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UK inflation jumped in December as shoppers returned to high street
Increase in transport costs and computer games console prices flagged up by ONS Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The annual rate of inflation rose to 0.6%…
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Victoria, NSW and Queensland record no local cases – as it happened
Two tennis players have tested positive, but hard lockdown of those who shared flights remains. This blog is now closed Tennis Australia confirms it will pay for players’ quarantine as…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: half of city’s 77 new cases are from coronavirus-hit district Yau Tsim Mong
Hong Kong recorded 77 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, about half from Yau Tsim Mong district where a tough testing regime has been deployed to contain a worsening outbreak.At least…
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Sadiq Khan: London missed out on early share of vaccine
NHS figures show London had lowest number of people – 388,437 – who have received at least one dose Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A simplistic…
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Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ council criticised as most members based in London
Of 30 Build Back Better Council members, 22 are in London, but none are from Wales or Northern Ireland A business council set up by Boris Johnson to rebuild the…
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India starts exporting coronavirus vaccines, as its own inoculation drive fails to meet targets
India started exporting Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to get supplies of the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot.“First consignment takes off for Bhutan!” Anurag Srivastava,…
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Coronavirus: Chinese local authorities step up efforts to convince migrant workers to stay put over Lunar New Year
Cities around China are tightening travel restrictions and encouraging migrant workers to stay where they are for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, as the country fights to contain the…
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Coronavirus: could Singapore’s vaccine drive become a victim of the city’s own success?
On January 20 last year, a 66-year-old man from the central Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Singapore and headed to the Shangri-La hotel on Sentosa island for a family…
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Save lives or save the economy? That’s a false choice – and it’s obscene | Richard Denniss
Would an extra million dollars to a billionaire ever be worth the loss of someone you love to Covid? For the past year Australians have heard politicians, business leaders and…
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Coronavirus pandemic could be WHO’s ‘Chernobyl moment’ for reform, review panel says
The Covid-19 pandemic could be the catalyst for much-needed reform of the World Health Organization just as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 forced urgent changes at the UN nuclear…