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A U.S. judge on Monday voided parts of a Trump administration rule that restricted paid sick leave and emergency family leave for potentially millions of workers affected by the coronavirus.

Florida will provide COVID19 antigen test results within 15 minutes at two sites in MiamiDade county starting on Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis said at a news conference.

Portugal reported no coronavirusrelated deaths on Monday from a day earlier for the first time since midMarch, when a lockdown was put in place, and the lowest number of new infections in almost three months.

Greece will make maskwearing compulsory on the decks of ferries sailing to its islands, extending the requirement beyond indoor public spaces, after a sudden rise in coronavirus infections that could put its crucial tourism season at risk.

A federal judge whose son was killed and husband wounded in a shooting by a disgruntled lawyer at her New Jersey home two weeks ago broke her silence on Monday, calling for measures to keep personal information of jurists private.

In a video message released before his LoC visit, Qureshi said he was visiting the LoC along with the Defence Minister to express solidarity with the Kashmiri people.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair paid respect to Northern Ireland's John Hume on Monday, praising him for bringing peace to the troubled province after decades of bloodshed.

Argentina broke past 200,000 COVID19 cases on Sunday and Colombia set a daily record as grim milestones topple in Latin America, pushing the world's worst affected region towards a combined 5 million cases.

Former Guyanese housing minister Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president of the newly oilproducing South American country on Sunday, after he was declared winner of a disputed March 2 election following a recount.

The U.S. Congress is in position to spend big on coronavirus relief efforts because the nation's budget gap can be financed without relying on foreign borrowing, given how much Americans are saving, a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday.

The foreign ministers of longstanding regional foes Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Sunday that they would strive to cooperate during the COVID19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck back on Sunday at demonstrations calling for his resignation, accusing protesters of trampling democracy and the Israeli media of encouraging them.

President Donald Trump will take action shortly on Chinese software companies that are feeding data directly to the Beijing government, posing a risk to U.S. national security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos will allow churches and mosques to resume inperson services from August 7, the state's governor said in a press briefing on Saturday.

The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus' heavy toll, both sides said on Saturday, after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired.

Australia's government expressed support on Sunday for the strictest socialdistancing measures yet by the state of Victoria in an effort to contain the new coronavirus.