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The Southern Hemisphere is the World, South of the Equator, and roughly 81% of it is water. It is far less populated than the Northern […]

An airline industry body says it has been told coronavirus quarantining will start from the end of May.
BBC News – Business

The private military group has up to 1,200 members supporting a renegade general, a leaked UN report says.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela has accused the US of being behind a botched raid to oust President Maduro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Footage of last year’s Red Square military parade play on TV as the pandemic mutes celebrations.
BBC News – Europe

“Extreme caution” will be needed when the UK eases lockdown, Grant Shapps says as he announces transport measures.
BBC News – UK

The self-styled “king and queen of rock ‘n’ roll” – who inspired Elvis and The Beatles – dies at 87.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Mercury-nominated rapper had been put in an induced coma in April.
BBC News – Africa

Train operators and the government are planning to increase rail services from mid-May onwards.
BBC News – Business

Former intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi has been sworn in as the new prime minister.
BBC News – Middle East

São Paulo Governor João Doria has imposed tough virus curbs, a move slammed by President Bolsonaro.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Leaders across the continent are holding closed ceremonies, without the public in attendance.
BBC News – Europe

The Red Arrows fly over London as the nation commemorates the end of World War Two in Europe.
BBC News – UK

Ahmaud Arbery was on a residential street in February when he was confronted by the pair.
BBC News – US & Canada

Covid-19 could linger for years and “smoulder in transmission hot spots”, the WHO warns.
BBC News – Africa

Bangor – Northern Ireland in Under Five Minutes

As usual, we here at Five Minutes Spare are desperate to explore the mean streets of Bangor, desperately seeking the dirt. By which, of course, we mean the […]

Specialist school travel company PGL is refusing refunds for cancelled holidays.
BBC News – Business

Shady Habash, whose video mocked the president, “mistook hand sanitiser for water”, prosecutors say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuelan President Maduro says US-backed “mercenaries” tried to oust him, a claim the US denies.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Angela Merkel says “the very first phase is behind us” as the coronavirus lockdown is eased.
BBC News – Europe