Emily Taylor

The number of claims soared by 856,500 to 2.1 million in April, the first full month of the lockdown.
BBC News – UK

The president claims hydroxychloroquine is harmless but regulators warn it may cause heart problems.
BBC News – US & Canada

The US Supreme Court rules in favour of damages over the 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
BBC News – Africa

The world’s third biggest economy has fallen into recession for the first time in more than four years.
BBC News – Business

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz agree to share power amid virus crisis.
BBC News – Middle East

Public hospitals in São Paulo have reached 90% capacity for emergency beds, the city’s mayor warns.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Italy, Spain and Portugal are among the countries that will relax their restrictions from Monday.
BBC News – Europe

More trains begin running but rail bosses worry that social distancing will not be possible on board.
BBC News – UK

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell also warned the economic downturn “may last until late 2021”.
BBC News – US & Canada

President Magufuli says patient numbers are falling despite US saying hospitals are “overwhelmed”.
BBC News – Africa

Pub Quiz
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BBC News has seen a string of complaints about leading banks from customers unable to get any money.
BBC News – Business

France strongly condemns the conviction of Fariba Adelkhah on national security charges.
BBC News – Middle East

Nelson Teich resigned after disagreements with President Jair Bolsonaro, who opposes lockdown measures.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The 3 June change will be a major step in efforts to reopen the economy after months of lockdown.
BBC News – Europe

The education secretary acknowledges some parents are “very anxious” about schools reopening in England.
BBC News – UK

The president hopes a vaccine will come this year, but makes clear the lockdown must end either way.
BBC News – US & Canada

Businessman Félicien Kabuga is alleged to have financed the groups that carried out the Rwandan genocide.
BBC News – Africa

Scottish Championship Quiz
So you think you know your Scottish Football Trivia?

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Craigavon Made in the ’60s, named after a Viscount and built to last!

Welcome to the Five Minute Spare quick guide to Craigavon what was the first of Nothern Irelands “New Town” experiments in the 1960s, n […]