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India found cybersecurity lapses at National Payments Corp in 2019 - government document

Published On: July 30, 2020 11:40 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, July 30: A government audit of India’s flagship payments processor last year found more than 40 security vulnerabilities including several it called “critical” and “high” risk, according to an internal government document seen by Reuters.

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U.S. records a coronavirus death every minute as total surpasses 150,000

Published On: July 30, 2020 10:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON DC, July 30: One person in the United States died about every minute from COVID-19 on Wednesday as the national death toll surpassed 150,000, the highest in the world

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Pakistan's Umar Akmal gets ban halved to 18 months

Published On: July 30, 2020 07:48 AM NPT By: Reuters

LAHORE, July 30: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal’s three-year ban for an anti-corruption breach has been halved by an independent adjudicator, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday.

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Juve lose to Cagliari as Ronaldo's Golden Boot hopes fade

Published On: July 30, 2020 07:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

CAGLIARI, July 30: Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of finishing the season as top scorer in Italy’s Serie A faded away on Wednesday as he failed to find the net when champions Juventus slumped to a shock 2-0 defeat away to Cagliari.

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ByteDance investors value TikTok at $50 billion in takeover bid - sources

Published On: July 29, 2020 07:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK/HONG KONG, July 29: Some investors of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance seeking to take over the popular social media app are valuing it at about $50 billion, significantly more than peers such as Snap Inc (SNAP.N), according to people familiar with the matter.

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Six U.S. states see record COVID-19 deaths, Latinos hit hard in California

Published On: July 29, 2020 12:49 PM NPT By: Reuters

UNITED STATES, July 29: A half-dozen U.S. states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half its cases.

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UK sets up $647 million emergency insurance fund for film and TV

Published On: July 29, 2020 12:46 PM NPT By: Reuters

Britain has announced a 500 million-pound ($647 million) fund to help television and film companies restart productions after companies complained they were unable to get insurance because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Johnny Depp was victim of 'abuser' Heard, court told

Published On: July 29, 2020 12:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

Johnny Depp was the victim of invented allegations and physical violence from his former wife Amber Heard, London’s High Court was told on Tuesday, the final day of the Hollywood actor’s three-week libel suit against a British tabloid.

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With election looming, Trump hardens stance against 'Dreamer' immigrant program

Published On: July 29, 2020 10:25 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, July 29: U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, bolstering his tough immigration stance in an election year, said on Tuesday it will reject any new applications for the so-called ‘Dreamer’ immigrant program and shorten the deportation protections of those whose eligibility is soon to expire.

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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner welcome first child

Published On: July 28, 2020 12:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

“Game of Thrones” actress Sophie Turner has given birth to a girl with husband Joe Jonas, the first child for the celebrity couple.

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Malaysia's Najib failed to 'raise reasonable doubt' on abuse of power charge - judge

Published On: July 28, 2020 11:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has failed to raise reasonable doubt over an abuse of power charge, a high court judge said on Tuesday, in the first trial linked to multi-billion-dollar corruption allegations at state fund 1MDB.

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Second COVID-19 wave forces new travel curbs around the globe

Published On: July 28, 2020 10:25 AM NPT By: Reuters

SYDNEY/LONDON, July 28: Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections.

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Travel bans cannot be indefinite, countries must fight virus at home: WHO

Published On: July 28, 2020 08:35 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, July 28: Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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School girls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid

Published On: July 28, 2020 08:14 AM NPT By: Reuters

AHMEDABAD, India, July 28: Two teenage girls from India have discovered an Earth-bound asteroid by poring through images from a University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said on Monday.

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Gold hits record, equities edge higher on stimulus hopes

Published On: July 27, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, July 27: Global equity benchmarks edged higher and gold soared to an all-time high on Monday as investors weighed expectations for another U.S. stimulus package with concerns that rising tensions between the United States and China will the slow the recovery of the global economy from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Four Turkish soldiers die, 27 injured after bus topples in south

Published On: July 27, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

ISTANBUL, July 27: Four Turkish soldiers and two drivers died and 27 other troops were injured on Monday after a bus carrying them toppled in the southern province of Mersin, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said.

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Russia says it thwarted planned mass shooting attack in Moscow

Published On: July 27, 2020 06:31 PM NPT By: Reuters

MOSCOW, July 27: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday it had thwarted a planned militant attack in Moscow and shot dead an unnamed man it said was plotting a mass shooting in a crowded public place.

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Israeli army says one of its drones crashed inside Lebanon

Published On: July 27, 2020 01:12 PM NPT By: Reuters

JERUSALEM, July 27: An Israeli drone crashed inside Lebanon during operational activity along the border, an Israeli military spokeswoman said.

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Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases

Published On: July 27, 2020 09:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

ASUNCION/SANTIAGO, July 27: Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reuters tally showed on Sunday, amid a surge of infections in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

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Spain's COVID-19 death toll could be 60% higher than official count, says El Pais

Published On: July 26, 2020 08:42 PM NPT By: Reuters

MADRID, July 26: Spain’s COVID-19 death toll could be nearly 60% higher than the official figure of 28,432, according to an investigation by El Pais newspaper published on Sunday.

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