G7 three-day summit kicks off with pandemic and climate change on the agenda

The Italian government announced it was once again restricting the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after it caused the death of a teenager. As EUROPOST reminds, Camilla Canepa died on Thursday aged 18 after being given the vaccine on 25 May, triggering a media and political outcry over the Anglo-Swedish company's shot being used for adults of all ages despite previously-raised medical concerns.

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze has called for more land to be made available for wind energy and has demanded that the government move forward on the issue. Schulze, a member of the Social Democrats (SPD) wants to see more backing for her proposal from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), the lead partner in Germany's governing coalition.

Top US and Chinese diplomats appear to have had yet another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing accusing Washington of politicising the search for the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic and interfering in its internal affairs, AP reported.

Algerians vote on Saturday in early parliamentary elections amid a huge wave of scepticism from citizens and calls for a boycott by an influential protest movement. 

French President Emmanuel Macron offered on Saturday to reset relations with Britain as long as Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood by the Brexit divorce deal he signed with the European Union.

The Bulgarian supercomputer Discoverer has operationally surpassed its projected computing power and peak performance, Sofia Tech Park announced on 11 June. The features of the machine, which is part of the network of the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) – underwent a series of tests conducted in the past week by Atos, the supplier of the technology.

Leaders from the G7 are set to commit to a new plan, aimed at tackling future pandemics within the first 100 days hence preventing a repeat of the Covid-19 crisis. According to dpa, the world's leading democracies gathered in Cornwall will agree the set of measures under the name "Carbis Bay Declaration" today. 

The European Medicines Agency has approved a new manufacturing site for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, in a move that could substantially boost production for the European Union.

UK’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 downturn gained speed in April as lockdown measures were eased and industrial activity returned to pre-pandemic levels, Reuters reported. Figures released from the Office for National Statistics confirmed that output edged up 27.6% from a year earlier when the country was practically halted by restrictions.

Following a long spell of online protests, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was back in front of the Swedish parliament building on Friday for an in-person protest against climate change.