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NetEase Beijing employee tests positive for Covid-19, company orders staff to work from home: local media
Chinese gaming giant NetEase has asked all staff at its Beijing office to prepare to work from home after an employee tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night, according to…
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews attack Israeli police, trigger riot over coronavirus lockdown
Ultra-Orthodox Jews attacked an unmarked Israeli police vehicle overnight, pelting it with stones and smashing the windows while officers were inside, and igniting a riot in which at least six…
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Suicides in Japan up for first time in 11 years, as coronavirus stress hits women harder
The number of people taking their own lives in Japan rose for the first time in over a decade last year, as the coronavirus pandemic reversed years of progress combating…
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Germany’s coronavirus death toll tops 50,000 as EU discourages travel
Germany counted more than 50,000 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, figures released on Friday showed, as EU leaders “strongly discouraged” their constituents from non-essential travel.The Robert Koch…
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Coronavirus: Japan to toughen restrictions; Malaysia’s daily deaths jump
Japan’s cabinet approved draft laws to toughen coronavirus restrictions on Friday, a move that could threaten rule-breakers with fines and prison sentences for the first time since the outbreak began,…
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Donald Trump returns to a business empire ravaged by coronavirus pandemic
Donald Trump is returning to a family business ravaged by pandemic shutdowns and restrictions, with revenue plunging more than 40 per cent at his Doral golf property, his Washington hotel…
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Hong Kong lockdown: more than 1,700 disciplinary officers to be deployed in unprecedented move on 150 blocks in coronavirus-hit area
Hong Kong is locking down more than 150 residential buildings in the coronavirus-hit Yau Tsim Mong district, with over 1,700 police and other disciplinary officers enforcing the unprecedented move to…
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Hong Kong homebuyers defy broken economy, surging unemployment, snapping up flats at Wheelock’s Monaco project in Kai Tak
Enthusiastic homebuyers defied concerns that Hong Kong’s sky-high unemployment rate and economic malaise might undermine demand by snapping up new flats offered by Wheelock Properties at its Monaco project on…
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Coronavirus: Hongkongers stranded overseas fear travellers from Britain who returned via Dubai and tested positive for Covid-19 could make getting home harder
Hundreds of Hongkongers stranded overseas by a ban on travel from Britain fear they may face further difficulties returning home after three of their number, who flew to Hong Kong…
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As Covid-19 rages on, is Singapore risking too much to host the World Economic Forum?
In the coming months, more than a thousand government officials, business leaders and sportspeople are expected to flock to Singapore, a nation that seems to have contained Covid-19 infections far…