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Ivory Coast PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies after cabinet meeting
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was the ruling party’s candidate for October’s presidential election, died on Wednesday aged 61, ...European shares slip as virus cases surge; HSBC, Nokia slump
European shares opened lower on Wednesday, with banks and energy firms leading the declines as surging coronavirus infections globally dimmed the prospect ...Colombia coronavirus lockdown extended until Aug. 1
Colombia’s national lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus will be extended by just over two weeks until Aug. 1, President Ivan ...China criticises U.S. withdrawal from World Health Organization
China criticized the United States’ planned withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying on Wednesday that the move will have grave ...Virus outbreak in Rohingya camps ‘contained’: Bangladesh
A coronavirus outbreak among Rohingya refugees has been “successfully contained”, Bangladesh officials have said after fears that the disease spread rapidly in ...Virus won’t stop Eiffel Tower high life, says top French chef
The ebullient French chef Frederic Anton is having none of the talk that the world will not be the same again after ...Australia’s second-biggest city under new virus lockdown
Five million Melbourne residents were ordered back into lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia’s second-biggest city Tuesday. Victoria state Premier Daniel ...Kenya to emerge from virus lockdown, resume international flights
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced a “phased reopening” of the country, with the resumption of international flights from August 1 ...White woman who accused Black man in New York’s Central Park charged with false police ...
New York prosecutors have charged a white woman who in May accused a Black man of threatening her life in New York’s ...France’s Louvre reopens to applause after 16-week virus shutdown
The world’s most visited museum, the Louvre in Paris, reopened Monday after nearly four months of coronavirus closure, with a restricted number ...