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Business News Update BBC

Government grants for small firms have to be claimed by the end of August. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2DpMDXQ via Online Shopping

Surface Duo is likely coming next week - PhoneArena

Surface Duo is likely coming next week    PhoneArena Surface Duo ‘for AT&T’ leaks in up-to-date and official-looking renders [Gallery]    9to5Google New Surface Duo images appear as release draws closer    PhoneArena View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/31vvaF9 via Technology

Amazon Prime Day sales may shrink if it's too close to Christmas - Fox Business

Amazon Prime Day sales may shrink if it's too close to Christmas    Fox Business Amazon Prime Day 2020: Best Laptop Deals    Beebom ‘Take back some market share from Amazon’: Publishers are testing their own versions of Prime Day    Digiday The best tech deals on Amazon Freedom Sale 2020    Techradar Amazon Prime Day PC deals 2020: What to expect    Eurogamer.net View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/31wUivq via Technology

Fall Guys review: A perfect amount of cheap, stupid fun with online friends - Ars Technica

Fall Guys review: A perfect amount of cheap, stupid fun with online friends    Ars Technica View Full Coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/3kiUXZU via Technology

A Florida man has been arrested over claims he spat on a child's face and told him: 'You now have coronavirus'

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Jason Copenhaver confronted the boy after the child refused to remove his face mask in a restaurant, the Treasure Island Police Department said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ihEuTR via Latest News

Over 100 quarantined in school district after several test positive for coronavirus

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Six students and one staff member in the 2,700-student district have tested positive for the virus since school began July 27. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DCNLqO via Latest News

Portland's Black police chief says violent protesters have 'taken away from' the Black Lives Matter movement

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While the protests in downtown Portland have largely been peaceful, there have been violent offshoots in other parts of the city this week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gtBW4F via Latest News

US stops advising against global travel, but hits Mexico

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Nearly 100 people in Ohio got sick after one man infected with the coronavirus attended a church service

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Experts have said that singing and loud speech can fuel virus spread. Gov. Mike DeWine used this case as a warning to Ohio's religious institutions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2XzKtLP via Latest News

Trump loses bid to add fourth debate with Biden in early September

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U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign on Thursday lost its bid to add a fourth debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden in early September. In rejecting the request, the Commission on Presidential Debates said it remains committed to the current schedule of three 90-minute debates beginning in late September. It would only add a fourth debate, or move an existing debate to earlier in the month, if both sides in the campaign for the Nov. 3 election agreed to it, it said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gzRALL via Latest News

Texas cancer researcher murdered on jog

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A cancer researcher and mother of two is murdered on her daily jog; Sarmistha Sen was found dead near a creek in Plano, Texas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31rVRdV via Latest News

Louisville caravan calls on Mitch McConnell to extend $600 supplement to jobless benefits

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A caravan of workers took to Louisville's streets Thursday to call on Sen. Mitch McConnell to extend a federal supplement to unemployment benefits. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31tSsv3 via Latest News

Captain astonished that his ship delivered Beirut explosive

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When Boris Prokoshev, a former sea captain spending his retirement years in a Russian village, woke up and found an email saying a ship he once commanded had carried the ammonium nitrate that blew up swathes of Beirut, he was astonished. “I didn't understand anything,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday from Verkhnee Buu, 1300 kilometers (800 miles) south of Moscow. The email was from a journalist, he said, and titled with the name of the MV Rhosus, which he had captained on a voyage that he was never paid for. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Pv3oDh via Latest News

India landslide: Dozens feared dead after flooding in Kerala

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Up to 20 houses are buried under debris in the state of Kerala, with rescue efforts under way. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DKo5bw via Latest News

Former Saudi official accuses Mohammad bin Salman of 'sending hit squad' to kill him

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A former senior Saudi intelligence official has claimed that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman sent a hit squad to Canada in an attempt to kill him. In a 107-page complaint, filed in a Washington DC court, Saad Aljabri claimed the assassins were intercepted by Canadian authorities. The incident was alleged to have happened less than two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident, was killed in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Mr Aljabri, who was living in self-imposed exile in Toronto, was said to have clashed with the crown prince over issues including the decision to go to war in Yemen, and was dismissed from his cabinet role in 2015. He is suing the crown prince and 24 others for an unset amount of damages In his complaint Mr Aljabri claimed the crown prince "dispatched a hit squad" to Canada in October 2018. The complaint said: "(A) team of Saudi nationals travelled across the Atlantic Ocean from Saudi Arabia ... with the in

Biden rows back from interview where he said Latinos are 'incredibly diverse' unlike African Americans

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Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, made the remarks on Thursday, drawing widespread criticism. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30Cewo5 via Latest News

Gigabit broadband: Rural households urged to claim upgrade cash

The government's gigabit voucher scheme has £70m available to poorly served communities. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2C8gdjM via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Screen-time messages designed to decrease phone use

A new project encourages adults to communicate more with their kids and focus less on their devices. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2PBsRuF via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Galaxy Z Fold 2: Samsung goes all in on foldable phones video - CNET

The Z Fold 2 has bigger displays, a different hinge and a more durable design. from CNET https://ift.tt/3iiTpNz via Mobiles

Beat the heat: Five personal fans for $8 or less - CNET

We've rounded up desktop and wearable fans -- both battery- and USB-powered. They're all deeply discounted. from CNET https://ift.tt/3gIRrWw via Mobiles

Trump's TikTok ban isn't actually about TikTok - CNET

Commentary: The White House is right to fret about TikTok's data collection, but spiraling relations with China are the bigger worry. from CNET https://ift.tt/2EZHfLo via Mobiles

The best VPN service for 2020 - CNET

A virtual private network lets you send and receive data while remaining anonymous and secure online. from CNET https://ift.tt/2PBoqQx via Mobiles

ESPN Plus monthly plan increasing to $6, report says - CNET

Existing subscribers will reportedly continue to pay $4.99 a month for a year. from CNET https://ift.tt/31uVwar via Mobiles