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Read More Haxby Bakehouse owner and Labour member Phil Clayton is demanding the ads be pulled There are thousands of bakeries the UK government could have chosen to star in its latest public information campaign, but the Haxby Bakehouse was probably the only one to produce loaves flour-stencilled with “F*ck Boris” during last year’s general…

Read More City at centre of coronavirus outbreak faces new crisis as China suffers weeks of flooding People living in Wuhan, the central Chinese city that bore the brunt of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, have been told stay indoors once more after record rainfall prompted authorities to raise the city’s emergency response to the second…

Read More The Bad Boys of Brexit are back! Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore have been hired by New Zealand’s version of the UK Independence Party to help fight September’s general election in a move bound to infuriate their leftwing critics. A team from Mr Banks’ Leave.EU campaign is advising Winston Peters’ New Zealand First…

Read More At least 147 people have been killed by lightning strikes in India’s northeastern state of Bihar in the past 10 days, with already severe monsoon weather intensifying and exposing farmers to fatal bolts from the blue. Authorities reportedly recorded some 26 lightning-related deaths last Thursday, followed by 15 on Friday, and 21 on…

Read More CDC reports 52,228 new coronavirus cases Frederick Douglass statue ripped from its base in Rochester Seattle police seek motive for killing of Summer Taylor Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 12.16pm BST More details are emerging about Summer Taylor, the protester who was killed when a car was driven into them in…

Read More Powerful political dance from Brooklyn’s FlexN and the spectacle of the Helicopter String Quartet are part of British artistic director’s programme Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet reopened last autumn after a two-year restoration, before being forced to close again because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But undeterred, this week the theatre serves up a digital…

Read MoreCongress and the administration have yet to reach an agreement to prevent mass furloughs of USCIS employees.Congress and the administration have yet to reach an agreement to prevent mass furloughs of USCIS employees.

Read More American warships undermine peace and stability in the South China Sea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson says. The US Navy earlier deployed two aircraft carriers on a training mission in the region. The US Navy deliberately sent its warships to “flex its muscles,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters. The actions…

Read MoreIt’s in Inner Mongolia and comes as China says it’s wrestled new cases of COVID-19 to near zero.It’s in Inner Mongolia and comes as China says it’s wrestled new cases of COVID-19 to near zero.

Read More (TOPEKA, Kan.) — A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper apologized Sunday for a cartoon posted on the paper’s Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Dane Hicks,…

Read More British woman accused of grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein labelled as ‘extreme risk of flight’ Prosecutors in the US have asked a judge to schedule a Friday court appearance in New York for Ghislaine Maxwell, the 58-year-old British confidante of Jeffrey Epstein accused of grooming underage victims for sexual abuse by the…

Read More Morricone’s work helped define the western but he went on to work across all film genres Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose symphonic scores backed everything from spaghetti westerns to romance, horror and sci-fi films, has died aged 91. Morricone had broken his femur days ago and died during the night in a…

Read More Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing criticism for focusing on West Bank annexation rather than a new surge of COVID-19 infections and an unemployment crisis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing criticism for focusing on West Bank annexation rather than a new surge of COVID-19 infections and an unemployment crisis.

Read More The British government has announced it would provide a major monetary lifeline to theaters, arts and music venues, independent cinemas, and heritage sites hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The British government has announced it would provide a major monetary lifeline to theaters, arts and music venues, independent cinemas, and heritage sites hit…

Read More The border between Australia’s two most populous states, Victoria and New South Wales, will be shut down for the first time in 100 years as authorities rush to battle new Covid-19 hotspots. The border will be closed from midnight on Tuesday, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said. He told reporters that the closure will…

Read More High-end Russian carmaker Aurus, best known for producing limos for the Russian president, has released a video showing its sedan ramming a barrier in a stunning test that left the crash dummies completely unscathed. The footage published by Zvezda TV on Sunday features an Aurus Senat sedan. The luxury car – whose market…

Read More (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is set to hold an outdoor rally Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, according to the president’s campaign. The campaign rally at Portsmouth International Airport will come three weeks after an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the president’s first of the COVID-19 era, drew a smaller-than-expected crowd amid concerns…

Read More Lockdown necessary but residents should have been seen as government partners not detainees, expert says Follow live updates in Monday’s Australia coronavirus blog What we know about the public housing tower ‘hard lockdowns’ Australia hotspots map, stats and active cases Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email Download the free Guardian app to…

Read MoreColombia is reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths along its Caribbean coast.Colombia is reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths along its Caribbean coast.

Read More The effects of this economic downturn will likely be felt for years as people born between 1997 and 2012 try to start careers and build savings with an economy that was struck to rubble Graduation was supposed to be one of the best moments of Stephany Torres’s life. As a first-generation student at…

Read MoreIt is thought “Asda” the frog arrived from Colombia, the UK’s biggest supplier of bananas.It is thought “Asda” the frog arrived from Colombia, the UK’s biggest supplier of bananas.

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Read More Professor had been under house arrest after writing an essay lambasting the president over his response to coronavirus Chinese professor Xu Zhangrun, known for his scathing and public criticisms of China’s leader Xi Jinping, has been detained, according to friends of the scholar. Two friends of Xu, speaking on the condition of anonymity…

Read More There will be nobody screaming in the face of 18-year-old Ellie Hiigel when she arrives Wednesday for training in advance of her first year at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and that has her mother a bit disappointed. The school in Connecticut, like other service academies and military training centers, has made major…

Read More Hundreds of survivors and the bereaved will be unable to attend under distancing rules Builders behind the disastrous Grenfell Tower refurbishment are finally set to face public questioning over the June 2017 fire that killed 72 people, as the delayed public inquiry resumes on Monday with strict social distancing rules that have angered…

Read More An accident at a nuclear complex in Iran caused significant damage and could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, the country’s atomic energy spokesman said. The incident happened on Thursday at a warehouse under construction at the Natanz complex in central Iran, but caused no casualties or radioactive pollution, according…

Read More Armada 1588: Shipwreck and Survival tells turbulent tale on bucolic stretch of Irish coast Streedagh beach was the setting for young love in the TV drama Normal People, but its latest screen depiction reveals a dark history of plunder and slaughter on the golden sand. Instead of romance among the dunes, viewers encounter…

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Read More At least 50 people have been killed after the river Kuma in Kyushu burst its banks, triggering floods and mudslides Rescue workers were combing through the wreckage of houses hit by flooding and landslides in Japan after extreme weather left more than 50 people dead or missing on the southern island of Kyushu.…

Read More Channel Nine initially promoted One Nation leader’s comments describing people locked down due to coronavirus as ‘drug addicts’ who ‘cannot speak English’ • Follow live updates in Monday’s Australia coronavirus blog • Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email • Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications Channel…

Read More (TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran on Sunday confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iranian officials had previously sought to downplay the fire, which erupted early on Thursday, calling it only an “incident” that affected an “industrial shed.”…

Read More (TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran on Sunday confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, the official IRNA news agency reported. Iranian officials had previously sought to downplay the fire, which erupted early on Thursday, calling it only an “incident” that affected an “industrial shed.”…

Read More One of the most prominent journalists in the Philippines has been convicted of ‘cyberlibel’ in a court process condemned by human rights groups. Journalist Carmela Fonbuena in Manila describes the chilling effect the verdict has had on free expression Maria Ressa is one of the most prominent journalists in the Philippines with decades…

Read More Daniel Andrews says Victoria reported 127 new coronavirus cases on Monday as a man in his 90s died, bringing the state’s death toll to 21 Follow live updates in Monday’s Australia coronavirus blog What we know about the public housing tower ‘hard lockdowns’ Australia hotspots map, stats and active cases Sign up for…