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Coronavirus: South Korea mulls tighter curbs as cases soar to nine-month high
South Korea said it is considering tightening its social distancing rules as it reported 629 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the most since the first wave of infections in the…
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Hong Kong Covid-19 app may get more user-friendly features, official says, allaying concerns over residents’ privacy
More user-friendly features could be added to Hong Kong’s Covid-19 risk exposure app from next week, a senior information technology official has said, admitting that the initial design of a…
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Australia news live: China row simmers as NSW reports no new locally acquired Covid cases
MP Andrew Hastie has criticised the release of details included in the war crimes report for allowing China to ‘malign our troops’; PM faces questions over Murdoch Christmas party flight;…
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Coronavirus live news: Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days as global deaths pass 1.5m
Biden will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office; Italy approves Christmas restrictions; Iran’s cases top 1m European and US experts question UK’s fast-track of…
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California plans sweeping stay-at-home orders as coronavirus strains hospitals – live updates
California announces new restrictions as cases spike Biden team to meet with Latino lawmakers over cabinet picks Ivanka Trump was quizzed as part of inauguration fund lawsuit Sign up to…
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Anthony Fauci apologises for implied criticism of speedy UK vaccine approval
US diseases expert, appointed as Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, says he has ‘great confidence’ in British counterparts Coronavirus live updates America’s leading infectious diseases scientist, Anthony Fauci, has apologised…
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Bank of England criticised for losing track of £50bn of banknotes
Commons public accounts committee condemns Bank for ‘lax attitude’ to money’s whereabouts It is known throughout the world as a byword for security. But the Bank of England is evidently…
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Indian educator wins US$1 million Global Teacher Prize for transforming girls’ lives
This year’s Global Teacher Prize has been awarded to Ranjitsinh Disale for his work helping girls, most of them from poor tribal communities, at a village school in western India.Disale…
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‘Not enough to go around’: US states struggle to decide who should get Covid vaccine first
A flurry of federal government activity suggests vaccine approval could come soon as arguments rage about how to distribute it Colorado public health experts planning for an imminent Covid-19 vaccine…