COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus pandemic halts life-saving UK cancer and heart disease research
More than 1,500 clinical trials of new drugs and treatments for cancers, heart disease and other serious illnesses have been permanently closed down in Britain in the wake of the…
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Mixed race woman fired by G4S after row over black power salute
A mixed race woman was disciplined and later sacked from a G4S coronavirus testing centre after suggesting colleagues could adopt the black power salute for a photo in support of…
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Boris Johnson demands only loyalty, not competence, in his lust for power | Nick Cohen
The radical right understands the cliche that every crisis is an opportunity. It takes genuine complaints and then, like a farmer diverting a stream to water his crops, turns them…
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Global coronavirus death toll tops 800,000 as nations ramp up restrictions
The global death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally, with numerous countries ramping up restrictions in an effort to battle an…
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Shortage of 6,000 public buses puts UK’s school return at risk
Ministers have privately warned of a shortage of 6,000 public buses needed to get children to school in England next week for the autumn term and have urged coach companies…
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Trump to attend Republican convention as Biden promises coronavirus action
Donald Trump is set to travel to Charlotte on Monday, to attend in person as delegates to the Republican National Convention renominate him for US president. The North Carolina city…
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Eight police officers in Northern Irish station test positive for Covid
Eight police officers in a station in Northern Ireland have tested positive for Covid-19. Antrim station and another nearby, in Newtownabbey, have been closed for deep cleaning. Police across the…
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In Malaysia, questions over minister’s small fine for coronavirus quarantine breach
Malaysia’s social media users and opposition on Saturday criticised the Health Ministry’s decision to fine a government minister who failed to self-isolate following an overseas trip just 1,000 ringgit (US$239),…
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Coronavirus latest: India nears 3 million cases; Indonesia and China’s Sinovac sign vaccine deal
Modern technology and international cooperation could limit the coronavirus pandemic to less than two years, says the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief.“Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine,…
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I don’t want to go abroad, I really don’t – so why am I a seething mass of envy? | Hadley Freeman
Unlike Gore Vidal, I do not need my friends to fail so that I can enjoy my successes. But it is the law that if I am doing nothing, then…