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Morning news brief: Australia lockdown, Cuban prosecution, and more

WION Web Team
New Delhi Updated: Jul 25, 2021, 11:10 AM IST
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Good morning! Begin your day with WION's news brief

We bring you the biggest stories of the day so far. Australia's New South Wales recorded its second-highest daily increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases of the year on Sunday. 

Also read about how 60 Cubans have been prosecuted so far for participating in unprecedented demonstrations against the government earlier this month.

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Australia's New South Wales recorded its second-highest daily increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases of the year on Sunday.

Australia's New South Wales recorded its second-highest daily increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases of the year on Sunday.

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As rising prices and the spread of new COVID-19 variants increase risks to the US economy, Federal Reserve officials are expected to maintain their easy money policies intended to help American companies and workers survive the pandemic damage.

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About 60 Cubans have been prosecuted so far for participating in unprecedented demonstrations against the government earlier this month, a senior official said Saturday.

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At least six Cameroon soldiers were killed Saturday in an attack by Boko Haram in the far north of the country, the governor of the region said on state television.

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Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has won the first medal for India at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as she bagged silver after lifting 202kg (87kgs in snatch + 115 kgs in clean and jerk) in Weightlifting Women's 49kg category on Saturday (July 24).