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Stories for July 4th 2020
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:30 UTC
Monuments vandalizing spree: Copenhagen's Little Mermaid described as a “racist fish”
Denmark woke up on Friday to the words “racist fish” scrawled across the base of the Little Mermaid, the bronze statue honoring Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale that perches on a rock in the sea off a pier in Copenhagen.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:27 UTC
Putin mocks US embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights
President Vladimir Putin on Friday mocked the US embassy in Moscow for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflected the sexual orientation of its staff.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:15 UTC
UN questions as “vague and overly broad” Hong Kong's national security law
The UN human rights office voiced concern on Friday that “vague and overly broad” provisions in the national security law for Hong Kong may lead to arbitrary interpretation and prosecutions of activists in violation of freedoms of assembly and expression.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:09 UTC
Germany makes up skirting a criminal offence punishable with up two years in prison
Germany is making up-skirting, surreptitiously taking photographs or filming under a person's clothing, a criminal offense punishable with fines or up to two years in prison.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:05 UTC
Angela Merkel wears a face mask in the Bundesrat
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first public appearance wearing a mask on Friday after dismissing accusations of hypocrisy earlier this week for not wearing one.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 07:02 UTC
England's travel corridors: countries and territories exemption list
From 10 July 2020, unless they have visited or stopped in any other country or territory in the preceding 14 days, passengers arriving from the following countries and territories will not be required to self-isolate on arrival into England.
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Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 06:07 UTC
British socialite and Epstein's ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested; Prince Andrew's defense “bewildered”
Prince Andrew is “bewildered” by claims he is not cooperating with the US investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of minors by British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, his legal team said on Friday.
