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‘It’s barely a Band-Aid’: life inside San Francisco’s first sanctioned tent camp
Jasmine Villereal needed a shower, and on the other side of this chain-link fence in the middle of San Francisco there were showers. It should have been perfect: these showers…
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‘Planes spray the city at night’: Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Mexico’s motor town
In San Luis Potosí, a city in central Mexico, some people believe the coronavirus is an invention by the government. They are sharing memes, videos and recordings with misinformation, in…
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China GDP: Beijing abandons economic growth target for 2020, NPC work report shows
China will not set an economic growth target for the first time in 2020, according to the work report of the National People’s Congress, seen by the South China Morning…
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Two Sessions 2020 Live: China sets no GDP target for first time in history, focuses on Hong Kong national security law
Beijing has not set a target for gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2020 as the National People’s Congress, China’s most important annual political event, got under way in Beijing…
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Two Sessions 2020: China’s shaken millennials look to state incentives to recharge auto industry spending
By most observations, China’s automotive industry is on a slippery slope. Sales and production have declined for the past two straight years, while concerns about pay and job cuts have…
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A rising India is standing by its migrant workers, caste has no role to play
The scientific and intrinsic legacy of India’s spiritual culture and its values are emerging from the shackles of the medieval practice of casteism. A changing India has begun exfoliating the…
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Coronavirus: Japan shows our faith in lockdowns and working from home is misplaced
In March, governments around the world told people to work from home and socially distance. We cleared space at home for our computers as best as we could, and called…
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Coronavirus crisis shows why Hong Kong must stop illegal wildlife trade and conserve global biodiversity
Following the 2003 Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak, a team of virologists led by Dr Vincent Cheng from the University of Hong Kong warned of a “time bomb” waiting…
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Coronavirus: Donald Trump says he finally wore a mask and ‘it looked very nice’
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had finally overcome his aversion to wearing masks against the coronavirus – but he did not want be photographed.Touring a Ford vehicle…
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Coronavirus: US vaccine protects macaques from Covid-19, studies show
Vaccines developed by scientists in the United States have been shown to be effective in protecting monkeys against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.Researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre…