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FACTBOX-Huawei's involvement in telecoms networks around the world
July 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei Technologies Co from Britain's 5G network on Tuesday, angering China but delighting U.S. President Donald Trump by signaling that the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the West.
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Tokyo enlists nightclub workers for Q&A-style videos to fight coronavirus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Alarmed by a spike in infections in Tokyo's nightlife districts, the metropolitan government has released educational videos in the form of a Q&A between nightclub hosts, a hostess and a doctor, hoping to stem the spread of the outbreak.
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Niche U.S. finance firms grease global trade of masks, gloves
NEW YORK/BOSTON, July 14 (Reuters) - From specialty finance firms to boutique investment banks, a disparate mix of small financiers is bankrolling a U.S. gold rush for masks, gloves and other supplies in the wake of the novel coronavirus.
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Ukraine: it's too early to blame human error for downing of passenger plane in Iran
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday it was soon to blame human error for the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger airliner near Tehran in January, challenging the findings of Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation (CAO).
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France scales down Bastille Day parade in concession to virus
PARIS, July 14 (Reuters) - France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the COVID-19 epidemic still stalking Europe.
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Catalan politician suspects that he was target of state phone tapping
MADRID (Reuters) - The speaker of Catalonia's regional parliament Roger Torrent suspects he was spied upon by the Spanish state via phone tapping, a spokesman said on Tuesday, confirming a report first published by the Guardian and El Pais newspapers.
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Russia's sovereign wealth fund eyes virus-free airport hubs
MOSCOW, July 14 (Reuters) - Russia's sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), is undertaking a pilot project to create coronavirus-free airport hubs in three countries, its Chief Executive Kirill Dmitriev said on Tuesday.
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Tokyo enlists nightclub workers for Q&A-style videos to fight coronavirus
TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) - Alarmed by a spike in infections in Tokyo's nightlife districts, the metropolitan government has released educational videos in the form of a Q&A between nightclub hosts, a hostess and a doctor, hoping to stem the spread of the outbreak.
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Catalan politician suspects was target of state phone tapping, spokesman says
MADRID, July 14 (Reuters) - The speaker of Catalonia's regional parliament Roger Torrent suspects he was spied upon by the Spanish state via phone tapping, a spokesman said on Tuesday, confirming a report first published by the Guardian and El Pais newspapers.
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