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ROBOT KEEPS AN EYE OUT FOR MASKAS IN SOUTH KOREA
An artificial intelligence robot checks the body temperature of passengers atabusterminalinGwangju,South Korea, 30 July 2020.
VIETNAM READY TO USE ‘FULL FORCE’ TO STOP NEW CORONAVIRUS WAVE
Vietnam told tens of thousands of people who visited a central city to report to disease control centres on Thursday, as nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed and the country scrambled to contain its first outbreak in over three months.
GERMAN ARMY TRAINS DOGS TO DETECT CORONAVIRUS
An explosives detection dog poses withhistraineratSchoolforService Dogs of the Bundeswehr in Ulmen nearKoblenz,Germany.
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PUTIN SAYS RUSSIAN NAVY TO GET HYPERSONIC NUCLEAR STRIKE WEAPONS
Russian President Vladimir Putin said onSundaytheRussianNavywouldbe armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, which the defence ministry said were in their final phase of testing.
ANTI-POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS CONTINUE IN PORTLAND, USA
USfederalagentsandlocalPolice during clashes with Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Portland,Oregon,USA
BLACK LIVES MATTER AND ANTI FASCIST DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN LOS ANGELES
Police officers clashed with protesters as they protected the Federal Court House during a Black Lives Matter and AntiFascist protest in Los Angeles, California, USA.
ANTI-POLICE BRUTALITY PROTESTS CONTINUE IN PORTLAND, USA
USfederalagentsandlocalPolice during clashes with Black Lives Matter protesters in downtown Portland,Oregon,USA,26July2020.
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WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NORTH KOREA’S POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS ‘PATIENT ZERO’
After North Korea announced what could be its first publicly confirmed case ofcoronavirusonSunday,officialsin Seoulbelievetheymayhaveidentified the man suspected of crossing into the North, but said so far there is no sign he was infected.
AIRPLANE CINEMA IN POLAND
People sit in parked airplanes at the start of the airplane cinema in Pila, northwestern Poland.
NAPLES REGION HITS BUSINESSES WITH €1,000 FINES FOR NOT WEARING MASKS
Three businesses in the southern ItaliancityofSalerno,southofNaples, are the first to fall foul of tough new anti-coronavirus regulations imposed by regional authorities, local media reportedSunday.
SPAIN COMBATS FOREST FIRES IN OURENSE
A firefighter works in the forest fire originated in Cualedro, Ourense, northernSpain.
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FRENCH LUXURY GROUP HERMES SALES TUMBLE DUE TO THE FALLOUT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
French luxury group Hermes said on Thursday comparable sales in the second quarter fell by 42% due to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and that the impact of the health crisis for the whole year was too difficult to assess at this stage.
SELF-ISOLATION PERIOD IN ENGLAND ‘TO BE EXTENDED TO 10 DAYS’, CONCERN OVER SECOND WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN EUROPE
People with coronavirus symptoms in England will be told to selfisolate for 10 days instead of seven, according to reports.
PORTUGAL’S TAP TO RESUME 40% OF PRE-COVID FLIGHTS IN SEPTEMBER
Portuguese airline TAP said on Monday it would resume 40% of its pre-coronavirus crisis operations in September,graduallyrestoring flights after travel demand collapsed in the pandemic.