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Emmanuel Macron refused Covid-19 test before meeting Vladimir Putin so Russia couldn’t get DNA, insiders say
French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian Covid-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at…
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‘All Asian people need to die’ text message sparks uproar at US university
In late 2020, a student at Occidental College in the US sent a text message to a friend that read: “all asian people need to die.”She followed with another text…
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‘Ambushed by a cake’: Boris Johnson answers those legal questions
Crates of beer and 20 guests including Carrie and Lulu? All the chancellor’s doing – honest guv! This letter is a formal legal document, the equivalent to being interviewed by…
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Coronavirus: UK PM to lift all Covid curbs; Prince Charles tests positive; Sweden declares pandemic over
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to scrap self-isolation rules for people in England who test positive for Covid-19, ending the last of the pandemic restrictions that have dominated daily…
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Coronavirus: Beijing steps in to help Hong Kong ramp up testing with support teams and millions of test kits
Mainland Chinese officials and experts will meet their Hong Kong counterparts in the “coming days” in Shenzhen to discuss the best way to help the city fight a surging fifth…
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Hong Kong restaurants report smooth launch for vaccine pass pilot scheme as patrons opt to stay home amid surge in coronavirus cases
Hong Kong restaurants categorised as Type D have reported a relatively smooth launch of new vaccine pass arrangements on Thursday as an exponential spike in infections lead to an acute…
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Hong Kong Arts Festival cancels most in-venue performances, postpones others with venues shut and Covid-19 cases surging
The 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival has cancelled most of its in-venue performances.Organisers of the festival, which opens on February 28, made an early decision after the number of Covid-19…
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Sinovac Hong Kong executive says trials for Omicron jab may start this month, global distribution in May
Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech has revealed that it plans to begin clinical trials for a jab to treat the highly transmissible Omicron variant this month, and hopes to begin…
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WHO asks rich nations to pay ‘fair share’ of US$16 billion Covid-19 funding gap
The World Health Organization has called for rich countries to pay their “fair share” of a US$16 billion shortfall to fund tools it says could end the emergency phase of…
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‘Stay calm and wait for instructions’: what Hongkongers can do at home if they test positive for Covid-19
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong’s public hospitals are overwhelmed by the recent surge…