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Coronavirus pandemic woes for Hong Kong domestic helpers and employers, as infection fears, quarantine costs derail plans
Hongkonger Chloe Ma is five months pregnant and looking for a domestic worker to help with the housework when her first child is born.Ma, 34, a marketing professional, started contacting…
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Florence’s Uffizi art gallery shows digital collection of scenes from Divine Comedy to mark death of Dante Alighieri
Florence’s Uffizi Gallery is showing illustrations from the Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary of the death of author Dante Alighieri.The illustrations, by painter Federico Zuccari, date back to…
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Coronavirus doesn’t stop Romans from jumping into cold Tiber River
The coronavirus pandemic changed the way many people celebrated the New Year’s holiday, but in Rome, one tradition held on: taking a cold dip in the Tiber River.Several men kept the…
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Revellers clash with police in France after 2,500 gather for illegal New Year’s Eve rave
Some 2,500 partygoers attended an illegal New Year rave in northwestern France, violently clashing with police who failed to stop it and sparking concern the underground event could spread the…
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Coronavirus: US passes 20 million cases, as Mitt Romney calls for emergency medics to be drafted to administer vaccine
The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University said on Friday in its real-time tally, as the New Year brought another grim milestone…
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What difference will Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine make in UK?
We look at how the introduction of a new vaccine in the fight against Covid will work Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is…
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The Guardian view on liberal Christians: is this their moment? | Editorial
The election of practising Catholic Joe Biden is just one reason for religious progressives to be hopeful “No one is saved alone,” writes Pope Francis in Let Us Dream, a…
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Donald Trump blasted Jared Kushner over increased coronavirus testing, report says
Throughout the course of the pandemic, US President Donald Trump lashed out at his son-in-law Jared Kushner over testing and mask-wearing, according to a report by The New York Times.According…
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Coronavirus: Britain’s hospitals at ‘perilous’ stage as new Covid-19 strain fuels surge in cases
British doctors warned on Friday that hospitals around the country face a perilous few weeks amid surging new Covid-19 infections that have been blamed on a new variant of the…
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Coronavirus: a flurry of international orders for Chinese vaccines
Pakistan and Hungary were among the string of countries lining up to order coronavirus vaccines from China as Chinese regulators approved the country’s first Covid-19 shot.The vaccine, developed under state-owned…