Monday, July 6, 2020

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Monday

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India has overtaken Russia with the world's third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Here is what's going on around the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-july-6-covid-19-1.5638644?cmp=rss

Oscar-winning film composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

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Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as The Untouchables and the epic Once Upon A Time In America, died on Monday. He was 91.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ennio-morricone-dead-91-1.5638652?cmp=rss

Statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass ripped from base in Rochester, N.Y., park

Douglass Statue Vandalism

A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/statue-vandalize-park-1.5638637?cmp=rss

Egypt arrests doctors, silences critics over virus outbreak

Virus Outbreak Egypt Silencing Critics

Egyptian security agencies have tried to stifle criticism about the authorities' handling of the coronavirus health crisis by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/egypt-critics-coronavirus-1.5638627?cmp=rss

At least 2 killed in plane collision at Idaho lake

Idaho Plane Crash

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office says two people died and as many as six other people may be missing in a plane crash Sunday over Lake Coeur d'Alene.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/idaho-plane-crash-1.5638633?cmp=rss