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In India, sex workers’ children challenge taboos to help the needy
Sandhya Nair’s favourite childhood memory is of listening to bedtime tales from the woman she called Amma – Hindi for mother. She was a transgender sex worker, and Nair’s next-door…
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Hong Kong third wave: civil servants ‘to resume work-from-home arrangements’, city faces daily record-high of ‘more than 100’ confirmed Covid-19 cases
Most of Hong Kong’s 180,000 civil servants will resume work-from-home arrangements next week with the city facing a grim record-high daily toll of more than 100 confirmed coronavirus infections, sources…
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Coronavirus: Russia ‘could have Covid-19 vaccine by September’, official claims
A top Russian official said his country could roll out a vaccine against Covid-19 as soon as September, while denying accusations that hackers working for the country’s intelligence agency tried…
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Are coronavirus lockdowns justified given the health, economic and social costs?
Perspective has always been a challenge for journalism. This is ever more the case as news sources move to instant online feeds. Keeping perspective on Covid-19 is a near impossible…
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No way out: the undocumented migrants caught between a rock and a hard place in Malaysia
After crossing illegally into Malaysia in 2016 from Myanmar, Sabe Phyu and Banyar contacted a Burmese agent who promised to arrange work visas for them. Instead, the agent disappeared with…
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro believes coronavirus restrictions have ‘suffocated’ economy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus “kill” and have “suffocated” the country’s economy.“Without salaries and jobs, people…
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G20 officials pledge to use ‘all available policy tools’ to bolster coronavirus-hit global economy
Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday vowed to continue using “all available policy tools” to fight the coronavirus pandemic and bolster the global economy, warning…
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Barack Obama leads tributes to civil rights leader John Lewis – live
Donald Trump has broken his silence on the passing of John Lewis with a tweet posted moments ago. “Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing,”…
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‘Our ICU beds are full’: Covid-19 cases surge across American south and west
Covid-19 cases are surging across much of the American south and west, as familiar scenes of weary doctors and nurses in packed hospitals replay across a new region. In Washington,…
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My first restaurant meal since lockdown was strange and joyful
I’m not sure I would have gone out for dinner on so-called “Super Saturday” had it not been for the fact that it was my birthday. But go out I…