12.34am BST00:34 Brazil confirms almost 70,000 coronavirus cases in new national daily registry Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak set daily records on Wednesday with 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 related deaths, as the world’s second-worst outbreak accelerates toward the 100,000-death milestone. Brazil is the country most affected by Covid-19 outside the …
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Seth Rogen has said that he was “fed a wealth of lies about Israel” as a young Jew, fueling controversy over the country’s sometimes-laden relationship with many American Jews. The Canadian-American actor, who attended a Jewish camp and whose parents met at a kibbutz in Israel, said the fact that …
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Hello Kari Paul, ready to guide you through today’s antitrust hearing, in which Congress will question top Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook executives about their business practices.. Much of the testimony has been published in advance, so we know the main talking points about what the executives will say. Here …
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A Pakistani man on trial for blasphemy was shot dead in a courtroom in the latest violent incident related to the country’s blasphemy laws. Tahir Ahmed Naseem had been in prison since his arrest in 2018, allegedly after claiming that he was a prophet. He is a member of the …
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US deaths from the coronavirus were approaching 150,000 on Wednesday, the highest level in the world and increased by around 10,000 in just 11 days, as 21 states enter what the federal government considers the “red zone” of increasing infection rates. The nation recorded the deadliest day of summer in …
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