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Three South African provinces considered coronavirus hotspots have seen new infections slow in recent weeks, though it is too early to say whether the country's peak has passed, the health minister said on Wednesday.

Volvo said that its Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, continued to be popular among customers.

The tablet, which will be sold under the brand name 'Favizen', is being manufactured at Zenar's US FDA approved facility in Hyederabad.

Lebanon's main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast along with the wheat inside, leaving the nation with less than a month's reserves of the grain although other vessels with supplies are on the way, the economy minister said on Wednesday.

Euro zone business activity returned to modest growth in July as some curbs imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus were lifted, but the recovery in the dominant service industry was not as sharp as expected, a survey showed.

Desperation led lakhs of people living in cities to return to their villages in the initial days of the total lockdown in March and April this year, in a reverse migration, as their livelihoods had disappeared and living in the city entailed huge costs.

Tents erected in a school gym in the South Korean city of Anseong provided shelter on Wednesday for some families among more than 1,000 people made homeless by landslides and floods caused by the country's longest period of rain in seven years.

South African miner Gold Fields said on Wednesday booming gold prices could drive up halfyear profits by more than 300%, triggering a 10% rally in its shares.

Denmark's Copenhagen Airports is considering laying off 650 staff to cope with a global aviation sector standstill as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

Gauahar Khan took to social media and posted a picture of her lean look, in which she is seen sporting an orange tank top.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said on Tuesday, making the highestlevel visit by a U.S. official in four decades a move that angered China, which claims the island as its own.

Wang Qiang, who is the world No. 29 and top seed, lost 6-4, 4-6, 6-10 against Yang Ziyi in the round of 16.

Soft drinks bottler Coca Cola HBC AG on Wednesday posted a drop in firsthalf profit due to coronavirusled closures of restaurants, cinemas and other public places, while saying sales had recovered some momentum from April lows as lockdowns eased.

German insurer on Wednesday posted a 29% fall in net profit in the second quarter from a year earlier and shied away from updating its fullyear profit guidance as the coronavirus pandemic slows business and clouds the outlook.

BMW said it expected an operating profit for the full year even as coronavirus lockdowns pushed the carmaker to a secondquarter operating loss as deliveries of luxury cars fell 25% during the period.

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