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Indonesian McDonald’s outlets closed BTS meal orders lead to restaurants overrun amid coronavirus fears
More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald’s outlets were temporarily closed on Wednesday over virus fears as the chain’s new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop…
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Delta coronavirus variant has 60 per cent transmission edge over Alpha, UK expert says
The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant which was previously dominant in Britain, a…
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Lab leak or nature? Debate heats up on the origins of Covid-19 virus
The virus causing Covid-19 has spread around the globe and killed more than 3.5 million people, but the debate over where it came from has grown ever more heated in…
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Coronavirus: Singapore should expect gradual reopening, experts say
As Singapore approaches the end of a month-long period of tightened social distancing measures, the big questions on many minds are whether restrictions will be loosened after June 13 and…
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‘On a rampage’: the African women fighting to end FGM
Female genital mutilation has revived under Covid but activists are pushing hard to save girls at risk It was when the phone started ringing with calls from worried mothers in…
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Senior Tory accuses No 10 of falsely claiming it did not realise damage of Brexit in Northern Ireland – politics live
Latest updates: Lord Frost holds talks with Maroš Šefčovič in attempt to resolve the dispute about post-Brexit rules Trade war threats will not wash with voters, Frost tells EU PM…
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Coronavirus live: UK minister warns against making wedding plans; highest daily cases in Russia since March
Robert Jenrick says ‘clearly rising’ UK cases makes planning weddings a risk; Russia reports 10,407 new cases; Malaysian pandemic at ‘critical’ point Europeans’ confidence in EU hit by coronavirus response…
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Clive Palmer anti-vaccine ads pulled over false claims about hundreds of deaths
Radio spots ran in high rotation in Queensland until the Therapeutic Goods Administration labelled them misleading Radio ads paid for by Clive Palmer that falsely claimed Covid vaccinations had caused…
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Link between Covid cases and deaths has been broken, says senior NHS boss
NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson says hospitals are reporting much lower mortality rates Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK’s vaccination programme has broken the…