Germany bans big events until October despite COVID decline
Germany will extend a ban on large events until at least the end of October to try to avoid a new wave of coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.
Canada to present fiscal snapshot on July 8, too early for full update, PM Trudeau says
The Canadian government will unveil a “fiscal and economic snapshot” on July 8 to show much money it has spent combating the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
Kayapó chief Payakan dies from COVID-19, led protest against Amazon dam
Brazil’s indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the 1980s.
Italian nursing homes lacked tools for COVID-19 onslaught, survey shows
Italy’s nursing homes, where the COVID-19 epidemic is believed to have killed thousands of people, did not have the equipment needed to protect staff or residents, a survey by the country’s top health body showed on Wednesday.
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen denies killing civilians in Saada air strike
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Wednesday denied that an air strike it carried out earlier this week in Saada province had killed civilians, as alleged by Houthi authorities.
Merkel urges caution despite fewer coronavirus cases
Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Wednesday to remain cautious and stick to social distancing rules, but also added that the number of new coronavirus infections had stabilized at a low level.
Germany’s SPD eyes Scholz as chancellor candidate for 2021 election
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will ask Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to be their chancellor candidate at an election next year when conservative Angela Merkel’s fourth and last term ends, the weekly Die Zeit reported on Wednesday, citing SPD sources….
No injuries as UK PM Johnson’s car shunted by security vehicle: Reuters witnesses
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s car was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road, two Reuters witnesses said.
Mexican president says Trump summit unlikely, but keeps door open
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday backtracked further on a Washington summit he had proposed with U.S. President Donald Trump for the July 1 launch of the USMCA trade deal, although he did not totally rule it out.
EU chief executive sets conditions for Brexit deal this year
The European Union will do its best to seal an agreement on new ties with Britain by the end of the year but will not compromise its core values to achieve that, the bloc’s chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Wednesday.
