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Germany's health minister tests positive for COVID-19 05 Aug 2022 - 10:40 am
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China's Sanya holiday hotspot shuts duty-free malls, venues to curb COVID 05 Aug 2022 - 10:37 am
People wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak shop at the Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping Complex in Sanya, Hainan province, China November 25, 2020. Picture taken November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
White House: Biden to remain in isolation until he tests negative for COVID 04 Aug 2022 - 11:54 pm
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White House condemns Chinese launch of missiles near Taiwan 04 Aug 2022 - 10:59 pm
The Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. (Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS) 
US declares monkeypox a public health emergency 04 Aug 2022 - 09:56 pm
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Russia shells city near Europe's largest nuclear plant 04 Aug 2022 - 09:23 pm
A van from the Soviet Union era is driven by a resident on a bridge rebuilt by Ukrainian militaries, after a military strike on it near the small village of Malaya Rohan, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Nacho Doce)
Large section of Beirut's port silos collapses, 2 years after blast 04 Aug 2022 - 08:45 pm
Smoke rises from the newly collapsed part of the Beirut grain silos damaged during August 2020 blast as Lebanon marks the two-year anniversary of the explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Issam Abdallah)
China cancels Japan meeting Over G-7’s Taiwan statement 04 Aug 2022 - 08:23 pm
The Ground Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts a long-range live-fire drill into the Taiwan Strait, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. (Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS)
South Sudan again delays its 1st election, until late 2024 04 Aug 2022 - 08:08 pm
File Photo: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, February 15, 2020. (REUTERS/Jok Solomun)
Thousands of protesters mark two years since Beirut blast 04 Aug 2022 - 06:56 pm
Demonstrators carry mockup coffins during a protest as Lebanon marks the two-year anniversary of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Toronto home prices post worst four-month drop since 2005 04 Aug 2022 - 04:05 pm
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India approves new emissions targets to tackle climate change 04 Aug 2022 - 03:43 pm
Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Amnesty calls on occupation authorities to immediately release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra 04 Aug 2022 - 03:39 pm
Ahmad Manasra was arrested by Israeli authorities when he was 13 [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]
EU aims for 8 bln euro Ukraine aid package by September: German govt source 04 Aug 2022 - 03:02 pm
People make their way at the partially-closed Market of Kramatorsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Wildfires in Europe burn second-biggest area on record 04 Aug 2022 - 01:44 pm
A wildfire burns at Bushat, Shkoder, Albania August 3, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Trump-backed Dixon to face Michigan governor Whitmer in November 04 Aug 2022 - 01:18 pm
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South Africa reports first death causally linked to COVID vaccine 04 Aug 2022 - 12:44 pm
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Euro zone consumers brace for recession and high inflation - ECB survey 04 Aug 2022 - 12:02 pm
People with shopping bags walk near a shopping center, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
FRANKFURT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Consumers in the euro zone are bracing for the economy to shrink and for high inflation to continue eating into their income in the next year, a European Central Bank survey showed on Thursday.

Reporting By Francesco Canepa Editing by Bernadette Baum