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Tesla stock rise appears to qualify CEO Musk for $700 million payday
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk appeared to qualify on Monday for a $700 million payday, just three days after he said the electric car company's stock price was too high.
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SAP discloses security lapses; says there was no data breach
Business software group SAP disclosed on Tuesday that some of its cloud products did not meet contractual or statutory security standards and said it would take remedial action to fix the problem as soon as possible.
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Ramping up COVID-19 testing earlier would have helped the UK, top adviser says
If the United Kingdom had ramped up testing for COVID-19 earlier, it could have been beneficial, the British government's chief scientific adviser said on Tuesday.
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Boeing could produce Loyal Wingman fighter-like drone by middle of decade: executive
Boeing Co sees mass production of its unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia likely happening by the middle of the decade, an executive said on Tuesday, as it rolled out the first of three prototypes.
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Italy starts slow return to normality, fears resurgence of coronavirus
Grandparents hugged their grandchildren, toddlers rushed excitedly through parks and factories revived their long-stalled production lines as Italy started the slow process of unwinding Europe's longest coronavirus lockdown.
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Britain outpaces Italy with Europe's highest official coronavirus death toll
Britain has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from coronavirus in Europe with more than 32,000 deaths, figures released on Tuesday showed.
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U.S. Supreme Court to weigh overseas anti-AIDS funding restrictions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments over whether a U.S. law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of American-based nonprofit groups that seek federal funding for HIV/AIDS relief to formally adopt a stance against prostitution and sex trafficking.
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 685 to 163,860: RKI
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 685 to 163,860, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus reproduction rate in Germany at 0.71: RKI
The reproduction rate for the coronavirus pandemic in Germany is currently estimated at 0.71, the head of public health authority RKI said on Tuesday.
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Iran death toll from new coronavirus outbreak rises by 63 to 6,340: health ministry official
The death toll from the outbreak of new coronavirus in Iran rose by 63 in the past 24 hours to 6,340, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on Tuesday.
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Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Polish cloud project
Microsoft will invest $1 billion in Poland as part of a plan that will involve opening a data centre in the country to provide cloud services to businesses and government institutions, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Indonesia reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections
Indonesia reported on Tuesday its biggest daily rise in coronavirus infections with 484 new cases, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 12,071, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto.
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Malaysia reports 30 new coronavirus cases and one death
Malaysian health authorities on Tuesday reported 30 new coronavirus cases, bringing the cumulative total to 6,383 cases as the country entered the second day of relaxed curbs on movement and businesses.
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Philippines reports 14 deaths, 199 more coronavirus infections
The Philippines' health ministry on Tuesday reported 14 new coronavirus deaths and 199 additional infections.
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Singapore's health ministry confirms 632 new coronavirus cases
Singapore's health ministry on Tuesday confirmed 632 new coronavirus cases, taking the city-state's tally of infections to 19,410.
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Call centres expose fault line in Japan's pandemic fight
Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call centre employees for telecom KDDI Corp still commute into their crowded office, where the fear of coronavirus infection has taken a back seat to data security.
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Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, no new deaths
Thailand on Tuesday reported one new coronavirus case and no new deaths, the lowest number of new infections since March 9.
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WeWork co-founder Neumann sues SoftBank over failed tender offer
WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann filed a lawsuit against Japan's SoftBank Group Corp and its Vision Fund on Monday for terminating a $3 billion tender offer to the office-sharing startup's shareholders.
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Researchers double U.S. COVID-19 death forecast, citing eased restrictions
A newly revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling the pandemic are increasingly relaxed, researchers said on Monday.
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