A court in Moscow sided with an ex-US embassy employee in an unlawful dismissal case, ordering over 7 million rubles ($94,000) in damages, local newspaper Vechernyaya Moskva (Evening Moscow) reported on Thursday, citing the court's statement

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled his roadmap to begin easing England's COVID-19 lockdown this past Monday, and businesses in the embattled retail and hospitality sectors told Sputnik that they welcome having a date to work towards, although warned that more government support was necessary to help firms bounce back from a year of disruption

The Department of Basic Education of South Africa on Monday released results of school-leaving exams, known in the country as matric exams, which were postponed from May and June to December due to a scandal over the leak of physics and mathematics papers to a number of students