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Kosovo’s President Thaci resigns to face charges for war crimes
Kosovo’s President Thaci resigns to face charges for war crimes
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Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci has announced his resignation in order "to protect the integrity of the presidency of Kosovo". He will now face charges for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special Kosovo court based in The Hague.

Along with him, nine other former rebel leaders during Kosovo's independence war from Serbia in the late 1990s have been indicted.

Regional News • World
Paraguay finds seven bodies in container shipment from Serbia
Paraguay finds seven bodies in container shipment from Serbia
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decomposed remains of seven people, believed to be undocumented migrants, have been discovered in a fertiliser container in Paraguay, officials say.

Prosecutor Marcelo Saldivar told Reuters that they "assume that they arrived there from their country of origin and had planned to travel to a nearer destination but they did not calculate the distance well and did not survive the trip".

Regional News • Europe
Serbia: Protests break out as government reimposes Covid-19 lockdown
Serbia: Protests break out as government reimposes Covid-19 lockdown
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The Serbian government has reimposed the Covid-19 lockdown that had been lifted at the beginning of May as 13 people had died and 299 new cases had been confirmed in the last 24 hours. People protested the government's handling of the pandemic and tried to storm the parliament building a few hours after the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the hospitals of the capital city Belgrad were nearing maximum capacity. He also added that "We probably relaxed too much" and that "Everyone thought it was all over".

Regional News • Americas • South America
Uruguay is the only Latin American country in EU's Covid-19 'safe list'
Munich International Airport passport control
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The European Union has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed "safe" to be let in from July 1, and the only Latin American country is Uruguay.

As infection rates in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia are still high, their nationals will face travel restrictions.

The current list is formed by Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay.

Sports
Novak Djokovic tests positive for Covid-19
Novak Djokovic
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Novak Djokovic, world number one tennis player, tested positive for Covid-19. Djokovic organised and played in the Adria Tour exhibition tournament, where Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki also were confirmed cases of coronavirus.