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Japan and China are in talks to restart business travel - and officials say that may start happening as early as October. Grace Lee has more from Tokyo.
IN: The two..
OUT: Tokyo
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DURATION: 46 seconds
Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific is slashing more than 8,000 jobs, and closing its Cathay Dragon brand, as part of a sweeping restructuring triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
IN: Cathay's management
OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
DUR: 0.45
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Britain has recorded another 241 deaths due to the coronavirus - the highest daily increase in fatalities since June 4.
Holly Hudson has more.
The United States and Russia are closing in on a deal to extend the 2010 New START treaty for another year, and freeze each side's nuclear warhead stockpile.
The treaty, which is due to expire in February, is the last remaining arms control agreement between Moscow and Washington, after the US in 2019 withdrew from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Here's Liling Tan with the details.
IN: "The U.S. on…
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DUR: 42"
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The US State Department has welcomed the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile - the first political head of the Tibetans in exile to be hosted there in 60 years.
The meeting between Lobsang Sangay, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration and the newly appointed US special envoy for Tibetan issues, Robert Destro, has angered China.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
IN: The meeting
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DUR: 36
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The UK is aiming to be the first nation on earth to carry out 'human challenge' studies -- that's where up to 90 young healthy individuals will be deliberately exposed to Covid-19 to help find a vaccine.
These trials, which could begin in January, are costing the UK government in excess of $40m. But, crucially, they're a faster way to test vaccines because scientists don't have to wait for people to be exposed to the illness naturally.
With the details, Benji Hyer reports from London.
IN: Dozens of so-called human guinea pigs
OUT: "the incidence of death" (Dr Richard Hatchett SOT)
DUR: 49 seconds
Ghana's Football Association has refuted allegations that it compromised the safety of players during the national team's friendlies with Mali and Qatar in Turkey.
Six players of the national football team, Black Stars have tested positive for COVID-19 since they returned to their clubs.
Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Accra.
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DUR: 1min
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50% of India's 1.3 billion people could be infected with COVID 19 by February 2021.
A government panel projects that India's dipping daily caseload could mean that millions of asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus could be going unreported.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Duration: 38 sec
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1020-IndiaInfectionFeb-ig-generic.mp3
Russian military intelligence carried out cyberattacks targeting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics before the games were ultimately postponed, according to UK officials. Grace Lee reports.
IN: The aim..
OUT: ..Tokyo
LENGTH: 0:35
LINK: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/russia_attack_olympics.mp3