INDIANAPOLIS — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss this weekend’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 44-year-old Johnson is the first driver in any NASCAR series to test positive and the news Friday evening cast a shadow over the historic NASCAR-IndyCar doubleheader …

GABORONE, Botswana — Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses — 275 — found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks said it is mobilizing human personnel and aircraft to better …

Africa — The message was dropped into a WhatsApp group used by suburban moms in South Africa. Amid the grumblings over homeschooling during the lockdown, one mom went off-topic: “Does anyone know where to get illegal cigarettes? I just need a few. I’m desperate.” She emphasized her anguish with an …