COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Seoul limits dining to control outbreak; Auckland to ease restrictions
South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centres and after-school academies in the greater capital area…
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Hong Kong travel agent pledges stricter oversight as coronavirus-related ban on Air India flights draws to a close
The biggest travel agent on the India-Hong Kong route has pledged greater oversight and stricter health protection rules in a plan submitted to the local government seeking the resumption of…
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Berlin protest against coronavirus restrictions turns violent, 300 arrested
Police clashed with far-right protesters in Berlin and made about 300 arrests after tens of thousands of people rallied mostly peacefully against German restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic.An estimated…
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Coronavirus live news: Queensland steps up alert; protesters try to storm Reichstag
The world’s biggest gold mine has resumed operations in Indonesia, the company that runs it said Saturday, after workers blocked access to the site in protest at being stopped from…
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Academic marginalisation of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority groups increases amid coronavirus pandemic
Children from ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong have long struggled to learn Cantonese, but a lack of access to computers or the internet during the Covid-19 pandemic is a…
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Rishi’s dinners won’t stop businesses feeling empty by autumn
Britain loves a bargain – even, as it turns out, during a global health emergency. Dismissed as a gimmick at first, the government’s eat out to help out scheme has…
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Indigenous tribe in Ecuador appeals for help to deal with coronavirus
Climate change and multinational corporations have long posed a threat to the people of the Amazon rainforest. Now, however, the region’s indigenous tribes face an even more immediate danger: coronavirus.…
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‘Anti-corona’ extremists try to storm German parliament
Far-right extremists tried to storm the German parliament building on Saturday following a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions, but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed. The incident occurred…
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Gas companies say they are working with Covid commission and expect federal support soon
Gas companies have touted their lobbying efforts to get pipeline and infrastructure projects on the radar of the commission advising the federal government on coronavirus recovery. The National Covid-19 Coordination…