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Read More News updates: Scotland eases lockdown; quarantine ends for visitors from ‘safe’ countries to England, Wales and Northern Ireland Firm linked to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tender UK air pollution still down despite return to normal traffic UK opted out of EU vaccine scheme, sources say Scots to be able…

Read MoreSomething has killed more than 350 elephants in the country’s Okavango Delta, and officials hope to have some answers in the coming week.Something has killed more than 350 elephants in the country’s Okavango Delta, and officials hope to have some answers in the coming week.

Read More Disney World set to reopen despite Florida coronavirus surge Trump rages after supreme court judgement on financial records Black Lives Matter sign painted outside New York Trump Tower Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 1.15pm BST The public are rating Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic at a new low, according…

Read More (BEIJING) — China on Friday rejected any prospect of joining in nuclear arms limitation talks with the U.S., calling reports from Washington that it would do so a distortion of its stated position. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters the U.S. was “neither serious nor sincere” in the proposed negotiations and should…

Read MoreQueues formed early outside polling stations with strict conditions enforced to curb the risks from coronavirus.Queues formed early outside polling stations with strict conditions enforced to curb the risks from coronavirus.

Read MoreFor too long, we have remembered alone when it should have been an obligation for everyone to remember in common.For too long, we have remembered alone when it should have been an obligation for everyone to remember in common.

Read More The international trade secretary fears the UK may fail to comply with WTO rules. But the real problem will be trade with the EU The international trade secretary, Liz Truss, joins a long list of people concerned that the UK may not be as ready for Brexit on 1 January 2021 as it…

Read More Libel trial hears details of row over excrement in bed and a final confrontation Johnny Depp has denied hurling a phone at Amber Heard in the final confrontation of their turbulent marriage. Details of the alleged incident in their LA home as the couple were breaking up emerged on the fourth day of…

Read MoreJudges say Anna Lindstedt had not overstepped her diplomatic brief in efforts to free a Chinese-Swedish bookseller.Judges say Anna Lindstedt had not overstepped her diplomatic brief in efforts to free a Chinese-Swedish bookseller.

Read More The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on Friday held their first talks in 18 months on resolving one of Europe’s most intractable territorial disputes, agreeing to a face-to-face meeting next week on the “very difficult” process. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a video summit that was also…

Read More A multidisciplinary group of teams from across the US have developed an extremely precise technique to edit inside the mitochondria of the cell for the first time in history. Previously scientists could only make changes to the cell’s nucleus, but not to the mitochondria or the “powerhouse” of the cell, as gene-editing tools…

Read More Mike Burgess tells parliamentary committee comparison to Hong Kong’s new national security law is ‘beyond the pale’ Australian intelligence chiefs have sought to allay fears Asio could use expanded compulsory questioning powers to target Black Lives Matter protesters. Mike Burgess, the director general of security, also told a parliamentary inquiry on Friday he…

Read More The Democratic presidential hopeful says today’s crisis is tomorrow’s ‘tremendous opportunity’. Plus, a gay romance in a superhero blockbuster Good morning, Joe Biden has revealed his populist economic response to the chaos and crises of 2020: a $700bn plan to “Build Back Better”. In a speech at a metalworks in Pennsylvania on Thursday,…

Read More Park Won-soon found dead two days after former secretary files criminal complaint South Korea has been left in shock after the mayor of Seoul apparently killed himself amid allegations of sexual harassment. Park Won-soon, an activist and lawyer who had led the capital for 10 years, was discovered dead after a search party…

Read More Bill de Blasio on Thursday helped to paint the large, bright yellow mural on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan. Similar murals have been painted on New York City streets and in other US cities including Washington DC, Raleigh in North Carolina, and Oakland in California. The Black Lives Matter…

Read More Research company owned by associates of senior Tory and PM’s adviser gets £840,000 job Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Cabinet Office has awarded an £840,000 contract to research public opinion about government policies to a company owned by two long-term associates of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings, without…

Read More Syria’s rebel-held province has been dreading an outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Healthcare workers in Syria’s last rebel-held province are bracing for fresh disaster after the overcrowded and poverty-stricken area confirmed its first case of Covid-19. A doctor in his 30s working at Bab…

Read More The ex-US ambassador to the UN is one of the few Trump officials to leave on good terms and has diligently built up a national profile Nikki Haley has kept busy since leaving her post in the Trump administration as United States ambassador to the United Nations. A former governor of South Carolina,…

Read More The ex-US ambassador to the UN is one of the few Trump officials to leave on good terms and has diligently built up a national profileNikki Haley has kept busy since leaving her post in the Trump administration as United States ambassador to the United Nations.A former governor of South Carolina, Haley is…

Read More Notorious Indian gangster Vikas Dubey was shot dead in a violent failed escape on Friday, police say, although not everyone is buying the official story. Dubey was accused of killing eight cops last week. Dubey was shot dead by police on Friday morning after he was arrested on Thursday. He was being transported…

Read MoreGovernment critics say the ABS-CBN shutdown is an attack on media freedom by President Duterte.Government critics say the ABS-CBN shutdown is an attack on media freedom by President Duterte.

Read More French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to abandon its plans to annex Palestinian territories in the West Bank, describing the move as a violation of international law and damaging to regional peace. In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Macron warned that Israel’s stated intention of absorbing the territories…

Read MoreBody of popular politician Park Won-soon was found on a mountain outside Seoul 2 days after an ex-secretary reportedly alleged sexual misconduct.Body of popular politician Park Won-soon was found on a mountain outside Seoul 2 days after an ex-secretary reportedly alleged sexual misconduct.

Read More (BEIJING) — Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will meet Chinese counterparts in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday to fix the…

Read More (BEIJING) — Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will meet Chinese counterparts in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday to fix the…

Read More More than 1,500 Mexican immigrants have died in the US and families face hurdles as they seek to return their loved ones’ remains Medel Huesca liked to dance, play cumbia music, and host backyard cookouts at the house he shared with relatives in Valley Stream, New York. He was deeply loyal, and kept…

Read More Athens police were bombarded with molotov cocktails and pelted with stones amid major protests against a new government bill limiting public gatherings. Some 10,000 people had assembled to protest across the Greek capital. Shortly after 8.30pm local time, a group of some 200 agitators were gathered outside the parliament building in Syntagma Square,…

Read More ABS-CBN denied licence after repeatedly clashing with President Rodrigo Duterte Lawmakers in the Philippines have voted against the renewal of a 25-year franchise for the nation’s biggest broadcaster, ABS-CBN, ensuring a media conglomerate that has clashed with the country’s firebrand president stays off the air indefinitely. A legislative committee overwhelmingly supported a house…

Read More The U.S. Army is launched one of the most audacious Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) soldier operational experiment at Fort Carson, Colorado, according to the Combat Capabilities Development Command. The Next Generation Combat Vehicle – Cross Functional Team and CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center, in collaboration, are conducting RCV experiment to help the service…

Read More With an unprecedented new surge in coronavirus cases battering Israel’s economy, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest confidants was dispatched to a TV studio recently to calm the nerves of a jittery nation. The flippant comment by Cabinet minister Tzachi Hanegbi is symptomatic of what critics see as a bloated, out-of-touch government.…

Read More (SEOUL, South Korea) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday she doesn’t expect her brother to meet President Donald Trump this year, saying there’s no reason for the North to gift Trump high-profile meetings when it’s not being substantially rewarded in return. “But also, you never know,”…

Read More (SEOUL, South Korea) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Friday she doesn’t expect her brother to meet President Donald Trump this year, saying there’s no reason for the North to gift Trump high-profile meetings when it’s not being substantially rewarded in return. “But also, you never know,”…

Read More The U.S. State Department has given the green light for Japan to buy F-35A Conventional Take­Off and Landing (CTOL) and F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft, a deal that could be worth about $23.11 billion. Congress was notified of the sale July 9, according to an announcement posted to the Defense…

Read More SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — It’s been 25 years since the slaughter of men and boys in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, but every year more bodies are found and reburied, and every year the survivors — mostly women — return to commemorate their fathers and brothers, husbands and sons. At least 8,000…

Read More French officials have begun a new phase in an investigation over the mishandling of human bodies donated to a Paris university research center after photographs taken at the facility revealed horror-film-like conditions. An ongoing probe into “violations of the integrity of a corpse” at the Center for Body Donations (CDC) of Paris Descartes…