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The British government is "playing catch-up" when it comes to tackling Russian interference in elections, says the Intelligence and Security Committee. The ISC's long-awaited report said Russian influence in the UK was "the new normal" and called for "immediate action" to help tackle the threat. But the committee said the government "actively avoided" looking for interference during the EU referendum

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The Bahamas Government banned travelers from the US and other countries where coronavirus cases are surging to prevent further spread of the virus in the Caribbean nation. All international commercial flights are banned from entering the Bahamas, effective Wednesday, July 22. The only exemptions are visitors from the United Kingdom, European Union and Canada who have tested negative, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a nationally televised address Sunday

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Rumors of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg cutting a secret deal with President Donald Trump, and turning a blind eye to his lies and incendiary posts in the hope that the social media giant won’t become the president’s next target has been around for a while now. Zuckerberg himself has denied it, and said “I’ve heard this speculation, too, so let me be clear: There’s no deal of any kind,”

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India's biggest airline IndiGo has become the latest carrier to reveal how hard it has been hit by the collapse in demand for flights due to Covid-19. The airline said it will shed 10% of its staff amid a slump in revenues. In a letter to investors, IndiGo's chief executive Ronojoy Dutta said: "It is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices"

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Young athletes in Japan have suffered physical, verbal, and sexual abuse during training, a report by Human Rights Watch says. The report, recording the experiences of more than 800 athletes in 50 sports, comes in the week that would have marked the start of the Tokyo Olympics. "The abuses include punching, slapping, and excessive or insufficient food and water," said HRW's Minky Worden

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After five days of intense discussions, European Union leaders have agreed on a 750 billion euro stimulus plan to help fund Europe's recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The deal would focus on providing funding across three pillars: creating reforms to help businesses rebound from the pandemic, rolling out new measures to reform economies over the long haul, and investing to help protect from "future crises."

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According to the latest data released by Kerala, the southern state of India, at least 66 children (below 18 years) in the state committed suicide between March 25 when the lockdown was imposed and the first week of July. In other words, 66 child suicides in just over 100 days. State chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that with schools closed, students facing multiple issues including “anxiety and mental stress”

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August 5 is Samsung’s turn to enter the uncanny valley of live virtual product launches. As the company prepares to take the stage in its native South Korea to launch the Galaxy Note S20. The company’s new smartphone chief TM Roh said that the company is going big with the launch of five new power devices on August 5.

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France has made face masks compulsory in all enclosed public spaces amid a fresh bout of Covid-19 outbreaks. Masks were already mandatory on public transport, but from Monday they must also be worn in places like shops. Health Minister Oliver Véran warned that France had between "400 and 500 active clusters" of the virus. Anyone caught without a mask faces a fine of €135

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A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has produced a promising immune response in a large, early-stage human trial, according to newly released data published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. The researchers are calling their experimental vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222)

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the United States will impose visa restrictions on Chinese technology firms, the latest move expected to strain relations between Washington and Beijing. “State Department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of Chinese tech companies like Huawei, that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally,” Pompeo said

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According to the latest reports, Kanye West has dropped his 2020 presidential bid. The 43-year-old rapper's campaign has reportedly been suspended less than two weeks after he shocked the nation with a tweet that confirmed his decision to run for president of the United States in November. The rapper initially announced his decision to run in a tweet on July 4

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Beautiful Island national Maldives is now open to all international tourists as of 15 July. Global travelers will not have to enter into a mandatory quarantine upon arrival at Velana International Airport in the capital, Male. Nor will they need to produce proof they have tested negative for coronavirus. There are also no new visa requirements or additional fees to pay

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Apple has been told it will not have to pay Ireland €13bn in back taxes after winning an appeal at the European Union's second-highest court. It follows a record ruling by the European Commission against the US tech giant in 2016. The EU's General Court said it had annulled that decision because the Commission had not proven Apple had broken competition rules

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The coronavirus pandemic has transformed the world and now some of those leaders who were so impressed by Xi's vision for China are complaining of Beijing's state secrecy, misinformation, and the muzzling of whistleblowers during the initial stages of the coronavirus outbreak, allegations the Chinese government firmly denies. The United States, UK, Australia, and Canada issued a swift joint statement condemning China for passing the Hong Kong law

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The New York Times is moving some staff out of Hong Kong due to a new security law imposed by China on the city, as both foreign and local media face increased uncertainty in the Asian financial hub. Some NYT employees in Hong Kong "have faced challenges securing work permits," the paper reported Tuesday in an article detailing the decision to move some staff to Seoul, South Korea

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With more than 2,000 patients hospitalized and hundreds in Intensive Care Units, "Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic," one infectious disease expert said, comparing the South Florida metropolitan area to the city where the pandemic originated. "What we were seeing in Wuhan, six months ago, five months ago, now we are there," Lilian Abbo, with the Jackson Health System, said during a news conference on Monday

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The United States closed five military bases in Afghanistan as part of an agreement signed with the Taliban more than four months ago, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. The deal promised to withdraw all U.S. forces from the bases in the first 135 days, a milestone met on Tuesday, President Trump’s special representative to the talks, Zalmay Khalilzad, said

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Delta Air Lines posted its worst loss since 2008, and it warned that bookings are declining as Covid-19 cases rise, forcing the airline to trim its schedule again. The company had planned to add 1,000 flights a day to its August schedule as Delta reported a modest pickup in bookings. The airline said it lost $2.8 billion, excluding special items. Including those items, Delta's net loss came to $5.7 billion

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his team deserves an apology after the club successfully overturned their ban from European club competitions. On Monday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) cleared City of committing "serious breaches" of Financial Fair Play regulations between 2012 and 2016. "What we have done is right. Jose and all the managers should know that we were damaged," said Guardiola. "We should be apologized (to)"

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In an official announcement on Tuesday, The United Kingdom has banned Huawei from its 5G telecom network, reversing a January decision to allow the embattled Chinese tech company a limited role in building the country's super-fast wireless infrastructure. Operators such as BT and Vodafone have been given until 2027 to remove existing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks

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Grant Imahara, the host of Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" and Netflix's "White Rabbit Project," has died, according to a statement from the Discovery Channel. He was 49 years old. The host was known in Hollywood for his work in electronics and animatronics. "We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant. He was an important part of our Discovery family” the channel said

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The French government has agreed to give pay rises worth 8 billion euros to health workers, as it hailed their role in fighting coronavirus. The deal was signed with trade unions on Monday after seven weeks of fraught negotiations. Health workers have been revered as heroes during the pandemic with regular displays of public appreciation

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More than 100,000 people in India have been tested positive for coronavirus just in the last four days, said the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. The country recorded 28,498 new cases and 553 new deaths in the last 24 hours, said the ministry. That raises the country's total to 906,752 cases and 23,727 deaths

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Amazon is launching shopping carts that track items as shoppers add them, then automatically charges them when they remove the grocery bags, allowing them to skip the checkout line. The Dash Carts will roll out at Amazon’s new Los Angeles-area grocery store, which is slated to open in 2020, the company announced Tuesday. Dash Carts are embedded with cameras, sensors and a smart display that automatically track a shopper’s order

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