World coronavirus dispatch: Some countries resume international travel

From Russia and Brazil becoming new epicentres, Hong Kong seeing new infections after 24-day clean sheet, and Chinese merchants taking to livestreaming - read these and more in today's world dispatch

The world is restarting travel, cautiously, with countries and businesses reopening in parts. Emirates Airlines has said it will restart limited passenger flights to nine destinations, including London and Frankfurt, from May 21. Three border checkpoints between Austria and Germany opened Wednesday morning, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of Austria agreed on measures to restore free movement. 

Some others, like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have begun experimenting with “travel bubbles”, allowing movement within a group of specific nations. The leaders of New Zealand and Australia, which have seen relatively few cases, have also