Jonathan Ditchburn

A grim Fed outlook and uptick in virus cases in some US states fans concerns about economic recovery.
BBC News – Business

Syria’s president gave no reason for the move, but it comes after marches in government-held areas.
BBC News – Middle East

A symbolic monument to Brazil’s coronavirus victims is mocked by Bolsonaro supporters, organisers say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The government will take a “pragmatic and flexible approach” due to coronavirus, a source says.
BBC News – Europe

The contraction was the biggest monthly decline on record, as the full impact of lockdown was felt.
BBC News – UK

The US president threatens to “take back” a police-free district controlled by protesters.
BBC News – US & Canada

A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent and beyond.
BBC News – Africa

The Five Minute Tour of Waterford
Got five minutes free? Then come explore Waterford a gem of a city with us that sprawls over Ireland’s south-eastern coast.

Somewhere in the Province of Munster and t […]

America’s central bank says it will continue actions aimed at shoring up the economy “for as long as it takes”.
BBC News – Business

The UN has been among those calling for Nabeel Rajab’s release from prison.
BBC News – Middle East

The health ministry resumes publishing its full data on the virus following a Supreme Court ruling.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Prosecutors say Stig Engstrom, who killed himself in 2000, was the man who shot Olof Palme in 1986.
BBC News – Europe

The PM says people living alone in England can form a “bubble” with one other household from Saturday.
BBC News – UK

Philonise Floyd, whose brother’s killing by a white police officer led to global protests, urges reform.
BBC News – US & Canada

Nigerian police say the man was found in a child’s bedroom and ran away but neighbours caught him.
BBC News – Africa

General Knowledge quiz – Answers beginning with D
In this Free type quiz, all the answers begin with the letter D. Good Luck! Can you get all ten right?
 

General knowledge – Answers beginning with the […]

Can you correctly order these bands by the year they were formed?
Take the quiz and test your music knowledge
 

Can you order these bands by the year that they were formed?

Can you order the […]

The scheme to pay wages of workers on leave because of coronavirus has now cost £19.6bn.
BBC News – Business

The UAE’s Hope project is hailed as a “real step forward” for space exploration in the Arab world.
BBC News – Middle East

An ex-colonel is accused of ordering the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean