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  Last update: 16:36 GMT 02.08.2021

  16:36 GMT 02.08.2021

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  Pro-Trump Social Network GETTR Reportedly 'Exploited by Extremists’, Awash With Decapitation Videos

  GETTR, a social media platform created by Jason Miller, a former aide and spokesman for Donald Trump, and launched officially on 4 July 2021, was advertised as an alternative to mainstream social media - including Twitter and Facebook - which would be “free of bias and censorship”.

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  Last update: 19:10 GMT 02.08.2021

  19:10 GMT 02.08.2021

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  US Sen. Graham Tests Positive for COVID, Says 'Flu-Like Symptoms' Would Be 'Far Worse' Without Shot

  While the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have noted the possibility of "breakthrough" cases, they noted last week that just 6,500 such cases have occurred among 163 million fully vaccinated Americans, with 74% of those breakthrough cases occurring in Americans over the age of 65.

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  Last update: 16:16 GMT 02.08.2021

  16:16 GMT 02.08.2021

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  New York Governor Suggests Private Business Admit Only Coronavirus Vaccinated Patrons

  NEW YORK (Sputnik) - Private businesses in New York State should ask customers for proof of vaccination against the novel coronavirus as a condition for admission in order to ensure safety for all and to safeguard their own commercial interest, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.

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  Last update: 14:33 GMT 02.08.2021

  14:33 GMT 02.08.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  Strange Mark, Bandage Spotted on Kim Jong-un's Head by Media

  The exact cause of the "spot" on Kim’s head wasn’t immediately clear, as it would be somewhat problematic to diagnose it based on images alone.

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  Last update: 15:28 GMT 02.08.2021

  15:28 GMT 02.08.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  UK Tabloids Raise Alarm Over Russian Nuclear Subs Conducting ‘Sinister’ Deep Dive Operations in Atlantic

  The Borei-class submarine is a nuclear-powered ballistic missile-carrying boat with up to 16 Bulava nuclear missiles onboard. Russia currently has four of these subs in its arsenal, with a fifth expected to be commissioned in October and at least five more to be completed after that.

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  Last update: 17:12 GMT 02.08.2021

  17:12 GMT 02.08.2021

  US

  US, ACLU Renew Battle Over Policy Allowing Migrants to Be Turned Away at Southern Border

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Justice Department and the rights advocate American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have renewed a legal battle over the Biden administration's use of a Trump-era public health policy that allows asylum-seeking migrants to immediately be turned away at the US southern border, a court filing revealed on Monday.

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  Last update: 17:41 GMT 02.08.2021

  17:41 GMT 02.08.2021

  World

  India Asserts Maritime Presence in South China Sea As US Calls to Halt Beijing's 'Aggression'

  The announcement that warships have been deployed in the South China Sea comes despite speculation from local analysts that India would not make a great effort to assert its presence in the maritime sphere because a lot of money has already been allocated to secure its land border with China.

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  Last update: 04:13 GMT 02.08.2021

  04:13 GMT 02.08.2021

  World

  Live Updates: NYC Transport Workers Will Be Required to Get Vaccinated or Tested Weekly - Cuomo

  The global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 4.2 million, while over 198 million cases of the infection have been detected, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.