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What is the future for travel and immigration in age of Covid-19?
Our globalised world has been brought to a crashing halt by coronavirus. By April, over 90% of the world’s population – 7.1 billion people – lived in countries with coronavirus-related…
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Haruki Murakami to host lockdown radio show in Japan
Much-acclaimed Japanes novelist Haruki Murakami will host a radio special next week to try to lift the nation’s spirits under the coronavirus lockdown. Murakami, the author of books including Norwegian…
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Wuhan plans to test all 11 million residents for coronavirus
Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city’s entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state…
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EU could reopen borders to tourists in Covid-19 recovery plan
European countries will be advised to open borders to countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles, under a plan to aid the tourism sector being discussed in Brussels. The European commission…
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Public advised to wear face coverings under UK government’s lockdown easing plan
The public will be advised to wear face coverings in crowded places and wash their clothes regularly, as the government imposes “smarter controls” to limit the spread the coronavirus until…
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New coronavirus outbreaks ‘inevitable without robust UK strategy’
Further outbreaks of coronavirus and rolling lockdowns are inevitable under government plans to ease restrictions and send people back to work in England without a robust strategy to suppress Covid-19,…
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Morrisons sales rise as it doubles online delivery slots during lockdown
Morrisons’ online grocery store is set to pass £1bn in annual sales by next spring after doubling the number of delivery slots during the coronavirus lockdown. The Bradford-based supermarket chain…
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Paris bans drinking by the Seine after crowds celebrate lockdown-easing
Parisians have been banned from drinking alcohol on the banks of the Saint-Martin canal and the Seine river after police were forced to disperse crowds just hours after an eight-week…
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The race for a vaccine: how Trump’s ‘America First’ approach hinders the global search
“This is gonna go away without a vaccine,” Donald Trump said last week. “It’s gonna go away, and we’re not gonna see it again, hopefully, after a period of time.”…
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Coronavirus: global textile industry braces for sharp downturn as orders dry up
Chinese fashion marketer Kanvid Studio has managed to weather the worst of the coronavirus so far thanks to some quick adjustments from retail clients who replaced lost shopfront sales with…