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According to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, America reported 73,715 new coronavirus cases on Friday along with 1,130 deaths. The country has now recorded a total of 4,112,531 coronavirus cases, of which at least 145,546 people have died. The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases

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“This quiet period is likely the longest and largest dampening of human-caused seismic noise since we started monitoring the Earth in detail using vast monitoring networks of seismometers,” said seismologist Stephen Hicks, from Imperial College London in the UK. “The lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have given us a glimmer of insight into how human and natural noise interact within the Earth,” Hicks said.

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Malaysia is withdrawing pending criminal charges and said it won't seek charges against Goldman Sachs and its employees after a $3.9 billion settlement deal, except for Tim Leissner and Roger Ng, the former Goldman bankers accused of helping Low. While Leissner has pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme, Ng has pleaded not guilty and last year was extradited to the U.S. to face the Justice Department charges

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Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, worked for Chinese intelligence for four or five years, recruiting Americans with access to sensitive information over the internet and commissioning them to write reports, which he then passed on to Beijing. "The Chinese Government uses an array of duplicity to obtain sensitive information from unsuspecting Americans," United States Assistant Attorney General John Demers said in a statement.

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Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday for the first time since the publication of a New York Times story alleging that Russia paid bounties to Taliban fighters for killing US troops. The president has been under fire from various groups for his reluctance to hold Russia accountable for the alleged bounty scheme.

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For three nights this week thousands of young Israelis, provoked by what they see as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flubbed response to the coronavirus scourge, shook off a long political slumber, blocked the streets outside his official residence and demanded that he quit. “We have woken up,” read an enormous banner on a nearby building.

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Spain's daily new infection number was down slightly from 974 on Thursday – that day marked the country's highest daily increase since May 8, as NPR's Lucía Benavides reported. The region is home to the usually bustling tourist city of Barcelona, where authorities this week reduced the number of people permitted on the city's beaches amid the surge in cases.

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Boris Johnson has admitted the government did not understand coronavirus during the "first few weeks and months" of the UK outbreak. For Labour, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said: "Boris Johnson has finally admitted the government has mishandled its response to the coronavirus.

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Christopher Ford, the US assistant secretary of state for international security and non-proliferation, said: “Our hope is that this meeting will allow us to explore ways to increase stability and security in outer space, as well as to advance the cause of developing norms of responsible behavior in that vital domain.”

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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai -- the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google-owned Alphabet -- were scheduled to sit before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust. Late on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said the hearing was very likely to be delayed.

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McDonald’s will require customers to wear face coverings, starting Aug. 1, and will pause its reopening of dining rooms for another 30 days as coronavirus cases continue to surge in some parts of the country. McDonald’s joins other large retailers and restaurant companies such as Walmart, Kroger and Starbucks, in requiring customers to wear masks across all U.S. locations.

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Netflix has renewed young adult series “Outer Banks” for Season 2. Netflix has had some success with teen-focused series, in particular Mindy Kaling’s “Never Have I Ever,” which the streaming entertainment company said was viewed by 40 million households, per its own proprietary metrics.

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The new feature allows users to stream video calls made in Messenger Rooms on Facebook Live. Facebook users who create a Messenger Room will be able to stream a live broadcast of the call from their profile, a Facebook Page or a Facebook Group, allowing large audiences to watch in real time.

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Garmin, the GPS and wearable device company, says a widespread blackout has left its fitness devices, website and call centers offline for more than 24 hours in what may be a ransomware attack. "We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect," the company announced on Twitter and the Garmin Connect website .

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced a $1 billion loan to Latin America and the Caribbean for Covid-19 vaccine access during a virtual gathering with his Latin American counterparts on Wednesday, according to a statement released by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry. "China's Foreign Minister said that the vaccine developed in his country will be a public benefit of universal access"

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Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are suing over paparazzi photographs of their toddler son, Archie. The lawsuit was filed in California, where the family now lives. "Every individual and family member in California is guaranteed by law the right to privacy in their home. No drones, helicopters or telephoto lenses can take away that right," lawyer Michael Kump said in a statement

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TikTok, The Chinese-owned video-sharing app, which already employs 1,400 people in the U.S., has hired dozens of staff from Google and Facebook including several high-profile executives to help the company expand rapidly within the region. TikTok and Facebook declined to comment. Worldwide, TikTok employs 172 ex-Googlers and 165 ex-Facebookers, according to an analysis on LinkedIn

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Crowds gathered in Istanbul as the historic Hagia Sophia site opened for Friday prayers for the first time since Turkish authorities ruled it could be converted into a mosque. Clerics in white robes sang from the Koran. Mosaics and frescoes of Jesus and Mary were draped with curtains. The 1,500-year-old Unesco World Heritage site became a museum in 1934

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US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Republicans have scrapped plans to hold convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida. The move is a striking turnaround for Trump, who moved the convention to Jacksonville after North Carolina's governor raised public health concerns about having massive gatherings in Charlotte, as the GOP had long-planned

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Chinese stocks mostly deepened losses by the close as U.S.-China tensions worsened on Friday. In mainland China, the Shanghai composite pared some losses but still ended the day 3.86% lower at 3,196.77, while the Shenzhen composite tumbled 5% to close at 2,138.36. The Shenzhen component dived 5.31% to close at 12,935.70. The Chinese yuan, a barometer of Sino-U.S. tensions, looks set for its worst week in two months

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Pakistan reported more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the total jumped above 270,000. After days of decline, daily fatalities spiked to 54 and raised the death toll to 5,763, while recoveries stand at 219,783, or over 81%, the ministry said. Pakistan, which recorded over 130,000 COVID-19 cases in June alone, has conducted more than 1.8 million tests so far

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After reporting Q2 earnings that showed a marked dip in ad revenue, Twitter has said its exploring alternatives, dangling the possibility of a subscription option. The social media giant reported ad revenues of $562M, down almost a quarter (23%) on a year ago as the pandemic and “civil unrest” had both contributed to the decline. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told investors it’ll likely run subscription “tests” this year

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In a retaliation effort, China has ordered the closure of the United States consulate in Chengdu, days after Washington forced the Chinese consulate in Houston to cease operations. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said US diplomats in China had been notified Friday morning that Beijing was revoking the license for the Chengdu consulate in China's southwest, which has been ordered to "stop all business and activities."

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According to the Delhi Police, A 14-year-old girl in a Coronavirus quarantine center in India's capital Delhi was allegedly sexually assaulted by another patient within the facility on Thursday. The accused, 19, and another man who allegedly filmed the incident have been arrested. All three had tested positive with mild symptoms and were in quarantine in India's largest Covid-19 center, a facility with 10,000 beds

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The United Arab Emirates' probe Hope is on its way to Mars, marking the first planetary science mission led by an Arab country. According to a statement by the Emirati space agency, for the UAE, the Hope project offers an opportunity to build a more robust scientific community, to build national prestige, and to contribute directly to the global effort to uncover historical life on Mars.

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