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Deaths from coronavirus, by region and country, as of August 5
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17.08.2024
Europe fears second virus wave as Trump takes heat for 'misinformation'
The move came as Facebook faces pressure to prevent the spread of misinformation
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17.08.2024
Facebook, Twitter take aim at Trump 'misinformation'
A boat travels on the Jurura river in Carauari, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, in March 2020 -- the entire region is facing many challenges, and now must battle the coronavirus crisis as well
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17.08.2024
Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
People walk along a commercial street, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 4, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic
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17.08.2024
Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000
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The Florida court hearing of the teenager accused of masterminding a major Twitter hack, held online via the Zoom app, was interrupted with rap music and pornography
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Porn video interrupts US court hearing for accused Twitter hacker
The alleged assault, which took place at the five-star Fairmont Nile City hotel in Cairo in 2014, involved a group of six men said to have drugged and raped a young woman, according to several social media accounts
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Egypt investigates alleged gang rape at luxury hotel
The camps had sheltered Malian refugees since 2012
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UN closes two Malian refugee camps in Niger, citing security fears
People wear protective face masks to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Istanbul on July 1, 2020 -- concerns are growing in the country as the daily infection toll increases
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Fears grow in Turkey as daily virus cases top 1,000
People, wearing a face mask, walk in the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam on August 5, 2020, from when wearing a face mask is mandatory in five usually crowded places in the city of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam enforces face masks in crowded places
US President Donald Trump, seen here with his wife Melania on the White House's South Lawn, may accept the Republican Party's nomination from the presidential residence
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Biden, Trump scramble to replan nomination speeches
Individuals were alerted by WhatsApp last year that their mobile phones had been targeted with spying technology
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Anger in Togo after government accused of using spyware on critics
Indigenous chief Aritana, pictured in 2003 with Queen Sofia of Spain, was known for fighting to protect the Amazon rainforest
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Virus kills leading Brazil indigenous chief Aritana
More than 4,000 wounded people staggered or were taken into damaged and overwhelmed hospitals across the Lebanese capital on Tuesday evening
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'Armageddon' at Beirut hospitals after blast hurt medics, patients alike
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