Monthly Archives: July 2020

Coronavirus live news: France rules out lockdown despite infections rise; Japan reports second day of record new cases 

French prime minister says full lockdown must be avoided; Japan records 1,274 new cases on Thursday; number of global cases passes 17mAustralia sees record daily case riseUS passes 150,000 coronavirus deathsUK coronavirus live: latest updatesUS coronavirus live: latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 4.30pm BST Brazil’s first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro […]

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Reliance Retail reports 17.2% YoY fall in revenue to Rs 31,663 crore 

Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) was lower than street estimates at Rs 722 crore, a fall of almost 60 percent

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Tesla’s Model 3 under investigation in South Korean safety probe 

South Korea has launched a safety probe into Tesla, focusing on braking and steering systems including Autopilot, according to Reuters. The transport ministry is specifically looking at the the Model 3 in an investigation that could take from six mon…

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Funeral for civil rights leader John Lewis under way in Atlanta – live 

Lewis honored as ‘true American patriot’Trump calls for election delay, falsely claiming mail-in votes will bring fraudFormer presidential candidate Herman Cain dies from Covid-19Economy suffers worst quarter since second world war as GDP shrinks by 32.9%Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 4.16pm BST The funeral for civil rights leader John Lewis has just […]

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Rep. Gohmert Says He Will Take Hydroxychloroquine To Treat Coronavirus 

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and his doctor “are all in” for him to take the drug, he told Sean Hannity Wednesday.

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How to Do a Mid-Year Portfolio Checkup 

It’s been a nerve-racking year for investors. Almost four months ago, experts declared the end of the bull market after a series of drops. Yet after the stock market plunged almost 35%, investors saw a speedy recovery. The second quarter finished strong, nearly erasing the damage from February and March. Now that the…Read more…

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Nadine Angerer: Former Germany keeper on Angel City and Black Lives Matter 

World Cup winner Nadine Angerer now works for Portland Thorns in the USA. She told DW she welcomes the addition of a new team backed by Serena Williams and says the Black Lives Matters movement has changed her thinking.

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UK care home residents, staff unable to get regular COVID-19 tests, says care provider 

A Black videographer got stabbed at the Portland protests, and he says it is because he is pro-Trump 

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College football cancellations or postponements 

A total of 457 Division I football games have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic

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US, European Union, others question India on using WTO peace clause 

The peace clause protects a developing country’s food procurement programmes against action from WTO members in case subsidy ceilings are breached. High subsidies are seen to be distorting global trade.

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Woolf’s lessons from lockdown 

It has been well over a decade since Kristian Woolf gave up teaching for a full-time career coaching rugby league, although he may well have found himself dusting off some of those skills during lockdown.

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Covid-19 tanks US economy in second quarter, outlook shaky 

The US economy contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new cases of coronavirus.

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Writer Milan Kundera donating archive to Czech library 

Writer Milan Kundera has decided to donate his private library and archive to a public library in the Czech city where he was born and spent his childhood

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Arshay Cooper of ‘A Most Beautiful Thing’ Keeps Changing the World, One Life at a Time 

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.Read more…

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How Phoebe Bridgers (Begrudgingly) Writes a Rock Song 

The singer and songwriter prefers a ballad. But collaborators yanked her out of her comfort zone for “Kyoto,” a breakout from her latest acclaimed album. Here’s how she made it.

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