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How to access one of the 800,000 cheap flights in Australia’s tourism bailout package
An initial list of 13 destinations for the half-price flights has been released, but the government says more locations could be added Australians will be able to access half-priced flights…
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China GDP: Premier Li Keqiang defends modest 2021 economic growth target, says rate could exceed 6 per cent
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday defended the government’s decision to set a modest gross domestic product (GDP) growth target this year of “above 6 per cent”, adding it could…
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I’m struggling to talk to friends in lockdown. Being alone has been a relief | Naoise Dolan
I am autistic, and it does not take a lot to overwhelm me. This has been a terrible year, but socialising is stressful, writes the Women’s prize-nominated author I haven’t…
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Google honours Chinese-Malaysian face mask pioneer Doctor Wu Lien-teh, whose surgical face covering is seen as origin of N95
Google has paid tribute to a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist, whose early invention of a face mask is still saving lives today during the coronavirus pandemic.On Wednesday Google’s logo tribute on its…
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How India’s first transgender doctor to head a Covid-19 vaccination centre inspires, one dose at a time
When Dr Aqsa Shaikh announced on Twitter last week that she had been appointed to head a Covid-19 vaccination centre in New Delhi, her timeline was inundated with hundreds of…
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Coronavirus: Filipinos go hungry amid rising pork prices, inflation and job losses
Jen Armado, a 32-year-old mother of two, was supposed to mark her 10th year as a secretary in a private school in Tanza, Cavite, a coastal town south of Metro…
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Thai tourism businesses seeking early coronavirus vaccination face backlash; Phuket says ‘We cannot afford to wait’
A year after Thailand closed its borders to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Phuket’s famous Walking Street, lined with colourful shophouses, is empty, its white sand beaches deserted.But a proposal by…
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Why has Hong Kong’s coronavirus vaccination drive stumbled recently, and should you be worried about possible side effects?
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination drive has got off to a rocky start, with the take-up rate continuing to drop since the programme first began rolling out jabs in early February.The…
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Trapped in Macau: the Singaporeans and Malaysians desperate to get home
Gavin Chin, a Malaysian living in Macau, is desperate to hop on the next flight back to his hometown of Sabah. He was working as a diver technician on The…
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Australia news live: Covid-19 ‘code yellow’ emergency at Cairns hospital; half-price airline tickets in bid to revive tourism
Federal government announces $1.2bn tourism package with 800,000 subsidised airfares; key crossbench senator warns PM the Christian Porter saga will become an ‘albatross around his government’s neck’. Follow latest updates…