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UK's official death toll is highest in Europe
The UK has more than 200,000 cases in total at the time of writing. May 5's updated statistics, showing 32,313 total deaths by around April 24, means Britain has probably had the highest official death numbers in Europe for days. It suggests Britain's true death toll from the virus may be even higher. Boris Johnson defended his government's record and signalled that some lockdown measures co... [Full Article...]
Trump says task force to remain but shift its focus to reopening

Facebook Oversight Board On Removing Objectionable Content Announces Members
The oversight board is to make final decisions regarding the kinds of posts known to embroil Facebook in controversy about censorship, misinformation or free speech. According to Facebook, the Oversight Board members have lived in more than 27 countries, and speak at least 29 languages among them. - Catalina Botero-Marino: A former special rapporteur for freedom of expression of the Inter-Am... [Full Article...]
Pompeo blames China for hundreds of thousands of virus deaths, denies inconsistency

Philippines’ leading TV network ordered to halt operations
The company has 10 days to respond and say why frequencies assigned to it should not be recalled, it added. President Duterte has been engaged in a long-running feud with ABS-CBN, after the channel angered him during the 2016 presidential election by refusing to broadcast his campaign ads. [Full Article...]
8 dead after gas leak from chemical plant in AP

Biden leads Trump as most voters know about Reade allegation

Kamasi Washington scores Michelle Obama's new Netflix documentary
