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The government has insisted schools will reopen in June despite teaching unions saying it is not safe The government has insisted children will return to school on June 1 as long as coronavirus infections continue to decrease. Speaking at the daily Downing Street briefing, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said it was important for vulnerable and […]

A handout photo released by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) shows Félicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, who was arrested in a Paris suburb on May 16, 2020. © AFP Félicien Kabuga, who was arrested Saturday in a Paris suburb, rose from poverty to become one […]

  Former US President Barack Obama criticised the US government’s coronavirus response in an online graduation speech. “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama said. “A lot them aren’t even pretending to be in […]

In this March 16, 2020 file photo, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File Much of the world is looking ahead to when a vaccine will be available to protect against coronavirus as without one it’s unlikely that countries will […]

Thousands of Rwandan refugees trying to flee their country, August 22, 1994 (archives). © Patrick de Noirmont, REUTERS Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 25 years on the run, the French justice ministry said. French police on Saturday arrested […]

Boris Johnson has reportedly reassured backbench Tory MPs that there will be no public sector pay freezes or funding cuts to pay off the coronavirus bill   Boris Johnson has denied reports the government will be freezing public sector workers’ pay as part of a string of measures to foot the coronavirus bill. He reportedly […]

Agreement with the Regions on reopening guidelines from 18 May. Law decree approved. From 3 June it will also be possible to enter Italy, only from EU countries, without mandatory quarantine. Conte: “Excellent collaboration with the Regions. They walk together in this new phase” The Council of Ministers approved the decree law which provides for […]

US President Donald Trump (left) participates in a tour of a Honeywell International plant that manufactures personal protective equipment in Phoenix, Arizona on May 5, 2020. Photo: AFP “Is Trump totally absurd?” Experts and the international community couldn’t help but ask this question after US President Donald Trump threatened to “cut off the whole relationship” […]

People shop at a supermarket as they begin to stock up on provisions, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (AP Photo)  Global economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic could reach up to 8.8 trillion dollars, or nearly 10% of the world economy’s output, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday. The Manila-based bank […]

Journalist Daniela Taiocchi leafs through an edition of the newspaper L’Eco di Bergamo in which 10 pages of obituaries have been published due to the high number of deaths from the coronavirus disease, in Bergamo, Italy, on May 12, 2020. © Flavio Lo Scalzo, REUTERS Global coronavirus deaths passed 300,000 on Thursday as infections approached 4.5 […]