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UK heads for a ‘mini’ lockdown amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections
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UK heads for a ‘mini’ lockdown amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly considering a shorter lockdown for two weeks to counter a resurgence in COVID-19 cases across the country. Plans to introduce stricter measures on the public come as daily new infections rise, with almost 4,000 new cases reported Sunday. The government’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, is expected to give a briefing at 11 a.m. London time Monday

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Mon Sep 21 - CNBC
India reports 83,000 new coronavirus cases
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India reports 83,000 new coronavirus cases

India recorded 83,341 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours along with 1,096 deaths. India’s total coronavirus cases passed 3.9 million, now just behind Brazil with 4 million cases. The US topped the list with more than 6 million coronavirus cases. India’s case fatality rate of 1.75% is well below the global average of 3.3%, the ministry said. Experts have questioned whether some Indian states have undercounted deaths

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Fri Sep 04 - AP
A white female professor who lied about being black
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A white female professor who lied about being black

Jessica Krug, an associate professor at George Washington University, whose work primarily focuses on Africa and the African diaspora lied about being black and finally admitted that she was in fact a white Jewish woman from Kansas City. "I have built my life on a violent anti-Black lie, and I have lied in every breath I have taken," she wrote

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Fri Sep 04 - BBC
Singapore fights the biggest dengue outbreak in history
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Singapore fights the biggest dengue outbreak in history

Singapore, a small southeast Asian country with a population of 5.7 million reported more than 26,000 dengue cases this year surpassing the previous annual record of around 22,000 in 2013 with four months to go. Twenty people have died of dengue this year. By comparison, only 27 people have died of the coronavirus in the city-state out of over 56,000 infections

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Fri Aug 28 - CNBC
India reports 76,000 new coronavirus cases
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India reports 76,000 new coronavirus cases

India reported a new record of daily infections on Wednesday as more than 76,000 tested positive across the country. Simultaneously, fatalities also crossed 60,000 yesterday, which means the South Asian country has the fourth-highest death toll in the world. India has confirmed more than three million cases so far, with the latest million taking just 15 days to reach

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Thu Aug 27 - BBC
Trump vows to bring all US troops home from Iraq 'shortly'
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Trump vows to bring all US troops home from Iraq 'shortly'

President Trump Donald John TrumpFive takeaways from the Democratic National Convention What we'll remember from the 2020 Biden convention Chris Wallace labels Biden's acceptance speech 'enormously effective' MORE on Thursday repeated his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq “shortly” during a meeting with the county’s new prime minister. Today, there are roughly 5,200 U.S. troops in the country to train Iraqi forces and carry out counterterrorism missions. “

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Sat Aug 22 - Thehill
Here's Why Buying Coronavirus Stocks Can Be Risky
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Here's Why Buying Coronavirus Stocks Can Be Risky

Many of the hottest stocks on the markets right now are those of companies developing potential vaccines or treatments for COVID-19, or businesses that are well-suited to the transformed economic conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. While new COVID-19 cases may continue to pop up for many years, investors shouldn't assume the pandemic is a long-term situation and ought to avoid investing based on that assumption.

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Wed Aug 19 - Fool
Novavax Launches Midstage Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
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Novavax Launches Midstage Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

Vaccine specialist Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) announced the launch of a phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to test the effectiveness of its coronavirus vaccine, NVX-CoV2373. Novavax is somewhat behind the leaders in the race for an approved vaccine for COVID-19, but the level of transmission in South Africa may give the company a chance to evaluate the efficacy of its vaccine very quickly.

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Wed Aug 19 - Fool
Freeland rises to Canada’s first female finance minister amid Trudeau scandal
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Freeland rises to Canada’s first female finance minister amid Trudeau scandal

Shifting Freeland to finance allows Trudeau to put a fresh, forward-looking face on his government's economic restart plan — one that's not tied to scandal, but is well-known and respected among Canadians and other countries who could do future business with Canada.

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Wed Aug 19 - Politico
New strain of coronavirus found in Malaysia could possibly be more infectious than COVID-19
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New strain of coronavirus found in Malaysia could possibly be more infectious than COVID-19

A new strain of the coronavirus, called D614G, is currently making its way across southeast Asia — and Malaysian health officials worry it may be more infectious than even COVID-19.

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Tue Aug 18 - Fox8
Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, challenging Microsoft, source says
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Oracle is in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations, challenging Microsoft, source says

Oracle, an enterprise software giant, is in talks to acquire social media company TikTok's U.S., Canadian, Australian and New Zealand assets, according to a person familiar with the matter. Spokespeople for TikTok and Oracle declined to comment.

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Tue Aug 18 - Cnbc
New Zealand prime minister delays elections a month due to sudden coronavirus outbreak
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New Zealand prime minister delays elections a month due to sudden coronavirus outbreak

Wellington, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand's elections by four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland. Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox Officials believe the virus was reintroduced to New Zealand from abroad but haven't yet determined how. The election had been scheduled for September 19 but will now be held on October 17, after a COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland.

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Tue Aug 18 - Cbsnews
India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000: Live updates
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India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000

India reported a daily jump of 57,981 infections, taking the total to nearly 2.65 million, third only behind the United States and Brazil, while t he death toll jumped by 941, with the total of 50,921.

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Mon Aug 17 - Aljazeera
China risks losing Taiwan 'forever' due to its actions in Hong Kong, says strategist
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China risks losing Taiwan 'forever' due to its actions in Hong Kong, says strategist

China may never "reunify" with Taiwan now that the central government in Beijing has tightened its control over Hong Kong, one strategist said on Monday. The Chinese Communist Party has never governed the island, but has sought to push Taiwan to accept Beijing's rule under a "one country, two systems" framework.

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Mon Aug 17 - Cnbc
Man punches great white shark to save wife: 'You just react'
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Man punches great white shark to save wife: 'You just react'

Man punches great white shark to save wife: 'You just react' The woman was bitten on her right leg and taken to the hospital. Rapley told the Nine Network he paddled to his wife's board as she tried to climb back up while the shark grabbed her right calf.

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Mon Aug 17 - Go
Israel carries out air strike on Gaza over balloon bombs, rockets
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Israel carries out air strike on Gaza over balloon bombs, rockets

The Israeli army has said it carried out air attacks against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to rocket attacks and firebombs sent into Israeli territory attached to balloons. "

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Mon Aug 17 - Aljazeera
Tourists scramble home after UK adds France to quarantine list
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Tourists scramble home after UK adds France to quarantine list

The quarantine was announced when Britain removed France from a list of countries that were exempt from traveler quarantine requests, and unleashed a mad dash for the border, with 500,000 tourists scrambling to buy train and airline tickets to return home.

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Mon Aug 17 - Nypost
Air India plane crash kills 18 people
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Air India plane crash kills 18 people

An Air India Express plane crashed in the South Indian state of Kerala after skidding off the runway and breaking into two while landing at Kozhikode Calicut International Airport. At least 18 people died in the crash, including both pilots, with up to 30 others receiving treatment for serious injuries, according to CV Anand, Central Industrial Security Force's Inspector General

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Sat Aug 08 - CNN
African coronavirus cases top 1 million
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African coronavirus cases top 1 million

Coronavirus cases in Africa topped 1 million as the numbers are consistently on the rise due to widespread outbreak. South Africa accounts for more than half a million cases. Experts say a lack of comprehensive testing across Africa means the true extent of the pandemic is not known. In the continent overall, more than 21,000 people have died with Covid-19 and almost 674,000 people have recovered, the figures show

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Fri Aug 07 - BBC
Singapore tops the list of travel destination for Asian tourists
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Singapore tops the list of travel destinations for Asian tourists

Blackbox research, a social research agency recently conducted a study and interviewed about 10,195 people across 17 countries regarding travel in a post-COVID-19 world. Singapore has topped the list of travel destinations for people living in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines when borders reopen. Indians are the most eager to travel internationally in the next 12 months at 77%. This was followed by Thais at 70%

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Thu Aug 06 - Theedgesingapore
Germany makes coronavirus test mandatory for all arrivals
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Germany makes coronavirus test mandatory for all arrivals

Germany announced that a COVID-19 test will be mandatory for all the arrivals in the country from Saturday, the country’s health minister Jens Spahn said. Spahn made the announcement on Thursday after Germany reported 1,045 new coronavirus infections, the first daily jump above 1,000 cases in three months. He blamed the rise on the impact of travelers returning from abroad and increasingly complacent attitudes to social distancing

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Thu Aug 06 - BBC
India’s biggest city sees heaviest single-day rain in 46 years
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India’s biggest city sees heaviest single-day rain in 46 years

Colaba area of India’s biggest city Mumbai reported its heaviest single-day rainfall in August in 46 years on Wednesday, rain and cyclonic winds with a speed of up to 107kmph hit the city and its neighboring areas disrupted suburban train and bus services. All offices, barring essential services, remained shut

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Thu Aug 06 - NDTV
China conducts a record 4.8 million coronavirus tests in one day
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China conducts a record 4.8 million coronavirus tests in one day

China ramped up its coronavirus testing capacity in recent days as the country reached a record 4.84 million tests conducted each day by the end of July, said Wang Jiangping, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. China also reported 37 new symptomatic Covid-19 cases and 20 new asymptomatic cases on Thursday

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Thu Aug 06 - BBC
Vietnam reports the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases
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Vietnam reports the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases

Vietnam reported 45 new COVID-19 cases in the city of Danang, making it the largest single-day increase in the country, Reuters reported Friday citing the health ministry. That brings the total number of cases in Vietnam to 509. There have been no deaths. The new cases were patients aged between 27 to 87 and are linked to three hospitals and two clinics in Danang, a central coastal city

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Fri Jul 31 - CNBC
China hits US with blame for 'poisoned' relations with UK over failed Huawei deal
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China hits US with blame for 'poisoned' relations with UK over failed Huawei deal

China’s ambassador to the U.K., Liu Xiaoming, said that London’s decision to reverse previously agreed upon plans to grant Huawei a leading role in their development of 5G was "seriously poisoning" the U.K.-China relationship, Sky News reported Thursday. U.S. security officials, largely led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have cited concerns regarding the Chinese government’s potential ability to demand access from the Huawei’s foreign networks

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Fri Jul 31 - Foxnews