 2020. After 13 days of protests against alleged police brutality, authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, as moves are made to stop growing violence. […]
Read Time : 13 Minutes
The Latest: Curfew comes into force in French cities
A health worker makes a heart sign while she and her fellow workers celebrate as the last three patients are released from a field hospital at the National Stadium Mane Garrincha, after recuperating from COVID-19, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Eraldo Peres AP PARIS — French restaurants, cinemas […]