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July 10, 2020
Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s owner keeps one in 10 sites shut until next year

The company behind restaurants such as Wagamama and Frankie & Benny's has said that one in 10 of its sites will not reopen before the end of the year.

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July 10, 2020
More floods expected in Japan as death toll rises

Parts of Japan still searching for missing people and evacuating those stranded by deadly floods and mudslides were bracing for more pounding rains through the weekend.

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July 10, 2020
US police believe rapper Pop Smoke was killed during botched burglary

Authorities believe rising rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February after his social media posts led five suspects to the house he...

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July 10, 2020
The Gym Group ‘lost 178,000 customers during lockdown’

One of Britain's biggest gym chains lost around one in five of its members during lockdown, even though it froze their payments.

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July 10, 2020
World Health Organisation experts visit China to discuss Covid-19 probe

Two World Health Organisation experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the Covid-19...

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July 10, 2020
Judge prevents former Confederate capital from removing any more statues

A judge issued an injunction barring a US city from removing any more Confederate monuments, a process that began last week after a mayor ordered the statues cleared away amid...

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July 10, 2020
Supreme Court backs prosecutors’ demand for Donald Trump tax returns

The US Supreme Court has issued a mixed verdict on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the...

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July 10, 2020
Japan battered by more heavy rain as floods death toll nears 60

Torrential rain that caused deadly floods in southern Japan was moving north-east on Wednesday, battering large areas of Japan's main island, swelling more rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying houses and...

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July 10, 2020
Mayor of Seoul apologises to ‘all people’ in will

A will left by Seoul mayor Park Won-soon – reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations and later found dead – said he feels “sorry to all people”.

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July 10, 2020
Facebook shuts 50 pages associated with president’s ally Stone

Facebook has removed 50 personal and professional pages connected to US President Donald Trump's long-time adviser Roger Stone, who is due to report to prison next week.

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July 10, 2020
Meghan fights to keep names of her five protective friends secret

In February 2019, five "best friends" of Meghan Markle "broke their silence" to an American celebrity magazine, promising to reveal the truth about "the woman they know and love".

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July 10, 2020
Paper is ‘playing a game with real lives’: duchess

Meghan Markle has accused a British newspaper of "playing a media game with real lives" over its attempts to name five of her friends who gave a favourable interview about...

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July 10, 2020
President just found out that he is not above law – but he still got a reprieve

Donald Trump has spent a lifetime believing the law does not apply to him, and since becoming president he has acted this way in secret and loudly proclaimed it in...

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July 10, 2020
Concern raised as close contacts are not being tested

Fears are growing that the country is at risk of another Covid-19 surge after an increase in the spread of the virus as more people who were infected abroad return...

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July 10, 2020
President Trump just found out that he is not above law – but he still got a reprieve

Donald Trump has spent a lifetime believing the law does not apply to him, and since becoming president he has acted this way in secret and loudly proclaimed it in...

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July 10, 2020
‘Urgent need for action’ as critical Covid-19 virus R-rate rises back above one

Fears are growing that the country is at risk of another Covid-19 surge after an increase in the spread of the virus as more people who were infected abroad return...

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July 10, 2020
‘Urgent need for action’ as critical virus R-rate rises back above one

Fears are growing that the country is at risk of another Covid-19 surge after an increase in the spread of the virus as more people who were infected abroad return...

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July 10, 2020
1.5m graves readied as Covid-19 sweeps through South Africa

The Covid-19 pandemic in Africa is reaching "full speed", the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention chief said yesterday, while a South African official said a single province is...

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July 10, 2020
Alarm bells at the ready as we see the first stirrings of a second wave

New cases of the virus are rising again and, although alarm bells have not yet sounded as the figures emerged yesterday, there is a clear dread that if people let...

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July 10, 2020
Bolsonaro turns himself into live test case for hydroxychloroquine

After months of touting an unproven anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has turned himself into a test case live before millions of people...

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July 10, 2020
Court ruling will stop Trump rivals seeing tax returns before election

The US Supreme Court issued a mixed verdict yesterday on demands for President Donald Trump's financial records that will keep his tax returns, banking and other documents out of the...

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July 10, 2020
Depp wrote message to wife in his own blood, court told

Actor Johnny Depp scrawled graffiti on a mirror in blood from his severed finger while subjecting his wife to three days of physical abuse, a court has been told.

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July 9, 2020
NY mayor helps paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has helped paint Black Lives Matter in front of Manhattan's Trump Tower.

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July 9, 2020
Seven-year-old cycling 999 miles in virtual UK tour for NHS

A seven-year-old has raised more than £1,000 for the NHS through a virtual cycling tour to visit friends and family across the UK.

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July 9, 2020
Brazil bans fires in Amazon rainforest as investors demand results

Brazil's government announced on Thursday it planned to ban setting fires in the Amazon for 120 days, in a meeting with global investors to address their rising concerns over destruction...

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July 9, 2020
Rare gorillas with babies captured on camera in Nigeria

Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct...

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July 9, 2020
Former-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen has been returned to federal prison – weeks after his early release to serve the remainder of his sentence at home because...

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July 9, 2020
Greek opposition & unions to hold nationwide rallies against new law restricting protests

Demonstrations are being planned in Athens and around 40 other Greek cities and towns to oppose plans by the center-right government to restrict public protests, AP reports. Many of the...

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July 9, 2020
Cancer patient completing lockdown Tour de France to raise funds

A man with stage four bowel cancer has been using his time shielding to complete a locked-down Tour de France to raise money for the foundation behind his drug trial.

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July 9, 2020
New Delhi raises concerns with US over new rules for foreign students

India has conveyed its concerns to Washington about a new immigration order that could force a large number of Indian students to return home, the Foreign Ministry has said. President...

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July 9, 2020
FTSE 100 slides into red as wave of job losses weighs on sentiment

The latest wave of job cuts at high-profile UK retailers weighed down on sentiment to keep the FTSE 100 in the red on a cautious trading day.

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July 9, 2020
Missing Seoul mayor’s body found after huge search

The body of the missing mayor of South Korea's capital city has been found, according to police.

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July 9, 2020
Respect coronavirus precautions to prevent spread of disease, citizens urged

Asian and European officials have pleaded with their citizens to respect modest precautions as coronavirus outbreaks accelerate in several countries.

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July 9, 2020
US Supreme Court rules some Trump financial records can be revealed

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trump's financial records but prevented the Democratic-led House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents...

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July 9, 2020
South African province prepares 1.5 million graves as virus hits ‘full speed’

The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching “full speed” and it is good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has said.

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July 9, 2020
Copenhagen court jails 2 Swedes for bombing Danish tax-office last year

A court in Copenhagen on Thursday found two Swedes guilty of bombing the Danish tax agency last year and sentenced them to four and five years in prison respectively, Reuters...

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July 9, 2020
Emergency loans scheme for three million excluded from Government support

A new emergency coronavirus loans scheme has been launched by a fintech-led group to help some of the three million freelancers and self-employed workers who have missed out on Government...

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July 9, 2020
Website visits hit new records as house hunters react to stamp duty holiday cut

House hunters made a record number of visits to a property website as a stamp duty holiday was announced by the Chancellor on Wednesday.

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July 9, 2020
Supreme Court backs prosecutors’ demand for Donald Trump tax returns

The US Supreme Court has kept a hold on President Donald Trump's financial records that Congress has been seeking for more than a year.

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July 9, 2020
‘Time for self-reflection’: WHO sets up independent panel to review its handling of pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it was setting up an independent panel to review its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the response by governments. Former...

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