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Hong Kong picks AlipayHK, Octopus, Tap & Go and WeChat Pay HK as e-payment providers for HK$5,000 digital voucher scheme, set to launch in summer
Four electronic payment service providers – AlipayHK, Octopus, Tap & Go and WeChat Pay HK – have been chosen to operate Hong Kong’s HK$5,000 (US$643) voucher scheme, which officials plan…
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Hong Kong cabbies signing up with Uber earn more, but taxi council warns they risk breaking the law
Hong Kong cabbies wooed by ride-hailing company Uber say it gave them a lifeline as their earnings slumped through the Covid-19 pandemic, but the city’s taxi operators are unhappy.The Hong…
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India’s cases surging as deadly second wave spreads, Iran imposes 10-day lockdown – as it happened
India records 145,384 new Covid-19 cases and 794 deaths, the highest number of fatalities in more than five months; lockdown ordered in Iran Bolsonaro’s response has led to Brazil catastrophe,…
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French police fine more than 100 diners at illegal underground Paris restaurant
Paris police said on Saturday they had fined more than 100 diners at an underground restaurant flouting coronavirus restrictions and arrested its organiser, after a week of allegations that ministers…
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Virus hotspots could lead to third Covid wave in UK, scientists warn
Boris Johnson accused of dropping pledge to ‘follow data not dates’ and urged to wait for more vaccinations before easing restrictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Australia’s Covid vaccination relying on opaque private contracts worth millions
Lack of transparency over deals with private consultants, logistics companies and healthcare contractors adding to ‘layers of confusion’ over rollout From reassurance to shambles: how Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout unravelled…
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France and Germany’s Covid vaccination programmes pick up speed
As daily inoculations hit record figures, warning comes of new delays Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Vaccine rollouts in France and Germany have finally begun to…
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Coronavirus: US midwest sees signs of a new wave as hospitalisations soar
ICU beds fill in Michigan as case counts approach November highs, while Minnesota and Illinois also face growing numbers Coronavirus – live coverage There are ominous signs of a new…
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Britain is ‘bouncing back’ into the same old economy
Hopes of a rapid recovery overshadow the fact that the Tories have failed to reinvent the way the UK does business In some government circles, the excitement before Britain’s opening-up…