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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 […]

A quick guide to Yangon
Yangon is by far Myanmar’s largest and commercially important city, with the population of its greater metropolitan area (circa is estimated to be somewhere between 6 and 7 million. Up to […]

Airports and flights have been either cancelled or due at a different date, there are a few planes going out and some coming in but overall most of the flights are cancelled due to the most recent outbreak known […]