UN climate talks set for November became the latest global event to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic after the conference’s board voted to delay the talks (NYT) until 2021. 

The conference aimed to have countries pledge to strengthen their emissions reduction targets, as required every five years under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The conference president said it is important to focus on the coronavirus, though environmentalists warned that new government stimulus packages could have negative or positive impacts (Guardian) on progress toward fighting the climate emergency. Reports of lower emissions during the pandemic (NPR) have led some experts to consider reevaluating climate policies. 

China has underreported (Bloomberg) cases and deaths from its coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. intelligence report to the White House.
 
Philippines: Amazon said it is investigating reports of “subhuman” working conditions (FT) at a Cebu City call center where employees have been temporarily housed in close quarters.

A new law grants people who have lived in Indian-administered Kashmir for fifteen years or studied there for seven years rights to permanent residency (Al Jazeera) in the region. Critics said the law strips protections from Kashmir’s Muslim-majority population.
 
Pakistan: A court overturned the murder sentence (AFP) of the man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, and instead handed him a seven-year sentence for kidnapping.

State-backed oil company Saudi Aramco boosted its crude oil output to its maximum capacity of twelve million barrels per day despite U.S. calls for it to stop competing with Russia for market share, according to a Reuters report.
 
CFR’s Amy Myers Jaffe discusses the Saudi-Russia oil price war.
 
Iraq: The Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iran-backed group of Iraqi militias, have suffered internal divisions and increased their attacks on U.S. forces, according to a Reuters report. Their leader was killed alongside Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in January.

Two February strikes in Somalia that the U.S. military claims only killed al-Shabab militants actually killed two civilians (NYT) and injured three more, Amnesty International alleged. The U.S. military said it was reviewing the claims.
 
This CFR In Brief looks at the controversy over U.S. strikes in Somalia.
 
Tanzania: The World Bank approved $500 million (Bloomberg) for an education project that had stalled after Tanzanian President John Magufuli called to restrict pregnant girls from attending school.

Researchers from eight European countries hope to launch a smartphone app (Al Jazeera) that tracks exposure to the coronavirus by April 7. The app uses Bluetooth and encryption in an approach that reportedly would not intrude on user data.
 
For Think Global Health, Ilona Kickbusch and Susan Bergner look at Europe’s efforts to collaborate in responding to the coronavirus.
 
Russia: Moscow sent a planeload of medical supplies (Politico) to the United States after U.S. President Donald J. Trump accepted an offer for assistance from Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

A woman from the Kokama tribe in the Amazon Rainforest became the first indigenous Brazilian (Reuters) confirmed to have the new coronavirus. Health experts worry that the virus could devastate remote communities.

The White House announced it will double (Reuters) U.S. military assets in the Caribbean, including destroyers, surveillance planes, and troops, in an anti-drug offensive targeting Venezuela.