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Infographic: the disease Covid-19 explained
An infographic detailing how the Covid-19 outbreak began and caused China to put much of the country into lockdown before the virus spread rapidly around the world, forcing many countries to…
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Infographic: decoding Covid-19
An infographic detailing seven human coronaviruses in seven graphics. multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3075382/decoding-coronavirus-covid-19/index.html Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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HSBC, Standard Chartered, and online lenders Airstar, WeLab race to offer high interest rates, cash prizes to capture new customers claiming their HK$10,000 government payout
Hong Kong’s banks, from new digital lenders to traditional powerhouses of the sector, are in a price war to lure 7 million Hong Kong permanent residents into using their platform…
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Indonesian children caught in ‘devil’s circle’ of coronavirus and malnutrition, killing hundreds
Hundreds of children in Indonesia are believed to have died from Covid-19, giving the Southeast Asian country one of the world’s highest rates of child deaths from the novel coronavirus…
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As China tensions mount, Australia’s dovish voices calling for engagement are fading away
When Australia first proposed an international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, which would send relations with China to their lowest ebb in years, reaction at home was…
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Fund managers bet on China’s tech, consumer stocks to provide growth in a post-pandemic economy
Global fund managers are hopeful Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong and the mainland will rise in the second half of the year.They are betting on technology and consumer companies…
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US stocks tumble most in 12 weeks amid economic jitters and coronavirus uncertainty
US stocks tumbled the most in 12 weeks as the torrid surge in equities came to a screeching halt amid economic jitters. Treasuries surged.The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped as…
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Coronavirus: Brazil signs agreement to produce virus vaccine from Chinese lab
Brazilian officials on Thursday announced an agreement with China’s Sinovac Biotech to produce its coronavirus vaccine in the state of Sao Paulo, where tests involving 9,000 volunteers are to begin…
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Coronavirus travel restrictions will have to give way soon to the economic imperative
The markets are betting on the virus lockdowns to end, but therein lies the rub – no one seems to know how to do it. There have been wonderful red,…
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Coronavirus: central European leaders call for ‘fair’ EU recovery fund
Four central European prime ministers called for a “fair” distribution of the EU’s massive recovery fund on Thursday, at what has been dubbed the bloc’s first major face-to-face political meeting…