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Global coronavirus case total ‘roughly doubled’ in the past six weeks, says WHO chief | South China Morning Post

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press briefing on July 27, 2020, that the total number of Covid-19 cases doubled in the past six weeks. He noted that there were fewer than 100 cases nearly six months earlier when the WHO declared Covid-19 a public health emergency.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gives pistols to generals on anniversary of war armistice | South China Morning Post

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has handed out commemorative pistols to dozens of military officers during an event to mark the date an armistice was signed to end hostilities in the Korean war. North Korean state media released footage on the day after the July 26, 2020, presentation.

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North Korea puts border city under lockdown after nation’s ‘first’ suspected Covid-19 case | South China Morning Post

North Korea placed the city of Kaesong under lockdown on July 24, 2020 following what media reports described as the reclusive state’s first suspected Covid-19 case. Pyongyang’s state media said the person with suspected Covid-19 symptoms is a defector who was found in the city after he crossed back into the North f…

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Third flood of monsoon season for Yangtze River piles pressure on China’s Three Gorges Dam | South China Morning Post

The Yangtze River is flooding for the third time since the start of the 2020 monsoon season, as heavy torrential rains continue to batter large parts of China. Extensive flooding along Asia’s longest river, its tributaries, and other major rivers in China has already displaced more than 2 million people, according t…

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