Australia’s Victoria state orders large parts of economy to close over COVID-19 outbreak

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[caption id="attachment_8748" align="alignnone" width="964"] Workers push trolleys past an empty shop in Melbourne’s central business district on Aug 3, 2020, after the state announced new...

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Adverts for large polluting cars ‘should be banned’

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

A new campaign called "Badvertising" is demanding an immediate end to adverts for large polluting cars. It says the government should clamp down on sports...

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Firefighters struggle to contain blaze in southern California

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8773" align="alignnone" width="980"] A firefighter watches the flames crest a ridge during the Apple fire near Banning, California on Aug 1, 2020. [/caption] LOS...

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Business News

Tailored Brands files for bankruptcy as pandemic hammers sales

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

Men's Wearhouse owner Tailored Brands filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, adding to a list of brick-and-mortar retailers that have succumbed to the economic fallout from...

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China says chips for devices using Beidou navigation system in mass production

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

China said on Monday that 28-nanometre chips that enable mobile devices to receive signals from the Beidou navigation system are in mass production and mass...

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Business News

HSBC profits hammered by COVID-19 and soaring US-China tensions

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8714" align="alignnone" width="959"] FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of HSBC at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 6, 2019. [/caption]...

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Healthcare News

‘Major incident’ declared in British city of Manchester to tackle COVID-19

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8647" align="alignnone" width="978"] The skyline of Manchester is seen as a man exercises, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Oldham, Britain,...

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News Sports

Racing fears for future after crowd trial cancelled

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8604" align="alignnone" width="950"] Empty stands at Goodwood racecourse. [/caption] CHICHESTER, United Kingdom: Glorious Goodwood felt more like Gloomy Goodwood this weekend despite the sunshine...

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Business News

Standard Chartered to be granted additional privileges in Singapore under enhanced framework for Significantly Rooted Foreign Banks

August 2, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8680" align="alignnone" width="964"] FILE PHOTO: A Standard Chartered Bank logo is displayed on a building in Singapore. [/caption] SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore...

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MLB Cardinals expect more COVID-19 cases after latest tests: Report

August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8599" align="alignnone" width="959"] New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes will not play the remainder of the 2020 Major League Baseball season due to COVID-19...