COVID-19 Updates
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Joe Biden calls for further probe into origins of coronavirus pandemic, urges transparency from China
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the United States is going to look further into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and urged China to be transparent in the…
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Cummings brought to life what many already knew about Johnson’s failures
Analysis: PM’s former adviser is self-interested and inconsistent, yet his attack had the ring of plausibility Late-night battles, expletive-ridden rants, Jaws references and Spiderman memes – the dramatic details of…
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Lions led by donkeys: Cummings uses broad strokes to portray colleagues
Cummings compared data expert to Jeff Goldblum’s scientist in the film Independence Day, whose warnings were ignored Thousands died of Covid who didn’t need to, Dominic Cummings tells MPs See…
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Factchecked: Dominic Cummings’ evidence to MPs on Covid crisis
We check claims made by Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser against the facts See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has been giving evidence to…
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French students convicted for racist tweets blaming Chinese people for coronavirus pandemic
A French court on Wednesday found four students guilty of inciting racial hatred online by posting anti-Asian tweets blaming Chinese people for the spread of coronavirus.The four, aged between 19…
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Coronavirus: Balancing act for WHO on next phase of investigation into Covid-19 origins
Questions over what the next steps will be in the search for the origins of Covid-19 hang over an annual meeting of the World Health Organization’s member countries this week.…
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Coronavirus: Indian airline SpiceJet feels heat as couple flout rules with mid-air ‘wedding’ attended by 160 people
The Indian airline SpiceJet is feeling the heat after a young couple chartered one of its jets for a mid-air wedding ceremony with more than 160 guests, many of whom…
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Most Filipinos don’t want a coronavirus vaccine. Especially not a Chinese one
Marked by delay, disorganisation and erratic supply, the Philippine effort to achieve herd immunity from Covid-19 faces two emerging problems: most Filipinos don’t want to get inoculated, and of those…
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‘Political manipulation’: China hits out at US calls for further probe into coronavirus origins
Beijing has accused Washington of “political manipulation” after the United States renewed calls for further investigation into the origins of the coronavirus and more transparency from China.Members of US President…
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China’s debt clamp down stokes risk of first local government credit defaults
The risk of a wave of defaults among China’s heavily indebted local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) for the first time is causing jitters in financial markets after Beijing signalled early…