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Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus’ severity
Women’s rights groups protest French ministers’ appointments
Women’s rights groups are protesting French President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of an interior minister who has been accused of rape and of a justice minister who has criticized the #MeToo movement
In France, study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest
A new study from the French government’s statistics agency shows that death rates doubled among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa and tripled in the Paris region at the height of the country's coronavirus outbreak
UN-backed experts point to new war crimes in Syria conflict
Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say Syrian government forces and their Russian allies bombarded civilian sites in Idlib province indiscriminately, while rebels tortured and executed civilians in recent months,…
Germany presses for EU deal on taking in rescued migrants
Germany’s interior minister has called on his European Union colleagues to agree on a better and more just solution for the distribution of migrants rescued while attempting to cross the Mediterranean
Death toll from flooding in Japan reaches 55, dozen missing
Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwater flowed down streets in southern Japanese towns as heavy rain and floods spread across the region, leaving at least 55 people dead and a dozen others missing
Australia warns of ‘arbitrary detention’ risk in China
Australia is warning its citizens that they may be at risk of “arbitrary detention” if they visit China
Japan’s ruling party calls for government to cancel Xi visit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party has adopted a resolution urging the government cancel a visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping following Beijing's imposition of a new national security law for semi-autonomous Hong…
Italy seeks to simplify notoriously knotted bureaucracy
A new Italian government decree is aimed at simplifying Italy’s slow and cumbersome bureaucracy with the aim of getting its coronavirus-battered economy working again
Portuguese energy firms replace CEOs amid corruption probe
Shares in Portugal’s blue-chip national energy provider EDP and its international renewable energy division rose Tuesday after the companies replaced their CEOs amid a corruption investigation
North Korea rejects talks as US envoy arrives in Seoul
North Korea says it has no immediate intent to resume a dialogue with the United States as a U.S. representative begins a trip to South Korea for discussions on stalled nuclear diplomacy
Flooding kills 2, disrupts entrance exams in southern China
Severe flooding and heavy rains have killed at least two people in southern China and disrupted the first day of widely anticipated college entrance exams being held one month late because of the coronavirus
6 dead in clash between factions of Bangladesh ethnic group
Police say six people have been killed in a gunfight between two factions of an ethnic group over control of a hilly region in southeastern Bangladesh where armed gangs are active
EU forecasts deeper economic hit from pandemic
The European Union’s latest economic forecast projects that the bloc's economy will contract further than expected because of the coronavirus pandemic
German production rebounds in May, but misses expectations
German industrial production picked up in May after dropping sharply in the two previous months, but the rebound fell short of expectations
