U.S. fashion retailer
Gap announces that it will be closing all of its 81 stores in the
United Kingdom and
Ireland. The company will continue to provide an
online store for British and Irish customers.
(BBC News)
American
financial services company
Robinhood is fined
US$70 million by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for presenting misleading information to investors and failing to act on "systemic supervisory failures", making it the largest fine ever issued by the regulatory organization.
(CNN)
The number of sudden deaths due to the extreme hot temperatures in
British Columbia,
Canada, increases to 486. The death toll represents a 195% increase of the 165 sudden deaths that would normally occur over this period. While the official cause of death for each deceased person has not yet been established, many are linked to the hot temperatures.
(BBC News)
The deaths of 63 people in
Oregon,
United States, are also linked to the extreme hot temperatures that are affecting the region.
(OPB)
Cambodia reports a record 1,130 new cases and 27 deaths from
COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 50,385 and the nationwide death toll to 602.
(Khmer Times)
Indonesia reports a record 21,807 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2.18 million.
(detikHealth)
The
United Kingdom reports 26,068 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of cases since January 29.
(Sky News)
The trial of Yemeni actress and model Intisar al-Hammadi begins in
Sanaa. al-Hammadi stands accused of "indecent acts" for posting photos of herself without a headscarf on
social media. She was arrested in February by
Houthi authorities.
Human Rights Watch denounces the trial as unfair and says that al-Hammadi was subjected to physical and verbal abuse, racist insults and forced to sign documents while
blindfolded and also being threatened to undergo a
virginity test.
(BBC News)
The
Court of Arbitration for Sport bans
Bahraini400 m-runner
Salwa Eid Naser from participating in the sport for two years, thus banning her from the Tokyo Olympics, for not taking doping tests between March 2019 and January 2020. This overturns the ruling made by the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal last October, who absolved her based on a technicality.
(Al Jazeera)