Review into two-metre rule to be completed in coming weeks, says UK PM’s spokesman
Britain’s government hopes to complete a review into whether the country should stick to a social distancing measure of keeping people 2 metres apart in the coming weeks, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
China steps up checks on meat, seafood after COVID-19 cases in market
Several Chinese provinces are stepping up inspections of fresh and frozen meat and seafood, including imported products, after a new outbreak of coronavirus infections linked to a Beijing food market.
China’s response to COVID-19 better than U.S.’s, global poll finds
Far more people around the world think China has responded well to the COVID-19 pandemic than those who think the United States has done a good job, a poll by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation showed on Monday.
Russia jails ex-U.S. marine for 16 years on spying charges
A Russian court convicted former U.S. marine Paul Whelan of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail, a ruling that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said outraged Washington.
U.S. outraged by American’s espionage conviction in Russia: Pompeo
The United States on Monday called for the immediate release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russia, saying it was outraged by his conviction on spying charges and calling Moscow’s treatment of him appalling.
Exclusive: Israel builds new Jerusalem road that will link settlements as government weighs West Bank annexation
Construction is under way on a major new ring road for Jerusalem that Israeli officials say will benefit all of its residents, but critics of the project say is another obstacle to Palestinian hopes to make East Jerusalem the capital of a future state….
Man jailed after urinating near UK memorial to slain policeman during protests
A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty on Monday to a charge of outraging public decency and was sentenced to 14 days in jail after he urinated next to a memorial to a murdered policeman during far-right protests in central London.
Singapore to remove most coronavirus restrictions from Friday
Singapore will allow small gatherings and the reopening of restaurants and shops from June 19, its health ministry said on Monday, in a major easing of the city-state’s coronavirus restrictions.
Masked Germans touch down in Mallorca for tourism pilot
Hundreds of mask-wearing sunseekers from Germany landed on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Monday, the first tourists allowed into the country since borders were shut in March to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Sunseekers and cigarette runs: Europe starts to reopen borders
European nations eased border controls on Monday as coronavirus cases declined after three months of lockdown, with German tourists heading for Mallorca and French bargain-hunters streaming into Belgium to buy cheap cigarettes.
