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• Coronavirus: Americans flock to beaches on Memorial Day weekend People are seen flouting restrictions on what is known in the US as the unoffici...
• Coronavirus outbreak: Five ways Europe is easing lockdown Jogging in a Madrid park, having a Czech beer, taking a Greek ferry - Europe is ...
• Family of exiled top Saudi officer Saad al-Jabri 'targeted' Saad al-Jabri fled to Canada but officials are going after his children back hom...
• New Zealand's PM stayed calm during an earthquake on live TV New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern carries on a live TV interview as an earthquake ...
• Brian May says he was 'very near death' after a heart attack The Queen guitarist says he was "shocked" to discover he needed surgery and was ...
• Suriname election: Will a convicted murderer be re-elected? Suriname's President Desi Bouterse was convicted of murder but he is confident h...
• Hong Kong 'needs security law to tackle terrorism' The territory's security chief says the controversial law will save it from viol...
• Volkswagen loses landmark German 'dieselgate' case A ruling in a German court could have implications for other VW motorists seekin...
• India coronavirus: Chaos at airports as domestic flights resume Nearly 100 flights have been cancelled after passenger planes restarted operatio...
• India coronavirus: The girl who cycled 1,200km to save her father Jyoti Kumari, 15, took an arduous journey to save her father from hunger during ...
• Nikoloz Basilashvili: Georgian tennis star charged with assaulting ex-wife Nikoloz Basilashvili is accused by his ex-wife of attacking her - an allegation ...
• Marie Cau: First transgender mayor elected in France The council of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes chose Marie Cau as their new mayor on Satu...
• UK turns to delivery cream teas during lockdown Sweet treat deliveries see a surge in interest during lockdown, search data sugg...
• The South Korean Samsung protester living in the sky Kim Yong-hee has spent nearly a year on a 20m traffic tower to protest against S...
• Coronavirus: Creative solutions to social distancing As some lockdown restrictions ease, countries are finding inventive ways to keep...
• The Metro Manila priests fighting coronavirus with the cross Catholic priests in Metro Manila are risking their lives to serve their poverty-...
• Life-sized Crystal Palace Park dinosaur sculpture damaged The Grade I-listed Megalosaurus statue has been in Crystal Palace Park since the...
• Nasa SpaceX launch: Who are the astronauts? BBC News profiles the space travellers who will launch in SpaceX's Crew Dragon c...
• Coronavirus India: Death and despair as migrant workers flee cities Tens of thousands of Indians are trying to get back to their home villages, with...
• ICYMI: A picnicking squirrel, robot barman and 8,000 candles Videos and stories you may have missed this week....
• Prince William on parenting and mental health Prince William talks about parenting and mental health with ex-footballer Marvin...
• 'I left my campervan in Argentina' Thousands of van-driving nomads were living the dream - until the coronavirus pa...
• Coronavirus outbreak: Caribbean tourism struggles as visitors stay home Tourism is vital to the Caribbean but visitors are absent amid the coronavirus p...
• Coronavirus in Sudan exposes new leaders Some medics have refused to work and elderly people have been dying, writes Zein...
• 'My mother died as she lived - not wanting to make a fuss' When Howard Jacobson's mother died this month there could be no big family funer...
• Rwanda genocide: How Félicien Kabuga evaded capture for 26 years Félicien Kabuga outwitted Rwandan genocide prosecutors by using 28 aliases and p...
• Has the virus prompted an early mid-life crisis for some? 'I've gone from a large office in Soho to painting in my bedroom,' says Cece Phi...
• Coronavirus: Why reopening French schools is a social emergency Children returning to school are often from wealthier families, so why are other...
• Bundesliga: Timo Werner scores three as Leipzig thrash Mainz Timo Werner scores his first goals since the Bundesliga returned from its two-mo...
• George Kruis: England and Saracens lock to move to Japan at end of season England and Saracens lock George Kruis will join Japanese Top League side Panaso...
• Woods & Manning beat Brady & Mickelson in $20m charity match Tiger Woods, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Phil Mickelson raise $20m for coronav...
• Bournemouth player tests positive for Covid-19 An unnamed Bournemouth player is one of two new coronavirus cases discovered by ...
• Formula E driver Abt caught using ringer in esports race Formula E driver Daniel Abt is disqualified and ordered to pay £8,900 to charity...
• It should be on now - so how well do you know the French Open? Sharp terracotta clay courts, luscious backdrops of the Eiffel Tower, rows of pr...
• La Liga could resume with Betis-Sevilla derby on 11 June La Liga chief Javier Tebas says the Betis-Sevilla derby could restart the season...
• Coronavirus: They grabbed my breasts and said, 'You're not a woman' Panama's lockdown allows men and women out on alternate days - but for trans peo...
• Letter-writing: Connection in disconnected times Stuck indoors, people are turning to an old way of keeping in touch - even Taylo...
• Afghan maternity ward attack: The woman nursing the babies of murdered mothers Firooza Omar volunteered to nurse newborns after a deadly attack on an Afghan ma...
• Lockdown: South African actors create a hit online soap opera A group of South African actors in lockdown are making a hit online soap opera f...
• How Covid-19 is threatening Central America's economic lifeline Many communities rely heavily on remittances but these are drying up due to coro...