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Crowds rally at the White House among other places over the death in police custody of George Floyd.
BBC News – US & Canada

The US pushes for new inquiry into allegations of corruption against the African Development Bank boss.
BBC News – Africa

The French carmaker announces a €2bn cost-cutting plan after seeing a collapse in sales.
BBC News – Business

Romina Ashrafi, 14, was allegedly killed by her father after she ran away with her older boyfriend.
BBC News – Middle East

Juana Zúñiga contracted the virus at her care home near Santiago, where she is the oldest resident.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Officials now say 1,561 people died from the disease in April – not 639 as initially announced.
BBC News – Europe

People in Scotland can meet friends and family again as the country begins to ease its lockdown after 66 days.
BBC News – UK

The US president’s move follows a decision by Twitter to add a “fact-check” notice to his tweets.
BBC News – US & Canada

Athletics superstars Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and Geoffrey Kamworor will take part in a worldwide virtual team relay marathon next month.
BBC News – Africa

Dublin’s Fair City, with Five Minutes Spare!
“Why is Dublin the biggest city in the world? Because it keeps Dublin’”

And on that inward groan, we wanted to take the Five Minutes Spare tour of this never-e […]

The scheme to pay wages of workers on leave because of coronavirus has now cost £15bn.
BBC News – Business

Country was already rocked by unrest over the cost of living – then came coronavirus.
BBC News – Middle East

They have named the wreck after the fisherman who first spotted it off the coast of Quintana Roo.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A giant fund is proposed, some of it raised on capital markets, but several countries express doubts.
BBC News – Europe

Anyone coming into close contact with infected people in England will be told to isolate.
BBC News – UK

More than 100,000 people have died and the country is now slowly reopening amid fears of new spikes.
BBC News – US & Canada

Businessman Félicien Kabuga, who evaded capture for 26 years, says he was trying to help victims.
BBC News – Africa

Boris Johnson says all shops can reopen in England next month if they meet certain Covid-19 guidelines.
BBC News – Business

A union says the health ministry bears “full responsibility” for doctors’ deaths from Covid-19.
BBC News – Middle East

The country is the first in Central America to allow same-sex couples to marry in landmark ruling.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean