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Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
Europe’s first national, government-backed basic income experiment did not do much to encourage recipients into work but did improve their mental wellbeing, confidence and life satisfaction, according to the first…
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NRL paves way for anti-vaxxers to train – as it happened
And with that, I will bid you farewell for now. Thanks for reading. Stay well. Let’s take a look at some of the main developments from today. NSW and Victoria…
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Revealed: Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn’t cover warehouses
Amazon workers in southern California’s industrial heartland say the company’s policies are forcing sick employees to work and that warehouses are refusing to comply with a state paid sick leave…
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Black people four times more likely to die from Covid-19, ONS finds
Black people are more than four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, according to stark official figures exposing a dramatic divergence in the impact of the…
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We fear hunger, not coronavirus: Lebanon protesters return in rage – video
Lebanon’s coronavirus lockdown has sent an economy already in deep trouble into freefall, and many are struggling to survive. Gino Raidy is an activist who was prominent during the October…
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In the red zone in Sotiria hospital, Athens – a photo essay
Dory Vantana (left), a junior doctor in the Covid-19 clinic Left: PPE goggles inside a preparation room. Right: A list of medication inside one of the hospital’s two ICU inits…
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Qatar’s migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections rise
Low-wage migrant workers in Qatar, one of the richest countries in the world, say they have been forced to beg for food as the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic…
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Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human
When lockdown started, I was confused by bodies on television. Why weren’t they socially distancing? Didn’t they know not to be so close? The injunction to be separate was unfamiliar…
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For Bangkok’s elite, fine dining delivery is the answer to coronavirus lockdown
Gourmet takeaway delivered by a butler in a black sedan – Thailand’s super-rich have not forgone luxury during a pandemic which has locked the country down, crushed the economy and…
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As coronavirus pandemic forced school closures, Thailand raced to widen reach of digital education
The devastation that Covid-19 has wrought upon us all is hard to comprehend. For young people, the unprecedented changes to our way of life will perhaps be the most profound.The…