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  1. Crowds cram beaches across U.S., raising physical distancing concerns

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    The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from authorities Sunday about people disregarding the coronavirus physical-distancing rules and risking a resurgence of the scourge that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.

  2. British PM resists calls from own party to sack top adviser who crossed U.K. during lockdown

    Virus Outbreak Britain

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday, despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 400 kilometres during the coronavirus lockdown.

  3. White House limits travel to U.S. from Brazil as COVID-19 crisis deepens

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    The White House on Sunday said it was prohibiting most non-U.S. citizens from travelling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases.

  4. Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon as thousands protest security laws

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    Pro-democracy supporters have sharply criticized a proposal, set to be approved by China's rubber-stamp parliament this week, that would ban secessionist and subversive activity, as well as foreign interference, in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

  5. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu attacks justice system as trial begins

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday launched a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long-awaited corruption trial got underway, accusing police and prosecutors of conspiring to "depose" him.