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Coronavirus global report: restrictions return around world as cases pass 13m 

Hong Kong, California and Manila tighten rules; WHO warns there are no shortcuts out of a pandemic; Australia passes 10,000 casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCities and states around the world returned to tighter coronavirus restrictions to battle recurring outbreaks, as global infections passed 13 million and the World Health […]

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UK coronavirus live: Johnson U-turns on masks as experts fear up to 120,000 Covid-19 winter deaths 

Boris Johnson announces face coverings are to be mandatory in shops from 24 July with £100 fines for non-compliance Global coronavirus live: latest updates 9.42am BST The number of deaths in England and Wales when Covid-19 was citing on the death certificate has exceeded 50,000 according to the latest weekly statistics from the ONS.A total of 50,548 deaths i […]

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In Pictures: China faces worst floods in 30 years 

As many as 33 rivers rise to record highs as regions across the country brace for another ‘grim’ week of rains.

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France celebrates virus heroes on redesigned Bastille Day 

Ambulance drivers, supermarket cashiers, postal workers. Medics who died fighting COVID-19. France is honoring them all on its biggest national holiday Tuesday, recalibrating Bastille Day’s usual grandiose military parade to celebrate heroes of the coronavirus pandemic instead.

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Family suffers double heartbreak as daughter dies in hospital weeks before mother, 47, passes away 

Mother Maria Gatt, a former residential home manager from New Waltham, Lincolnshire, died unexpectedly on July 4 – shortly after her daughter Gemma passed away on April 7.

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Masks slowly being embraced in hard-hit England, with PM’s backing 

“The U.K. government has a history of doing things rather late in the day,” said a professor of health psychology. “It seems to be part of a pattern.”

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Grant Imahara, former host of Discovery Channel’s ‘Mythbusters, dead at 49 

Grant Imahara, a former host of the Discovery Channel show “Mythbusters,” reportedly died on Monday of a brain aneurysm. He was 49 years old.

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Grant Imahara: Mythbusters TV host dies suddenly at 49 

He was known for Mythbusters and White Rabbit Project, and made models for the Star Wars prequels.

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Roger Stone: Trump likely saved my life by commuting my sentence 

Fresh from having his prison sentence for lying to Congress to protect the president commuted, Roger Stone went on FOX News to claim the president likely saved his life with the clemency. Tim O’Brien joins to discuss.

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Lidl will open 25 new stores in UK this year creating 1,000 jobs 

Lidl is set to open 25 new stores in the UK by the end of the year, creating thousands more jobs, as part of its plan to have 1,000 new UK branches by the end of 2023.

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Transparency concerns raised over India COVID-19 fund 

A request by the Associated Press for a list of fund donors and payments from the PM office was denied.

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South China Sea dispute: China’s pursuit of resources ‘unlawful’, says US 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is treating the disputed waters as its “maritime empire”.

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Appeals court: 1st federal execution in 17 years can proceed 

Federal appeals court rules that the execution can proceed as scheduled Monday.

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Here’s why the Trump administration’s threat to hurt Hong Kong’s dollar peg won’t work 

Advisors to President Donald Trump were reportedly considering proposals to strike against the Hong Kong dollar peg, in response to China implementing a national security law on the city.

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China’s Stock Boom Is Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare 

The Nasdaq Composite Index may be at record highs, but Shanghai’s bull market is the one garnering the global headlines. China’s Xi Jinping is getting the real payoff from Trump’s handiwork.

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