Author: News Desk

France weighs return to masks as more uncertainty looms for holiday goers and frustration for the French, who are sick of the restrictions. “The French people are sick of restrictions,” she said Wednesday on channel BFMTV. “We are confident that people will behave responsibly.” Uncertainty for holiday goers Tourism is booming again in France and so is COVID-19 as France weighs return to masks in the wake of rising infections. creating uncertainty for holiday goers The government lifted most virus rules by April, and foreign tourists have returned by land, sea and air to French Mediterranean beaches, restaurants and bars. French…

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Russians take the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province. Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last piece of the jigsaw. Ukrainian fighters have spent weeks trying to defend the city and keep it from falling to Russia, as neighbouring Sievierodonetsk did a week ago. A river separates Lysychansk from Sievierodonetsk, and Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said during an interview on Saturday that Russians had managed for the first time to cross the river from the north, creating a “threatening” situation. Russians take…

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