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Germany on Sunday voiced concern at reports that President Donald Trump plans to cut the number of US troops stationed in Germany, amid fears it could weaken a key pillar of NATO defence in the region.

Japan's government submitted to parliament on Monday a draft second extra budget for fiscal 2020, totaling a record 31.91 trillion yen (US$291 billion), to implement additional measures to strengthen the medical system and help people hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" after the island nation registered an eighth straight day without a death from COVID-19.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a politburo meeting of the Workers' Party and discussed measures to develop the chemical industry, but inter-Korean issues and other external matters were not on the agenda, according to state media on Monday.

The police department in the US city of Minneapolis will be dismantled and rebuilt, city councilors said late Sunday, after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement.

The World Health Organization on Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

Turkish police on Thursday detained three opposition lawmakers after the parliament stripped them of their jobs.

President Donald Trump voiced hope for progress with arch-rival Iran on Thursday after the clerical regime released a US Navy veteran and the United States freed two Iranians.

Governments around the world on Thursday pledged US$8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunization programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for global cooperation to ensure a potential COVID-19 vaccine is available to all.

Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko appointed a new prime minister Thursday, two months ahead of presidential elections expected to extend his 26-year grip on power.

French police fired tear gas to disperse around 2,000 demonstrators protesting against racism and police brutality in the northern city of Lille on Thursday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the government with a decree on Wednesday, state television reported, in a move the strongman had said would take place ahead of August presidential elections.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency and criticised a subsidiary of metals giant Norilsk Nickel after a massive diesel spill into a Siberian river.

Researchers in hard-hit Brazil on Wednesday said they would begin testing a coronavirus vaccine developed in Britain, while across the Atlantic European nations began reopening borders in a bid to emerge from months of devastation caused by the disease.

North Korea threatened on Thursday to scrap a military agreement with the South and close down a cross-border liaison office unless Seoul stops activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.

Poland on Tuesday came a step closer to holding a presidential election, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, as parliament adopted rules allowing both postal and conventional voting in a ballot expected later this month.

Israel on Tuesday said it has successfully tested two ballistic missiles in the Mediterranean, amid tensions with Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday as the disease continued to rip through South America's worst-hit country.