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Byton, Chinese EV start-up planning US foray, halts operations for 6 months
Byton, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up that has plotted a US entry for years, is suspending all domestic operations and furloughing staff after the coronavirus pandemic made it tougher…
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‘Worst yet to come’ in coronavirus pandemic, WHO chief warns
The coronavirus pandemic is “not even close to being over”, the World Health Organisation warned, as the global death toll passed half a million and cases surged in Latin America…
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Coronavirus: New Zealand moves Apec summit online, says no to return of international students
New Zealand on Tuesday said that next year’s Apec summit of Asia-Pacific leaders will be held online, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warning there is no guarantee the global coronavirus…
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Germany, a world leader in coronavirus war, far from mission accomplished
In the eight weeks since Germany became the largest European Union country to begin easing Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, the nation that has emerged as a case study for how to…
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Coronavirus studies strengthen link between loss of smell or taste and Covid-19
A study of patients hit by the recent Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing has highlighted how it affected their sense of taste and smell.Among the 256 Covid-19 cases in the latest…
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Singapore PM’s estranged brother won’t contest July 10 election, ending weeks of speculation
Campaigning for Singapore’s pandemic-plagued July 10 general election officially began on Tuesday with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pitted against not just the…
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In Indonesia’s Bali, hotels on sale for cheap as coronavirus hammers tourism
Gone are the Australian surfers and Chinese tour groups. Also missing are yoga aficionados seeking inner peace, like Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love.With no tourists and no income courtesy…
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UK reimposes lockdown on coronavirus-hit city of Leicester
Britain on Monday reimposed lockdown measures on a city hit by an outbreak of coronavirus, in the first big test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “whack-a-mole” strategy to control the…
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Fat-fighter Boris Johnson declares war on obesity in UK
Boris Johnson made an uncharacteristic apology on Monday; he confessed that in the past he had taken a too “libertarian” attitude to obesity and the government’s role in preventing it…
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China economy steadied further in June, as slow recovery from coronavirus continued
China’s economic activity steadied in June, with manufacturing and services both stabilising as the long way back from the coronavirus lockdowns continued.The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for June…