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Australia news updates live: Paul Keating says country has ‘lost its way’; three local Covid cases in Qld
Former PM Paul Keating says Australia ‘has lost its way’; RACGP says urgent action is required to ramp up Indigenous vaccination rates; three new local Covid cases in Qld; Victoria…
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Take your office home: Singapore developer GuocoLand offers dual-concept flats
Capitalising on the current work-from-home trend, a Singaporean developer has launched a concept for a home that doubles up as an office.Flats at Midtown Bay in the city’s central business…
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Covid live: Russia says workplace shutdown helped turn tide on cases; UK reports 262 deaths and 33,117 cases
Russian officials say cases still remain quite high; UK figures come on day government announces NHS vaccine mandate AstraZeneca to create dedicated Covid vaccines unit Covid vaccine to be mandatory…
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UK firms offer up to £2,000 sign-on bonuses amid Christmas labour shortage
Number of vacancies now 25% higher than pre-Covid figure as companies struggle to recruit workers for festive season Britain’s employers are offering bonuses of up to £2,000 to recruit Christmas…
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Covid-19 ‘has created 8.4 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste’
The world had generated about 8.4 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste from the pandemic as of late August, with nearly 26,000 tonnes entering oceans, according to a study that…
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Emmanuel Macron urges acceleration of France’s Covid booster rollout
French president also announces many people will need third jab to keep valid health pass Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Emmanuel Macron has called for an…
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‘Tens of thousands’ of NHS and care home staff could quit over Covid jabs
Fears voiced over exodus of personnel as Sajid Javid confirms NHS England workers will have to be fully jabbed by April Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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AstraZeneca to create dedicated Covid vaccines unit
Move intended to make it easier to continue producing coronavirus shot over the long term Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage AstraZeneca is to create a new…
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No 10 implicitly criticises Geoffrey Cox; MPs to get new vote on Owen Paterson report – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. You can see our latest UK politics stories below: Revealed: dearth of speeches by former Tory treasurers in Lords Boris Johnson rejects idea of…
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Coronavirus: WHO warns massive syringe shortfall could hurt vaccine efforts in 2022
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday there could be shortfall of up to 2 billion syringes in 2022, which threatens to hamper vaccine efforts globally is production does not…