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Coronavirus: fully effective vaccine unlikely to be created before next year, expert says
There is little chance of a 100 per cent effective coronavirus vaccine by 2021, a French expert warned Sunday, urging people to take social distancing measures more seriously.“A vaccine is…
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US government presses again for full school reopening, despite mounting risks
The Trump administration on Sunday again pressed for full school reopenings in the fall, even as resurgent Covid-19 infections raised mounting criticism that a premature return to classes could pose…
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When the coronavirus and racism collide: the good, the bad and the ugly
Two huge issues are sweeping the world. Each has aspects of beauty and ugliness but when they overlap, sparks start to fly. The two are the Covid-19 outbreak and the…
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Coronavirus live news: WHO reports record daily rise in infections with 230,000 new global cases
The government of Spain’s Catalonia region on Sunday ordered residents in and around the northeastern town of Lerida to go back into home confinement as cases of coronavirus spiked. “The…
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Mueller castigates Trump’s decision to commute Roger Stone’s sentence – live
We mentioned House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s withering assessment of Donald Trump’s decision to commute the prison sentence of his former campaign adviser Roger Stone. Here are expanded quotes from her…
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The Guardian view on Covid-19 worldwide: on the march
“Most of the world sort of sat by and watched with almost a sense of detachment and bemusement,” said Helen Clark, appointed to investigate the World Health Organization’s handling of…
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British pilot discharged from Vietnam hospital after four-month battle with Covid-19 – video
A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting the coronavirus has been discharged from hospital and has returned to the UK. Stephen…
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Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, a record single-day total in the US
Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as…
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Sudan bans FGM as it breaks with hardline Islamist policies
Sudan is to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), cancel prohibitions against religious conversion from Islam and permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol in a decisive break with almost four decades of…
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Primark turns down £30m windfall from job retention bonus
Primark will not take up the bonus offered last week by the government for taking back furloughed workers into full employment, declining a potential windfall of about £30m. The high-street…