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We must not let the government seize back control from doctors | Andrew Lansley
As the former health secretary responsible for the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, I believe I speak with some experience when I say that structural reorganisation of the NHS…
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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson plans to return UK to normality in time for Christmas
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he hoped Britain could return to normality before Christmas, setting out a phased removal of lockdown restrictions, but warned that while he was hoping for…
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Is China’s second quarter GDP as rosy as it seems?
China has painted a rosy picture of the country’s economic outlook after reporting a stronger-than-expected 3.2 per cent growth rate in the second quarter, but some analysts have said the…
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Hong Kong textile giant Esquel, supplier of Nike and Hilfiger, suspends operations at spinning mill as new coronavirus cases spark lockdown of Xinjiang’s capital
Esquel, one of the world’s largest cotton shirt makers, says it will close a mill in Urumqi as the city of 3.5 million people in western China shuts down amid…
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Coronavirus latest: India surges past 1 million cases in grim milestone
India saw its coronavirus cases exceed 1 million on Friday, becoming the third country to cross that mark, as the novel pathogen continues to spread rapidly in the world’s second-most-populous…
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African leaders blame citizens as coronavirus cases increase, seeking to shift responsibility
African leaders are turning on their citizens as efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus fall short and already fragile health care systems struggle to cope with an influx…
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United States ending Hong Kong’s special trading status will hurt US firms, city’s American Chamber of Commerce says
The biggest international business group in Hong Kong warned on Friday that the United States’ decision to revoke the city’s preferential trading status would damage American firms there.The American Chamber…
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Hong Kong third wave: mainland China tightens entry requirements for Hongkongers in response to city’s coronavirus spike
Hongkongers must prove they have tested negative for Covid-19 to cross the border into Guangdong from Friday as the mainland Chinese province tightened its entry requirements in response to the…
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Why Philippines’ online gaming industry may not survive coronavirus
With the twin global gaming centres of Macau and Las Vegas bleeding millions of dollars daily as casinos stand empty, the much smaller online gaming industry in the Philippines was…
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Brazil coronavirus cases reach 2 million, doubling in less than a month
Brazil on Thursday passed the 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases mark, with little sign that the rate of increase is slowing as anger grows over President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of…