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Sweltering heat across Japan has prompted weather authorities to issue a heatstroke warning, even encouraging the removal of face masks in certain cases. Grace Lee has ore from Tokyo.
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Hong Kong Airport is temporarily easing coronavirus transit restrictions for travellers from China.
The move is welcome news for Hong Kong's beleaguered airline Cathay Pacific, which suffered a first half loss of more than a billion US dollars.
Richard Kimber reports.
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OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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The S&P 500 closed just shy of a record high Wednesday with U.S. traders buoyed by slowing Covid-19 cases and the prospect of a vaccine.
But there's little sign of progress on a new coronavirus spending package with a senior lawmaker saying Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart.
Liling Tan reports from New York.
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A passenger train has derailed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Three people are believed to have died, including the driver, and there are reports of serious injuries. {Please check and update as necessary}
The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record, shrinking 20.4% compared with the first three months of the year.
With two consecutive quarters of GDP decline, Britain has now been pushed into its first technical recession since the financial crash in 2009.
Benji Hyer reports from London.
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DUR: 53 seconds
The Coronavirus has re-emerged in New Zealand.
The nation's largest city Auckland has returned to lockdown, after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus cases in 100 days.
Shaun Bindley reports
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The Coronavirus has re-emerged in New Zealand.
The countries biggest city Auckland has returned to lockdown, after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus cases in 100 days.
Shaun Bindley reports
IN: The four new cases
DUR: 39 sec
GENERIC: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0812covidnz-sb-gen.mp3
COURTESY AIR NEWS MEDIA - AUSTRALIA
The Coronavirus has re-emerged in New Zealand.
The countries biggest city Auckland has returned to lockdown, after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus cases in 100 days.
Shaun Bindley reports
IN: The four new cases
DUR: 39 sec
GENERIC: http://frsnradionews.com/feeds/0812covidnz-sb-gen.mp3
COURTESY AIR NEWS MEDIA - AUSTRALIA
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists Jimmy Lai and Agnes Chow have been released on bail, after their arrests on Monday for alleged violations of the city's national security law.
Richard Kimber reports.
IN: Jimmy Lai
OUT: Richard Kimber, Hong Kong
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen US Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.
If elected she would be the first woman, the first Black, and first Asian American vice-president.
Rachel Silverman reports from San Francisco.
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