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UK might stop official Covid death count over claims of 'exaggeration': Telegraph 9 August 2020

The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.

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Beirut protestors call for fall of government on second day of demonstrations 9 August 2020

Lebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rock-throwing protesters blocking a road near parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations triggered by last week's devastating explosion.

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‘You will not lock all of us up!’: Protesters in Poland denounce arrests of LGBT activists 9 August 2020

Demonstrators turned out in Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday to protest anti-LGBT attitudes promoted by the government as well as the detention of pro-LGBT rights protesters.

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French NGO workers among eight killed by gunmen in Niger, local governor says 9 August 2020

Six French citizens and their local guide and driver were killed Sunday by gunmen riding motorcycles in an area of southwestern Niger that is home to the last West African giraffes, officials said.

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US passes 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases 9 August 2020

The United States has registered over five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University's real-time tally showed Sunday, as well as over 162,000 deaths as the country struggles to control the disease.

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Europe swelters under a heatwave complicated by Covid-19 restrictions 9 August 2020

Sun-seekers flocked to beaches over the weekend as parts of Western Europe sweltered in a heatwave, but authorities urged people to avoid crowded areas and keep wearing masks despite the heat over concern for the rising numbers of coronavirus cases across the continent.

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Afghanistan to release 400 'hard-core' Taliban as precondition to peace talks 9 August 2020

Afghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 "hard-core" Taliban prisoners, paving the way for the beginning of peace talks aimed at ending more than 19 years of war.

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Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary of atomic bombing 9 August 2020

The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with its mayor and the head of the United Nations warning against a nuclear arms race.

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Video of Uighur handcuffed to bed in quarantine centre refocuses attention on Chinese persecution 9 August 2020

A newly emerged video showing a Uighur former fashion model detained inside a Covid-19 quarantine centre has refocused attention on China’s persecution of the Muslim minority in Xinjiang province. The video, posted by the BBC on July 5, was filmed by Merdan Ghappar, 31, and sent to his family in March along with text messages […]

Belarus opposition figures detained as Lukashenko faces challenge in presidential vote 9 August 2020

Belarus began voting in an election on Sunday pitting President Alexander Lukashenko against a former teacher who emerged from obscurity to lead the biggest challenge in years against the man once dubbed "Europe's last dictator" by Washington.

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The Rums of the World land in France for new sensations

Wet your lips in a Calvados glass, a typical Made In Normandy eau-de-vie

On our way to taste French Vodka!

Enjoying an Art Deco tea, associated with premium fragrances, you shall bet on a new State Of Mind! And eventually to enjoy in Versailles

Enjoy the Loire Valley Castles, from the Domaine des Hauts de Loire and its Michelin starred Chef!

Day and night, admire the Grandes Eaux de Versailles, in front of the Castle!

Take a pause in the Motel One and get across the Basel old Town

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