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Polished and gilded: Kyoto’s golden temple of Kinkaku-ji gets a makeover
The temple of Kinkaku-ji in the Japanese city of Kyoto has been given a major facelift, and without the eyesore of scaffolding and signs of ageing, the landmark’s famous golden…
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Trust levels are plummeting across the pandemic-ravaged world. But what about in Hong Kong?
For 21 years, public relations group Edelman has returned annually to an issue indispensable to the proper functioning of our societies: trust.Its annual Trust Barometer may not be as robust…
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Coronavirus: EU backtracks on vaccine controls for Northern Ireland amid AstraZeneca row
The European Union on Friday backtracked on a threat to restrict exports of coronavirus shots to Northern Ireland in its growing row with Britain, as the WHO warned against “vaccine…
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Coronavirus: Hungary is first EU country to approve China’s Sinopharm vaccine
Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the first country in the European Union to do so.The decision followed…
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Five die in fire at Romania’s main hospital for coronavirus patients in second such incident in three months
Romania was in shock on Friday after a fire broke out in the country’s main hospital for coronavirus patients, killing five in the second such incident in three months.Emergency responders…
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Coronavirus gene findings are no cause for alarm, says leading scientist
A leading biologist whose team recently discovered that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 may be able to insert its genes into human DNA has said there is no cause for…
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Coronavirus: Tech firms heed call as Chinese authorities urge people to stay home, go online for Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year holiday in China ushers in the world’s biggest annual mass migration, as families reunite across the country. The government, however, has tightened travel restrictions this year…
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Democrats set to push Covid relief plan through Congress without Republican support – live
Johnson & Johnson one-dose Covid vaccine shown to work CDC director: US has ‘scaled up’ surveillance of new variants Biden expected to appoint nuclear deal architect as US-Iran envoy Sign…
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UK coronavirus live: Britain secures 60m Novavax vaccine doses; 1 in 55 had Covid in England last week
Latest updates: trial results show Novavax vaccine highly protective against variant that emerged in Kent; ONS figures show cases still high Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine shown to work against…
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Brazil: viral rapper becomes unexpected champion of Covid vaccine drive
MC Fioti’s ‘vaccine anthem’ remix celebrates coronavirus inoculation with music video shot at biomedical research centre Leandro Aparecido Ferreira laid bricks and flipped burgers for a living until becoming one…