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Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hospitalised with COVID-19

48-year-old Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel was admitted to hospital on Sunday as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19 on June 27.

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'Each makes the other more difficult to recover from': University of Sussex professor L. Alan Winters speaks to Wikinews on trade, COVID-19, Brexit

Earlier this month, Wikinews spoke with University of Sussex professor of economics L. Alan Winters regarding the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the subsequent negotiations leading up to and following the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of December, which he has researched extensively. In a call, Wikinews correspondent spoke with Professor Winters about recent developments in UK trade policy to learn more about his observations.

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Post match interview with Maroochydore Rugby Union Club's James Turvey on his 100 A grade games

Relatively few people reach one hundred top grade games at their local football club whether they play soccer, Australian rules, or either rugby code. Maroochydore Rugby Union's James Turvey joined that group on Saturday against Noosa. Wikinews reporter Patrick Gillett caught up with him after his sides loss to Noosa.

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Ransomware attack hits over 200 US companies, forces Swedish grocery chain to close

On Friday, a ransomware attack which initially targeted software company Kaseya spread to over 200 companies in the US through Kaseya's network management software. Huntress Labs, a cybersecurity company, alleged the attack was carried out by REvil, a Russia-based ransomware group. Kaseya told its customers to stop using its services when it learned of the attack.

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130 OECD countries agree to back global corporate tax rate

On Thursday, 130 countries and jurisdictions in the 139-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreed to support an overhaul to the international taxation system that would introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate, committing most of the world's economies to a two-pillar "solution".

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