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1. Australia's second largest city heads back into coronavirus lockdown

   

   Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australia's second biggest city on Tuesday, confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks, as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak.

2. TikTok to leave Hong Kong as security law raises worries

   

   TikTok says it will stop operations in Hong Kong after the city enacted a sweeping national security law last week

3. COVID-19 cases rising in 41 U.S. states; surge feared after July 4 celebrations

   

   Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the U.S. Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again, as the country emerged from a holiday weekend that health officials fear could fuel the worsening coronavirus outbreak. Here is what's going on around the world.

4. Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing

   

   Japan's disaster management agency said the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50.

5. COVID-19 pandemic threatens to set back battle against AIDS by 10 years, UN warns

   

   The global fight against AIDS was faltering even before the new coronavirus pandemic, and it now threatens to put progress against HIV back by 10 years or more, the United Nations AIDS agency said Monday.