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  Last update: 18:26 GMT 11.07.2020

  18:26 GMT 11.07.2020

  India

  Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, His Son Test Positive for COVID-19, Fans Break Down on Twitter

  New Delhi (Sputnik): The year 2020 has been called cursed ever since the coronavirus pandemic broke out and brought the world to a standstill. For one of the world’s biggest movie industries – Bollywood – this year has been especially brutal. Bollywood has lost some of its most prized jewels over the last few months.

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  Last update: 14:47 GMT 11.07.2020

  14:47 GMT 11.07.2020

  Society

  Ancient Egyptian Artefacts: Isotope Analysis Helps Uncover Technology Underlying Great Giza Pyramid

  The difficulties in building the pyramids are believed to have sparked various technological advances at the time of their construction 4,500 years ago, with one of them supposedly being a method for shipping huge limestone blocks along the Nile River.

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  Last update: 17:17 GMT 11.07.2020

  17:17 GMT 11.07.2020

  Business

  Russia Continues to Boost Gold Reserves, Adds Further $2.7 Bln to Int’l Assets

  The country’s total foreign holdings are now above the $500 billion target set by the Central Bank of Russia a few years ago.

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  Last update: 14:01 GMT 11.07.2020

  14:01 GMT 11.07.2020

  Opinion

  Joe's Trip to USSR: How Biden Rubbed Shoulders With the Soviets Seeking to Diffuse Cold War Tensions

  A recently found Pravda article dated 27 August 1979 evokes memories of Joe Biden's first visit to the USSR. US academics have walked down memory lane discussing Biden's role in the US-Soviet SALT II negotiations and unexpected collapse of the agreement.

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  Last update: 12:12 GMT 11.07.2020

  12:12 GMT 11.07.2020

  Europe

  Goodbye to EU: Finnish MEP Predicts Bloc's Collapse as Brussels Eyes More Power Over Member States

  Predictions about the end of the European project have long been bandied about in the corridors of power and in newspaper columns. However, one Finnish MEP has joined the long list of those making the claim that the end may be on the horizon.

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  Last update: 11:15 GMT 11.07.2020

  11:15 GMT 11.07.2020

  Military & Intelligence

  Russia Scrambles 2 Fighters to Intercept US Spy Jet Over Sea of Japan - Video

  MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday to intercept the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft of the US air force over the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Russian Defenсe Ministry said.

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  Last update: 10:39 GMT 11.07.2020

  10:39 GMT 11.07.2020

  World

  FBI Kidnapped Nigerian Influencer From Dubai, Claims His Lawyer

  Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, known on Instagram as Ray Hushpuppi, was arrested together with another Nigerian influencer by police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in June. Last week, the two men appeared in court in Chicago. How they ended up in the United States is unclear, because Washington has no formal extradition treaty with the UAE.

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  Last update: 04:42 GMT 11.07.2020

  04:42 GMT 11.07.2020

  World

  Coronavirus Live Updates: Global COVID-19 Case Total Rises By 219,983 to 12.3Mln, WHO Says

  Due to new outbreaks, several areas and cities around the world have been put on lockdown, including parts of eastern Spain and the Australian city of Melbourne. Pandemic restriction measures have also been imposed in Belgium, with people obliged to wear masks in public places once again.