COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Japan records new strain; Singapore’s virus-secure hotel eyes business travellers
Japan confirmed a new coronavirus strain, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the…
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Italy’s ‘Super Mario’ Draghi clears final hurdle to form government
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi secured final parliamentary approval for his government of national unity, allowing him to focus on his country’s unprecedented health and economic crisis.The lower house, the…
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Coronavirus: Hongkongers rediscover joy of evening meals at restaurants on first day of relaxed social-distancing rules
Hongkongers experienced the joy of sitting down to an evening meal in a restaurant for the first time in more than two months on Thursday, but the industry remained cautious…
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Hong Kong budget: handouts vital to tide over workers without income
Hong Kong’s latest budget will be unveiled next week. Despite calls for cash handouts and relief measures from both the pro-democracy and pro-establishment camps, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has…
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China set to be first country where e-commerce sales outstrip bricks-and-mortar retail in 2021
The Chinese retail market is poised to become the first in the world to be dominated by e-commerce transactions as Lunar New Year retail sales beat expectations amid a pandemic-driven…
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Why Facebook banning news days before Australia’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out is dangerous
Facebook’s decision to ban media organisations from posting links to news articles on the social media giant’s platform comes less than a week before Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins. The…
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Coronavirus: US woman Fran Goldman, 90, walks 9.7km through snow to get vaccine shot
Fran Goldman inspired the nation this week after she walked six miles (9.7km) round trip through snow in Seattle to get her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. What’s more,…
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Coronavirus live news: European countries seeing public resistance to AstraZeneca vaccine
Italy, Austria and Hungary report no-shows for appointments as France, Germany and Sweden also register public resistance Macron proposes vaccine plan as UK prepares to host G7 South African variant…
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Keir Starmer is right to take on inequality, but tax reform is essential to this task | Polly Toynbee
Everything about the UK tax system is upside down – we tax work, while relieving unearned gains. And the public knows it In a stricken country in a state of…
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Lockdown is hitting women’s health, warns Tanni Grey-Thompson
This Girl Can say women have fewer opportunities to exercise Grey-Thompson calls for gyms to reopen once schools go back Women are facing unprecedented pressure on their health during lockdown…