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Israel, Palestinians face new restrictions amid virus surge
Israel ordered thousands of people into quarantine after a contentious phone surveillance program resumed as Palestinians in the West Bank returned to ...Spain locks down 200,000 people after coronavirus cases surge
The Catalonian government on Saturday announced that the Segrià region of Spain, which is home to more than 200,000 people, will enter ...Amid US virus struggle, Trump visits Rushmore and bemoans racial protests
US President Donald Trump bemoaned protests demanding racial justice as “violent mayhem” Friday, but said little about an alarming resurgence of coronavirus ...Dominican Republic vote goes ahead despite virus threat
Voters in the Dominican Republic are set to defy rising coronavirus infections on Sunday to choose a new president in an election ...English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world
Pubs across England were reopening Saturday in an effort at normal life, while South Africa signaled anything but — reporting another record ...France rules on appeal to prosecute Rwandan president’s killing
A French court will decide Friday whether to reopen an investigation into the assassination 26 years ago of Rwanda’s president in a ...Australia new virus cases fall, but testing blitz runs into resistance
Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday, with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to ...Africa airline industry lost $55 bn from virus shutdowns
Africa’s travel and tourism industry has lost $55-billion due to the closure of borders to limit the spread of coronavirus, the African ...Uruguay rides out COVID threat without imposing a lockdown
Uruguay’s president was recently photographed surfing in the early morning ahead of a cabinet meeting, symbolizing his government’s relief that a policy ...Kazakhstan implements second lockdown after COVID cases surge
Kazakhstan will implement a second, softer lockdown for two weeks from July 5 to help combat a surge in coronavirus cases, the ...