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• Croatia makes face masks compulsory in public indoor spaces

  11-07-2020 15:25 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Croatia said on Saturday that wearing face masks will be obligatory in most closed public spaces from next week as the number of COVID-19 cases keeps rising.The national civil protection directorate said that from Monday face masks will be obligatory for both employees and clients in shops, and also for employees in bars, restaurants and other places where there is close contact with customers.The use of face masks on public transport was made compulsory several weeks ago.
  
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• Bosnians mark 25 years since Srebrenica genocide that shocked the world

  11-07-2020 15:13 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Bosnians commemorated on Saturday the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, marking the 25th anniversary of killings that shocked the world and have stood out as Europe's only atrocity since World War Two constituting genocide.About 1,000 victims of the massacre in the eastern town during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war are still missing.World leaders addressed the solemn ceremony by video link, unable to attend because of coronavirus epidemic.
  
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• Pandemic, racism compound worries about Black suicide rate

  11-07-2020 15:12 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Jasmin Pierre was 18 when she tried to end her life, overdosing on whatever pills she could find.Years of therapy brought progress, but the 31-year-old Black woman's journey is now complicated by a combination of stressors hitting simultaneously: isolation during the pandemic, a shortage of mental health care providers and racial trauma inflicted by repeated police killings of Black people.“Black people who already go through mental health issues, we’re even more triggered,” sa
  
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• Jack Charlton, icon of English and Irish football alike, dies at 85

  11-07-2020 15:11 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Few players or managers have enjoyed World Cup glory with two countries but Jack Charlton, who has died aged 85, was held in rare affection by English and Irish football supporters.The World Cup may have brought the best remembered moments of his career but Charlton had no shortage of success at club level during nearly 45 years as a player and manager.Charlton, a tall, no-nonsense central defender, was part of Alf Ramsey's England team which won the World Cup in 1966, playing in the same side a
  
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• Sessions vies for Senate comeback in race shadowed by Trump

  11-07-2020 15:09 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Seeking a political comeback, former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to beat out ex-college football coach Tommy Tuberville in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff and reclaim the Alabama Senate seat he held for decades.To do that, Sessions also has to go through President Donald Trump.Trump has endorsed Tuberville, whose name recognition comes from his time on the sidelines at Auburn University, and turned decisively against his former Cabinet member, making direct appeals fo
  
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• One to watch: Oscar Jerome

  11-07-2020 15:00 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  One to watch: Oscar JeromeThe in-demand singer-songwriter, a member of Afrobeat collective Kokoroko, has just released his striking solo debut
  
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• Nikki Haley has gotten where she is by embracing oppression, not fighting it

  11-07-2020 15:00 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Nikki Haley has gotten where she is by embracing oppression, not fighting itThe successes of women like Nikki Haley are held up as ‘proof’ misogyny and racism don’t exist
  
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• Leaders and survivors mark 25 years since Srebrenica massacre

  11-07-2020 14:56 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Remains are still being found in mass graves.
  
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• Scuba divers accused of endangering Britain's rare seahorses

  11-07-2020 14:53 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Scuba divers who are unable to go overseas to dive due to coronavirus have been accused of endangering the future of Britain’s rarest seahorses. Divers who would usually head to exotic locations to get a sight of rare species have instead been flocking to Studland Bay, Dorset, home of the spiny seahorses. But without a wildlife license, excess divers and boats are at risk of killing off Britain’s protected species. Both spiny and short-snouted seahorses are protected under the Wildli
  
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• Lorraine Kelly Praises Kate Garraway's Strength In Husband's Covid-19 Battle: 'I'm So Proud Of Her'

  11-07-2020 14:52 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Derek Draper has been hospitalised since March after contracting coronavirus.
  
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• Serbia police detain 71 after 4th night of virus protests

  11-07-2020 14:49 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Serbian police have detained 71 people after clashes during the fourth night of anti-government protests that were initially sparked by the announcement of a new coronavirus lockdown, a senior police official said Saturday.Fourteen policemen were injured in the rioting when hundreds of right-wing demonstrators tried to storm the parliament building in downtown Belgrade on Friday evening, said police director Vladimir Rebic.Demonstrators defying an anti-virus ban on gatherings threw bottles, rock
  
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• 'Say Yes to the Dress' star Lori Allen gifts nurse free wedding dress

  11-07-2020 14:49 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  TLC's ‘Say Yes to the Dress’ Atlanta star, Lori Allen, gifts ER and trauma nurse, Holly Beth Jones, a free wedding dress on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
  
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• World Population Day: reproductive health of India's women suffers under Covid-19

  11-07-2020 14:46 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  India's coronavirus lockdown has had a dramatic effect on women's reproductive health, safety and security, according to health organisations, with reduced access to medical facilities forcing millions of women either to continue with unwanted pregnancies or to undergo late-term or unsafe abortions.   “Some 1.85 million women will be unable to access abortion services as a near-term impact of Covid-19, directly affecting their sexual and reproductive health,” says
  
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• Brexit briefing: 173 days until the end of the transition period

  11-07-2020 14:42 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  The UK left the European Union on January 31. Here we look at the latest figures and key dates in the ongoing Brexit process.
  
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• Swimmers return to some outdoor pools in England

  11-07-2020 14:41 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Some outdoor pools and lidos have welcomed back swimmers this weekend, after the Government announced further easing of coronavirus lockdown measures.
  But some facilities opted to remain closed after saying the Thursday announcement had not given them enough notice to put safety features in place.
  
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• National Trust sues building firm after fire ravaged Grade I mansion featured in The Duchess

  11-07-2020 14:39 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Trust is suing a construction company and a firm of building surveyors for £115m in damages over a defective lift shaft blamed for a disastrous fire that gutted one of the charity’s most prestigious properties. Grade I listed Clandon Park, near Guildford in Surrey, was the ancestral home of the Onslow family until it was given to the National Trust in 1956. The stately home featured in the 2008 film The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, and attracted m
  
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• Flights banned between French Guyana and Mayotte and the rest of France due to Covid-19

  11-07-2020 14:39 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Flights between French overseas departments French Guyana and Mayotte and the rest of France are prohibited until further notice, due to the high number of Covid-19 cases, according to a new decree published by the French government on Saturday.Flights “are prohibited, unless they are based on a compelling reason of a personal or family order, a health reason…or a professional reason,” according to the decree.Prime Minister Jean Castex is slated to arrive in French Guyana for
  
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• Will Republicans ditch Trump to save the Senate as support nosedives?

  11-07-2020 14:32 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Will Republicans ditch Trump to save the Senate as support nosedives?The human and economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has transformed the political landscape and increased talk of a sinking ship
  
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• Man jailed after victim he punched dies three years later

  11-07-2020 14:32 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Landon Smith, 22, was given a 12-month sentence on Friday for his assault on Craig Kaye.
  
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• Trump news – live: President commutes long-time adviser Roger Stone's sentence and demands extradition of former MI6 officer

  11-07-2020 14:27 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Jack Charlton: England World Cup Winner Dies Aged 85

  11-07-2020 14:25 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  England 1966 World Cup hero and former Republic of Ireland boss Jack Charlton has died aged 85.Charlton had been suffering from a long-term illness and also had dementia.Alongside his brother Bobby, he was part of the team that won the World Cup at Wembley in 1966.His family said he passed away peacefully.
  
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• Firefighters Rescue 10 Puppies From St Louis House Fire

  11-07-2020 14:24 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  Members of the St Louis Fire Department rescued ten puppies from a house fire in north St Louis, Missouri, on Friday, July 10.According to reports, firefighters responded to a house on fire on the 4500 block of Martin Luther King Drive at around 12:25 pm.Footage released by the fire department shows firefighters giving the puppies oxygen and dousing them with water.Ten people were displaced by the fire, a department spokesperson said. No other injuries were reported. Credit: St Louis Fire Depart
  
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• Trump demands extradition of former MI6 officer Christopher Steele over Russia dossier

  11-07-2020 14:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  'This man should be extradited, tried, and thrown into jail' Trump tweeted on Saturday
  
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• Captain Sir Tom Moore honoured by David Beckham and FA as leader of ‘Lionhearts inspirational heroes’ team

  11-07-2020 14:10 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  NHS fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore has been made honorary captain of a team of inspirational figures, receiving his distinction from former England skipper David Beckham.The war veteran, who raised nearly £33m for health service charities by completing laps of his garden, was given a framed football shirt for the position.
  
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• How Israel's 'iron-fist' approach to the coronavirus led to the world's worst second wave

  11-07-2020 14:09 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  With a former special forces commander at its helm and an army of young conscripts, Israel seemed well-prepared to tackle the coronavirus with ruthless military precision. As the number of infections climbed steadily in March, the army and Israel’s security agencies were deployed to help control the outbreak, while all borders were sealed to foreigners and citizens urged not to travel more than a hundred yards beyond their homes. By mid-May, the rate of infection had fallen to just a few d
  
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• Mark Drakeford: Wales is open again for tourism

  11-07-2020 14:06 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has said that Wales is now open for tourism and that it is 'absolutely safe' to visit. He added that social distancing measures are still in place though as the coronavirus has not gone away. .
  
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• World Population Day 2020: Emphasis on health, rights of women and girls

  11-07-2020 14:02
  
  July 11 is celebrated at World Population Day. The day is observed to understand and spread awareness about the social and economic challenges faced in the world due to the rising population. With the COVID-19 outbreak affecting millions across the globe, a factor of public health also has been included in these challenges this year. Saturday is #WorldPopulationDay! Amid the #COVID19 crisis, see how @UNFPA is safeguarding the health and rights of millions of people worldwide affected by #coronav
  
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• Woman who is pregnant with stepson's baby marries him in 'ordinary' ceremony

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Russian Instagram influencer Marina Balmasheva, 35, began a sexual relationship with her stepson Vladimir "Voya" Shavyrin, 20, and ditched her husband for him - and she's now 11-12 weeks pregnant with his baby ......
  
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• WHO believes ‘unknown pneumonia’ in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19

  11-07-2020 14:02
  
  The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization says the agency believes an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Kazakhstan is likely due to the coronavirus. Dr Michael Ryan says Kazakh authorities have reported more than 10,000 lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last week and just under 50,000 cases and 264 deaths as of Tuesday. “We are looking at the actual testing and the quality of testing to make sure that there haven’t been false negative tests for some of those other pneu
  
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• Weekend Curfew Last Straw: Why COVID Sparked Big Protest In This Nation

  11-07-2020 14:02
  For many Serbs, it was the last straw: when the president announced the resumption of a weekend curfew to fight the coronavirus pandemic, thousands took to the streets in anger. ......
  
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• 'We use music to help ourselves': Phantom tenor carries on in lockdown

  11-07-2020 14:02
  The entire Phantom of the Opera cast performing at Her Majesty's Theatre in London was let go and told to re-audition for their roles when venues reopen. ......
  
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• Vietnam: 31 million workers impacted by Covid-19 pandemic, risk of rising unemployment

  11-07-2020 14:02
  (Reuters) – The economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted about 31 million workers in Vietnam, with 900,000 out of work and nearly 18 million people receiving less income than before, a government...
  
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• U.S. sets record for new COVID cases third day in a row at over 69,000

  11-07-2020 14:02
  New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to its plans to reopen its flagship theme park in hard-hit Florida. A total of nine U.S. states - Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Ohio, Utah and Wisconsin - also reached records for single-day infections. In Texas, another hot zone, Governor Greg Abbott warned on Friday he may have to impose new clampd
  
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• Trump working on executive order to establish merit-based immigration system

  11-07-2020 14:02
  WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump is working on an executive order to establish a merit-based immigration system in the US, the White House has said. The White House statement came soon after Trump, in an interview with Spanish-language Telemundo News channel, said he is working on an executive order on immigration that will include a "road to citizenship" for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme. The DACA programme provides for work permits and other prote
  
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• Trump commutes the sentence of former advisor Roger Stone

  11-07-2020 14:02
  President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and advisor Roger Stone. ......
  
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• Thousands protest arrest of Russian regional governor

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Thousands of demonstrators in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk have held a protest against the arrest of the region's governor on charges of involvement in multiple murders. ......
  
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• The states we're in: can ‘laboratories of democracy’ conquer Covid-19?

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Three authors consider how Republicans captured power and how Democrats responded – their work sheds light on how federalism might meet the present challenge On 30 June, a bill of at least $765bn came due for the 50 states. Unlike the national government, these jurisdictions cannot print money or...
  
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• Teen killed by great white shark as he screamed and pals tried to fight it off

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Mani Hart-Deville, 15, was bitten by a great white shark in front of horrified family and friends who tried to fight off the predator, which "came again for another attack" as the teen screamed for help ......
  
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• Surgeons led by Indian-origin doctor perform double lung transplant on second Covid-19 patient

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Surgeons led by an Indian-origin doctor have performed a double-lung transplant on a second patient whose lungs were damaged by COVID-19, within a month after the same team conducted what is believed to have been the first such surgery in the US. The patient, an Illinois man in his 60s, spent 100 days on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life support machine that does the work of the heart and lungs. He received the transplant last weekend at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
  
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• Singapore’s PAP retains power but support slips as opposition make historic gains

  11-07-2020 14:02
  (The Star) – Singapore’s long-ruling party retained power on Saturday but its support fell sharply, while the opposition made historic gains, in a general election held under the shadow of a coronavirus outbreak. Voters put on masks and gloves and had to observe social distancing rules during a poll held as the city-state emerges from a lengthy lockdown. The affluent financial hub has seen large virus outbreaks in dormitories housing low-paid foreign workers, but with new infections
  
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• Sam Neill on sharing firm views on Twitter: “We really don’t need someone else shouting”

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Sam Neill has revealed why he opts to cheer people up on social media rather than share some of his firmer views. Read more: Lockdown watch: the overlooked TV shows you should binge next Speaking in a new interview, the Jurassic Park actor discussed being branded social media’s designated...
  
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• Poland faces momentous choice in tight presidential runoff

  11-07-2020 14:02
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Voters in Poland on Sunday will decide a tight runoff election between populist incumbent President Andrzej Duda and his liberal pro-European Union challenger, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski. Recent opinion polls show a race so close that it could hinge on a narrow margin of voters, which added urgency to the final days of campaigning in the central European Union nation of 38 million people. If Duda wins, he and the right-wing Law and Justice party that backs him wil
  
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• Philippine talents showcase skills at "Chinese Bridge" contest online finals

  11-07-2020 14:02
  MANILA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen Philippine students participated on Saturday in the 19th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition in the Philippines finals sponsored by the Chinese Embassy here. It is the first time the "Chinese Bridge" contest finals in the Philippines, organized by the Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation (AUF), was held virtually...
  
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• No guarantee Trump will back India against China if tensions escalate: Former US NSA John Bolton

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Former United States national security advisor John Bolton has said that if the Sino-India border tensions escalate, there is no guarantee that US President Donald Trump will back India against China. China has been behaving in a belligerent fashion all around its periphery, certainly in the East and South China sea, and its relations with Japan, India as well as others have declined, Bolton told WION TV in an interview. On how far Trump was prepared to go to back India against China, he said, &
  
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• Madeleine McCann detectives have ‘fundamental evidence she is dead’ as firefighters join ‘search for body’

  11-07-2020 14:02
  PORTUGUESE police say they now have "fundamental evidence" Madeleine McCann is dead, say reports. The claims comes as cops "launched searches" for the Brit youngster's body in rural wells on the Algarve. 11 The hunt is said to have been conducted in Vila do Bispo, a short drive from Praia da Luz where she vanished aged three, in May 2007. Portuguese state broadcaster RTP earlier reported detectives discovered “fundamental evidence” linking Christian B to her disappearance. Hans Chris
  
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• London Mayor Sadiq Khan spent £30,000 on boarding up statues in Westminster

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Including £10,000 to protect Winston Churchill monument which was vandalised during BLM protests. ......
  
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• Kuwait reports 478 new COVID-19 cases, 54,058 in total

  11-07-2020 14:02
  
  KUWAIT CITY, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait on Saturday reported 478 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 54,058 and the...
  
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• Johnson wants mandatory face masks to help Britain 'go back to work'

  11-07-2020 14:02
  The Prime Minister indicated that in confined spaces, such as transport and shops, everyone should wear a face covering. ......
  
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• Its World Population Day and Family Planning shall not be discussed

  11-07-2020 14:02
  Hussain Saify New Delhi: India is a country with a population of 130 crores and counting. Family planning stands to be the need of the hour for many reasons — resources becoming extinct. The fact that India’s exploding population is responsible for the poor quality of life cannot be ignored. One other fact that cannot be ignored is that as of 2017, the fertility rate of 2.24 births per women is declining. Out of 36 states and eight union territories, a combined 22 of them have a fert
  
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• Instagram a fertile ground for promoting vaping to young users

  11-07-2020 14:02
  London: Facebook-owned Instagram has become a fertile ground for e-cigarette companies to promote vaping to young people, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based study has revealed. By using AI, researchers from Aalto university in Finland were able to analyse hundreds of thousands of posts from a six-month period, and found that a large portion of posts are promoting controversial flavoured e-liquids to young audiences. “While print...
  
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