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Hong Kong’s returning Art Basel gets online boost as tourism board looks to reclaim city’s status as global hub with May events
Hong Kong’s first Art Basel show since 2019 will feature a blend of online and in-person events next month as the city looks to reclaim its position as a global…
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China population census delay may be due to coronavirus impact on migrant workers, demographer says
The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the travel patterns of migrant workers – making it more difficult to count them – may have played a key role in Beijing’s decision to…
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As Singapore tightens coronavirus curbs, families hope Hong Kong travel bubble will go ahead as planned
Andrew Li, 38, is looking forward to June. His father, who lives in Hong Kong, is set to visit Singapore if quarantine-free travel between both air hubs begins on May…
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Australia news live update: repatriation flights from India to double in May; NSW reports no new local Covid cases
Scott Morrison says India travel ban will not be extended and flags six repatriation flights this month; part of ABC’s Christian Porter defamation defence to be suppressed for now. Follow…
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Clive Palmer and Kerry Stokes paper rapped for spreading Covid vaccine misinformation | Weekly Beast
Watchdog attacks ‘serious errors’ in front-page ad. Plus: is that really Alan Jones? The mining magnate Clive Palmer has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on newspaper ads attacking his…
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States to help federal government repatriate citizens stuck in India as soon as flight ban ends
NSW, Victoria and Queensland have offered to accept additional charter flights by the end of May, Scott Morrison says New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are likely to accept additional…
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India coronavirus: Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and UBS caught up in crisis
About 8,300 miles east of Wall Street, on a stretch of Bangalore’s Outer Ring Road, sits what was once the heart of the global financial industry’s back office.Before the pandemic,…
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How the story unfolded: Australia’s ‘extreme’ India travel ban – video
The Morrison government has battled a significant backlash from within its own ranks over the controversial decision to criminalise returning to Australia from Covid-ravaged India. More than 9,000 Australians remained trapped in…
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Japan to extend Covid emergency in Tokyo as Olympics loom
Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infections See all our coronavirus coverage Japan is to extend a coronavirus state…
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Shenzhen luxury home price growth beats Hong Kong, London, New York and Paris as China’s post Covid-19 economic surge continues
Mainland China’s tech hub of Shenzhen recorded the fastest growth in luxury home prices in the world in the first quarter, up by 18.9 per cent over the same period…