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China’s coronavirus testing ‘overkill’ gives economy a shot in the arm, with huge windfall for industry
A knock at the door jarred Susan Li out of bed on a chilly morning in Beijing last month.“Nucleic acid test,” proclaimed the woman outside Li’s home. And then her…
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Coronavirus: France’s Emmanuel Macron warns of Chinese vaccine risks
French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday about the lack of information about China’s coronavirus vaccines, saying they might even encourage the development of variants if they are not effective.Speaking to…
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Negative interest rates are a possibility in UK, but far from a certainty | Larry Elliott
Analysis: economy would have to get much worse for Bank’s monetary policy committee to take unprecedented step The Bank of England is a venerable institution. Not once since it was…
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Craig Kelly and the dangers of misinformation
Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher join Full Story podcast host Gabrielle Jackson to discuss Scott Morrison’s public rebuke of Craig Kelly’s spread of Covid-19 misinformation and what responsibilities politicians and…
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UK banks given six months to prepare for possibility of negative interest rates
Bank of England’s monetary policy committee votes to keep rate at 0.1% but gives sector six-month deadline What would a negative interest rate mean for UK consumers? The Bank of…
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UK Covid live: positive cases in England fall by 29% in a week; warning in Wales against ‘splurge of reopening’
196,257 people in England test positive in week to 27 January; Vaughan Gething says end to lockdown could mean ‘significant bounceback in cases’ Concerns raised over queue-jumping as PHE workers…
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Joe Biden to set out his foreign policy goals in state department speech – live
No Republican action against Cheney or Greene after vote Indigenous Americans dying from Covid at twice rate of white Americans Report: US considering sending masks to all Americans Biden’s plans…
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Coronavirus live: international travel ‘biggest factor in death rate’; WHO has ‘frank’ China talks over virus source
Study finds a million international arrivals associated with 3.4% increase in Covid deaths; WHO team talk to Wuhan scientists over start of outbreak A quarter of people in France, Germany…
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George Osborne’s legacy is all around us: his cuts left Britain helpless to resist Covid | Polly Toynbee
The former chancellor, who is departing public life, fatally weakened public services during his reign of austerity Goodbye, George Osborne, who finally leaves the world of public affairs for the…
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Coronavirus: complaints to Hong Kong consumer watchdog shoot up by more than a quarter amid pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic fuelled a 26 per cent jump in the number of reports made to the city’s consumer watchdog last year, with complaints concerning face masks shooting up nearly…