COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong’s Octopus aims to spread tentacles with contactless card for paying fares in mainland China
Hongkongers will for the first time be able to use contactless Octopus cards to pay for most public transport fares in mainland China by as early as next year, according…
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Kamala Harris delivers scorching rebuke of Trump’s Covid response ahead of his RNC speech – as it happened
We’re wrapping up our daily live politics coverage for this evening, but you can continue to follow our live highlights from tonight’s Republican National convention speeches. A summary of key…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s struggling restaurant sector not hopeful about profit rebound despite dining relaxations
Hong Kong’s struggling restaurants were cautious to restock their kitchens and reluctant to roll out deeper discounts despite the resumption of evening dine-in services on Friday as operators said the…
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Push to get staff back to offices amid warning of UK’s ‘ghost towns’
Workers will be encouraged to return to the office as part of a major media campaign to be launched by the government next week. The television and newspaper messages will…
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Up to 97% of primary schools set to reopen for new term – survey
Up to 97% of primary schools expect to fully reopen to all pupils at the start of the new term in England and Wales, though a third have no extra…
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Living with coronavirus: global travel cannot restart without common rules to certify those free of Covid-19
The day after the US was added to Hong Kong’s list of “high risk” countries (joining Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Africa), I started getting…
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Role-playing as ants to escape stress of Covid-19, millions join Facebook group
One slow morning in August, a shrill cry could be heard in the online ant colony: “Which one of you pesky six-legged punks found where I hid my Oreos? I…
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‘You can sit with the art’: MoMA reopens with social distancing precautions
Those markings on the floor. Is it art … or is it guidance for social distancing while looking at art? It’s the latter, of course; these are still Covid times.…
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Pret a Manger cuts almost 2,900 UK jobs as sales plummet
Pret a Manger is to cut nearly 2,900 jobs after the desertion of high streets due to the coronavirus pandemic sent its sales plummeting, fuelling concerns about the economic impact…
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Why China deserves more credit for recovery in global markets
The most talked-about topic in financial markets these days is the dramatic rally in the benchmark S&P 500 equity index, whose 55 per cent rise since March 23 to an…