Daycares, shops, and construction sites in some European countries have reopened after coronavirus lockdowns (Reuters). EU leaders have called on countries to only reopen after meeting certain conditions (Politico) including large-scale testing, sustained case decline, and confirmation of health-system capacity to treat both coronavirus cases and other patients.

Denmark has reopened daycares and schools through fifth grade (BBC), Spain let the construction and manufacturing sectors return to work, and Austria allowed small shops to reopen. Germany’s new reopening plan hinges on two-week evaluations (NYT) of each step before proceeding to the next. European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries to coordinate (WSJ) their economic restarts after unilateral measures by countries strained regional relations at the start of the crisis.

North Korean hackers have expanded (NYT) their arsenal of cyber offensives that obtain money for state weapons programs and are now offering their services for hire, according to a new U.S. government report. The report concludes that the threat of cyberattacks from Pyongyang has accelerated despite U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s efforts at diplomacy.
 
Myanmar: Myanmar’s military is escalating offensives (Al Jazeera) against ethnic militias in the country’s border states despite calls from the United Nations and some of the militias for a cease-fire amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A ship carrying nearly four hundred Rohingya refugees washed up (Dhaka Tribune) on Bangladesh’s shores after it failed to reach Malaysia in a voyage that began two months ago. Some twenty-eight people had died on the boat.
 
This CFR Backgrounder looks at the forces fueling the Rohingya crisis.
 
Central Asia: Governments in Central Asia and Eastern Europe have used recent emergency pandemic-response declarations to ramp up human rights abuses (RFE/RL) including suppression of protests and freedom of expression, Amnesty International said in a report.

The U.S. Navy said eleven Iranian vessels came dangerously close (BBC) to six U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships that were conducting a drill in international waters in the Persian Gulf.
 
Libya: The country’s UN-backed government declared that a twenty-four hour curfew (Reuters) to last ten days will begin tomorrow.
 
On The President’s Inbox podcast, CFR’s Steven A. Cook and James M. Lindsay discuss the coronavirus in the Middle East.

Two attacks (Al Jazeera) linked to two different militia groups in the eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo killed more than thirty people, officials said.
 
Zambia: Zambia threatened (FT) to strip mining giant Glencore of its license to operate in the country after the company announced a three-month closure of a copper mine that is partially owned by a government-controlled company. Zambia earns most of its foreign exchange from copper exports.

Poland’s legislature debated proposals (AP) that would impose a near-total abortion ban, criminalize sex education in schools, and equate homosexuality with pedophilia, even after the bills had been tabled due to mass protest. Human rights advocates said the government aimed to push the initiatives forward at a time when mass gatherings are banned.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega gave a televised address after thirty-four days without public appearances to defend Nicaragua’s lax stance (AP) toward the coronavirus. Amnesty International said the government is putting thousands of Nicaraguans’ lives at risk.
 
Argentina, Brazil: The two countries will hold talks (Bloomberg) over the possibility that Brazil will release water from the Itaipu hydroelectric dam to irrigate Argentina’s dry Parana River, which is vital for its soybean harvest.  

In March, U.S. industrial production saw its largest drop (FT) since the end of World War II, and retail sales saw their worst decline since records began in 1992, official data showed.
 
In Foreign Affairs, Branko Milanovic discusses the risk of social upheaval following the current waves of economic collapse.