COVID-19 Updates
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Fashion goes soft as Fendi turns boots into slippers
Milan fashion week is virtual this year, but Fendi has a six-minute menswear showstopper focusing on lockdown comfort The first outfit in Fendi’s latest luxury menswear line-up was showcased on…
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My family’s Covid start to 2021 proves things can only get better
My toddler son was the first to succumb, then it was me – providing my wife with the world’s two worst patients The boy was the first to be sick.…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong faces new unemployment high, but finance chief warns worse may follow Lunar New Year
Hong Kong’s finance chief has warned unemployment will reach a record high in official figures set to lay bare the full-year impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as he predicted worse…
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‘He just cries and cries’: families grapple with US deportations amid pandemic
Coronavirus outbreaks have spread through US immigration detention centers, with at least 8,000 reported cases Alvaro Hernandes saw his wife and recently born twin daughters for the last time through…
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Why senior Labour figures think their party needs to start upping its game | Andrew Rawnsley
Being seen as a potential prime minister is essential, but not enough, to get Keir Starmer to No 10 Whenever Labour gets excited about the failings of the Tories, the…
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Coronavirus recovery: help Southeast Asia’s small businesses move online to boost economy
Despite the challenging environment in 2020, the momentum of Southeast Asia’s digital economy has clearly not been derailed. Google, Temasek and Bain recently reported that Southeast Asians spent, on average,…
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I’d love to ignore ‘covid sceptics’ and their tall tales. But they make a splash and have no shame | Neil O’Brien
The Tory MP on the fantasies of those in the media, and beyond, who oppose lockdown If you had opened certain newspapers over the past year, you would have read…
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Let us play: parents and charities plead for swings and slides to be kept open during lockdown
Many playgrounds now face closure as Covid cases rise, but campaigners say their benefits to children’s wellbeing are crucial Play charities are calling for councils to keep playgrounds open during…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: fears of coronavirus rebound as 55 new infections logged, over 80 pending confirmation
A feared coronavirus rebound could be under way in Hong Kong, as health officials confirmed 55 new infections with more than 80 pending confirmation.The development came as a top government…
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‘Luang Prabang is dead’; in jewel of Laos tourism jobs have gone, businesses have closed, and the future looks uncertain – but a lot quieter
An eerie peace has descended on Luang Prabang in Laos. Residents describe a tranquillity that has not been seen in the increasingly popular Southeast Asian tourist destination for decades.This should…