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  Brazil has reported 679 deaths from coronavirus and 15,654 new cases amid growing controversy over its data and allegations of political manipulation. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to press on with efforts to contain the coronavirus. “More than six months into the pandemic this is not …

A teenager has been rushed to hospital with a serious stab wound following an attack in Little Hulton this afternoon. Police and paramedics were called to Old Lane at around 2.30pm on Monday, June 8. An air ambulance was also sent to the scene and landed in nearby Thornfield Grove around 15 minutes later. A …

Landlady of city’s oldest gay bar on making people feel ‘safe’ again in pubs The landlady of the oldest gay bar in Nottingham has spoken about the ways pubs need to prepare to make people feel safe upon returning to their favourite watering hole. Situated just off Huntingdon Street, the renowned New Foresters pub was …

New Zealand no longer has any active covid-19 cases, officials said Monday, announcing a near-victory over the coronavirus pandemic that will allow them to lift all social distancing restrictions and fully reopen their economy within hours. The island nation’s last known patient, who had been linked to a cluster of infections and nursing home in …

A California man who has worked to help improve relations between the San Jose Police Department and people of color learned that he may not be able to have children after an officer shot him with a rubber bullet during a protest. While attending a protest in San Jose on May 29, the man, Derrick …

Scott Bethmann, a member of the Naval Academy’s Alumni Association Board of Trustees, resigned after he and his wife accidentally broadcast a video on Facebook Live of a conversation between them that featured multiple racial slurs. Bethmann, according to a Florida Times-Union report, used the n-word during the video, which was recorded for more than …

With states beginning to allow varying degrees of economic reopening, large protests against police brutality being held in dozens of cities and warmer weather inviting people outside, forecasters tracking the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States are approaching a difficult juncture. While the portrait of the country overall has improved significantly in recent weeks, epidemiologists …

Met Office forecast for Saturday It is going to be a wet and windy day. Here is the full forecast for Wales: A cloudy, wet and windy start. Through the morning, rain will push in from the north, bringing some heavy bursts at times. By the afternoon, most of the rain will have cleared to …

House prices fell for third month in a row in May The average house price fell for the third month in a row in May, according to an index. Across the UK, a 0.2% month-on-month decline in property values in May took the average house price to £237,808, Halifax said. It followed monthly falls of …

Police officers in Huntsville, Ala., launched rubber bullets and tear gas at a peaceful crowd demonstrating by a park in the city’s center Wednesday evening, creating a chaotic scene. Officials said an official permit for the protest had expired an hour earlier and protesters had refused to leave. “What you saw tonight was probably the …