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Traders wear masks as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 27, 2020.

20:00 GMT 09 July 2020 / updated: 20:25 GMT Business

Dow Slumps 361 Points as US COVID-19 Cases Surge

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam March 2, 2019.

Summit With Trump Might Not Happen This Year, Kim Jong Un's Sister Says

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, speaks at a news conference on oceans and sustainable development at the United Nations in New York, U.S. June 25, 2013 in this screengrab taken from United Nations TV file footage

Epstein Madam Maxwell Given Paper Clothing, Reportedly Placed on Suicide Watch Ahead of Trial

Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, departs a federal courthouse after a hearing, Monday, June 24, 2019, in Washington

US Judge Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Order Dismissing Flynn Case

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters following a classified intelligence briefing on reports that Russia paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. military in Afghanistan, during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 2, 2020.

'People Will Do What They Do', Pelosi Says After Protesters Destroy Christopher Columbus Statue

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Latin America
Bolivian Interim President Says Tested Positive for Coronavirus
The announcement comes just days after Bolivian Health Minister Eydi Roca tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Last update: 22:37 GMT 09.07.2020
22:37 GMT 09.07.2020
Middle East
Multiple Explosions Sound Off in Tehran, Power Outages Detected - Reports
Iranian media reported an explosion in Garmdareh, just west of Tehran, early on Friday morning.
Last update: 23:13 GMT 09.07.2020
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US
Former Trump Fixer Cohen Back in Federal Custody After Being Spotted at NYC Restaurant
Michael Cohen, the former attorney of US President Donald Trump, is back in federal custody after reportedly refusing to comply with conditions necessary for his home confinement agreement with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
Last update: 22:53 GMT 09.07.2020
22:53 GMT 09.07.2020
US
Top COVID-19 Doctor Says US States With Surging Cases Should Consider 'Shutting Down'
States with surging COVID-19 cases should reverse course and reimpose lockdown measures put in place earlier this year to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday on a Wall Street Journal podcast.
Last update: 00:37 GMT 10.07.2020
00:37 GMT 10.07.2020
US
Robert De Niro Says Running Out of Money Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
According to his defence, the actor had to cut his soon-to-be-ex wife's credit card allowance from $100,000 to $50,000 because his restaurant business suffered huge losses during the virus-induced lockdown.
Last update: 17:33 GMT 09.07.2020
17:33 GMT 09.07.2020
Viral
'Biden is Not Well': Video of Presumptive Democratic Candidate’s Mumbling Causes a Meme Contest
In March, a tweet by White House Director of Social Media Dan Scavino, featuring an edited clip of Joe Biden, was labeled by Twitter as “manipulated media”. The official has now come up with a new cutting of a recent Biden speech, which some say does not present the presumptive Democratic candidate in the best light.
Last update: 04:46 GMT 09.07.2020
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World
COVID-19 Live Updates: Germany Registers 395 New Cases, 9,054 New Deaths - Institute
US-based Johns Hopkins University has reported more than 12.2 million coronavirus cases worldwide, with more than half a million having died from the infection. Since first being diagnosed in China in December 2019, the virus has been reported in more than 210 countries and territories.
Last update: 23:06 GMT 09.07.2020
23:06 GMT 09.07.2020
World
Russia Submits Draft UNSC Measure to Deliver Syria Aid Via 1 Crossing for 1 Year - Envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russia has introduced another UN Security Council draft resolution that seeks to authorise the cross-border humanitarian aid delivery mechanism in northwestern Syria from Turkey through one crossing for a year, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said in a statement.