Gone are the queues of spectators and gone is the sun as the French Open kicked off in underwhelming fashion on Sunday with persistent drizzle and a chill wind sweeping the almost-empty Roland Garros grounds.
Armenia, Azerbaijan in clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
Armenia has declared martial law and total military mobilisation following clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armernian separatist region in Azerbaijan that has long been a point of conflict between the two countries.
‘Lukashenko has to go,’ says France’s Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko must step down, after the EU refused to recognise him as the legitimate president of the ex-Soviet country.
Student Covid outbreaks were modelled and “entirely predictable” says government adviser – BBC News
The UK government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in England to return to university for the new term, despite a series of outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Students in Glasgow...
Belarus protests continue after Lukashenko’s secret inauguration | DW News
Large crowds are expected to turn out in Belarus for the seventh consecutive Sunday of protests against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko. On Saturday, police in the capital Minsk made dozens of arrests at a...
Mumbai collapse: The man who filmed his ordeal under rubble – BBC News
Khalid Khan was trapped under a collapsed building in the western Indian city of Mumbai for nearly 10 hours before workers were able to rescue him. He recorded parts of this video for his wife, in case he didn’t...
Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to replace RBG in Supreme Court
Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The nomination, which was widely expected, was confirmed by the US president at the White House. He said the 48...