COVID-19 Updates
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China’s economy continued strong recovery from coronavirus shock in July, but challenges remain
Buoyed by a construction boom, China’s economic recovery continued apace in July, new sentiment data suggested.The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for July stood at 51.1, with a reading…
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Owners of Times Square, Fashion Walk malls report big losses as Covid-19 crisis prompts plea for rent relief
Two of Hong Kong’s biggest commercial landlords, Hang Lung and Wharf Reic, posted huge losses in the first half of the year as Covid-19 “destroyed the global economy” and condemned…
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Vietnam’s first coronavirus outbreak in 99 days spreads fear, anxiety
Da Nang resident Le Tu Anh has been working from home since Tuesday, when a 14-day partial lockdown began in the city of 1.1 million as Vietnam endured a new…
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Telemedicine is the big health care game changer to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, say experts
Telemedicine, in which a doctor’s appointment happens over phone or video, could be the health care game changer to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. But a perfect marriage with offline…
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Australian miners Rio Tinto and Fortescue post record iron ore shipments as China industrial recovery continues
Australian mining giants Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group have joined BHP Group in reporting record shipments of iron ore, the bulk of it to China, as an infrastructure and…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain reports biggest rise in daily infections since lockdown lifted in June
Zimbabwe’s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who commanded an army unit accused of a notorious massacre in the 1980s, died from Covid-19, the president has said. Shiri, who…
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Barack Obama praises John Lewis as ‘a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance’ – live
Earlier today, the entire Washington-based federal appeals court said it would in August take up the Justice department’s request to dismiss the criminal case against Donald Trump’s former national security…
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Four key takeaways from the report on America’s coronavirus-hit GDP
Economic data released on Thursday by the government revealed that during April, May and June, the US economy experienced the most severe shrinkage in its history. The details paint a…
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Sex party club founder defends £170k government Covid-19 loan
The founder of a sex party company has hit back at Labour MP Sarah Champion after she criticised the government for giving the firm state support via a Covid-19 business…
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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s wife tests positive for coronavirus, days after husband’s recovery
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for Covid-19, according to an official statement on Thursday, as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed…