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Back Ofqual or I quit, chair of regulator told Gavin Williamson
The chair of Ofqual threatened to quit this week unless Gavin Williamson publicly backed the exams regulator and admitted it was behind the U-turn that salvaged millions of student grades,…
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Birmingham: 1m asked to restrict home visitors to prevent new lockdown
More than a million people in Birmingham will be advised to limit the number of people entering their homes to two as part of voluntary restrictions to stave off a…
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Irish minister resigns over golf dinner that flouted Covid-19 rules
Irish politics has been plunged into crisis after a parliamentary golf club dinner held in violation of the country’s coronavirus social distancing rules forced the resignation of a minister and…
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Covid: UK’s R value may be above 1 for first time on record
The R value for the UK may have risen above 1.0 for the first time since weekly reporting of data began. The figure reflects the average number of people a…
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Face masks give facial recognition software an identity crisis
It is an increasingly common modern annoyance: arriving at the front of the queue to pay in a shop, pulling out a smartphone for a hygienic contact-free payment, and staring…
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Do Malaysia’s politicians think they’re exempt from Covid-19 rules?
As Malaysia toughens physical distancing and mask-wearing rules and penalties in its bid to stem the spread of Covid-19, the backlash against a Cabinet minister who breached quarantine orders has…
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Meituan Dianping’s quarterly earnings beat estimates as China food delivery market recovers
Meituan Dianping, China’s largest on-demand services provider, beat second-quarter earnings estimates on Friday, as demand for food delivery recovered across the country after the coronavirus lockdowns.The Beijing-based company reported on…
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Were Covid hospital admissions figures in England overreported? It’s not that simple
Claims that hospital admissions for Covid-19 in England were overreported at the peak of the outbreak may not be telling the whole story. According to government figures, the daily hospital…
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Earnings season: low expectations keep US stock market flying high
Seemingly defying the Covid-19-fuelled economic recession battering the US, the S&P 500 reached a new high for the year on August 18, despite historic job losses and shrinking corporate profits.…
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Will Genting’s Hong Kong plight affect its units in Malaysia, Singapore amid the Covid-19 pandemic?
Genting, the Malaysia-headquartered hospitality and leisure corporation, is facing a rocky road ahead as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hammer tourism and related industries – most recently forcing chairman and…