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Latvia timeline

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Ireland timeline

A chronology of key events




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Iceland timeline

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Greenland

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Timeline: Finland

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Faroe Islands

A chronology of key events




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Belarus timeline

A chronology of key events




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Country profile: Switzerland

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Country profile: Poland

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Northern Ireland profile

An overview of Northern Ireland including key facts and notes on the media




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Country profile: The Netherlands

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Latvia country profile

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Country profile: Ireland

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Iceland country profile

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Regions and territories: Greenland

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Country profile: Finland

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Regions and territories: Faroe Islands

An overview of the Faroe Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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England - Profile

An overview of England including key facts and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: The Channel Islands

An overview of the Channel Islands including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Ceuta, Melilla

A profile of the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla




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Belarus country profile

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Coronavirus: Should I self-isolate and how do I do it?

Everybody should be avoiding non-essential contact, and you should stay at home wherever possible.




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Coronavirus: Chinese state media take aim at US 'lab theory'

State media says US claims that the coronavirus originated in a research laboratory are "absurd".




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Coronavirus: White House plans to disband virus task force

The vice-president says the task force may wind down by the end of May or early June.




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Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?

BBC News examines allegations that the coronavirus was accidentally released from a lab.




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Dancing gargantuan black holes perform on cue

Scientists predict the explosive behaviour of two supermassive black holes almost to the hour.




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Nasa names companies to develop Moon landers for human missions

The space agency announces the companies that will work on landers to return astronauts to the Moon.




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England bad at penalties? Think again - say the Germans

New scientific research, from Germany of all places, suggests English footballers are actually good at spot-kicks.




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Nasa space lasers track melting of Earth's ice sheets

US space agency satellites follow the melting trends in Antarctica and Greenland over 16 years.




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High microplastic concentration found on ocean floor

Mediterranean sediments are shown to have up to 1.9 million tiny plastic pieces per square metre.




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Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe

Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.




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Scientists explain magnetic pole's wanderings

The North Magnetic Pole has been racing across the top of the world, from Canada towards Siberia.




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'Nearest black hole to Earth discovered'

An unseen object is found to be lurking in a double-star system a mere 1,000 light-years from Earth.




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Mark Carney: 'We can't self-isolate from climate change'

The former Bank of England governor says countries should invest in a cleaner economic recovery.




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Some landscapes show resistance to ash dieback

Certain habitats can help dampen the spread of ash dieback, which threatens ash trees.




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Timeline: Swaziland

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Malawi

A chronology of key events




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Timeline: Angola

A chronology of key events




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Country profile: Swaziland

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Regions and territories: Somaliland

An overview of Somaliland, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media




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Regions and territories: Puntland

A profile of the Somali region which declared autonomy in 1998




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Country profile: Malawi

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Country profile: Angola

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Production shifts returning to Ingersoll’s CAMI plant

The first CAMI employees will be returning to the Ingersoll plant next week, but production shifts won’t return until the week of May 24.