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Six months into coronavirus pandemic, scientists say exact source may never be identified
As the World Health Organisation prepares to send a team into China to investigate the origin of the Covid-19 disease, scientists with experience tracking virus behaviour say the search could…
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Australia coronavirus: quarantine guards spread disease, leading to Melbourne’s new lockdown
All it took was missteps in the handling of travellers returning from overseas and complacency in a handful of neighbourhoods to plunge Australia’s second-largest city into lockdown for the second…
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Tourist-free Koh Samui welcomes back hordes of turtle hatchlings, but pandemic is not all good news for nature
The palm-fringed Thai island of Koh Samui has been a holiday hot spot for decades. Lonely Planet goes so far as to claim that “the most dramatic event in the…
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Coronavirus map Australia: tracking new cases, Covid-19 stats and live data update by state
Due to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: French bus driver brain-dead after passengers attack him for telling them to wear masks
A bus driver in France was declared brain-dead on Monday after being attacked for refusing to let passengers board his vehicle without face masks, in line with rules imposed to…
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Trump’s limits on international visas unnerve Chinese students in US
When US President Donald Trump suspended foreign work visa programmes through the end of the year, he rattled a wide swathe of the Chinese community in America, with many regarding…
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Coronavirus: WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne spread of Covid-19
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance…
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Coronavirus: Donald Trump formally pulling US out of World Health Organisation over ‘China puppet’ claims
The United States has officially notified the United Nations secretary general of the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, setting in motion the country’s exit from the global body.US…
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UK coronavirus live: No 10 fails to apologise for Boris Johnson’s care home remarks; death toll rises by 155
Rishi Sunak preparing the for major economic update he will deliver in the Commons tomorrow covering coronavirus. Photograph: Simon Walker Hm Treasury/PA That’s all from me. But the coverage continues…
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As coronavirus strains US-China relations, ensuring ‘phase one’ trade deal works is crucial
The past six months in US-China relations have been difficult on many fronts and the Covid-19 crisis, rather than forging a common purpose, has made them worse. Here’s where things…