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World News Hits on Saturday


Sat 16 May 2020 | 09:52 AM
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SEENews reviews the most dominating headlines of the daily world news. The following news titles came on the top of the world news websites.

Slovakia lifts last Roma settlement quarantine

Slovakia lifted a quarantine on the last of five Roma settlements that were closed off in April to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, a member of the European Parliament and the country’s permanent crisis committee said. (Reuters)

Coronavirus: Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases

Italy's government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. (BBC)

China is mobilizing its global media machine in the coronavirus war of words

The story of the coronavirus pandemic can be complicated and hard to follow, from how it started to the measures countries have taken to tackle its spread. (CNN)

EU-UK talks: 'disappointing' progress, says Barnier

The EU-UK trade talks were never going to be plain sailing, but then came COVID-19, with both chief negotiator Michel Barnier and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson being personally affected. (Euronews)

POLAND would gladly host American nukes if Germany refuses, US envoy claims, fanning ‘Cuban missile crisis 2.0’

As the US ambassador to Germany – and acting spy chief – tried persuading Berlin to keep hosting US nuclear weapons, his colleague in Warsaw suggested Poland would be willing to take them instead, an act sure to provoke Moscow.

Scientists say Trump’s timeline on wide vaccine availability is unrealistic

President Trump promised hundreds of millions of doses by January, but outside scientists say it’s dangerous to set public expectations on a timetable given the unknowns. (The Washington Post)

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Scientists say Trump’s timeline on wide vaccine availability is unrealistic

President Trump promised hundreds of millions of doses by January, but outside scientists say it’s dangerous to set public expectations on a timetable given the unknowns. (The New York Times)

State Department watchdog critical of Trump moves fired

The Trump administration fired the State Department's watchdog late Friday, ousting a career investigator who had uncovered alleged political bias at the agency. (USA Today)