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China reported 57 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, making it the biggest outbreak in the last two months. The spike in cases, which appear to have originated in a wholesale food market in Beijing, has caused Chinese authorities to selectively lock down at-risk areas, highlighting how countries seeking a return to normalcy after reducing transmission of the virus are still at risk of new outbreaks

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Many of the world’s greatest travel destinations are reopening to international travelers this summer. Some of the Caribbean’s most famous islands are already open, including Antigua, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and St. Lucia. On June 15, Jamaica opens to all international travelers, while the Bahamas plans to welcome everyone from July 1. The French isle of Saint Martin indicated visitors could come as early as July 1

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Atlanta police spokesperson identified the officers as Garrett Rolfe and Devin Bronsan, Officer Rolfe opened the fire at Raushard Brooks. “Officer Bronsan has been placed on administrative duty and Officer Rolfe has been terminated,” the Atlanta Police Department said in a press release. Devin Bronsan was hired on September 20, 2018, while Garrett Rolfe was hired on October 24, 2013, according to the release

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Brazil's coronavirus death toll overtook Britain's on Friday to become the second-highest in the world according to the numbers released by the World Health Organization. The Ministry of Health recorded 909 deaths on Friday, putting the total at 41,828. It also reported a cumulative total of 828,810 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 25,982 new infections in the last 24 hours, numbers that were second only to the United States'

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China sentenced an Australian national to death after a court convicted him on charges of drug smuggling. The man, who was not identified, was sentenced Wednesday, but news of his fate was only published Saturday on the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court's website. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs said it was "deeply saddened" by the verdict, and is providing consular assistance to the man. He was not identified, citing privacy concerns

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The Government of Malaysia is not sending Hajj pilgrims to Makkah this year in light of the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Hajj starts around July 28 and the country was due to send about 31,600 pilgrims. “The pilgrimage for all Malaysians for the Hajj season of Hijrah 1441 is postponed to next year,” Dr. Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, a minister in the prime minister’s office, said on Thursday

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Pakistan reported 6,394 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak. Pakistan's tally of coronavirus cases has reached 125,933, already surpassing China and Saudi Arabia, putting the country at number 15 worldwide in terms of cases, the data shows. Another 107 patients lost their lives due to COVID-19 across the country, bringing the death toll from the deadly virus to 2,463

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Lonar crater sanctuary lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state just turned pink and experts don’t know what caused the change. Some experts believe that the change is likely due to either increased salinity in the water, the presence of algae, or a combination of both. Researchers are also investigating if the presence of red algae caused the color change

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India reported 9,996 new coronavirus cases and 357 deaths in the last 24 hours, the biggest jump so far. The total number of cases now crossed 287,000. This is the ninth consecutive day that the country reported over 9,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. More than five million people across India have been tested for COVID-19 since the outbreak. On Wednesday, a record 1,51,808 samples were tested

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Intended as a space for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to develop the technology needed to colonize Mars, architects Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a city suitable for sustaining life on Mars, and then adapt it for use in the Emirati desert.

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Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned Israel that its plan to begin annexing parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law, but he declined to say how Germany or Europe would respond. The annexation plan has come under harsh criticism from some of Israel's closest allies, including Germany, who say that unilaterally redrawing the Middle East map would destroy any lingering hopes for establishing a Palestinian state

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Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after a suspected bout with the coronavirus, which would make him the first world leader to succumb to the pandemic, according to a report. “When Nkurunziza’s wife was flown to Kenya suffering from COVID-19, many in Burundi suspected the president himself was sick,” said Justin Nyabenda, a resident in Bujumbura.

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American engineer and Founder Tony Fadell, also known as the father of iPod said he was rejected by 80 venture capital investors when trying to raise funding for his own technology business. “So I literally had a decade of failure,” Fadell said, reflecting on his early years in the technology industry in the 1990s. Fadell was speaking on a panel at the 2020 CogX conference with former colleagues

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Local authorities are searching for an active shooter who shot a sheriff’s deputy in Paso Robles, California on Wednesday morning. According to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, the active shooter fired at the Paso Robles Police Department, hitting the sheriff’s deputy. Residents in the downtown area of Paso Robles are being asked to shelter-in-place Wednesday morning as law enforcement searches for an active shooter suspect

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Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the capital is likely to have 550K cases by the end of July 2020 based on currency infection rate. India's financial capital, Mumbai, has recorded 51,000 cases of COVID-19. The news comes amid a surge of infections in India, which has 266,598 confirmed cases. Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, has 90,000 of them

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Officials and leading universities of Australia on Wednesday rejected China's claims students should be "cautious" in choosing to study Down Under because of concerns over racist incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic. China's ministry of education warned students on Tuesday there had been "multiple discriminatory incidents against Asians in Australia" during the pandemic, ramping up diplomatic tensions between the two countries

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According to Mercer's newly-released Cost of Living Survey, Asian financial hub Hong Kong has been ranked the most expensive in the world for expats to live and work. The most surprising city this year has been Ashgabat. The Turkmenistan capital might not spring to mind when listing deep-pocket destinations, but Ashgabat is now the world's second most expensive city for overseas workers. Tokyo ranked third

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Coronavirus may have been circulating in China as early as August 2019, a new study from Harvard Medical School (HMS) claims. The virus, which is widely believed to have originated in Wuhan, was first reported to the WHO in late December. An analysis of hospital traffic and search engine data in Wuhan indicates that there was early disease activity in the fall of 2019, according to HMS researchers

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The UK has the second-highest number of coronavirus deaths globally as more than 50,000 people in the UK have now died after contracting coronavirus, according to the respective national statistics offices of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. At least 50,413 people had died, as of late May, with Covid-19 listed on their death certificate

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Once marked as an epicenter of coronavirus outbreak in the US, New York City plans to ease its lockdown from today. As many as 400,000 workers could begin returning to construction jobs, manufacturing sites, and retail stores today in the city’s first phase of reopening. More than 205,000 people have been infected with Covid-19 in the city, and nearly 22,000 have died

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Protests over the death of George Floyd in the US attracted massive gatherings, but the Government's response has been under the spotlight as many countries including China, Russia, and Iran criticized the American style of handling the protests. Chinese media mocked the U.S. and accused Washington of hypocrisy for criticizing China in the past over its crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong. Iran and Russia also endorsed China’s stance

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The announcement came a day after military commanders from the two sides met near Chushul, a border village at the disputed frontier near Pangong Tso, a lake where troops from the two countries clashed last month. China did not immediately discuss the talks at the border, but officials and the state news media had sought to play down the confrontation in the days leading up to them.

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A single coal mine in Poland's Upper Silesia region is behind a record spike in the country's confirmed coronavirus cases, the health ministry says. In Poland, 1,157 people have died from Covid-19 and 26,561 have been infected but the stubborn persistence of cases in Upper Silesia mean the country has not passed its peak. Of Sunday's new infections, 57% were recorded in Upper Silesia.

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India reported 9,851 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours along with 273 deaths in the biggest single-day jump so far. The total number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 226,770. The deadly novel coronavirus claimed 6,348 lives so far. Maharashtra continued to add the most number of coronavirus cases in a day. The state confirmed 2,933 coronavirus cases on Thursday

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George Floyd protests taking place around the world demanding justice for the black community. Protests have been criticized by some people due to looting incidents in rallies, but the violence and looting have decreased significantly in recent days. Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated, mainly peacefully, across the United States. One of the biggest protests, joined by Floyd's relatives, took place in his hometown of Houston, Texas

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