Malaysian ex-PM Najib sentenced to 12 years over 1MDB scandal

29 July

Slow tests, poor tracing: virus disaster unfolds in Florida
Florida has emerged as a major new epicenter of the US coronavirus battle, but two key weapons in the state's fight are misfiring badly: testing and contact tracing. 
Virus deaths surge in US as scaled-down hajj begins
Coronavirus deaths in the United States surged to their highest level in months as Muslim pilgrims began Wednesday a pandemic-curtailed version of their sacred hajj.
5 injured in police station explosion in Bangladeshi capital
An explosion rocked in a police station in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday morning, leaving five people injured including four police.
UK signs up for Sanofi-GSK coronavirus vaccine
Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK have agreed to supply Britain with up to 60 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, the firms announced Wednesday.
S.Korea reports 48 more COVID-19 cases, 14,251 in total
South Korea reported 48 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,251.