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Some 4.4 million people, or 6.7 per cent of the population of mainland France were likely infected with the coronavirus by mid-April, health authorities said on Friday.
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The Netherlands on Friday announced it was suing Russia in the European Court of Human Rights over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine.
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The United States has not yet finalised a decision on how it will respond to France’s digital tax, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview on Thursday.
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Germany’s finance and foreign ministers declined an invitation to take part in a Washington gathering of ministers from the G7 group of large industrial countries, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday.
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Denmark on Wednesday introduced COVID-19 certificate aimed at making it easier for nationals planning to travel abroad during the pandemic, the Health Ministry said.
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The European Union (EU), on Wednesday said it would adopt tougher common rules on arrivals from outside the bloc to limit COVID-19 contagion risks, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said.
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Less than a week before Poland’s second round of presidential elections, incumbent Andrzej Duda presented a draft amendment to the constitution that would ban gay couples from adopting children.
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A set of controversial constitutional amendments that will enable Russian President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036 entered into force on Saturday, with the full text published by the government.
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French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex as Prime Minister on Friday as part of a government reshuffle to provide fresh momentum for the two years left in his term.
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China on Thursday threatened to retaliate after Britain promised Hong Kong residents a path to citizenship in the wake of a new, controversial national security law.
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