The Australian state’s premier says “we must go harder” after a surge in new coronavirus infections.
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Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July – a rise of 28% on the same period last year.
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Heat wave alerts were issued in several countries as temperatures rose to 40C this weekend.
Read More »Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken’s SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.
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Read More »Russia says it will approve world’s first Covid-19 vaccine despite not completing trials
Unfortunately for Johnson, much of Europe has moved on from Brexit
• Germany advises against travel to Spain as warnings of second virus wave rise in Europe
Read More »Iran targets replica US aircraft carrier during military drills in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps struck mock targets, including a replica of a US aircraft carrier, on Tuesday night during military drills in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Read More »See endangered tigers captured on camera in Thailand
These sightings of engendered tigers in western Thailand are rekindling hope that the animals are returning to the country’s forests after being poached near extinction.
Read More »Coronavirus: Trump defends hydroxychloroquine again
The president said the drug is only rejected as a Covid-19 treatment because he suggested it.
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