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Coronavirus-hit Italian tourism’s recovery hopes buoyed as Costa Cruises sets sail again
Italian cruise line Costa Cruises will take the seas on Saturday for the first time in more than four months, buoying an industry capsized by the Covid-19 pandemic.The flagship Costa…
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May Day protesters demand more job protections as pandemic pummels economies
Workers and union leaders dusted off loudhailers and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous May Day marches on Saturday, demanding more labour…
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Hungary reopens spas, gyms, pools for people holding coronavirus immunity cards
Hungary on Saturday loosened several Covid-19 restrictions for people with government-issued immunity cards, the latest in a series of reopening measures that have followed an ambitious vaccination campaign.As of Saturday,…
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Coronavirus: Maldives welcomes rich Indians, Bollywood stars even as others ban flights amid brutal second wave
The Maldives is still welcoming Bollywood stars and other rich Indians to its secluded beaches and crystal-clear lagoons even as countries ban flights because of a brutal Covid-19 surge.The Indian…
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While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem | Mukul Kesavan
As the second wave devastates India, there is a Nero-vian feel to it all: a smug, inert state indifferent to the smell of burning In India’s capital city, citizens are…
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Cambodia’s biggest casino to slash jobs, redundancy pay as Covid-19 hits profits
With plunging profits, Cambodia’s largest casino is set to slash 1,300 jobs and pay redundant staff a fraction of the severance money they are legally owed, the workers’ union and…
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong says economic outlook brighter amid global recovery
The Singapore and world economies face better-than-anticipated prospects of revival this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a May Day speech given a day early on Friday.“Compared to…
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India reports over 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day
India on Saturday recorded over 400,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed.According to the health ministry, 401,993 new…
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India’s Covid-19 surge is taking its toll on mental health, even for those who don’t have the virus
Every phone call brings trepidation.Because every call is, inevitably, about the coronavirus. Often, it is a call for help – someone needs a hospital bed, or the hospital has run…
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Coronavirus: Australians returning from India could face jail or fines
Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and…