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Singapore’s food lovers reunite for kaya toast, sushi and hawker fare as coronavirus restrictions ease
Singaporeans headed to restaurants to reunite with lovers and friends on Friday as the city state lifted restrictions on socialising and dining out after more than two months of lockdown.Many…
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How buffet restaurants will have to change post-coronavirus in Hong Kong and beyond
It is one of Hong Kong’s favourite ways to dine, but is there a future for buffets in the city? In the age of Covid-19, do you still want to…
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UK scraps its own coronavirus-tracing app to join Apple and Google
The UK abandoned efforts to create its own Covid-19 track-and-trace mobile app and will use Apple and Google technology instead, in a fresh setback for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.After extensive…
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Coronavirus: tables tougher to come by as ‘revenge spending’ drives bookings bounceback at Hong Kong restaurants, insiders say
Buoyed by a “revenge spending” binge by consumers eager to resume normal life, Hong Kong’s battered food and beverage sector has recently seen restaurant bookings rebound to 80 per cent…
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Massive stimulus packages not enough to rescue coronavirus-hit economies
The battlefield terminology of “fiscal bazookas” and “fiscal firepower” used to describe governments’ massive stimulus packages give the impression that big spending alone will lift coronavirus-wracked economies out of their…
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Tokyo lifts all coronavirus restrictions on businesses, seeking to spur economy
Tokyo lifted all restrictions on businesses on Friday amid signs that the coronavirus pandemic is waning in the Japanese capital, although concerns remain over a potential second wave of infections.People…
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US lawmakers, top official clash on China’s involvement in coronavirus vaccine development
US lawmakers and a top official leading the White House’s efforts to produce a coronavirus vaccine clashed on Thursday over whether American health authorities should be working with China to…
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WHO says hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses could be ready before 2021
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that a few hundred million Covid-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of the year – and be targeted at those most…
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UK coronavirus live: government confirms its contact-tracing app will be ditched
Arlene Foster, the first minister of Northern Ireland, has announced that the social distancing measure will be reduced from two metres to one in Northern Ireland’s schools when they reopen…
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Coronavirus live news: New York set to ease lockdown further as outdoor restaurants reopen
Johnson & Johnson is in talks with multiple governments and global organisations as it seeks to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, it said on Thursday, after Reuters reported that the US…