Daily Archives: August 1, 2020

Madrid Open advised not to hold tournament amid virus uptick 

The organizers of the Madrid Open tennis tournament have been advised by local health authorities in the Spanish capital to not hold the event due to the resurgence of the coronavirus in Spain

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Rolex Daytona ‘JPS’ 6264 Fetches A Record $1.5 Million In Online Sale 

The watch, which had never appeared at auction, was sold in a dedicated timed online sale held from July 24 till July 31. During the weeklong period, the timepiece received 17 bids from five buyers who drove its price to nearly double its high estimate of $800,000

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Trailers of the Week: ‘Kajillionaire,’ ‘Misbehavior,’ ‘Teenage Bounty Hunters,’ and More 

From a family of con artists to a pair of teenage twins with an unusual side-hustle — your week in movie trailers

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Green’ colonialism is ruining Indigenous lives in Norway 

Norway continues to allow the construction of wind farms on Saami land, which threatens their herding livelihoods.

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Airlines, unions pin hopes for more payroll cash on politics 

Unions are gaining support in Congress for another $32 billion in federal aid to protect airline workers from layoffs for another six months

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Trump says he will sign the order to ban TikTok today 

TikTok might be looking at a ban in the US soon, as President Donald Trump said he could sign the executive order to block the app by Saturday. According to a report from Bloomberg, Trump told reporters on Friday night that the app will be banned from the country,  “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States.”  [Read: TikTok’s C […]

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Charting Bitcoin’s Breakout 

Bitcoin broke above its key $10,000 to $11,000 resistance zone as well as a wedge patter that has been forming for several years.

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U.S. Adds Sanctions Over Internment of Muslims in China 

The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a powerful government entity that runs companies and farms in the Xinjiang region, where officials carry out the mass internment of Muslims.

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London’s millionaire boy racers: Rich owner’s parade supercars worth hundreds of thousands of pounds 

Revving engines kept those living along Sloane Street in Kensington awake into the early hours of the morning as cars worth millions of pounds showed off their power.

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Cornish locals say they are ‘too scared’ to go food shopping as visitors ignore social distancing 

Street marshals have been patrolling hotspots in Cornwall after visitors were seen pouring down narrow streets without sticking to social-distancing rules, despite warning signs in place.

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Consumer Price Inflation For Industrial Workers Stays Just Above 5% 

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour and Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) every month on the basis of the retail prices of selected items collected from 289 markets spread over 78 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 78 centres and All-India and is relea […]

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‘After Boris Johnson’s Zoom call, all hell broke loose’: inside the world’s favourite video app 

Ten years ago, Silicon Valley had written off Zoom. Now it’s used by everyone from princes to piano teachersOn 6 January, a day after the World Heath Organization first reported a strange cluster of pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China, a party invitation dropped online. “Mark your calendars”, read the invite sent out by Zoom, a video-conferencing company ba […]

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Tearful brides-to-be ‘devastated’ by government’s decision to delay relaxing wedding restrictions 

Amanda Kellett, of Grimbsy, is due to marry Christopher Carr on August 8 and had booked a reception for family and friends. She told Sky News she was ‘floored’ by the announcement.

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England vs Ireland: Second ODI scorecard 

The latest score from the second ODI at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton. England lead the three-match series 1-0.

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Mask rage: ‘One man told me I shouldn’t be allowed out if I can’t wear one’ 

With face coverings compulsory in many settings, people unable to comply for health reasons are being challenged and abusedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn the past few weeks, Paul Feeley has been abused four times for not wearing a mask on public transport. “I have a disability lanyard, which signifies I have a hidden disabilit […]

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