A minister in South Africa has been ordered to go on "special leave" for two months for violating lockdown rules.
Images of communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams having lunch with a former official went viral on social media, as the country observed a 21-day nationwide lockdown.
Passing the order, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said one month will be unpaid.
"The president strongly believes that no one, including the minister, is above the law," Ramaphosa's spokeswoman, Khusela Diko, said.
"He says none of us should undermine our national effort to save lives in this very serious situation."
According to the lockdown rules, people are only allowed to step out of their home for buying essentials or for medical emergencies.
More than 17,000 people were arrested during the first few days of the lockdown, mostly for violating the rules.
US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent in exchange for India lowering trade barriers, stopping its purchases of Russian oil and buying oil instead from the US and potentially Venezuela.
Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, a move that would allow Palestinians to leave the enclave and let back in those who want to return after fleeing Israel's war in the enclave.
US President Donald Trump's senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's military chief, two senior Israeli officials said on Monday.
At least 12 people were killed and seven wounded after a Russian drone struck a bus carrying miners in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, energy firm DTEK and government officials said on Sunday.
Singapore will launch its own space agency on April 1 as it bids to "fully harness the value and opportunities of the growing global space economy", the country's trade ministry announced on Monday.
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to their home in a Minneapolis suburb after being detained by US immigration officers and held at a detention facility in Texas, a lawmaker said on Sunday.
Gaza's main border crossing in Rafah will reopen for Palestinians on Monday, Israel said, with preparations underway at the war-ravaged enclave's main gateway that has been largely shut for almost two years.
Nearly 90 people have died in bitter cold affecting areas of the United States from Texas to New Jersey, according to media reports citing local authorities.
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US, India agree on trade deal and lower tariffs, says Trump
Israel reopens Gaza's Rafah border crossing to Egypt, with limits
US envoy Witkoff to visit Israel, meet Netanyahu, Israeli officials say
Russian drone strike kills 12 miners in Ukraine
Singapore to launch space agency in response to global investment surge
Five-year-old boy returns to Minnesota after ICE release
Reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing expected Monday
Winter storm death toll in United States reaches 90
