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Why coronavirus has placed millions more girls at risk of FGM
Covid-19 has exposed just how much work remains to be done to wipe out female genital mutilation (FGM) around the world. Two million girls who would otherwise be safe from…
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‘Hong Kong is safest place in the world,’ says chef who left Bangkok fearing for his safety amid coronavirus
Chef Roland Schuller cannot think of anywhere he would rather than be than Hong Kong when there’s a global health crisis.Four years ago, when we last met at the Kee…
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US and China regulators reopen some air routes, letting some carriers to fly again as they back off from aviation standoff
Aviation regulators of the United States and China have stepped back from their stand-off to allow each other’s airlines to add flights in the lucrative US-China route, giving stranded carriers…
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‘Danger is real’: why viruses long thought extinct are re-emerging
In 2016, a 12-year-old boy died and more than 70 people were hospitalised in north-eastern Siberia after an outbreak of a bacteria that scientists had long believed was dormant.The culprit:…
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New Zealand reports two new coronavirus cases, its first in 25 days
New Zealand reported two cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, ending a three-and-a-half week spell without any fresh infections, health authorities said.Both the new patients were recent arrivals from the United…
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How demand for medical gloves made Malaysia’s new billionaires
It’s been a good year for glove companies and their founders. Malaysia, a country that produces about 65 per cent of the world’s supply for rubber gloves, now counts at…
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Missing China: Indian expatriates stranded by coronavirus long to return
Indian national Ramashis Das has called Beijing home since 2013. The 36-year-old Microsoft employee works at the US tech giant’s offices in the Chinese capital with his wife Trinisha Basak,…
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Beijing reports new local coronavirus cases as testing at Xinfadi wholesale market continues
The number of new local coronavirus cases in China’s capital has jumped as the city rushes to track the latest outbreak and contain its spread.The city’s health authority said 27…
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Coronavirus cases reach more than 8 million worldwide as outbreak expands in Latin America
Global cases of the novel coronavirus reached over 8 million on Monday, as infections surge in Latin America, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.About 25 per cent of…
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White House pressure for coronavirus vaccine raises risk US will approve one that doesn’t work
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Sarah Owermohle on politico.com on June 15, 2020US President Donald Trump has promised that there…