Stories for July 2020

Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 11:19 UTC
Brazil coronavirus death toll climbs to over 60,000: southern states with the worse record

Brazil surpassed 60,000 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported, citing a recent wave of contamination in southern and mid-western areas of the country.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 10:50 UTC
Britain will allow three million Hong Kong citizens to move to the UK

Boris Johnson's government will allow almost three million Hong Kong citizens to move to Britain, risking a further escalation of tensions with China after it enforced a sweeping security law on the former British colony
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 10:32 UTC
Johnson tells Israel that UK would not recognize any changes to the 1967 lines

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Israel it should not go ahead with a plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, cautioning that London would not recognize any changes to the 1967 lines.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 10:13 UTC
Food delivery drivers take to the streets in Sao Paulo to protest working conditions

More than a thousand food delivery drivers on motorcycles gathered in São Paulo on Wednesday to protest their work conditions, set by Uber Technologies Inc and makers of other apps, as their services remain in high demand due to coronavirus lockdowns.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 09:25 UTC
New Zealand health minister loses his job given “unhelpful distractions”

New Zealand's health minister, David Clark, resigned on Thursday following recent slip-ups in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and personal mistakes.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 09:07 UTC
Brazil restricts the entrance of foreigners for 30 days fearing the second wave of Covid-19 cases

Brazil's government will restrict the entrance of foreigners to the country for 30 days due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it said in a decree late on Tuesday in its official gazette.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Cyclone in south Brazil causes death, flooding, power cuts and disruption in major port operations

Windstorms and storms recorded this week in the south of Brazil caused deaths in Santa Catarina, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul leaving a trail of destruction in the three states of the region, with fallen trees and power posts, flooded homes, lack of energy and road blocks.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:45 UTC
Facebook 'hate speech' boycott: 400 brands stop advertising; civil rights groups insist in meeting Zuckerberg

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook as of Thursday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:42 UTC
New York imposes 14-day quarantine on travelers arriving from eight US states

People arriving in New York from an additional eight states must quarantine themselves for 14 days amid the coronavirus pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered this week.
Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:12 UTC
Brazil's WhatsApp payment messaging service lifts antitrust ruling, but still faces central bank objections

Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Tuesday said it was revoking its previous decision suspending Facebook Inc’s recently launched WhatsApp payments messaging service in partnership with card processor Cielo SA.