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Europe George Floyd protests: Demonstrators gather in London, Berlin, Toronto
Demonstrators there and in Berlin waved signs reading “I can’t breathe” — some of the last words that the dying Floyd, captured by an onlooker’s video, gasped out in Minneapolis as a police officer pressed his knee down on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. London’s Metropolitan Police said they had made five arrests …
European markets hope coronavirus vaccine can be found
European stocks whipsawed on Tuesday morning, halting the positive trend set at the start of the week as hopes rise for a coronavirus vaccine. The pan-European Stoxx 600 reversed earlier progress to slide 0.4% below the flatline, with construction stocks falling 1.4% to lead losses while the travel and leisure sector held onto 0.6% gains. European …
Anti-lockdown protests break out in London, Warsaw, other European cities as coronavirus shutdowns linger
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Amid increasing frustration over lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, multiple protests took place across Europe on Saturday to demand businesses reopen. In Warsaw, Poland, law enforcement used tear gas on protesters, while police made arrests at a demonstration …
London protests: 19 arrested for deliberately breaking social distancing guidelines, World News
A small group of protestors gathered in London’s Hyde Park to protest against the government’s way of handling the coronavirus pandemic. The protestors were seen deliberately breaking all rules of social distancing. The group of people do not agree with the rules and guidelines that the UK government has set for people, to contain the …
Breaking the law (firm); seven charged
LONDON, ONT. — Police have charged seven people after they broke into a law firm on Centre Street in St. Thomas earlier this month. Police say the office had been ransacked over several days with many items missing including high end electronics and blank business cheques. Five of the suspects were caught stealing inside the …
Michael Gove denies breaking lockdown rules as he is photographed jogging in a park
Michael Gove denies breaking lockdown rules as he is photographed jogging in a park after his daughter starting showing coronavirus symptoms Michael Gove is to come out of isolation tomorrow – nearly a week early It comes as the minister was seen jogging near his London home, sparking claims that he was breaking coronavirus lockdown …
The other side of Ricky Gervais: Taboo-breaking comic hopes he dies before his girlfriend
Ricky Gervais is playing by the rules for a change. ‘I’ve been social distancing for two weeks, apart from walks on the Heath,’ says the usually maverick comedian. He adds that no one has visited the house in Hampstead, North London, that he shares with partner Jane Fallon, and that he supports the stay-at-home rules. …
Boris Johnson ‘under observation’ in a London hospital for coronavirus infection
Johnson was taken Sunday evening to the National Health Service hospital, where he spent a “comfortable night” in the National Health Service hospital and “is in good spirits,” said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is chairing emergency meetings and briefing the press in Johnson’s absence. The prime minister tweeted Tuesday, “Last night, on the advice …
Meghan Markle’s Disney debut gets a drubbing from critics
Meghan Markle’s performance as narrator of a documentary about elephants has been branded ‘over-eager to please’ and packed with ‘schmaltz and cheesiness’ by critics. The Duchess of Sussex, who officially steps down as a senior member of the Royal Family today with Prince Harry, provided the voiceover to the Disney production after a direct request from …
Coronavirus: London technology firm offering free help to move workers online
Andrew Schiestel the President of TBK and Kylie McConnell, the Director of Accounts announced that they would help companies set up to have employees work from home. TBK is a marketing and software company in London. Photograph taken on Monday March 16, 2020. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) Businesses needing staff to work remotely during …
