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CARACAS (Reuters) – The sprawling working-class area of Petare on the east side of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas has made headlines recently for brutal gang battles that raged for days despite a nationwide quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But on Monday night, residents itching for activity after more than two months of lockdown placed chairs on their Hong Kong has banned an annual Tiananmen Square vigil for the first time in 30 years, as residents rushed to apply for passports that could allow them to move to the UK. The vigil, which draws huge crowds to an outdoor space each year, marks the deadly military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989. CARMEN GOH, 29, NATIONAL NETBALLER Like any happy-go-lucky teenager, Carmen Goh was delighted when school classes were cancelled in 2003 owing to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). But the deadly disease that infected 238 people and killed 33 here also left an impact on the 13-year-old. “I was in Secondary 1 then and I remember vividly from watching a DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar raised the prospect on Friday of halving social distancing rules from two metres to one if the rate of coronavirus infections comes down further in a potential boost to still shuttered restaurants and pubs. Facing one of the longest shutdowns in Europe, Ireland’s hospitality sector has called for the guidelines to be SOME of the country’s largest charities are planning to reopen their charity shops from the middle of next month, as they urged the public to hang on to their donations until then. Charities including Cancer Research UK, Shelter, Oxfam, British Red Cross and Age UK, which between them operate more than 2,000 shops on British high streets, are currently putting BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s federal government is monitoring the coronavirus closely but practical responsibility lies increasingly with the 16 states, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, warning care must be taken to avoid the virus spreading fast again. As the number of new coronavirus cases has fallen, Germany has eased strict measures introduced in mid-March to slow the spread of Government must allow coronavirus-struck restaurants to reopen: Former McDonald’s USA CEO Former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi argues government should allow restaurants to reopen amid coronavirus and prove they’re capable of doing it safely. As U.S. businesses reopen, worried workers and their advocates are borrowing a legal strategy commonly used to shut down rowdy topless bars to try and force BRASILIA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the Americas the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, and now is not the time for countries to ease restrictions, officials said in a Tuesday briefing. Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the Americas and head of the Pan American Health Organization, said via videoconference that outbreaks were accelerating in countries such SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry. Brazil registered 807 deaths over the last 24 hours, whereas 620 died in the United States. Brazil has the second worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 cases, behind MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain urged foreign holidaymakers on Monday to return from July as one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns eased, though tourism businesses were sceptical about salvaging the summer season. The world’s second-most visited nation closed its doors and beaches in March to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, later imposing a two-week quarantine on overseas visitors. But that requirement will be
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