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Why protests aren’t as dangerous for spreading coronavirus as you might think | Ashish Jha
As the Covid-19 virus continues to spread unevenly across the world, politicians and opinion pages in the US are already blaming new cases of coronavirus on mass demonstrations against police…
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Bolton Octagon feels sharp edge of threat to regional theatre
The Bolton Octagon’s artistic director, Lotte Wakeham, and its CEO, Roddy Gauld, have coined a new term for their approach to the Covid-19 crisis: “positive realism”. If magic realism is…
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China out to offset coronavirus impact with construction boom, but sustainability in doubt
Questions have been raised as to whether China can sustain the strong construction activity drive intended to aid its economic recovery after seemingly turning to tried and tested infrastructure and…
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Thousands of Hong Kong restaurants to offer 30 per cent off in massive discount campaign to revive ailing economy
Thousands of Hong Kong restaurants will offer discounts of 30 per cent from next month in a bid to get the millions of recipients of a HK$10,000 (US$1,290) government handout…
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Coronavirus: China calls on banks to give up US$212 billion in profits to finance cheap business lending
China’s government is reaching beyond its monetary policy tool box to free up capital and direct funds towards the nation’s cash-starved businesses to help the economy claw its way out…
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Chinese e-commerce booms during mid-year festival, indicating consumer power still strong amid Covid-19
Chinese e-commerce giants JD.com and Alibaba have seen a boom in sales during the first big shopping festival since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, indicating that online shopping is…
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Coronavirus: Beijing outbreak under control, but cases will continue, epidemiologist says
The latest coronavirus outbreak in Beijing has been brought under control, even though new cases are likely to be reported for several days to come, China’s top epidemiologist said on…
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Coronavirus will ‘fade away’ even without vaccine, Trump claims days before Tulsa re-election rally
The coronavirus pandemic will “fade away” even without a vaccine, but researchers are close to developing one anyhow, according to US President Donald Trump.“We’re very close to a vaccine and…
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Singapore election: no mass rallies but more media airtime for candidates
Candidates taking part in Singapore’s upcoming general election will be banned from holding campaign rallies but will be granted unprecedented access to broadcast media, guidelines released on Thursday showed, amid…
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Global Impact newsletter: a coronavirus vaccine and the return to normal
We all want to know how soon our lives can return to anything resembling the “normal” of late last year, before the novel coronavirus outbreak and Covid-19.There is no clear…