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China GDP: economic growth target may return after being dropped in 2020 amid coronavirus
China may resume the practice of setting annual economic growth targets after dropping the goal for 2020, a Chinese government official involved in drafting the government work report said on…
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Coronavirus excess deaths: UK has one of highest levels in Europe
Britain’s excess death toll at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic was the highest among 11 countries analysed by the Guardian. The UK had the biggest spike among countries including…
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Drone deliveries soar in rural Scotland during coronavirus outbreak
Ten weeks on from the peak of the coronavirus pandemic there are still acute shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and Covid-19 testing kits across the UK, particularly in rural…
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Extra legroom and no interval: Germany plans for post-lockdown theatre
Going to the theatre after the coronavirus lockdown could be not just a novel but a more pleasant experience, if the plans of Germany’s leading theatres are anything to go…
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Coronavirus UK map: the latest deaths and confirmed cases in each region
Please note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases – some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are not included in these counts. cases per…
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‘We had to overcome fear’: the unsung heroes caring for Americans as deaths pass 100,000
There are many words for the workers who have borne the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic: frontliners, essential workers, in some cases, heroes. Doctors and nurses in the intensive care…
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Covid-19 crisis could set women back decades, experts fear
How coronavirus changed the world in three months – video Gender pay gap The coronavirus crisis led the government to exempt companies from having to file gender pay gap data…
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Why was Lombardy hit harder than Italy’s other regions?
On 20 January, a 64-year-old woman visited Irven Mussi, a GP in Milan, suffering from flu-like symptoms that wouldn’t let up. It was three days before two Chinese tourists landed…
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Coronavirus: Malaysia’s law delay on improving migrant worker housing criticised
Malaysia’s delay in enforcing a law meant to improve the quality of migrant worker lodgings could potentially worsen the spread of the coronavirus, rights groups say, as the country records…
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Drone maker XAG in drive to automate rice farming in China amid labour shortage, Covid-19
The winds of change are set to roar through the farmlands of China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of rice, as drones start to take over planting of the…