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French people are from Wednesday allowed back into restaurants and bars while foreign travellers with a COVID passport can once more visit the country. Wednesday marks the next phase in the easing of restrictions announced in late April by President Emmanuel Macron.

Belgium, a country of barely 11 million people, wedged between France and Germany in Western Europe and dwarfed by the land-mass and population size of those neighbors, first made it to the top of the FIFA rankings in 2015 and has remained firmly on the perch ever since 2018.

UEFA has told Ukraine that it must remove the slogan 'Glory to Our Heroes' from its EURO 2020 football shirt after a complaint from the Russian Football Union. European football's governing body announced the decision on Thursday, arguing that because the slogan was coupled with a map of Ukraine that includes Crimea, annexed in 2014 by Russia, and the slogan "Glory to Ukraine" it was an overtly political statement.

Private mountain rescuers in Bosnia-Herzegovina are in trouble with the authorities. They have no legal basis for their work.

One Russian town has been without clean drinking water for 30 years. When you turn on the taps, a stream of brown liquid comes out.

Protesters and police clash in Colombia's capital Bogota during a demonstration against President Ivan Duque.

Severe storms with winds that could reach close to hurricane strength are forecast for the northern Plains today. CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the forecast.

Sharon Stone, Bryan Cranston and other jury members hit the red carpet on the opening night of the 20th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, as the festival returns to in-person action. The film gathering started 20 years ago, in the wake of 9/11, and actors and actresses say it has brought healing to the city again in the midst of the pandemic.

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls for "understanding and magnanimity" over possible pardons for Catalan separatists convicted over a failed 2017 independence bid.

Search and rescue operations take place for several missing people following a deadly residential building collapse in a Mumbai slum after heavy monsoon rains.