Author: News Desk

Italians will once again be able to go outdoors without masks as temperatures in the Mediterranean country are expected to push past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some southern areas this week. In a decree that took effect Monday, the health ministry for the first time classified each of Italy´s 20 regions as “white”, the lowest of four categories under a colour-coded classification system that evaluates Covid-19 risk. The impact is already visible in holiday hotspots, Lake Como and the Amalfi coast have both seen the surge in bookings from local italians.  A local Italian told WTX News…

Prince Harry has said he will join with William to honour their mother’s legacy on what would have been her 60th birthday.

The Times leads on plans for schools to become mobile phone-free zones. Gavin Williamson has vowed to impose a nationwide classroom ban on mobile phones.

The Guardian claims that ministers are expected to end isolation for pupils in England when schools return in September, ending the current bubble system for pupils.

Police are investigating after a clip shared on social media shows two men grabbing England’s chief medical officer by the neck, sparking calls for Professor Chris Whitty to be given better protection

The i newspaper reports on Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s address to the House of Commons, calling 19 July the “end of the line for lockdown” saying we must ‘live’ with virus

TRT World says another body has been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium tower, the county mayor said, bringing the death toll to 11.

VOA says American troops in Syria have returned fire in ‘self-defence’ after a rocket attack targeted American forces there Monday, according to a military spokesman.

Aljazeera says Ethiopia’s government declared a unilateral ceasefire in its northern Tigray region after rebel fighters retook Mekelle, after nearly 8 months of fighting

Arab News says an explosion went off in the building that houses the office of lawyer Sakher El-Hachem on Monday afternoon, in the Nakhle Center in Furn El-Chebbak, Beirut.