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People wait outside the Arzobispo Loayza Hospital as Peru more than doubled its official coronavirus death toll, becoming the country with the highest Covid-19 mortality per capita anywhere in the world. IMAGES
Asian American woman Francis Choy spent 17 years in prison for killing her parents in a Massachusetts house fire in 2003. Now, Choy is going free. According to Newser, it's partly because of racist emails about her sent by prosecutors of her case. The judge said the pair exchanged 'racially and sexually offensive emails' that degraded and mocked Choy and her 16-year-old nephew. Today, the evidence seems to strongly implicate Choy's nephew, who fled to Hong Kong before the trial, and was later acquitted in the case. It has been a tough and long journey. I'm relieved that the truth has been revealed and to have my life back beyond prison walls. Francis Choy
Chinese technology giant Huawei criticises the latest US move to cut it off from semiconductor suppliers as a "pernicious" attack that will sow chaos in the global technology sector and other industries. "This decision is both arbitrary and pernicious and threatens to undermine the entire industry worldwide," a Huawei spokesman said. SOUNDBITE
China's vast factory sector flatlines for June as exports shrink and jobs are cut, a worrying trend evident across Asia that argues for yet more policy stimulus. As Sonia Legg reports, the hard times signalled by a range of surveys is not what the world needs a week after Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
Mixed messages from Asia - and a reminder of less recent risks - as a survey shows China's economy rebounding in the second quarter, but Japan factory orders at a three-year low. David Pollard reports.
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