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Rented e-scooters ride to the rescue of English commuters as Covid lockdown eases
Rented motorised scooters could soon be ubiquitous in many English cities as councils prepare pilot projects aimed at relieving pressure on public transport caused by the coronavirus. The Department for…
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‘The pandemic is accelerating’: WHO warns of dangerous coronavirus phase – video
The World Health Organization has announced the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating and more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19 were reported in one day on Thursday, the highest single-day number so far. Tedros…
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Singapore’s next leader Heng Swee Keat says jobs are top priority
Singapore’s government has in recent weeks stressed that preserving existing jobs and creating 100,000 new positions in the short term are a “top priority” as the labour market bleeds –…
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Travel clinic: what you need to know about your summer holidays
The Ryanair email sent out to millions of people this week was certainly enticing, advertising up to 250,000 seats from £29.99 each on one of the 1,000 flights a day…
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Regional bank in Xinjiang cuts dividend, bowing to China regulator’s pressure to preserve capital and prepare for slump
In a rare move, a regional bank based in China’s north-western Xinjiang region has slashed its dividend by 20 per cent, bowing to pressure by the banking regulator for the…
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Coronavirus: 78-year-old woman becomes fifth Hong Kong fatality since beginning of pandemic
A 78-year-old woman suffering from Covid-19 died on Saturday, becoming Hong Kong’s fifth coronavirus fatality since the pandemic’s beginning.The death of the woman, one of nine people infected in the…
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Masks and manners: your essential etiquette tips for a polite and polished pandemic
Social life in a post-pandemic world, as many have discovered, is dramatically different from life as we knew it. This also means that the way we interact with each other…
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China’s aim to integrate Greater Bay Area comes together with Hong Kong health care providers playing a leading role
Quality HealthCare Medical Services’ centre in downtown Guangzhou is like any other privately run facility. Patients coming in and out of doctors’ offices, busy nurses and pharmacists carefully checking medical…
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How innovation and imagination can build more resilient economies in an uncertain post-pandemic world
It has been a chaotic week as coronavirus infections topped 8 million around the world with over 445,000 deaths. Anti-racism protests have spread globally after the death of George Floyd.…
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Coronavirus: epidemiologists warn it’s too early to relax amid Beijing outbreak
Beijing has a long way to go before residents can relax over the recent coronavirus outbreak, China’s top epidemiologists have cautioned after an earlier statement that the contagion was under…