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Beyond Covid-19, WHO chief hopes for ‘historic’ pandemic accord
WHO member countries have begun negotiations towards an international agreement aimed to ensure the world is better equipped to prevent or more effectively respond the next time a pandemic hits.…
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Surge in strikes at Chinese factories after Covid rules end
Action by workers has trebled this year as the country emerges from its draconian coronavirus measures Protests in China are often small- scale. On 17 May, a handful of workers…
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Australia’s rising road toll: how the pandemic and a love of big cars are putting lives at risk
Decades of gains in road safety are being set back by the rise in SUV ownership and impatient drivers used to empty lockdown streets Sign up for a weekly email…
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Covid-resistant bats could be key to fighting the next pandemic
The only mammals that fly are not affected by coronaviruses. Scientists are trying to work out why Widely depicted as evil spirits or blood-sucking demons, bats have had a poor…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: daily caseloads hit 10,000, but health chief says outbreak manageable amid high vaccination rate, lower Covid severity
But Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau assures public high vaccination rate and lower severity of illness mean outbreak still manageable. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Chinese buyers throng Australia in ‘serious mood’ about buying luxury homes for investment, and to occupy
Flush with pandemic savings and free to travel internationally again, mainland Chinese people are flocking to Australia determined to buy property, according to local agents. Read the original article at…
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Reading ability of children in England scores well in global survey
Literacy of nine and 10-year-olds in England was ranked fourth in world in Pirls study, with teachers praised England’s nine and 10-year-olds have taken fourth place in a major international…