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United Kingdom

Premier League's return is major milestone, says UK minister

Britain's Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that although elite football can resume behind closed doors, the situation for the performing arts is "extremely challenging".

United Kingdom

UK government criticised for abolishing international aid department

Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron as well as several charities have condemned Boris Johnson's decision to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign Office.

United Kingdom

Dexamethasone a 'chink of light' but COVID-19 not defeated, says UK PM

Boris Johnson urged people not to relax their vigilance against COVID-19 after British scientists revealed the first drug to reduce coronavirus deaths has been found.

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: Dexamethasone first drug to reduce COVID-19 death rate

Dexamethasone will be used in the UK after a successful trial showed it reduced deaths in a third of COVID-19 patients on ventilators.

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Russia

Russia expels two Czech diplomats amid ongoing diplomatic tension

Russia said it was a retaliatory move after hostility from the Czech Republic

United Kingdom

'The time for action is now': Boris Johnson's racism review criticised

The Labour Party and an anti-racism think tank argue Boris Johnson's new review is redundant because four were released in 2017. They're calling for "more action, less rhetoric".

France

Macron hails 'first victory' against COVID-19, reopens French borders

In a live televised address from the Elysee Palace, Macron announced that the whole of mainland France is now in the so-called "green zone" including the Ile de France region.

United Kingdom

Majority of Britons want Brexit transition extension due to COVID-19

The Health Foundation charity stressed that a no-deal Brexit could lead to "a vicious, and avoidable, combination of risks" as the country continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sweden

Poland and Sweden are only EU countries not over COVID-19 peak: ECDC

Sweden is the only country in Europe to have a COVID-19 14-day incidence rate higher than 100 cases per 100,000 population.

China

Twitter removes Chinese state-backed disinformation network

The network included 23,750 accounts which mostly tweeted about Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and the COVID-19 pandemic for the Chinese diaspora, researchers said.

World News

COVID-19 economic impact to be 'unprecedented and long-lasting': OECD

The organisation forecasts a global recession of 6% in 2020 if the pandemic remains under control and of 7.6% if there's a second wave.

United Kingdom

London removes slave trader's statue, launches monuments' review

The Museum of London said that the statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish slave trader and merchant who by the time of his death owned two sugar plantations and 526 slaves in Jamaica, had "stood uncomfortably" outside its east London premises, for a long time.

Spain

Germans to return to Balearic Islands two weeks before other Europeans

Up to 11,000 German tourists will be allowed to visit Spain's four Mediterranean islands from June 15 under a pilot scheme to "reactivate" the tourism sector, the Spanish government has announced.

Russia

Race to clean up Russia oil spill hampered by strong winds

More than 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into two rivers in Siberia, and now strong winds are hindering the clean-up operation.

United Kingdom

COVID-19 lockdown allows Britain to go coal-free for record two months

Demand for electricity in the UK fell after the introduction of a lockdown on March 23 due to a decrease in energy use from commercial and industrial consumers.

China

Satellite data suggest COVID-19 started much earlier: Harvard research

A sharp increase in hospital attendance in the Chinese city of Wuhan was first observed in August 2019, researchers from Harvard Medical School have said.

United Kingdom

Who was Edward Colston and why was his statue torn down?

The statue of Edward Colston had been at the centre of a controversy for years. On Sunday, anti-racism protesters toppled it from its plinth and tipped it into a river.

Poland

Coal mine workers make up a tenth of Poland's COVID-19 cases

Coal mining company JSW said on Monday that 2,771 COVID-19 infections had been detected at its Polish mines. The country has so far recorded 26,780 cases.

World News

COVID-19: Authors retract hydroxychloroquine study that halted trials

The Lancet medical journal said on Thursday that the study's authors "can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources"

United Kingdom

UK records more new COVID-19 deaths than entire EU combined

UK authorities reported 359 COVID-19 deaths, while the EU27 member states together recorded 311 fatalities.

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