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Disasters and accidents A bus carrying students to an exam plunges into a reservoir in Anshun, Guizhou, China, killing 21 and leaving 16 injured. (Reuters) Hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers are deployed to battle wildfires in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk Oblast, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 120 houses. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Haidai says some of the fires may have been caused due to arson. (The National) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in South America COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19. (The Guardian) COVID-19 pandemic in Chile Chile surpasses 300,000 cases of COVID-19. (Cooperativa) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Texas Texas surpasses 200,000 cases of COVID-19. (USA Today) Contact tracing is no longer possible across the Southern United States due to rapid COVID-19 surges. The country averaged just under 50,000 new cases daily over the last week; the highest rate recorded, and twice as high as a month ago. (CNN) COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Iran reports a 200 record high death toll in the last 24 hours, says Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari on TV. (AFP via Al Arabiya) International relations Assassination of Qasem Soleimani United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnès Callamard concludes, in a report to be presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council, that the killing of Qasem Soleimani in January by United States was "unlawful". Callamard says that based on U.S. evidence, the killing was "arbitrary" and "violated the UN charter". (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Censorship in Vietnam In what is seen as an increase in arrests of political activists, a court in Vietnam sentences a 29-year-old Facebook user to eight years in prison for making anti-government posts, including several criticizing communist leader Ho Chi Minh. The man was also sentenced to serve three years of house arrest after finishing his prison term. (Reuters) Tom Meighan, lead vocalist of the band Kasabian, pleads guilty to assaulting his former partner. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner resigns over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia Thousands of people protest outside the House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in the capital Belgrade, in response to President Aleksandar Vucic's plan on introducing stricter lockdown measures in Belgrade, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city. A small group of protesters storm the building after pushing through a police cordon. (Reuters)

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