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Supreme court rejects California church appeal on coronavirus service limits
A divided supreme court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at services that have been imposed to contain the spread…
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England ‘risks Covid-19 surge’ without test-and-trace safety net
The government is facing increasing pressure from its scientific advisers over the decision to ease England’s lockdown. Prof Peter Horby has become the latest adviser to express his concerns, saying…
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Cemeteries braced for surge in Covid-19 dead as Mexico readies to reopen
Four generations of Enrique Ruvalcaba’s family have worked at the Mezquitán cemetery in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. None of them ever saw anything like this. Before the coronavirus, the…
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Merkel won’t attend Trump’s G7 ‘unless pandemic changes’
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, will not attend a face-to-face meeting in the US with the leaders of the world’s major economies if Donald Trump goes ahead with it, unless…
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‘This man knows he’s dying as surely as I do’: a doctor’s dispatches from the NHS frontline
Death has been headline news for so long now, I am beginning to feel like a plague doctor. My next patient, an 89-year-old from a care home, is perilously ill.…
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Indian unicorns bridle as New Delhi looks a Chinese gift horse in the mouth
As the coronavirus continues to ravage the globe, Indian unicorns hungry for investment are running into a problem – Chinese capital is drying up. And given the fact that many…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong woman tests preliminary positive for Covid-19 in possible break of 16-day streak of no local infections
Hong Kong’s lengthy run without local contagion is under threat after a 34-year-old woman with no recent travel history tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus.A source told the Post that…
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Spooked by coronavirus, political tension, seven hotels in Shanghai, and Hong Kong likely to delay scheduled opening dates
At least seven hotels in Shanghai and Hong Kong are expected to delay their scheduled opening dates this year due to the collapse in tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. And…
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As coronavirus pandemic upends the world, vital to support flights and workers to keep the aid flowing
While most of the world self-isolates at home and the skies are emptier than they have been for decades, humanitarian flights transporting life-saving aid are revving up around Asia and…
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So hard to get Hong Kong’s ‘hidden youth’ to leave home, now pandemic drives them into isolation again
Being cooped up at home for months because of the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on a group of young Hongkongers who have become increasingly withdrawn from society, experts…