Wisconsin holds presidential primaries and local elections today after the state Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court overruled (Politico) attempts to delay the vote and extend absentee voting due to the coronavirus. The state is among several global battlegrounds where experts warn that the intersection of partisan clashes with safety concerns poses new risks to voting rights (NYT).

Fifteen U.S. states and one territory delayed their primaries (NYT) or switched to voting by mail due to safety concerns. Although other elections worldwide have also been delayed, Poland’s ruling party successfully advanced legislation yesterday to proceed with a May vote (Politico) using an untested mail-in system. Critics denounced the process as antidemocratic.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being treated for the coronavirus in intensive care (FT), where he had received oxygen but was not put on a ventilator. He designated First Secretary of State Dominic Raab to speak for him on some governance decisions.
 
Russia: The United States designated (Foreign Policy) the ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement a terrorist organization in what the State Department called the first such desgination for a foreign white supremacist group.

China reported there were no new coronavirus deaths (SCMP) for the first time since the outbreak began in the country.
 
Australia: The nation’s top court overturned (SMH) former Vatican treasurer George Pell’s convictions for child sex abuse. Pell was the highest-ranking Catholic official (NYT) to be convicted for sexually abusing children.

A Taliban spokesperson tweeted that the group will no longer participate (Al Jazeera) in “fruitless” negotiations for a prisoner exchange with the Afghan government due to repeated delays.
 
In Foreign Affairs, David Petraeus and Vance Serchuk discuss the U.S. deal with the Taliban.
 
Pakistan: Police arrested (Dawn) more than a dozen doctors protesting the lack of personal protective equipment in the city of Quetta.
 
For Think Global Health, CFR’s Alyssa Ayres and Erik Fliegauf discuss the coronavirus’s arrival in South Asia.

It is “highly probable” that Syrian government forces and their allies were behind attacks on health facilities, a school, and a shelter for children last year, according to a UN probe seen by Reuters.
 
This CFR In Brief looks at the humanitarian disaster unfolding in northwestern Syria.
 
Iraq: At least three rockets targeted the site (AP) of U.S. oil company Halliburton in southern Iraq, the country’s military said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Gunmen killed twenty-five Malian soldiers (France 24) at a military base in the northern town of Bamba in what the government called a terrorist attack.
 
Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans may now access remittance payments (Reuters) from the diaspora and farmers may take produce to market after a three-week ban on both activities due to the coronavirus.

Argentina postponed until 2021 (FT) the repayment of $10 billion in debt governed by local law. The country is still negotiating $83 billion worth of debt issued under foreign law.
 
Ecuador: Authorities are distributing cardboard coffins (CBS) in Guayaquil, a city overwhelmed by the coronavirus. The surrounding region of Guayas has seen more coronavirus deaths (FT) than Argentina and Mexico combined.