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Poland's nationalists accuse opposition of more delays in election row

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's governing nationalists on Tuesday accused opposition lawmakers of trying for a second time to delay a presidential election, after the speaker of the Senate said it would not reconvene to discuss legislation for the vote until next week.

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Putin says Victory Day parade postponed over coronavirus will now happen on June 24

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will hold its Second World War Victory Day military parade that was postponed over the new coronavirus on June 24, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

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Spain declares 10-day official mourning for coronavirus victims

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government declared a 10-day official mourning period from Wednesday to honour the nearly 30,000 people who died from the coronavirus pandemic in one of the world's worst-hit countries, government spokeswoman Maria Jesus Montero said.

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Thousands of Spanish retirees vanish from state pension rolls as coronavirus hits

MADRID (Reuters) - About 30,000 more pensioners dropped off Spain's state system in the first four months of this year than in the previous year as the coronavirus hit the country, the Labour Ministry said on Tuesday.

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Portugal talking to Britain to secure 'air bridge' for tourism - sources

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal and Britain are in talks to try and secure an air corridor for tourists that would allow British visitors to avoid a COVID-19 quarantine upon returning home, two Portuguese sources familiar with the situation said.

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Revered Holy Land churches reopen, but some restrictions remain

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Holy Land churches revered as the sites of Jesus' birth and death reopened to worshippers and tourists on Tuesday as Palestinian and church authorities eased coronavirus restrictions.

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Special Report: Bolsonaro brought in his generals to fight coronavirus. Brazil is losing the battle

SÃO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In mid-March, Brazil took what seemed to be a forceful early strike against the coronavirus pandemic.

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Novavax launches its first coronavirus vaccine test on humans

(Reuters) - U.S. biotech group Novavax Inc has joined the race to test coronavirus vaccine candidates on humans and enrolled its first participants on Monday.

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Child labour, marriages on rise in Yemen as COVID spreads - UN agency

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday its work in Yemen was near a "potential breaking point" as coronavirus spreads in the war-damaged country, with rising numbers of families resorting to begging, child labour and marrying of children.

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India's Glenmark to study potential COVID-19 drug combination

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Tuesday it would begin a clinical trial in India to test a combination of two anti-viral drugs, favipiravir and umifenovir, as a potential COVID-19 treatment.

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Global fundraising for COVID-19 vaccine, drugs exceeds 9.5 billion euros, EU says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A global campaign to fund the development of vaccines and therapies against COVID-19 has so far raised 9.5 billion euros (8.5 billion pounds), the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday.

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Afghan government will free 900 Taliban prisoners Tuesday - Afghan official

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government urged the Taliban to extend a three-day ceasefire which is due to end on Tuesday night and also announced that it would release 900 prisoners from the insurgent group on Tuesday.

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Hungarians take to sailing as safe cure for cabin fever

BALATONFURED, Hungary (Reuters) - Released from lockdown three weeks ago, Hungarians are making day trips to the blue waters of Lake Balaton, raising hopes that tourism may recover sooner than expected from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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India coronavirus cases rise as millions return home

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian states witnessing millions of migrant labourers returning from the big cities are recording rising coronavirus infections, officials said on Tuesday, fearing that the pandemic could spread through villages where medical care is basic at best.

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Indonesia reports 415 new coronavirus cases, 27 new deaths

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported on Tuesday 415 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 23,165, its health ministry said.

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As Chinese authorities expand use of health tracking apps, privacy concerns grow

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's health tracking QR codes, which have played a key part in the country's successful containment of the coronavirus, now look set to play a much broader role in daily life as local authorities dream up new uses for the technology.

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UK junior minister resigns over PM adviser's lockdown drive

LONDON (Reuters) - Douglas Ross, a junior minister in the Scotland Office, resigned on Tuesday, saying the prime minister's senior adviser's explanation of why he travelled during the coronavirus lockdown was based on decisions "others felt were not available to them".

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Philippines records 350 new coronavirus cases, 13 more deaths

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday reported 13 deaths and 350 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the largest single-day increase in infections in seven weeks.

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U.N. Command finds both Koreas violated armistice agreement in DMZ shooting

SEOUL (Reuters) - Both North and South Korea violated the armistice agreement that governs their shared border when their troops exchanged gunfire on May 3, the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) said on Tuesday.

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Russia reports record one-day rise in coronavirus deaths

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday 174 people with the coronavirus had died in the past 24 hours, a record one-day amount that pushed the nationwide death toll to 3,807.