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‘Freedom day’ was no leap into the light. For that we must set aside tribalism | Kenan Malik
The pandemic eroded trust in government and each other – we must rebuild this to find a ‘new normal’ There was a certain irony that “freedom day” – the name…
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Coronavirus: renowned mainland Chinese epidemiologist to arrive in Hong Kong as city reports 26,026 cases
A top mainland Chinese epidemiologist who helped to contain Beijing’s Sars outbreak in 2003 and the first coronavirus wave in Wuhan will arrive in Hong Kong on Monday to guide…
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Braving post-Covid London calls for grit and lipstick
After two long years, a trip to the capital calls for military planning and a makeup overhaul The last time I filled in for Eva Wiseman for a stretch everything…
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‘Don Quixote-like quest’: Ukraine attack and easing Covid mandates leave US trucker protest on the fringe
The convoy, which set out to ‘clog the streets’ has had too few vehicles to make an impact on traffic Ryan Wright stood around a campfire in Lupton, Arizona, a…
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Femicide Census: there’s a disturbing reason for the falling number of murders
A woman can be killed when she tries to leave her violent partner, which happened less often during the Covid lockdowns The Femicide Census usually reports on women killed by…
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Many Queensland schools to close as ‘unpredictable’ weather continues – as it happened
Many Queensland schools to close as ‘unpredictable’ weather continues; flood warnings for NSW; Greens calls for Australia to stop Russian crude oil imports; Cyclone Anika makes landfall in Western Australia;…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s Cafe de Coral to suspend dine-in service at most of its 163 fast food outlets, 42 noodle stores from March 1
Major Hong Kong restaurant chain Cafe de Coral will suspend most of its dine-in service to focus on providing takeaways this week, while other eateries have temporarily ceased operations amid…
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I had anorexia in the 1970s – and it came back in lockdown | Ask Philippa
The loneliness that triggered this was not your fault, says Philippa Perry. Have self compassion and get professional help The question In the 1970s, I was anorexic and was in…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to deploy more than 100,000 tracking wristbands to monitor patients in home isolation
The Hong Kong government will deploy more than 100,000 electronic wristbands to better monitor coronavirus patients undergoing home isolation, in addition to using the vaccine pass to trace close contacts…
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Angry but holding out: Hong Kong’s vaccine pass restrictions hit unvaccinated hard, but some still refuse Covid-19 jabs
Mong Kok resident Agnes Wong*, 73, felt it right away when Hong Kong’s controversial vaccine pass scheme took effect on Thursday, barring unvaccinated people from a wide range of premises…