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Prime Hong Kong retail property goes up for sale, as long-term investors look to cut their losses
For the first time in more than a decade, prime commercial real estate is coming on Hong Kong’s market, with an entire building block offered for sale in the world’s…
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For Hong Kong, the danger of resurgent Covid-19 infections is not over yet
Hong Kong’s achievements in containing Covid-19 are exceptional, with no local infections for 16 days. This can be attributed to government leadership, and community participation. This is in contrast to…
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How the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a ‘less Chinese’ belt and road initiative
China’s early lead in containing and recovering from the coronavirus outbreak bodes well for the resumption of its massive multi-year Belt and Road Initiative. But as a Chinese saying goes,…
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Compound in licorice extract has potential to treat coronavirus, Chinese study finds
A compound found in licorice extract that is used in traditional Chinese medicine has shown potential as an antiviral to treat the new coronavirus, according to an initial study by…
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Trump White House plots break-up of coronavirus task force
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nancy Cook on politico.com on May 5, 2020.The Trump White House is planning to wind…
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Donald Trump’s spy chief pick John Ratcliffe pressed on China and coronavirus by US senators
US senators pressed Donald Trump’s nominee to lead US intelligence on Tuesday on whether he would act independently of the president on hot-button issues like the origins of the coronavirus…
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A US move to seek coronavirus pandemic damages from China might well trigger war
The harshness of the language used and antagonism shown in the war of words between China and the US over the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of the Cold War confrontation…
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Coronavirus: how Britain became Europe’s worst-hit country
Britain now has the world’s second highest cumulative coronavirus death toll, behind only the United States, after updated official figures released on Tuesday showed it had surpassed Italy in pandemic-related…
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Coronavirus latest: Britain’s death toll passes 30,000 to become highest in Europe
The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Britain stands at 32,313, according to official figures on Tuesday, the second highest death toll in the world.Figures from the Office…
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Covid-19 is no ‘black swan’ and this crisis shows pandemic prevention must be part of government policy the world over
Pandemics are conventionally thought of as “black swan” events – totally unexpected and unpredictable. The Covid-19 pandemic challenges this notion.This pandemic was neither unexpected nor unpredictable; many infectious disease experts,…