may 5, 2020 - COVID-19

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COVID-19 pandemic: The U.K. death toll from COVID-19 becomes the highest in Europe at 32,313 after exceeding the death toll of 29,029 in Italy.[116]
The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission issues a cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise granted on March 30, 1995.[117] The last time the network was shut down was upon the declaration of martial law by the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1972.

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