Neighbours help out as fighting virus trumps old rivalries | Malay Mail

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NICOSIA, Cyprus,  May 9 — Face masks are delivered across dividing lines in Ireland and Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates sends medical supplies to rival Iran, and China and Japan exchange rare warm words.  The coronavirus pandemic may have exacerbated global tensions, especially between...

NHS workers with a banner react at the Nightingale Hospital during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 7, 2020. — Reuters pic

That was highly unusual as unionists, who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom, are usually wary of cross-border cooperation, seeing it as a gateway to Irish unification. People wearing protective masks walk on the first day of easing of the nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Nicosia, Cyprus, May 4, 2020. — Reuters picCalls by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in March for a “global ceasefire” also appear to have fallen on deaf ears, with fighting continuing in battlefields from Libya to Yemen.

Prime minister Ersin Tatar accused TRNC president Mustafa Akinci of breaking customs regulations and argued that “if we need something, we request it from Turkey”.that “no matter where comes from, we accept it”. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan called Assad late last month for the first time since Syria’s civil war began in 2011, pledging his country’s “willingness to help the Syrian people”.But the UAE did dispatch a military plane in March carrying UN medical experts and aid to Assad’s ally Iran — despite the fact the Emirates are allied with Washington against Tehran.

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