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Ukraine and France post record rise in cases: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES•Ukraine registered a record 2,438 new daily cases on Friday, for a total of 114,497. The country this week imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until 28

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France under-40s warning, Ukraine plea to all: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES•France's health minister has warned that the virus is circulating four times more among the under-40s in France than among the over-65s."We're in a risky situation," said Olivier Veran.

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Record case rises in Ukraine and Czechia: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Ukraine registered a record 2,328 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday, breaking the previous record of 2,134 set on Thursday. Total cases are at 102,971,

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Which European countries have the most (and fewest) female MPs?

01:18 From voting rights to candidate lists to leaders, women have historically lagged behind men in terms of parliamentary representation. But which European countries have the most f

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Russia approves world's first vaccine: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Russia's health ministry has given regulatory approval for the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, after less than two months of human testing. Pr

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Belgian beach ban, Irish and Czech cases rise: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES•Two Belgian resort towns have announced measures to stop day-trippers after beach fights broke out between police and youths told to leave for refusing to respect coronavirus safety mea

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UK restricts movement of 4m people: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• The UK government has tightened restrictions across swathes of northern England, ordering around four million people not to mix with other households or risk a $130 fine, though they c

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What is nuclear fusion, is it dangerous and is it likely to happen?

ITER director-general Bernard Bigot speaks at the formal launch of the 'tokamak' reactor assembly, on 28 July. /Clement Mahoudeau/AFP "It is because of hydrogen fusion that we are all alive to

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Protests over Poland's plans to withdraw from gender violence treaty

Protesters in Warsaw hold banners reading 'Women's Strike'. /Wojtek Radwanski/AFP Poland's justice minister has insisted the government will press on with plans to withdraw from a European tre

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Italy's third huge state stimulus boost: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Italy's government approved $28.93 billion of extra spending late on Wednesday, the third major cash injection since the coronavirus outbreak.• Germany could impose mandatory COVID-19

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Greenland divided on vote to remove statue of founding missionary

The statue of Hans Egede in Greenland's capital Nuuk was vandalized last month. Now the citizens are voting on whether to remove it. /Reuters Fierce debate around the contemporary suitability

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How has lockdown affected addiction, rehabilitation and recovery?

03:13 For many people lockdown has been an unpleasant experience, spurring negative emotions from boredom to loneliness to despair. Even if we enjoy solitude, few of us like to be forc

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Russia tops 7,000 deaths, WHO warns England: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Russia's COVID-19 death toll has passed 7,000, with 143 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the country's coronavirus crisis response center.•Greece reopened its main ai

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Lives still at risk three years on from Grenfell fire, says ex-mayor

05:29 On the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, the city's former mayor Ken Livingstone has told CGTN that the Conservative government "should be indicted" for "le

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Greece and Bulgaria to open for tourists; some nations are uninvited

Greece announced on Friday that it will open to visitors from 29 worldwide countries – on the same day plans emerged in Bulgaria to lift a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from 26 European s

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Russia's worst death toll, Bulgaria open... to some: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES•Russia has reported 232 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, its highest one-day amount taking the death toll to 4,374. Russia's tally of 387,623 cases is the world's third highest tot

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Greek beaches open, German football kicks off: COVID-19 daily bulletin

MAIN HEADLINES• Spain's daily death toll fell to 102 on Saturday, the lowest 24-hour rise since mid-March. The fatality total now stands at 27,563.• Russia reported 9,200 new cases on Saturday, its l