Visitors tour Rome’s newly reopened landmarks

HindustanTimes Monday, June 1, 2020 2:13:00 PM CEST | info [other]

A long line of masked visitors is snaking outside the Vatican Museums as one of Italy’s biggest tourist draws reopens after a three-month coronavirus shutdown. Museum director Barbara Jatta popped out of the museum Monday and appeared to briefly greet visitors waiting on line, spaced apart, to have.......

Manchester United confirm Odion Ighalo’s loan extension

punchng Monday, June 1, 2020 3:23:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Sodiq Oyeleke. Manchester United have extended Odion Ighalo’s loan until the end of January 2021. The club confirmed this on Twitter on Monday. The PUNCH reports that Ighalo joined Manchester United in a Deadline Day move in January from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua....

US heads into a new week shaken by violence

sfgate Monday, June 1, 2020 3:04:00 PM CEST | info [other]

WASHINGTON (AP) After six straight days of unrest, America headed into a new work week Monday with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and political leaders struggling to control the coast-to-coast outpouring of rage over police killings of black people. Despite curfews in big cities across the U....

Hong Kong police ban city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for first time in 30 years, citing Covid-19 threat

scmp Monday, June 1, 2020 3:20:00 PM CEST | info [other]

An annual June 4 vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown, a fixture in Hong Kong for 30 years, has been banned by police. Photo: Dickson Lee. Hong Kong police ban city’s annual Tiananmen Square vigil for first time in 30 years, citing Covid-19 threat....

The White House went dark as protests raged outside

vox-energy-and-environment Monday, June 1, 2020 2:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

As the nation was rocked by waves of protests across the country, the White House went dark on Sunday night. Photos on social media showed the White House with nearly all its exterior lights outs. Although it’s unclear why the administration turned the lights off, the dark building starkly contrasted to the fires burning around the city....

Encouraged by Europe, Primark to reopen England stores on June 15

HindustanTimes Monday, June 1, 2020 2:13:00 PM CEST | info [other]

All Primark stores were closed over 12-days from March 11 as the virus spread, costing it 650 million pounds ($806 million) a month in sales.(Unsplash) Fashion retailer Primark plans to reopen all 153 of its stores in England on June 15 as coronavirus restrictions are eased, encouraged by European stores that have already resumed trading....

Warning after hundreds of villages near Harborough ran out of water

harboroughmail Monday, June 1, 2020 2:53:00 PM CEST | info [other]

The entire Harborough area has seen water pressure fall dramatically as demand has soared during the current scorching hot spell. People across Harborough are being exhorted to use less water after hundreds of villagers ran dry. The SoS is being sent out by Severn Trent Water after scores of.......

'No kissing or older stars': Coronation Street to resume filming next week

skynews Monday, June 1, 2020 2:58:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Coronation Street stars will return to the famous cobbles for filming next week, bosses at the soap have announced - but there'll be no kissing and no older or vulnerable cast members on set at first. After an enforced break in production due to the coronavirus pandemic, lockdown measures are slowly being lifted for Weatherfield....

Vatican centralizes contracting to cut waste, corruption

muscatinejournal Monday, June 1, 2020 2:25:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Francis celebrated a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, albeit without members of the public in attendance. He will then went to his studio window to recite his blessing at noon to the crowds below....