COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live news: pandemic is accelerating, says WHO chief
Montenegro on Saturday scheduled a parliamentary election for August despite a return of the coronavirus two weeks after it had declared the end of the epidemic, Agence France-Presse reports. Montenegro…
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Trump set for Tulsa rally amid coronavirus fears and as protests continue – live
Donald Trump has promised a “wild evening” for his supporters in Tulsa in an interview with Axios published on Friday night, saying: “We have to get back to living our…
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Coronavirus: five ships detained in UK over welfare fears for crew
The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has made an urgent intervention in the growing crisis over the welfare of 1,500 crew on five cruise liners, which British port authorities have detained…
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Spaniards urged not to lower their guard as coronavirus state of emergency ends
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has urged people not to lower their guard as the country’s coronavirus state of emergency comes to an end and it prepares to reopen its…
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Black Lives Matter protests show world has reached a tipping point: Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday said the Black Lives Matter protests showed society had reached a “tipping point” at which injustices are finally addressed.“It feels like we have…
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Why lockdown silence was golden for science
One of the few upsides of lockdown was that, if a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, you had a chance of hearing it. City dwellers across the globe delighted in…
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Review into England’s 2-metre distance rule due within days
The review of England’s 2-metre physical-distancing rule will conclude in the coming days, the culture secretary has said, as the government comes under increasing pressure from MPs and the hospitality…
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Sotheby’s reopens doors with auction of a Stanley Spencer wartime gem
The bucolic joy of a painting by one of the most inspirational British artists of the 20th century is likely to cut through the new reality of face masks, hand…
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Portugal hoping to be among first countries with quarantine-free ‘air bridge’ to UK
Portugal could become one of the first countries to agree to an “air bridge” with the UK, allowing citizens travelling between both countries to avoid quarantine measures. Manuel Lobo Antunes,…