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Police: 7 Arrested for Vandalizing Columbus Statue in Miami
Seven people have been arrested for vandalizing statues of Christopher Columbus and Juan Ponce de León in Miami, the city’s police said.
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Unilever to Place HQ in UK, Ending Anglo-Dutch Structure
Consumer goods giant Unilever says it will end its Anglo-Dutch corporate structure and be based in London, backing away from a proposal two years ago to move to the Netherlands.
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UK Gas Supplier Centrica to Cut 5,000 Jobs
Centrica, which owns British Gas, is cutting 5,000 jobs as it restructures.
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Pakistan Army Chief Says Anti-Polio Campaign to Restart Soon
Pakistan’s army chief has told Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates that despite the challenge of COVID-19, Pakistan plans to restart polio vaccination campaigns across the country.
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MLB Opens Draft With Black Lives Matter Message, Donations
Before the first pick was made, Major League Baseball delivered a message: The sport stands fully behind the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Resurgence of Virus Threatens South Korea’s Success Story
Just weeks ago, South Korea was celebrating its hard-won gains against the coronavirus, easing social distancing, reopening schools and promoting a tech-driven anti-virus campaign President Moon Jae-in has called ?K-quarantine.?
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‘Ticking Time Bomb:’ Lack of Beds Slows Delhi’s Virus Fight
In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India’s highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman?s death after a frantic hunt for a sickbed was a worrying sign about the country?s ability to cope with a wave of new coronavirus cases.
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Asian Shares Slide as Rising Virus Cases Haunt Reopenings
Asian shares tumbled Thursday as reports of rising numbers of coronavirus infections in many countries raised fears over risks from reopenings from pandemic shutdowns.
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Floyd Killing Finds Echoes of Abuse in South Africa, Kenya
Collins Khosa was killed by law enforcement officers in a poor township in Johannesburg over a cup of beer left in his yard. The 40-year-old black man was choked, slammed against a wall, beaten, kicked and hit with the butt of a rifle by the soldiers as police watched, his family says.
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For Tennis, Golf, Tournaments Without Fans Come at a Cost
When he first contemplated the prospect of a U.S. Open without fans because of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Tennis Association?s chief revenue officer figured there was no way it could work.