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Labour’s Rosie Duffield ‘right to resign’, says shadow chancellor
Labour’s shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, has said her colleague Rosie Duffield had been “absolutely right” to resign from the party’s front bench for breaching lockdown rules, saying it was vital…
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Indonesian 100-year-old becomes country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
A 100-year-old Indonesian woman has recovered from coronavirus, making her the country’s oldest survivor of the deadly respiratory illness.Kamtim, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was discharged from…
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Donald Trump’s ‘G11’ plan heightens speculation over efforts to build new anti-China alliance
US President Donald Trump plans to invite Australia, India, South Korea and Russia to join an upcoming Group of Seven meeting, in a move that has stoked speculation that he…
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Coronavirus: Philippines capital emerges from lockdown into economic uncertainty, fears of second wave of infection
After 76 days of a coronavirus quarantine that shut down the Philippines’ economic heart and kept millions under virtual house arrest, Metro Manila will spring abruptly back to life on…
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Dominic Raab: I had no idea Cummings was self-isolating in Durham
Dominic Raab has said he had no idea Dominic Cummings was self-isolating with coronavirus outside London, even though this coincided with Raab being the stand-in prime minister during Boris Johnson’s…
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How a decade of privatisation and cuts exposed England to coronavirus
Every Thursday at 8pm, millions of Britons have opened their front doors or stood on balconies to applaud the NHS. The ritual has been a weekly expression of gratitude to…
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Covid-19 expert Karl Friston: ‘Germany may have more immunological “dark matter”’
Neuroscientist Karl Friston, of University College London, builds mathematical models of human brain function. Lately, he’s been applying his modelling to Covid-19, and using what he learns to advise Independent…
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‘People are going to go hungry’: pandemic effects could leave 54m Americans without food
A record number of Americans face hunger this year as the catastrophic economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic looks set to leave tens of millions of people unable to…
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The Handy Capsule, for all your Covid-19 essentials – you’ll never forget your face mask again
What was the inspiration for the Handy Capsule? “Because China was the first area affected by the pandemic, I felt I needed to do something as a designer to help…
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Shenzhen raises supply of new homes as China’s tech hub moves to curb surging house prices
Shenzhen plans to drastically increase the supply of new housing this year, as it ramps up efforts to curb a rapid gain in home prices amid nascent signs of an…