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Michael Daventry

Norway

Environmental group attacks Norway plans for vast Arctic oil hunt

Friends of the Earth says the government was offering a 'free pass' for the Norwegian energy industry, a major part of the country's economy

Cyprus

Turkey's growing war of words with Greece and Cyprus over sea drilling

Greece accuses Turkey of resorting to "gunboat diplomacy" near Cyprus, but analysts say the EU must recognise the West is no longer Ankara's only foreign policy partner

United Kingdom

Surge in plastic waste as people discard PPE used to ward off Covid-19

Campaigners say beaches and seas across southern England are becoming littered with discarded medical equipment used to protect against coronavirus.

Spain

Barcelona's Liceu opera house reopens for performance to potted plants

The capacity audience of 2,292 plants is the idea of visual artist Eugenio Ampudia, who wanted to explore people's relationship with nature during the lockdown

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Libya

Turkey is playing a dangerous game in Libya, says France's Macron

The French president's remarks on Turkey's military intervention in the Libyan civil war follows an encounter between the two NATO allies' ships in the Mediterranean

Cult

Kurt Cobain's iconic guitar sells for €5.4 million

The instrument was used by the Nirvana frontman in his 1993 MTV Unplugged set, one of Cobain's last appearances before he died.

Peru

Peru's low income families attack poor virus healthcare

Peru's number of COVID-19 cases overtook Italy's this week.

USA

Why Juneteenth has not yet become a national holiday in the US

Activists says the day celebrating the end of slavery is an opportunity to think about what freedom means for African Americans and all US citizens

Argentina

Sailor completes solo Atlantic crossing to see parents during lockdown

Juan Manuel Ballestero's boat was nearly broken up by waves on his perilous journey across the Atlantic to Argentina from Portugal

Spain

Spanish horror movie crew back on set after two-month virus shutdown

Actors and the crew must now wear masks and disinfect regularly as they resume filming on 'Vampus Horror Tales'.

World News

Crowds flock to Portugal's beaches as government eases lockdown

Crowds took to the beaches in Portugal as coronavirus restrictions were eased.

Sport

COVID-19: Utrecht to take Dutch FA to court over league cancellation

The team was still in the running for European qualification when the Eredivisie season was cancelled.

Turkey

Dolphins take advantage of Turkey's lockdown to explore Istanbul's Bosphorus

The mammals have sighted repeatedly as they take advantage of the peace brought by a lockdown in Turkey's largest city

Italy

Happy couple overcome virus lockdown to marry in Rome

Only witnesses and a City Hall official were allowed into Saturday morning's ceremony in Italy's capital — and everyone wore masks

Sport

Continued success for Japan's judoka and young Georgian in Düsseldorf

Tashiro Miku, Shohei Ono and Tato Grigalashvili all triumph in day two of the competition

Nigeria

Hundreds of chained captives released from Nigerian school

Police say children as young as five were among those released from the building in Kaduna

World News

US lifts steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico

The tariffs were imposed in 2018 after Donald Trump said cheap steel in the United States posed a national security threat

World News

Australia's centre-right coalition elected for surprise third term

Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten conceded to conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison late on Saturday evening, saying his Labor Party would not be able to form a government.

Italy

Protests in Italy as far-right party holds family values conference

Demonstrators say long-established rights like abortion and divorce are under threat

World News

World landmarks switch the lights off to mark Earth Hour

WWF says 180 countries and territories took part in this year's event to raise awareness of climate change

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