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SA and Victoria extend eviction moratorium as other states face ‘cliff edge’
South Australia and Victoria have extended the moratorium barring landlords from evicting tenants or hiking rents, as tenant advocates in other states warn of a looming “cliff’s edge” when the…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain cases top 500,000 in European first as global deaths pass 890,000
Japan’s economy shrank slightly more than initially thought in the April-June quarter, official data released Tuesday showed, deepening a contraction that was already the worst in the nation’s modern history,…
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Food vendors foresee demand returning for imported meats, seafood after Xinfadi coronavirus outbreak made Chinese consumers wary
Shop manager Zhao Heng leaps into action when he is asked about the availability of imported meat products, eager to convince customers that they will soon be back on the…
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Why the modelling behind Melbourne’s extended stage 4 lockdown is problematic | Joshua Gans
I totally support the goal of eliminating the coronavirus from Victoria and at the same time hopefully eliminating it from all of Australia. I’ve written a book making the case…
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Spending your summer holiday at home in Hong Kong? Count your blessings
A colleague returning to work was asked where he spent his holiday. “Oh, my living room, my kitchen, my bathroom …” he said. Welcome to the joys of holidaying in…
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Can Hong Kong’s retail landlords weather soaring vacancy rates by running their own shops in their own buildings?
The collapse of retail rents and high vacancy rates in some of Hong Kong’s main shopping districts is forcing some landlords to get creative. Rather than leave their buildings standing…
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South Korea’s Christians losing faith amid coronavirus outbreaks linked to churches, pastors say
Fitness trainer Lee Sun-woo’s income has halved since his gym was forced to close in Seoul, where an outbreak of 1,000 church-linked coronavirus cases in the capital region has led…
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Third of students unable to access online learning during lockdown – survey
One in three university students were unable to access online learning during the Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research which suggests that disabled students and those from poorer backgrounds were…
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Return to work is too late to save city centres, says British Retail Consortium
The slow return of UK workers to their normal place of work will come too late to save hard-pressed city centre stores from going under, the body that represents retailers…
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60,000 may have ‘long Covid’ for more than three months – UK study
Up to 60,000 people in the UK may have been suffering from “long Covid” for more than three months, unable to get the care they need to recover from prolonged…