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Hong Kong third wave: FedEx pilots want US company to suspend flights to city, say Covid-19 measures present ‘unacceptable risk’
The association representing FedEx aircrew has called on the US company to suspend flights to Hong Kong, saying the city’s stricter measures against a third wave of Covid-19 infections exposes…
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Hong Kong third wave: airline body objects to testing aircrew for Covid-19 as it predicts industry will not recover until 2024
The body representing the global airline industry has warned a recovery in travel to pre-coronavirus levels is not likely to happen until 2024, and is increasingly anxious to see border…
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More Hong Kong restaurants shut down, shift to delivery as coronavirus dining ban poses existential threat
Restaurants in some of Hong Kong’s main commercial districts are closing down as their owners opt to open kitchens in more affordable industrial areas offering only delivery services, according to…
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US coronavirus death toll nears 150,000 as Trump peddles old, false Covid-19 theories
US President Donald Trump’s much heralded new tone on the coronavirus pandemic evaporated on Tuesday in a burst of misleading medical speculation, criticism for his own top virus expert, and…
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Pandemic has exposed Britain’s vulnerabilities says food policy review
It is a year since Michael Gove asked the businessman Henry Dimbleby to produce a national food strategy. In that time the coronavirus pandemic has brutally exposed the cracks in…
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US urges Hong Kong to commit to ‘free and fair’ Legco election in September amid coronavirus delay fears
The United States and Australia on Tuesday urged Hong Kong to commit to a “free and fair” legislative election, while the European Union and the UK vowed to closely monitor…
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China’s steel imports top exports for first time since 2009 to aid economic recovery from coronavirus
China became a net steel importer in June for the first time since the last global recession in 2009, with exports from India, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam set for…
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Coronavirus: Kodak gets US$765 million for drug business, in move to cut US dependence on China and India
Photo industry giant Eastman Kodak will get a US$765 million loan from the US government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients and reduce dependency on other countries, in what US President Donald…
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Coronavirus live news: Italy extends state of emergency as WHO warns of ‘one big wave’
An urgent track and trace operation is under way in Berlin after a couple tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a holiday to visit friends in Manchester. Fifty people…
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Barr: ‘I don’t agree there is systemic racism in police departments’ – live
Moments ago at the House judiciary committee hearing, Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal accused attorney general William Barr of setting a double standard for protesters based on political ideology. CBS News…