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Partygate: Sue Gray kept in dark as first fines issued to No 10 officials
Lockdown parties investigator not expected to be told which civil servants or politicians have received penalty notices Sue Gray is being kept in the dark about which Downing Street parties…
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Australia live news updates: NSW reports 13 Covid deaths, Qld six, Victoria three, SA two and WA one; Bondi beach disappears under wild seas as winds lash NSW
Australian states and territories report 25 Covid deaths; damaging winds hit parts of NSW along with hazardous surf and abnormally high tides. Follow the latest news live Federal Liberals preselect…
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Hong Kong’s only clinical waste incinerator struggles with sharp increase in refuse created by surge in Covid-19 infections
Hong Kong’s sole incinerator for clinical waste can no longer cope with the surge in refuse, which has increased nearly six-fold since the coronavirus pandemic began two years ago. The…
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Coronavirus: ‘test yourselves 3 days in a row next week’ – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam urges residents to use rapid kits for better picture of health crisis
Hong Kong’s leader has urged all residents to test themselves for Covid-19 using rapid kits three days in a row next week to get a better picture of the city’s…
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Non-Chinese vaccines, foreign treatment pills, self-test kits: how China should optimise its Covid policy to tackle Omicron-fuelled outbreak
Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate and a media columnist, is someone Chinese officials and state media have learned to both love and hate. His tomes, including the Essentials of Economics,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong employment agents expect thousands of Filipino domestic workers to arrive as city lifts travel ban
As thousands of foreign domestic helpers from the Philippines were allowed into Hong Kong from Friday when the city lifted its flight ban, employment agents said they hoped to clear…
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Covid experts call for return of free tests as UK cases hit new high
ONS survey estimates one in 13 people had coronavirus last week, with BA.2 variant fuelling rise Covid has hit an all-time high across the UK, with almost 5 million people…
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Lockdown parties and events: 20 gatherings we know about so far
Sixteen are in the Gray report, a dozen of which are being investigated by the Met; four others are not mentioned Read Sue Gray’s report See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Senate deal on drastically pared-down Covid aid package may be imminent
The $10bn in funds is half the amount the White House sought and slashes aid for global vaccine drives The US Senate is coming close to reaching agreement on a…
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What is the XE Omicron hybrid and should we be worried about it?
The first time one was reportedly spotted turned out to be a false alarm. This time it appears to be for real. Researchers in several countries have identified hybrid variants…