SYDNEY (Reuters) – An increase in COVID-19 cases in Australia’s second-largest city could take weeks to lessen despite a shutdown and orders to wear masks, Australia’s acting chief medical officer said Monday as the country prepares for a second wave of infection. FILE PHOTO: People walk downtown in the first …
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A view of the debris caused by a fire inside the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Nantes, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS / Stephane Mahe NANTES, France (Reuters) – French police released a 39-year-old Rwandan refugee from all suspicions on Sunday and released him after questioning the …
Read More »EU leaders struggle with ‘mission impossible’ at stalled recovery summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders found themselves at a standstill on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies strangled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the president of his summit nearly set a record he urged them to give one last push on “mission impossible”. European …
Read More »UK about to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty: British newspapers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab, leaves Downing …
Read More »Florida coronavirus cases surge for fifth day as Trump promises outbreak to be under control
(Reuters) – Florida on Sunday reported more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19, the fifth day in a row that the state has announced more than 10,000 new infections, even as President Donald Trump promised that “it will be under control.” The virus has claimed more than 140,000 lives in …
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