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How the coronavirus has exposed the global economy’s pre-existing vulnerabilities – an overdependence on easy money
If a lack of maintenance undermines a structure’s foundations, the damage can be hidden by a bigger disaster such as an earthquake. Similarly, a sudden heart attack may disguise the…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain’s prime minister seeks final two-week extension of state of emergency
Iran said its caseload of coronavirus infections passed 150,000 on Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a recent upward trend. The government has largely lifted the restrictions it imposed…
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Parents call for virtual school for Scottish pupils
Some parents are calling for a Scotland-wide virtual school as anxieties grow at the prospect of indefinite home schooling into the autumn and beyond. While pupils transitioning into primary and…
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UK coronavirus live: lockdown eased for 2.2m people ‘shielding’ in England from Monday
People in Wales who have been shielding due to coronavirus will be able to exercise outdoors from Monday, PA Media reports. They are also able to meet people from another…
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Lawyers’ poems deal with trials of delivering lockdown justice
I need to get a bookcase for the background of my Zoom I need to get a bookcase for an intellectual room I can’t appear in court with this background…
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Border dwellers grapple with English and Welsh lockdown rules
The discrepancies in lockdown rules between the UK’s four jurisdictions, from schools to exercise and social gatherings, has left those living in border areas of England and Wales grappling with…
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Prison release schemes close to impossible to deliver, says watchdog
Prisoners in England and Wales have been left confused by high-profile government announcements which led them to believe thousands of inmates would be temporarily released to mitigate the spread of the…
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Experts decry easing of coronavirus lockdown for England’s shielders
The government’s surprise announcement that more than 2 million of the most vulnerable people will be allowed outside from Monday lacks any scientific rationale and amounts to a public relations…
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Thailand passes record US$60 billion stimulus package to combat coronavirus impact
Thailand’s parliament on Sunday approved a nearly US$60 billion stimulus package, the country’s biggest-ever cash injection, to revive an economy that has been hammered by the coronavirus.The 1.9 trillion baht…