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The Latest: Coronavirus watch, July 27 -- Brazil's coronavirus death toll tops 87,000

A woman wearing a face mask walks in Berlin, capital of Germany, July 25, 2020. (Photo by Binh Truong/Xinhua) - Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 87,000 - White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow say

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Hong Kong's COVID-19 remains grave as new cases hit record again

Hong Kong's COVID-19 situation remained grave as newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached a new high on Saturday. A total of 133 cases were reported to the Center for

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British media calls U.S. campaign against WHO "faintly preposterous"

The U.S. administration has launched a "faintly preposterous" campaign against the World Health Organization (WHO), aiming to divert attention from its "catastrophic response to COVID-19," British ne

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World shares retreat on rise in U.S.- China tensions

Global shares skidded further from five-month peaks on Friday as a bounce back in European business activity did little to ease the jitters surrounding Sino-U.S. tensions, while gold approached a rec

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EU-UK post-Brexit trade deal "unlikely": Barnier

The European Union's (EU) chief negotiator for relations with the United Kingdom (UK), Michel Barnier, said Thursday that the UK's approach was making a post-Brexit tr

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Live COVID-19 updates: Mask-wearing mandatory in France's public places

The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - PARIS -- The French government's order to make mask-wearing mandatory came int

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Crunch EU recovery fund talks, BA retires jumbos: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- Spanish officials have told residents in three more districts of Catalonia they must stay indoors as cases surge in the area. This follows 160,000 people being told to do the same in t

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Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international

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France's $9bn for health staff, England masks move: COVID-19 bulletin

- In England, face masks will be compulsory in all shops from 24 July, with fines of $125 for those not complying. There are exemptions for children aged under 11 and those with disabilities.- France

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EU condemns Turkish decision to convert Hagia Sophia back to mosque

EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 13, 2020. /Xi

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Global daily cases record, call to tax rich: COVID-19 daily bulletin

- A court in Lleida, Spain has suspended the lockdown imposed on the city by the regional Catalan government, following a surge in cases in the city. The court accused Catalan authorities of overstep

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Time for an international currency to replace the greenback

During the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United Kingdom economist John Maynard Keynes proposed the establishment of an international clearing house (ICU) using the

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Time for an international currency to replace the greenback

During the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, the United Kingdom economist John Maynard Keynes proposed the establishment of an international clearing house (ICU) using the

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What do investors bidding up tech shares know that the rest of us don’t?

The biggest story to come out of the post-March stock market boom has been explosive growth in the value of technology shares. Software companies in particular have seen their fortunes recover; since

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Koyeb is a serverless startup that ingests, processes and stores data with multiple cloud providers

Meet Koyeb, a new French startup founded by Yann Léger, Édouard Bonlieu and Bastien Chatelard who have previously worked at Scaleway for many years. Koyeb is a serverless startup that helps you manipu

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Japan household spending slumps by record in May

Japan's household spending fell at the fastest pace on record in May as consumers heeded authorities' calls to stay home to contain the coronavirus pandemic, pushing the world's third-largest econ

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Project M acquires punk rock satire site The Hard Times

Matt Saincome knows that compared to many of the startup acquisitions that we write about on TechCrunch, selling a website for a little over $1 million (mostly cash, with a little stock) isn’t