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Retail sales jump 9.2% in April as people returning to work and going out “update their wardrobes”.
BBC News – Business

The ceasefire brings to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 240 people were killed.
BBC News – Middle East

An inmate reportedly orders the attack on rival gang members in retaliation for his wife’s murder.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Greens’ leader – a strong candidate for chancellor – wants to ban short-haul flights.
BBC News – Europe

The prince speaks of “indescribable sadness” caused by his mother’s interview with Martin Bashir.
BBC News – UK

Officials seized 68 tigers, lions, hybrids and a jaguar, citing violations of animal welfare laws.
BBC News – US & Canada

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

Business minister Paul Scully says the bolstered inquiry “will get to the bottom of this appalling affair”.
BBC News – Business

The US president tells Benjamin Netanyahu he wants a “significant” move towards a ceasefire.
BBC News – Middle East

Jesús Santrich was a key figure, first in the Farc rebel group and later in a breakaway faction.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Police backed up by military search a national park after the armed shooting instructor disappears.
BBC News – Europe

A new public body, Great British Railways, will lead the biggest rail shake-up since privatisation.
BBC News – UK

The US also lifted sanctions on a Vladimir Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project.
BBC News – US & Canada

Health officials hope the event will increase public confidence in getting the vaccination.
BBC News – Africa

The latest volume in the Robin series from DC features the continuing adventures of Damien Wayne. Here he is embarking on a quest to become the worlds greatest fighter in a not too original plotline along the […]

Travellers who booked ahead for 2021 or had holidays moved are finding they cannot claim money back.
BBC News – Business

The US president spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as violence continues.
BBC News – Middle East

Heavy rains have caused rivers to rise to near record levels, affecting about 410,000 people.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Repair works at a reservoir in Italy have revealed the remains of a village submerged for decades.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson says “we’ll know a lot more in a few days time”, amid concern over the Indian variant.
BBC News – UK