MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 3rd 2020
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Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Lawsuit against Australia for failing to disclose climate-change risks to its sovereign bond purchasers
A 23-year-old student has filed a lawsuit against Australia's government alleging it has failed to disclose climate change-related risks to investors in the country's sovereign bonds, in the first such action against the Australian government.
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Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:52 UTC
British hospitals will have tests to detect Covid-19 in 90 minutes
Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country's health minister said on Monday.
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Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:51 UTC
Pope Benedict XVI, “extremely frail” according to German media
Former pope Benedict XVI became seriously ill himself after visiting his sick brother in Germany in June and is “extremely frail”, according to a report in the Monday edition of the German Passauer Neue Presse newspaper.
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Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:47 UTC
Mexican journalist and bodyguard murdered in Mexico, fifth so far this year
A Mexican journalist and his police bodyguard were murdered in a hail of gunfire in the southern state of Guerrero early on Sunday, police and human rights officials said. Pablo Morrugares is the fourth journalist murdered in Mexico in 2020.
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Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Major sale of gas station network in the US for an all cash deal of US$ 21bn
Marathon Petroleum Corp sold its Speedway gas station network to 7-Eleven Inc, a subsidiary of Japan's Seven & Holdings Co, for US$21 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said on Sunday.
