Macron says France accelerating easing of lockdown restrictions
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday said he was accelerating plans to ease the country’s coronavirus lockdown to revive the euro zone’s second biggest economy more swiftly.
Governor shuts streets in Brasilia to stop protesters reaching Congress, Supreme Court
The governor of the federal district in which Brazil’s capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace, ministries, Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep right-wing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering…
Egypt to reopen all airports on July 1, says aviation minister
Egypt will reopen all its airports on July 1, the civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after suspending regular international flights in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.
France’s Macron says Europe needs to be less dependent on China, U.S.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he would work to build a Europe that was less dependent on China and the United States, as France gradually emerges from an eight-week lockdown.
Earthquake in eastern Turkey kills one, injures nine
An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one person and injuring nine others, officials said.
Spain to open borders on June 21 to most European visitors, including British
Spain will reopen its borders to most European visitors from June 21, 10 days earlier than previously planned, the government said on Sunday, in a further easing of coronavirus restrictions but a week later than some other EU member states.
As quarantine wanes, Bogota’s medics brace for a spike in COVID cases
A COVID patient lies shirtless on a gurney in a chill corridor of a hospital in Colombia’s capital Bogota, oxygen tubes coiled on his chest. It takes five staff – in scrubs, masks and face shields – to wheel him into the intensive care unit.
Iran’s daily virus death toll tops 100 for first time in 2 months
The number of daily deaths from the new coronavirus pandemic topped 100 in Iran for the first time in two months on Sunday, health ministry data showed.
Swiss women stage a mass scream over domestic violence, pay gap
Women across Switzerland let loose with screams during a national protest on Sunday, demanding equal treatment and an end to violence at the hands of men.
Polish president says foreign media took LGBT comments “out of context”
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Sunday asked international media to “stop distributing fake news” after extensive coverage of a campaign speech in which he compared what he called LGBT “ideology” to Soviet-era communist indoctrination.
