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Spain to reopen to foreign tourists from July as protesters urge PM to quit over coronavirus lockdown
Spain will reopen its borders to tourists in July and its top soccer division will kick off again in June, the Prime Minister said on Saturday, as one of the…
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From coastline to rooftops, Singapore boosts local production to survive a global food crisis
Singapore’s obsession with food goes far deeper than its world-famous chilli crab and laksa.One of the most densely populated countries on the planet, its 5.7 million people rely on other…
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How Europe’s big bailout plan could also help trump the ‘China card’
A half-a-trillion-euro recovery package could help the European Union counter Chinese influence as well as serve its main purpose of helping the economy recover from the devastation caused by Covid-19,…
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UK coronavirus live: No 10 accused of trying to cover up Cummings lockdown breach – latest updates
Here is the moment Dominic Cummings told reporters he did the ‘right thing’ by travelling 260 miles from London to Durham to be near relatives during the lockdown. Cummings is…
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Sam Neill: ‘I should be at Pinewood. The Jurassic World III sets are there waiting’
Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park, The Piano and Peaky Blinders, is one of the best known screen faces of the last 30 years. Yet the actor finds the idea…
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Coronavirus US live: Trump urges reopening as death toll nears 100,000
More about Donald Trump and hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug some claim can be used to treat or guard against coronavirus, which the president says he has been taking but which…
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Coronavirus live news: Covid-19 ‘taking different path in Africa’, says WHO
Mob violence has risen around the world since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). ACLED, a US non-profit, collates…
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Lockdown rule-breakers: what UK ministers said
When members of the government have spoken publicly about breaches of lockdown, their message has been consistent: obey the rules. Since the UK was told to stay at home at…
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Lockdown row: key points Cummings and Johnson must address
The Guardian first asked Downing Street on 5 April about whether Dominic Cummings had travelled to County Durham during the height of the lockdown. The response was: “It will be…
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Coronavirus backlash adds to trade war and decoupling pressure to fray China’s ties to global system
This is the seventh in a nine-part series examining the issues Chinese leaders face as they gather for their annual “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s…