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  • 11 June 2020: Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies aged 55
  • 11 June 2020: Police arrest twelve after explosives kill jackal in Tamil Nadu, India
  • 7 June 2020: Suspect arrested in death of elephant in Kerala, India that ate explosive fruit
  • 6 June 2020: Fire at historic Welsh ex-hotel Bontddu Hall kills one
  • 5 June 2020: Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15, transport secretary declares
  • 5 June 2020: Yemeni journalist Nabil Hasan al-Quaety shot dead in Aden
  • 4 June 2020: Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California
  • 3 June 2020: South Sudanese politician John Luk Jok dies aged about 68
  • 31 May 2020: SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight
  • 29 May 2020: SARS-CoV-2 surpasses 100,000 confirmed deaths in the United States

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  • Police arrest twelve after explosives kill jackal in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Suspect arrested in death of elephant in Kerala, India that ate explosive fruit
  • Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15, transport secretary declares
  • Influential rock drummer Ginger Baker dies at age 80
  • Mockumentary Mister America has world premiere
  • Arrests made in theft of gold toilet in England
  • Fire at historic Welsh ex-hotel Bontddu Hall kills one
  • Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California
  • Former basketball player Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash, aged 41
  • Stores in Australia lower toilet paper limits per transaction
  • Benin, Nigeria join African Union continental free trade bloc
  • US Department of Justice investigating Ford over emissions testing problems
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  • Students compete in second international Neurosurgery Olympiad in Tyumen, Russia
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • Greta Thunberg named 2019 Time Person of the Year
  • Researchers break down deaths due to power plant pollution in the United States
  • Slippery business: Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets
  • Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15, transport secretary declares
  • SARS-CoV-2 surpasses 100,000 confirmed deaths in the United States
  • SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million confirmed infections in the United States
  • Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies aged 55
  • South Sudanese politician John Luk Jok dies aged about 68
  • Japanese professional wrestler and Netflix star Hana Kimura dies aged 22
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  • Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies aged 55
  • Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15, transport secretary declares
  • Yemeni journalist Nabil Hasan al-Quaety shot dead in Aden
  • Astronomer Anthony Boccaletti discusses observation of birth of potential exoplanet with Wikinews
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  • SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight
  • Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili arrested on domestic violence charge
  • Japanese professional wrestler and Netflix star Hana Kimura dies aged 22
  • Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon
  • 200 in New Delhi, India drink cow urine to fight off COVID-19
  • Millions don’t turn up to ‘storm’ US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence
  • Arrests made in theft of gold toilet in England
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  • Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies aged 55
  • South Sudanese politician John Luk Jok dies aged about 68
  • SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
  • Police arrest twelve after explosives kill jackal in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Suspect arrested in death of elephant in Kerala, India that ate explosive fruit
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  • Bernie Sanders wins 2020 Northern Mariana Islands US Democratic presidential caucus
  • Stores in Australia lower toilet paper limits per transaction
  • Samoan government ends state of emergency over measles outbreak
  • Investigation of Deutsche Bank headquarters spills into second day
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
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  • Fire at historic Welsh ex-hotel Bontddu Hall kills one
  • Face coverings to be mandatory on public transport in England from June 15, transport secretary declares
  • Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili arrested on domestic violence charge
  • Yemeni journalist Nabil Hasan al-Quaety shot dead in Aden
  • Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
  • SARS-CoV-2 surpasses one million infections worldwide
  • Power firm helicopter strikes cables, crashes near Fairfield, California
  • SpaceX successfully launches its first crewed spaceflight
  • SARS-CoV-2 surpasses 100,000 confirmed deaths in the United States
  • Astronomer tells Wikinews about discovery of closest black hole known so far
  • Argentine president Fernández to send bill legalising abortion to National Congress within 10 days
  • Hundreds arrested for ‘dark web’ child porn by international task force


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