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Tory MPs press Hancock for ‘postcode-level’ Covid restrictions
Conservative MPs have told Matt Hancock that businesses will suffer unless the government takes a more sophisticated approach to the blanket restrictions affecting 4.5 million people across northern England. Ministers…
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Cameron Mackintosh makes about 200 UK theatre staff redundant
Sir Cameron Mackintosh, the West End producer of Les Misérables and Hamilton, has made about 200 employees redundant in the latest blow to the theatre industry. Mackintosh, one of British…
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Investing in Indian health care will bolster AIIB’s global ambition
Despite the turbulent Sino-India relationship, Chinese investment may soon provide critical support to India’s pandemic-ravaged health infrastructure. India’s finance ministry recently discussed an US$8 billion national health infrastructure project with…
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Toronto: strip club employee may have exposed about 550 people to Covid-19
Health officials in the Canadian city of Toronto have warned that as many as 550 people may have been exposed to the coronavirus at a downtown strip club after an…
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The Covid-19 recession feels mild compared with the 1980s – so far | Larry Elliott
Those of us with long enough memories can vividly recall the recession of the early 1980s. Unemployment climbed inexorably as many of the big names of British industry collapsed or…
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Greenland, Vanke, Sunac among developers planning health care facilities in new residential projects as Covid-19 changes mindsets and lifestyles
Greenland, Shanghai’s largest developer, is looking to add a new dimension to its high-end residential properties by building medical facilities such as hospitals and clinics, as Covid-19 ushers in a…
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For better or worse, our universities are hierarchical. It’s why A-levels matter | Nick Hillman
The job of university admissions offices has been likened to landing a jumbo jet on a postage stamp. In their last year of school, pupils apply for up to five…
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A family road trip through Covid-19-hit Europe – one-off experience or a taste of things to come?
“My goodness. Are you really tourists from England?” asks a middle-aged Italian woman with a theatrical throw of her arms in the emptiness of one of the city’s best-loved pizzerias.As…
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Island nations have the edge in keeping Covid away – or most do
Island nations have an advantage when it comes to stopping travellers importing disease, be it Covid or other infections. Seas are usually harder to cross than land, and beaches are…
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Hong Kong third wave: port cluster grows as nearly half of 74 new Covid-19 cases linked to container terminal
Hong Kong recorded 74 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, nearly half of which were linked to a cluster at a container terminal first identified last week.The city has now gone…