COVID-19 Updates
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Cambodian borrowers owe average of US$3,800 each, as coronavirus widens debt crisis
Trapped under a mountain of crippling debt, Cambodian farmer Roeurn Reth fears she will have to sell her land to repay microfinance loans that have ballooned due to pandemic-spurred job…
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Shock new figures fuel fears of more lockdown domestic abuse killings in UK
Calls to advice hotlines soar as abusers turn to latest technology to intimidate and control partners Calls to the UK’s largest domestic abuse helpline are rising “week on week” as…
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South Australia records three new local Covid cases linked to hotel quarantine worker
Chief public heath officer says importation from quarantine hotels is Australia’s highest risk as worker infects family members South Australia has three new cases of locally acquired Covid-19 after a…
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Will Scotland become the new ski destination?
With British skiers nervous about booking holidays in Europe, travel specialists are predicting an exodus to the north Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Scottish mountains…
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Foreign investors and actors not bound by ‘Australians first’ arrivals policy
Decision sees international students go to the back of the queue while others are given special approval Greg Hunt has clarified that foreign business people and actors will not be…
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Sage expert:’flip-flopping’ on Covid restrictions unwise
Prof John Edmunds calls for consistent UK government strategy and warns against relaxing measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Encouraging the public to visit bars and…
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Why the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is no cure for all coronavirus ills
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has raised hopes for the end of the pandemic after the interim result of trials showed 90 per cent effectiveness, but questions…
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Generation C: for young Asians, coronavirus defines bleak new era of vanishing career prospects
The Covid‑19 pandemic is upending the economic futures of young people across the Asia-Pacific.As economies across the region plunge into their worst recessions in generations, workers in their 20s and…
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Bristol police arrest 14 people at anti-lockdown protest
About 400 protesters gathered in the city on Saturday in defiance of police warnings Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Fourteen people have been arrested at an…
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World Food programme chief warns of famines ‘of biblical proportions’ in 2021
The head of the World Food Programme says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the UN agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going…