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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos added a record $13 billion to his fortune on Monday amid a coronavirus-fueled boom for his e-commerce empire. A 7.9 percent jump in Amazon’s stock price helped the world’s richest man notch the largest one-day increase to any individual’s net worth in the history of Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which tracks the fortunes of the wealthiest people on Earth. Bezos, 56, is now worth $189.3 billion — making him more valuable than major corporations such as McDonald’s, Exxon Mobile and Nike, according to Bloomberg. The tech tycoon has added $74.4 billion to his wealth so far this year amid a 73 percent surge in Amazon’s stock...

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A Florida teachers union sued the state on Monday in an effort to halt next month’s planned restart of classroom instruction, which it says poses an “imminent threat to the public health, safety and welfare” of its members, students and parents. Citing the state’s position as a leading U.S. coronavirus hot spot, the Florida Education Association (FEA) argued in its lawsuit that in-class instruction violates the state constitution’s guarantee of a “safe” education for children. The union’s complaint against Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials asks the state Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County for an emergency order...

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Bolivian police said on Tuesday (July 21) they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 per cent of the dead believed to have had coronavirus. A total of 191 bodies were recovered in the Cochabamba metropolitan area alone from July 15-20, with another 141 collected in La Paz, national police director Colonel Ivan Rojas told journalists. In the country's biggest city, Santa Cruz, authorities recovered 68 bodies. The Santa Cruz metropolitan area is the worst affected by coronavirus in Bolivia and accounts for almost half of the country's more than 60,000 cases. Some 85 per cent of the bodies were "positive cases for Covid-19 and...

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Ah, comedy. Where would we—and the president—be without you? President Rodrigo Duterte was probably joking when he said facemasks should be disinfected by drenching them in diesel or gasoline, the Department of Health (DOH) said today, adding that Filipinos should not heed the chief executive’s suggestion. “You know how the president speaks. It’s probably one of his jokes, especially [about cleaning them with] gasoline,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters in an online briefing in English and Filipino. Instead, she said that “cloth masks should be washed every day, after every use. It should be washed, and [should be] dried...

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If you are looking to scoop up a quaint house in a postcard-perfect Italian town, you can commit to making your dream a reality for just €1. Yes, you read that right! Cinquefrondi, overlooking picturesque coasts in the southern area of Calabria, is selling homes for just €1 (roughly SG$1.60). This under-the-radar Italian town is a stunning alternative to tourist hot spots like Rome and Tuscany. It is surrounded by the ruggedly beautiful Aspromonte National Park that rises majestically from sea level. Its coastline spools out a staggering 500 miles encompassing the Ionian sea. Long stretches of white sands and warm, turquoise water are easily accessible. Aside from its...

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Anilan, a native of Kadakkal has installed an idol which looks similar to the coronavirus at a makeshift shrine next to his house. At a time the world is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, a man in Kerala's Kollam district has started worshipping ‘Corona Devi’ to "ward off the virus". Anilan, a native of Kadakkal has installed an idol which looks similar to the coronavirus at a makeshift shrine next to his house. "I have assumed the dreaded virus that kept the world leaders at the tender hook, as a deity. The Hindu mythology explains that God is omnipresent, even in a virus,” said Anilan, a trustee of Muhurtham Charitable Trust. According to him, the shrine is a mark of...

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Bangkok is a splendid mix of traditional and modern juxtapositions and influences, a bustling hub of surprises. Not even the revered Buddhist temples, or wats, escape the thin line of contrasts and contradictions. Here, we take you inside the famous Beckham Temple. Wat Pariwat, also known as "the David Beckham Temple", is decorated with statues of superheroes and comic characters as well as mythical and imaginary creatures. A golden-plated sculpture of the English football player holding the base of a Buddha statue in one of the buildings gives the temple its nickname. The head monk at the temple is a Manchester United supporter, so he thought it would be a great idea to have the...

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ONE FROM larger puzzles of the global pandemic are found in Southeast Asia. Although they are close to the source of covid-19 in China and one of the current hot spots of the epidemic, India, the partly or largely Buddhist countries of Cambodia, Laos, from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam barely sneezed. Vietnam stands out: with 97 million inhabitants, there are no deaths from Covid-19. Thailand, at 70 meters above sea level, recorded only 58 deaths and no local transmission in more than 40 days. Depleted Myanmar has only six deaths out of 317 cases, while Cambodia (141 confirmed cases) and tiny Laos (19 cases) have also had no deaths and no local transmission since April. Compare this with...

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Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said on Tuesday, amid soaring death and infection numbers and some areas returning to a stricter lockdown. Interior Minister Eduardo Año urged the public to report cases in their neighbourhoods, warning that anyone infected who refused to cooperate faced imprisonment. The tough approach comes during a week where the Philippines recorded Southeast Asia biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths and saw hospital occupancy grow sharply, after a tripling of infections since a tough lockdown was eased on June 1 to allow more movement and...

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(Reuters) - Arizona and Texas counties hit hard by COVID-19 are ordering coolers and refrigerated trailers to store bodies as their morgues fill up, authorities said on Thursday. Arizona’s Maricopa County, home to the state’s largest city, Phoenix, is bringing in 14 coolers to hold up to 280 bodies and more than double morgue capacity ahead of an expected surge in coronavirus fatalities, officials said on Thursday. In Texas, the city of San Antonio and Bexar County have acquired five refrigerated trailers to store up to 180 bodies as some morgues at hospitals and funeral homes reach capacity, Mario Martinez, San Antonio Metro Health assistant director, said in a video. New...

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