COVID-19 Updates
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Jobseeker’s rise has kept millions out of poverty. It must remain raised | Greg Jericho
Two reports highlight that the increased jobseeker payments have kept millions of people out of poverty during the pandemic and that moves to reduce the payment rates will lead to…
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My life has been defined by anxiety. The pandemic has helped me let go | Ewa Ramsey
If I have a motto, it’s: “Expect the worst.” My brain, anxious and overactive, is always scanning the horizon for disasters, dwelling on worst-case scenarios. Even when things are going…
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The Guardian view on the end of recess: an autumn of discontent looms | Editorial
In a cringeworthy social media stunt before the last election, Boris Johnson mimicked the famous cue-card sequence in the film Love Actually, itself a parody of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick…
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The Guardian view on the London Marathon: keep the festival spirit | Editorial
The number of competitors in the London Marathon has risen steadily since its inception in 1981. There were 7,000 in that inaugural race; almost 25,000 a decade later; and a…
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Coronavirus: US cases top 6 million, Johns Hopkins tally confirms
The United States on Monday passed six million coronavirus cases, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University, adding one million new infections in less than a month.The country…
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Rising UK infections: what do the latest figures mean?
As the daily tally of positive coronavirus tests in the UK reached the highest level on Sunday since 4 June, at 1,715 new cases, we take a look at whether…
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Behind the scenes as Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens after Covid-19 shutdown – and New York tells the world it’s back in business
Dennis Kaiser leaned out of the scissor lift to reach the trumpeting angel. He gently brushed a vacuum cleaner hosepipe along her outstretched arm. For a minute, the sculpture and…
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Coronavirus: students go back to school in China after authorities say pandemic is under control
Hundreds of millions of students across China have begun returning to the classroom, after education authorities hailed a “decisive victory” against the coronavirus.The Ministry of Education has given the go-ahead…
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Boris Johnson’s in-tray: what are the key issues PM needs to address?
Boris Johnson’s curtailed mini-holiday to Scotland could soon start to feel a distant memory, with MPs returning to parliament on Tuesday, and the prime minister facing an overflowing political in-tray.…
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Amount spent by mainland Chinese on Hong Kong life insurance policies plummets 76 per cent as Covid-19 brings visitor arrivals to a standstill
The amount of money spent by mainland Chinese tourists on life insurance in Hong Kong has suffered the worst slump on record, plunging by three quarters as the Covid-19 pandemic…