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Tuesday, July 07, 2020

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Beijing reports no virus cases. Here's how the city turned it around.

Beijing reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time in 26 days, a sign the resurgence that ignited fears of a second wave in China looks to have been brought under control for now.
McConnell calls for five-year lawsuit shield for businesses as part of next coronavirus bill

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., outlined new details Monday of what he wants to see in the next and potentially final coronavirus relief package, including a five-year liability shield for businesses and a possible new round of stimulus checks aimed at workers making $40,000 a year and less.
U.S. services index jumps to a four-month high on reopenings

A gauge of U.S. service industries jumped to a four-month high in June and showed the resumption of growth as the economy reopened more broadly from pandemic-induced lockdowns.
Britain may further limit Huawei in 5G, a win for Washington and blow to China

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday signaled that his government may be shifting its stance on Huawei and moving to further limit the Chinese telecom giant's role in building Britain's fifth generation mobile phone network.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter halt review of Hong Kong requests for data

Facebook and its private messaging service WhatsApp, as well as Twitter, will stop reviewing requests from Hong Kong for user data while the companies evaluate a new national security law imposed on the city by the Chinese government.

Dot Property Black Friday Sale generates significant sales as Thailand property market picks up

Beijing reports no virus cases. Here's how the city turned it around.

McConnell calls for five-year lawsuit shield for businesses as part of next coronavirus bill

Employees wear protective masks while working at a Peter Harris Clothes warehouse in Latham, N.Y., on June 8, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Dana Ullman.

U.S. services index jumps to a four-month high on reopenings

Britain may further limit Huawei in 5G, a win for Washington and blow to China

Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter halt review of Hong Kong requests for data

A beach temporarily closed due to the coronavirus in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, on June 22, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Putu Sayoga.

Bali set to welcome back tourists even as virus cases surge

Vehicles are seen washed up in a pond near a shrine in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 6, 2020. MUST CREDIT: Japan News-Yomiuri

Death toll rises from Kyushu rains

Scientists urge WHO to address airborne spread of coronavirus

Decontamination Technician Courtney Walton checks on masks that have been in a sealed shipping container at the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System in the District. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey.

With protective equipment shortages lingering, health facilities turn to mask-cleaning system

Stonewall Jackson High School is in Manassas, Va. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Debbie Truong

Virginia schools drop Confederate names, this time ignoring calls to preserve history

States mandate masks, begin to shut down again, as coronavirus cases soar and hospitalizations rise

Duckworth emerges as contender for Biden running mate

Rushed reopening led to case spikes that threaten to overwhelm hospitals in some states

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer who wrote wildy inventive theme of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' dies at 91

A trial train hits 220 kilometers per hour on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run on May 4. [XU CONGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY]

China's investment in railway projects on track to meet target

Work on Laos-China railway’s Vientiane station underway

President Moon Jae-in appointed Park Jie-won (second from left) as the new director of the National Intelligence Service and Suh Hoon (right) as the director of the National Security Office. (Yonhap)

With new team, Moon set to push for inter-Korean breakthrough

People are seen on a street in the downtown area of Toshima Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday. (The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Tokyo Gov. Koike asks people to refrain from unnecessary travel

A job seeker obtains an AK/1 card, also known as a yellow card, designated for unemployed citizens, at the Bogor regency Manpower Agency in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java, on June 12. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)

How the COVID-19 pandemic will leave more young people unemployed in Indonesia

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 17. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Al Drago

Trump's taxes, birth control top Supreme Court's closing agenda

U.K. puts $1 billion into job centers to help wave of unemployed

President Donald Trump/ File photo

Coronavirus will undermine trust in government, 'scarring body and mind' for decades, research finds

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli consults with his Cabinet members on Saturday evening at Baluwatar after visiting President Bidya Devi Bhandai in Sheetal Niwas. Photo Courtesy: Prime Minister's Secretariat

Oli says plots being hatched to oust him and impeach the President https://tkpo.st/38rsFXD

Photo credit: Yonhap

Sporadic cluster infections in S. Korea push new virus cases above 60 for 3rd day

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