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By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 08:45 PM EDT
June 28 1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five...

Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews attends a news conference in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
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An employee serves customers from behind a plastic sheet installed as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a street food stall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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A Nepalese man cleans the window of a restaurant at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Nepal’s government has ended a lockdown 120 days after it was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Asia Today: Australian state leader says sick not isolating

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Police guard access to housing commission apartments under lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, July 6, 2020. The hard-hit Australian state of Victoria recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in coronavirus cases on Monday as authorities prepare to close its border with New South Wales. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)
Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

By Andy Brownbill And Rod Mcguirk Jul. 06, 2020 03:39 AM EDT