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Markets rally as US unemployment rate falls to 11.1% – as it happened
Finally, the London stock market has posted its highest closing level in a week, lifted by the US jobs report. The FTSE 100 closed 82 points higher at 6240, a…
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‘We don’t live in a communist country!’: battle over masks rages in Texas
The driver license mega center in Fort Worth closed abruptly, just minutes before 1pm on Tuesday. Staff removed the two tables outside the entrance that recorded all visitors’ contact information,…
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Nuffield Southampton Theatres to permanently close as UK arts crisis deepens
Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST), a major cultural institution in the region and beyond, is to permanently close. Eighty-six staff roles have been made redundant by the closure, one of the…
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Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 dice are loaded against our struggling towns | Gaby Hinsliff
Never bet more than you can afford to lose. The old gambler’s adage springs uncomfortably to mind as the government once again prepares to roll the pandemic dice, pushing ahead…
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Sir Gus O’Donnell calls for wealth tax as part of UK’s Covid-19 response
The UK government’s response to the coronavirus and the dramatic rise in public borrowing during the crisis should include a wealth tax on the richest in society, a former head…
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Indian policemen arrested over ‘George Floyds of India’ custody deaths
India has arrested five policemen over the deaths of a father and son in custody, a senior investigating official said on Thursday, following outrage that drew comparisons to the death…
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Has the Philippines contained Covid-19? Cebu City suggests otherwise
The Philippines this week claimed success in containing the Covid-19 pandemic – but a spike in cases has seen Cebu City emerge as a potential new epicentre for the country’s…
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Why is coronavirus still surging in the US? – video explainer
The US recorded a new all-time daily high of 52,000 new Covid-19 cases on 1 July, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, as Donald Trump repeated his belief the virus…
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Coronavirus: US, South Africa, Indonesia see record new daily infections
The United States, South Africa and Indonesia have all reported record new daily coronavirus infections, with US figures surpassing 50,000 cases a day for the first time, underlining the challenges…
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Forget any false sense of security: we are still at the start of the global pandemic | Jeremy Farrar
Six months on from the first cases of Covid-19 emerging in Wuhan, many of us in Britain will be feeling a mixture of relief and trepidation as England’s lockdown eases.…