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Amateur astronomer discovers a tiny moon around Jupiter

An amateur astronomer has discovered a previously unknown moon around Jupiter after poring over old telescope images, a major first, Space.com reported.

WHO records the spread of a new strain of coronavirus "lambda"

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded the spread of the lambda coronavirus strain in more than 30 countries. Maria Van Kerkhove, the head of the technical group of the WHO Emergency Diseases Unit, spoke about this, the broadcast was carried out on the organization’s Twitter.

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President departs for Tajikistan

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The course of cooperation between Uzbekistan and Great Britain in the investment, trade and economic spheres was considered

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Amendments and additions have been made to the Tax Code

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The Turkish government does not rule out the closure of borders due to the spread of the Delta strain

The Turkish authorities do not rule out the closure of the country to foreigners in the event of the rapid spread of the delta strain of coronavirus, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said, RIA Novosti reported.

The number of flood victims in Germany exceeds 100 people

The death toll from floods in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate has risen to 60. Thus, the total number of victims in Germany exceeded 100, the N24 TV channel reported.

Diplomats from 48 countries oppose politicization of COVID-19 origin-tracing

Permanent representatives of 48 countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) on Thursday addressed to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and voiced their support to advance the study of origins of SARS-CoV-2 globally and opposed the politicization of the origin-tracing.

Hopkins University: Worldwide COVID-19 cases exceed over 188 million

According to the World Health Organization, the number of people infected with coronavirus infection in the world is more than 187 million 519 thousand, of which more than 4 million 049 thousand people have died (as of 17:05 CET on 14 July 2021).

American actress Jodie Foster was awarded the honorary prize of the 74th Cannes Film Festival

Hollywood actress and director Jodie Foster was awarded the Palme d’Or honor at the 74th Cannes Film Festival that opened on Tuesday.

Martin Moloney named as IOSCO Secretary General

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) announced that it has appointed Martin Moloney as its new Secretary General.

Filmmaker Vladimir Menshov dies

Film director Vladimir Menshov died at the age of 82. This was announced on Monday, 5 July, in Mosfilm.

WHO: over 393,000 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the world over the past day

According to the World Health Organization, the number of people infected with coronavirus infection in the world is more than 181 million 930 thousand, of which more than 3 million 945 thousand people have died (as of 16:28 CET on 1 July 2021).

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