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Aberdeen floating restaurant gets starring role in plans for tourism, leisure hub in southern Hong Kong Island
The southern part of Hong Kong Island will be transformed into a tourism and leisure hub including a revitalised Jumbo Floating Restaurant, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced in…
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WHO names line-up for international team looking into coronavirus origins
The World Health Organization has named the scientists on an international team tracing the origins of the new coronavirus, as their mission gathers steam some 11 months after the virus…
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Coronavirus: Sinopharm applies for regulatory approval from China to launch vaccine, state media reports
A front runner among China’s coronavirus vaccine developers has filed for approval to officially launch its product, after rival vaccines in the United States and Britain got a head start…
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Dear archbishop, now is not the time to take a sabbatical | Karen Armstrong
As the pandemic rages, Justin Welby says he’s going to take time off. How did religion become so self-centred? The archbishop of Canterbury has announced that he will shortly be…
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Japan PM Suga risks long-term prospects with messy domestic tourism reversal
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid rising Covid-19 cases – after insisting it would go ahead – looks to cost him…
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Singapore almost coronavirus-free after going two weeks without a local case
Having once had the highest Covid-19 rate in Southeast Asia, Singapore has all but eradicated the virus after reporting 14 days without any new local cases on Tuesday, and saying…
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India’s lavish weddings, sidelined by the coronavirus, are back at the altar
The US$50 billion Indian wedding industry, knocked on its lavish backside during the coronavirus lockdown that started in March, is set to return with a flourish.Known for their opulence, with…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader sets out target of zero infections with community testing, as city confirms 85 new cases
Hong Kong confirmed 85 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the highest daily increase in more than three months, as the city’s leader declared that another community testing scheme could be…
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Singapore sticks to digital banking plans despite China, US clampdowns
Singapore’s financial regulator will stick with its plans to award digital banking licences by the end of the year, undeterred by tightening scrutiny in China and the US that is…
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In Japan, suicide rates among men rise as coronavirus impact hits hard
New statistics on suicide released by Japan’s health ministry indicate a growing sense of despair among the nation’s working men, as the coronavirus pandemic is blamed for job cuts at…