Daily News Summary (08-02-2021)

• Ecuadoreans vote for president

• Anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel

• Netherlands hit by 'first major snowstorm in a decade'

• Internet access restored as Myanmar coup protests grow

• Cuba authorizes private activity in the majority of sectors

• Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes the southern Philippines

• Pope Francis appoints the first woman to senior synod post

• Exports from the UK to EU down 68% since Brexit trade deal

• China issues new anti-monopoly rules targeting its tech giants

 • Himalayan glacier breaks in India, around 125 missing in flood

• iPhone 12 magnets could deactivate implantable cardiac devices

• Scientists develop transparent wood that is stronger and lighter than glass

• 87 million pints of beer will be thrown away due to pub closures in the UK

• Austrian Chancellor announced his readiness to be vaccinated with vaccine from Russia or China



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