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  Last update: 10:05 GMT 07.08.2020

  10:05 GMT 07.08.2020

  Middle East

  EU Chief Charles Michel Heading to Beirut on Saturday in Wake of Deadly Blast

  On Tuesday, a massive explosion at the port of Beirut affected nearly half of the city and resulted in more than 5,000 people sustaining injuries.

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  Last update: 07:36 GMT 07.08.2020

  07:36 GMT 07.08.2020

  World

  US Arms Sales to Taiwan Violate One China Principle, Beijing Says on Reports of Possible Drone Deal

  Beijing's statement comes in response to reports suggesting that Washington is looking to surreptitiously sell four SeaGuardian surveillance drones to the breakaway province.

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  Last update: 05:26 GMT 07.08.2020

  05:26 GMT 07.08.2020

  UK

  What Will Happen to Britain’s Oldest Prisons, Some of Which Were Built During Napoleonic Wars?

  Last year British prisons minister Lucy Frazer told a Parliamentary committee many of the country’s Victorian-era jails were still needed. But some, like Dartmoor, are due to close but because they are historic buildings they will have to be redeveloped, rather than demolished.

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  Last update: 10:11 GMT 07.08.2020

  10:11 GMT 07.08.2020

  UK

  Social Media Blames UK Tabloid Media, Police And Prosecutors For TV Presenter’s Suicide

  Caroline Flack, who presented the UK version of Love Island, was found hanged at her flat in London in February. Twitter users are divided as to who is to blame - the tabloid media or the Crown Prosecution Service who decided to prosecute her for assault.

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  Last update: 04:00 GMT 07.08.2020

  04:00 GMT 07.08.2020

  Opinion

  Lebanon Has Reached Critical Point That Challenges Its Survival as Sovereign State, Analyst Warns

  The Tuesday explosion in Beirut’s port has pushed Lebanon to the edge, sparking the question whether the country is able to overcome the crisis, says Middle East expert and political analyst Ghassan Kadi, explaining why a money injection is not enough to save the country's economy.

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  Last update: 07:21 GMT 07.08.2020

  07:21 GMT 07.08.2020

  Russia

  Russia Has Ways to Bring Soil Samples From Venus to Earth, Roscosmos Chief Reveals

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian specialists have developed solutions to bring soil samples from Venus to Earth, the head of Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation, Dmitry Rogozin said.

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  Last update: 05:37 GMT 07.08.2020

  05:37 GMT 07.08.2020

  World

  In Vino Veritas? Wine Can Mitigate the Symptoms of Coronavirus, Scientists Suggest

  As many countries around the globe continue their work on a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, Canadian scientists might have found a way to mitigate at least one symptom of the disease that wine lovers will truly appreciate.

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  Last update: 04:58 GMT 07.08.2020

  04:58 GMT 07.08.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: Number of Confirmed Cases in India Surpasses 2 Million

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 710,000; almost 19.1 million cases of infection have been detected, and over 11.4 million of those patients have recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.