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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has announced live on television he has tested positive for coronavirus. “It came back positive,” a mask-wearing Bolsonaro told a hand-picked group of reporters on…
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Several pubs in England close after positive coronavirus tests
At least four pubs in England that reopened their doors for the first time on Saturday have been forced to close again after customers or staff tested positive for Covid-19.…
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Israel public health chief quits amid rise in coronavirus cases
Israel’s top public health official has quit in protest at the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as authorities imposed new measures to combat a rise in infections after the…
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Coronavirus sceptic Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro puts faith in hydroxychloroquine to cure him of Covid-19
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he is confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that has not been proven…
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Fast fashion creates misery, and that’s a bad look | Bidisha
During lockdown, everyone’s id has been allowed to float untethered. Obsessions, manias, strange desires and perverse fantasies have risen to the surface as the conventions of normal life melted into…
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Bumbling, wasteful US should learn from China’s coronavirus response
Among the long queues for food banks in the United States were high-end cars. While some Americans suffered from hunger, some US farmers destroyed crops. Among the many closed restaurants…
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Indian movies premiere on streaming services amid lockdown to curb coronavirus, to the fury of some cinema operators
A Bollywood actor’s face tattooed on his arm, Sandeep Bacche’s devotion shocks few in India, where film stars enjoy semidivine status. But even here the hallowed silver screen may be…
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British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical coronavirus patient has recovered
A British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical Covid-19 patient is virus free and has recovered enough to make the long flight home next Sunday, doctors said.A group of Vietnamese…
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China’s exporters turn to the domestic market, but can it offset coronavirus demand shock?
A lipstick maker in the Chinese city of Yiwu used an online sales platform in some 17 different overseas languages to woo Spanish, Russian, Saudi Arabian, Korean, Japanese, Turkish, and…
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Coronavirus disruption to HIV treatment could cause 500,000 additional Aids deaths, UN and other agencies warn
The coronavirus pandemic could cause an additional half a million Aids deaths if treatment is disrupted long term, the United Nations warned, stressing that years of progress against HIV were…