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Many Japanese defy appeals to stay home to curb coronavirus spread

Under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not. Some still have to commute to their jobs despite...

Police called after NYC funeral home puts bodies in trucks

Police were called to a Brooklyn neighbourhood on Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on...

Facebook aims to take on Zoom with launch of Messenger Rooms

Facebook is introducing new Messenger Rooms which can host groups of people on video – including those who do not have an account. The social...

WHO puts global networks on alert over rare illness in children

Global health experts are looking into reports of a rare but serious syndrome affecting children. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had asked its...

Boris Johnson to take paternity leave ‘later in the year’

Boris Johnson is expected to take a short period of paternity leave later this year, a Downing Street spokesman has said. Following the birth of...

Dozens killed in fire at South Korean construction site

At least 36 people have been killed after one of South Korea’s worst fires in years broke out at a construction site near the...

Coronavirus cases pass million mark in US as states begin lifting restrictions

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has passed a million, accounting for nearly a third of the total cases worldwide. The figures,...

Norwegian tycoon held in connection with suspected murder of wife

One of Norway’s wealthiest men is being held in connection with the suspected murder of his wife, who has been missing since 2018. Tom Hagen,...

UN chief urges governments to use pandemic to ‘rebuild our world for the better’

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed how fragile societies are but that if governments work together on common challenges,...

Care home coronavirus death toll declines

Over the course of April, the number of care home residents dying from coronavirus has decreased. The Office of National Statistics released a publication...

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