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Coronavirus: British, Australian consulates in Hong Kong raise ‘serious concern’ over separation of parents and babies who test positive
The British and Australian consulates in Hong Kong have issued strongly worded statements to local authorities over concerns that parents would be separated from infants who tested positive for the…
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Morrison condemns Moscow’s ‘brutal’ attack on neighbour – as it happened
Prime minister extends sanctions to an additional 25 people and four entities involved in sale of weapons; major construction company Probuild goes into administration; Qantas posts $1.3bn loss; at least…
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Party officials sacked in Inner Mongolia as local Covid-19 outbreak continues
A number of Communist Party officials in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have been sacked for failing to contain their local Covid-19 outbreak.The ongoing outbreak prompted the dismissal of Wang…
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Hong Kong’s used home prices drop by most in 23 months as owners discount their flats to flee Covid-19 fifth wave
Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices suffered their biggest drop in almost two years as the fifth wave of Covid-19 prompted anxious owners to offload their flats at steeper discounts.Prices fell…
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Coronavirus: Singapore delays easing of curbs as cases surge; infections in Thailand hit record
Singapore will push back plans to ease limits on home gatherings and other pandemic curbs as a resurgent Covid-19 outbreak tests the city state’s pivot to living with the virus.The…
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Covid-19: what’s the evidence for vaccinating kids?
When the announcement came last week that all children aged five to 11 in England will be offered a Covid vaccine, emphasis was placed on parental decision-making. But with factors…
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How Hong Kong can plan a transition to ‘living with Covid’
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Freedom or folly? The end of England’s Covid restrictions
Today marks the first day in nearly two years that no laws will be in place in England to deal with the spread of Covid-19. But is the government still…
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Rainy days and a ‘listening ear’: did Hong Kong’s finance chief deliver in his budget address?
It has been the catchphrase of Hong Kong’s finance chiefs since the city returned to Chinese rule that the government should save surpluses in the public coffers for a “rainy…
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Inspired by Canada truckers, US convoy heads for Washington in pandemic protest
Hundreds of truckers and their supporters set off from southern California on Wednesday on a convoy headed across the United States towards the capital Washington to protest against pandemic restrictions.Inspired…