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UK holiday bookings boom as Britons think twice about trips abroad
Half-term travel chaos and cost of living crisis fuel 30% surge in last-minute inquiries for summer breaks in Britain What’s driving Britons to holiday at home British hotels, B&Bs and…
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UK Covid infection rate rising, with more than a million cases in England
ONS figures show pandemic is not over, say experts, with Omicron variants probably to blame Coronavirus infections are rising in the UK, new figures have revealed, with experts noting the…
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Heaven Supermarket: the Beijing bar at centre of Covid outbreak
Self-service bar popular with locals and foreigners has been shut down after being linked to hundreds of cases Heaven Supermarket’s ability to attract young Chinese customers and foreigners has always…
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Tesla raises Model Y prices again amid strong demand, Long Range SUVs to cost 5 per cent more
Tesla raises the price of the Model Y Long Range edition by 19,000 yuan (US$2,845), or 5 per cent of its previous sticker price. Read the original article at South…
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China must ‘optimise’ zero-Covid policy or firms will be ‘unwilling to invest’, says ex-finance minister
China’s former finance minister Lou Jiwei says Beijing must fine-tune its response to the latest Omicron outbreak to restore investor confidence and arrest flagging economic growth. Read the original article…
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Victoria pressed to scrap two-jab Covid vaccine mandate amid worker shortage
Epidemiologists and industry groups say requirement no longer needed but chamber of commerce says decision is for health officials Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing The…
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Penny Wong says Australia and Pacific security ‘interlinked’ on Solomon Islands visit – as it happened
NSW premier says health funding ‘a great start’ after national cabinet meeting; electricity reserves improve across National Energy Market; ASX plunges to lowest level since November 2020; nation records 51…
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National cabinet recap: 50-50 health funding extended but no consensus on new gas reserve
Australian Medical Association president says three months extra Covid support ‘will not fix a decade of hospital underfunding’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our…
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Tesco sales fall amid ‘unprecedented increases in cost of living’
UK’s largest supermarket gains market share but reports ‘changing customer behaviour’ Tesco said sales have fallen at its UK stores in recent weeks as its customers face “unprecedented increases in…
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One in two young Australians experienced stressors during pandemic, data shows
People aged 18 to 24 had to deal with mental ill health or job woes far more than older people, Australian Bureau of Statistics finds Get our free news app;…