Abu Dhabi, UAEWednesday 27 May 2020

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People gather in the Piazza Navona in Rome on the first full week of loosened restrictions, with bars and restaurants open as well as beaches and parks. AP

Anger at Italy's plan for 60,000 Covid-19 enforcement volunteers

Europe
Staff must be clearly spread out and wear masks at all times, officials said. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Dubai to allow 50 per cent of staff to return to offices

Government
Divers had a rare 20 minute swim with a five-metre whale shark off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Darrell Seale

Divers swim with five-metre whale shark in Abu Dhabi

Environment
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 8, 2020, a four-legged robot called Spot, which broadcasts a recorded message reminding people to observe safe distancing as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen during its two-week trial at the Bishan-Ang Moh Kio Park in Singapore. A yellow robot dog called Spot which found fame online for dancing to hit song "Uptown Funk" has been deployed to patrol a Singapore park and ensure people observe social distancing. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN

Meet the robotic dog that can herd sheep

Oceania
A swarm of what officials believe to be locusts were seen over Palm Jumeirah on Sunday evening

Suspected locust swarms monitored after sightings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Environment
Pedestrians during an earlier bout of wet weather in Dubai last month. Pawan Singh / The National

UAE weather: Dubai hit by hail, thunder and heavy rain

Environment
President of the Arab World Institute (IMA) Jack Lang arrives for the Chanel Women's Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Haute Couture collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on July 2, 2019. AFP)

Jack Lang pays tribute to the UAE's embrace of French friendship

World
Hassan Akkad, left, in protective hospital gear, in London last week. The Syrian filmmaker was part of the team behind the documentary 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe', which won a Bafta in 2017. Hassan Akkad

Coronavirus: how refugee health hero changed Boris Johnson's mind

Europe
A video showed the soldiers slapping and assaulting a doctor who was preventing them questioning a suspect receiving life saving treatment for a gunshot wound. EPA

Lebanese soldiers arrested after assaulting Tripoli doctors

MENA
US President Donald Trump said he had been taking the drug for a week and a half. Reuters

Donald Trump says he is taking malaria drug hydroxychloroquine

The Americas
The crash site of a jet from the Canadian air force's Snowbirds aerobatics team. Elwood Delaney/via Reuters.

Canada: Air crash during morale-boosting flyover leaves one dead

The Americas
Abdulmajid Koutrach reunites with family and meets his newborn son at Abu Dhabi airport. 

Watch: UAE repatriation flight helps father meet newborn son

Family
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Students at a Melbourne primary school work on a welcome back message. Getty

World divided on efforts to return to schools

World
The first day of the Eid holidays at Mall of the Emirates. Antonie Robertson / The National

Dubai and Abu Dhabi restrictions: what you can and can’t do

Health
Raffia Arshad, 40, who grew up in Yorkshire, north England, has wanted to work in Law since she was 11 years old and has worked as a barrister - and last week she was appointed a deputy district judge on the Midlands circuit. St Mary's FLC

Muslim woman becomes Britain’s first hijab wearing judge

Europe
Author J.K. Rowling will release a new children's story for free online. Reuters 

JK Rowling releases surprise fairy tale online for children in lockdown

Books
Illustration by Mathew Kurian

The Debt Panel: 'I've lost my business and face two court cases. How do I restore my life?'

Money
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