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Severe floods have swept away buildings and ruined homes across southern China, leaving at least 106 people dead or missing and affecting 15 million residents in the worst flooding that parts of the region have seen in decades. Heavy rains this time of year often swell China’s rivers and cause its reservoirs to overflow. This year, however, the battle against the coronavirus pandemic has strained flood preparations

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The total number of coronavirus cases in India reached 625,544 as the country reported 20,903 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the death count rose to 18,213, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows. With a steady rise, the number of recoveries stands at 379,892. There are 227,439 active cases of coronavirus infection present in the country. The recovery rate has improved to 60.72 percent

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According to the latest reports, Australian officials have launched a judicial inquiry amid allegations a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the state of Victoria was sparked by Stamford Plaza workers reportedly having sex with people under lockdown. Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews announced Thursday that the state government would provide $3 million to support the inquiry. He has previously linked cases to "an infection control breach in the hotel quarantine program."

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An ex-girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and a well known British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested by the FBI. She is now facing charges in the US. The six charges include enticing a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts and two counts of perjury. She was reportedly arrested in New Hampshire. She has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein's alleged sexual misconduct

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Nigeria’s aviation minister said that the country will begin reopening its airports from July 8 following a three-month lull due to the coronavirus outbreak. Flights will initially resume between the capital Abuja and Lagos. Airports in Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri, and Maiduguri will resume operations on July 11, and domestic flights at other airports will resume on July 15, Hadi Sirika said on Twitter

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The Health Minister of New Zealand has resigned after criticism of the government's response to coronavirus and his own breaches of lockdown rules. David Clark had already been demoted after breaking rules to take his family to the beach. He said continuing in his role was distracting from the government's overall response to the pandemic. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed on Thursday that she had accepted his resignation

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According to the data released by Johns Hopkins University, a record-breaking 52,982 people in the US have been tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. It says the total US cases now reach 2,682,270. There have been 128,028 deaths, that's more than twice the number of deaths recorded in Brazil, which comes second. Infections are not slowing down in the US with analysts predicting 100,000 daily cases

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Thousands of residents in the Czech capital, Prague, built a 1,600-foot table and held a massive public dinner party on Tuesday, to celebrate the end of the country's coronavirus lockdown. Residents stretched through the city's streets and over its famous Charles Bridge after the government lifted restrictions on large gatherings. The Czech Republic was quick to implement a lockdown at the start of the global coronavirus outbreak

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COVID-19 infections in India crossed the 600,000 mark as the country added more than 19,000 cases in the last 24 hours. More than 350,000 patients have recovered so far. The country's average positivity rate stood at 8.34 percent this morning; the recovery rate stood at 59.51 percent. More than 9 million samples have been recorded since January when India reported its first coronavirus patient

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship. Johnson criticized new security law and those affected would be offered a "route" out of the former UK colony. About 350,000 UK passport holders, and 2.6 million others eligible, will be able to come to the UK for five years

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According to a story posted by Khaleej Times, A Dubai-based Pakistani woman Ayesha stranded in India for nearly five months is seeking help to come back home. Ayesha and her husband Mohammed Farhan were supposed to return to Dubai in late March. Ayesha flew to Kolkata on February 21 to introduce her newborn son to his paternal grandparents. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19-triggered restrictions, the couple is stuck in Kolkata

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Italian police said in a statement on Wednesday that they had seized a world record 15-ton haul of amphetamines made by ISIS in Syria. The drug, in the form of 84 million Captagon tablets, was worth about one billion euros, describing the operation as "the biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world." The shipment was hidden in three containers found in the port of Salerno, just south of Naples

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Fake news can have a significant impact on those who find themselves the targets in India. This has been a particular problem in India during the coronavirus pandemic, where reliable sources of news are frequently drowned out by unverified information online. False information has had serious consequences for minority communities as well as some business sectors such as the meat industry

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Australia just launched a new design, inspired by the country's national flower and the logo will now be used by businesses and government, alongside the kangaroo. The new wattle logo has not been well received. NSW MP Mark Coure took to Twitter to slam the new design. "I can't believe they have changed the Australian made logo to look like this, it looks like a virus," Coure said on Twitter

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Hong Kong police department announced on Wednesday that they have made their first arrest since China’s national security law came into force. National Security Law says that a person who acts with a view to “undermining national unification” of Hong Kong with the mainland faces punishment of up to lifetime. Under the new law, many of Hong Kong’s protests that took place last year would be punishable by law

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America is “not in total control” of the coronavirus pandemic and daily new cases could surpass 100,000 new infections per day at some point, White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. The country is now reporting nearly 40,000 new coronavirus cases every day. Fauci said about 50% of all new cases are coming from four states: Florida, California, Texas, and Arizona

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The UN Labor agency released data related to global working hours in the second quarter of 2020, The pandemic is expected to have resulted in a 14% drop in global working hours in the second quarter of 2020, the International Labour Organization has said. The United Nations’ labor agency said this updated fall in working hours was the equivalent of 400 million full-time job losses globally in the second quarter

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Strict coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines has severely disrupted access to family planning services and could lead to the highest number of births in the country in two decades. That means 214,000 more babies this year. Movement restrictions imposed in March prevented both patients and medical staff from reaching clinics for months, and are now causing shortages of contraceptives in some areas, according to health workers

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China's top lawmaking body, the National People's Congress, passed the law unanimously on Tuesday morning local time, bypassing Hong Kong's legislature, according to Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK, citing unnamed sources. Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency previously reported the law would criminalize offenses such as secession, subversion against the central Chinese government, terrorism, and colluding with foreign forces

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The European Union has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed "safe" to be let in from 1 July, despite the pandemic, but the US, Brazil, and China are excluded. On the current "safe" list, still likely to be amended, are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay

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At the time where different countries are charging differently for the coronavirus testing, COVID-19 test is completely free in Nepal and Bhutan (Public as well as Private hospitals). In Bhutan Covid-19 tests and treatment are free of cost. Nepal, in addition to free testing in Government facilities, the country also announced that it would pay Nepal Rupees 5,500 for the test in private hospitals

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A newly discovered flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans, they say. The researchers are concerned that it could mutate further so that it can spread easily from person to person, and trigger a global outbreak. The scientists write in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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In its first significant abortion ruling of the Trump era, the United States Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics by 5-4 voting. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with his four more liberal colleagues in ruling that a Lousiana law that imposes restrictions on doctors who perform abortions violates a right the court first announced in the landmark Roe v Wade decision in 1973

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Ethiopian Government plans to go ahead with the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Blue Nile that will provide power to its more than 100 million citizens and create huge opportunities for its economy. But Sudan and Egypt downstream first want a legally-binding agreement on how long it will take to fill the dam and the way it will be operated.

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After a small surge in Anxin county of Hebei province near Beijing, China puts 400,000 people under lockdown to avoid the second wave of coronavirus. Officials announced on Sunday that Anxin would be "fully enclosed and controlled". Anxin is around 150km (90 miles) south of Beijing. Chinese media say there have been 18 cases in the county since the beginning of the recent surge in Beijing two weeks ago

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