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EU countries failed to settle Friday on a final "safe list" of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July, with the United States, Brazil and Russia set to be excluded. The list did not include the United States, Brazil or Russia, one diplomat said. However, according to the ECDC data, the number of cases in Bosnia and North Macedonia could be too high.

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"We will go ahead with the filling of the dam next month even if there's no agreement reached," Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew told dpa news agency on Friday, adding that "Egypt's insistence on controlling the river flow" was hampering proceedings.

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Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says the World Health Organization made "a total mistake" when it included Sweden in a list of countries seeing a resurgence of the coronavirus. Days before the WHO issued its warning, Sweden reported 1,699 new coronavirus cases — its biggest spike yet, according to data from the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

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Mexico City's chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

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Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that the company will change its policies to prohibit hate speech in its advertisements. Under its new policies, Facebook will ban ads that claim people from a specific race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, gender, sexual orientation or immigration origin are a threat to the physical safety or health of anyone else, Zuckerberg said

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According to the latest estimate provided by the health officials in the US, At least 20 million people in the US may already have been infected with Covid-19. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the true number of cases is likely to be 10 times higher than the reported figure. Some states halted reopening plans as infections surged. The US has recorded 2.4m confirmed infections and 122,370 deaths

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Microsoft announced on Friday that it will permanently close its Microsoft Store retail locations. It will instead focus on its online store at Microsoft.com, where customers can go for support, sales, training, and more. Microsoft said its retail team members will help on the website instead of in store. It’s unclear if there will be layoffs. A Microsoft representative was not immediately available to comment

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Growing anti-China sentiment in India has not had any material impact on Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, the company’s India boss Manu Kumar said on Thursday. “Till now, we are not seeing any major impact on our business, with respect to sales or demand,” he added. Xiaomi is India’s top smartphone maker and owns about 30% of the market currently, according to data from Counterpoint Research

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Justin Bieber is taking legal action against two Jane Does, who are identified as "Danielle" and "Kadi" in the documents, for "falsely" leveraging claims against him on social media last week. According to the sources, the 26-year-old pop star has filed a $20 million defamation case. Bieber did not publicly address those claims at the time, but in the lawsuit maintains that they too were fabricated

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A new study shows that as much as 8.7 million Americans went undiagnosed for coronavirus in March. The US may never know the true tally of its coronavirus infections, but scientists are getting closer to an accurate count. New research suggests that 8.7 million coronavirus cases from March 8 to 28 went undiagnosed in March, even as testing ramped up. The nation's current case count hovers around 2.4 million

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Liverpool clinched their first title in the premier league since 1989-90 season. Liverpool's 30-year wait for a top-flight title is over after Manchester City lost 2-1 at Chelsea to confirm the Reds as Premier League champions. Jurgen Klopp's side needed one victory to seal the league but City's failure to win means they cannot be caught. It is Liverpool's 19th top-flight title and their first since 1989-90

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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an Instagram post that she has postponed her wedding to attend the European Council meeting on COVID-19 next month. EU leaders are scheduled to meet face-to-face on July 17 for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic to discuss the European budget and the plans for recovery from the Covid-19 crisis

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After increasing pressure from multiple countries to compensate publishers, Google announced that the company will pay for news content from select publishers as part of a new licensing program announced today. It says the content will form part of a “new news experience” coming later this year. Google says it’s starting the program with publishers in Germany, Australia, and Brazil, but says that it’s got “more to come soon.”

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Pakistan’s national carrier, PIA has suspended 150 pilots over license frauds after a deadly crash in the country last month. The announcement comes a day after an initial investigation found the human error was primarily responsible for a PIA plane crash that killed 98 people in southern Pakistan last month. "Out of our 434 pilots, 150 will be grounded as of today," PIA spokesman Abdullah Khan told Al Jazeera

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According to the latest reports, more than 100 people have been killed in Northern India due to lightning. The disaster management team in Bihar state said 83 were killed there, while another 20 were in the hospital with injuries. At least 20 more people are reported dead in neighboring Uttar Pradesh. Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains. Meanwhile, the thunderstorms have caused widespread damage to trees

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Jobless claims totaled 1.48 million last week as unemployment related to the coronavirus pandemic remained stubbornly high. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting 1.35 million claims. While the weekly numbers remained high and were worse than expectations for the second straight week, the total of those receiving benefits continued to fall

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TikTok is now expanding its advertising platform to encourage brands to run their campaigns on the platform. The company is today officially introducing a new brand and platform called “TikTok For Business” that will serve as the home for all its current and future marketing solutions for brands. At launch, the site will include access to TikTok ad formats, including its marque product, TopView

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According to the media reports, dozens of US secret service personnel have been told to self-isolate after two who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa on Sunday tested positive for Covid-19. The Washington Post reported that the six advance team members who tested positive before Saturday's rally included two Secret Service personnel. They both attended a planning meeting on Friday

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Indians are boycotting Chinese products as anti-China sentiment in India is on the rise after the deadly clash at the border but the two nations can’t afford to simply boycott each other. China is India’s second-largest trading partner after the US and it accounts for nearly 12% of India’s imports across sectors, on the other side, at least 70% of India’s drug intermediary needs are fulfilled by China,”

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Australia’s national carrier Qantas announced that the airline will cut 6,000 jobs to survive the pandemic period. The cuts equate to about a fifth of the airline's workforce before the Covid-19 crisis. In March, it furloughed more than 80% of its staff. Qantas said the collapse in global air travel had devastated revenues. Last week, the Australian government said its border would most likely remain closed into next year

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US reported 34,720 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as California, Texas and Florida all set records for the number of new coronavirus cases in one day, which one expert said is not due just to increased testing.Those three states account for 27.4% of the 328 million people living in the US, according to the latest US Census Bureau estimates

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Social Networking giant said on Thursday it had taken action against ads run by President Trump's re-election campaign for breaching its policies on hate. The ads, which attacked what the Trump campaign described as "Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups," featured an upside-down triangle. The Anti-Defamation League said Thursday the triangle "is practically identical to that used by the Nazi regime to classify political prisoners in concentration camps."

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According to a survey, 139 million Indians, about 30% of India’s urban population may deplete their lifetime savings by the end of June and would find it difficult to meet essential consumption. In contrast, the rural poor though hit hard, are relatively better off with still some savings and welfare support to fall back on. About 84% of households suffered a loss in income since the lockdown

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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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Grocery stores among least-likely places to contract virus. The tennis court is one of the easiest places to ace the COVID-avoidance game — as long as your partner doesn’t have the disease. Places and activities ranked on a scale of 1-10 for risk of contracting COVID-19, with 10 being the riskiest and 1 the least dangerous:

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