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Ashgabat, wrecked by inflation, shoves aside Hong Kong as world’s costliest expatriate city
Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital with the world’s largest concentration of white marble-finished buildings, has unseated Hong Kong from its three-year perch as the most expensive urban centre on earth for…
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Why suggesting mandatory Covid vaccines is an ethical minefield | Melinda Mills
It’s not only the UK’s public sector that is mulling compulsory jabs. Often the carrot can be more powerful than the stick Last week we learned of a government consultation…
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Covid travel restrictions: where you can and can’t go within Australia – and to New Zealand
Planning a trip across state borders during the school holidays or a weekend away? Check our state-by-state guide to coronavirus travel restrictions in place before you leave home to go…
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NSW Covid update: Sydney mask rules extended after spike in Bondi outbreak cases
New Zealand suspends travel bubble with NSW over ‘several unknowns’ including unlinked case in a primary school student NSW mask restrictions; NSW and ACT coronavirus hotspots Covid travel restrictions in…
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Delta coronavirus variant spreading in unvaccinated pockets of US
Early evidence suggests that the highly contagious delta variant, which has prompted concern worldwide as it leads to new surges of Covid-19 across the globe, is spreading in undervaccinated pockets…
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Singaporeans, Chinese nationals queue up for Sinovac vaccine, despite regulators’ concerns over efficacy
Despite an early morning downpour last Friday, dozens of people formed a snaking line outside a nondescript clinic in Bedok, a residential district in eastern Singapore. They were mostly made…
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Leader behind bleach ‘miracle cure’ claims Trump consumed his product
Mark Grenon says in interview from prison he gave Trump the product and was the source of Trump’s fixation with disinfectant The leader of a spurious church which peddled industrial…
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Hancock plans to scrap quarantine for fully vaccinated amber-list travellers
Government ‘working on’ ending requirement in England for 10 days’ isolation upon return Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers are planning to allow quarantine-free travel to…
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UK government borrowing eases as recovery helps tax take
Reopening of economy in May causes rush to shops and increases VAT and fuel duty receipts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government borrowed less than…