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India to loosen lockdown despite record cases

India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new coronavirus cases. From 8 June, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and places of worship will be allowed to re-open in many areas in the first stage of a three-phase plan. Weeks later, probably in […]

China wants Britain to take part in trials of its coronavirus vaccine

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Early test results showed CoronaVac had protected monkeys from infection. But with case numbers among humans low in China, biotech company Sinovac is looking to start trials in other countries to quickly […]

Hospital will turn off pregnant woman's life support

Dad-to-be is shattered after losing legal battle with hospital to keep his pregnant girlfriend on life support to save their unborn baby after a car crash which killed her eldest daughter Khayla Reno and her daughters were involved in a fatal crash in NSW on May 16 She was pregnant at the time and her […]

Transcripts of Michael Flynn’s calls with Russian ambassador released

The transcripts of calls between Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were released Friday after they were declassified by the Trump administration. Flynn, who briefly served as President Trump’s White House national security adviser, was fired in February 2017 and then pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about discussing sanctions and a UN […]

Protesters gather for the second day to oppose racial violence by police

A growing crowd has gathered on the Capitol lawn as a second day of protests over the death of George Floyd kicked off in Denver. After marching from the Capitol to the 16th Street Mall and back, the protesters returned to Capitol grounds where they blocked traffic on Lincoln Street. The  demonstrators convened only hours […]

Lesotho appeal courts revokes bail granted to former leader's wife

MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho’s Appeal Court on Friday revoked bail which had been granted to the former prime minister Thomas Thabane’s wife, who is accused of murdering the leader’s previous spouse. Maesaiah Thabane was charged with ordering the killing of Thomas Thabane’s then estranged wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead near her home in Lesotho’s […]

Greece bans Britons from going to the country when it reopens borders

Greece bans Britons from going on holiday in the country when it reopens its borders on June 15 due to high level of UK coronavirus cases Citizens of 29 countries will be allowed to travel to Greece from June 15 Britain not named as one of the countries due to high number of Covid-19 cases […]

Minneapolis police station torched amid George Floyd protest – The Denver Post

MINNEAPOLIS — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck. A […]

Poland postpones presidential vote amid coronavirus lockdown

President Duda ahead in polls originally set on Sunday but pandemic left uncertainty about voting and his future. The leader of Poland’s governing party and a partner in its governing coalition announced an agreement late on Wednesday to postpone Sunday’s presidential election, without setting a new date for the poll. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the […]

Children facing 'devastating' effect of coronavirus: Report

More than 50 percent of children surveyed across Africa, Asia unable to take part in any form of learning, study says. The coronavirus pandemic is having a “devastating” effect on children, putting many out of school and at an increased risk of exploitation and abuse, a new report has revealed. The report, released on Friday […]