COVID-19 Updates
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Calls for paid pandemic leave grow as Victorian premier links Covid-19 surge to insecure work
Unions have renewed their call for universal paid pandemic leave after the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, linked the state’s surge in coronavirus cases to insecure work that means people miss…
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Coronavirus cutting Australians’ lives short by more years than top three causes of death
Australians who have died from Covid-19 have lost more years of their expected lifespan, on average, than those dying from the country’s three leading causes of death, a new study…
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Stagecoach plans job cuts and predicts bus passenger reduction is long term
The coronavirus pandemic will lead to a long-term reduction in the number of people travelling to work or the shops, one of Britain’s biggest bus operators has warned. Stagecoach, which…
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UK politics: Corbyn criticises Labour’s decision to settle antisemitism libel case – as it happened
Britain is to cut its global aid budget by £2.9bn this year due to the economic hit of the coronavirus crisis, PA Media reports. However, Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary,…
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As Covid-19 moves into swing states, is Trump’s campaign in trouble?
“I said it’s going away – and it is going away,” a defiant Donald Trump claimed about Covid-19 on 3 April, when about 300,000 cases of the virus had been…
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Coronavirus: Filipino-Americans are dying at an alarming rate
On March 10, Loretta Mendoza Dionisio became the first person in Los Angeles county known to have died of Covid-19.Dionisio was 68, had diabetes and had just returned from a…
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Will the European Union’s US$2 trillion trillion deal herald a new era of solidarity?
European Union leaders secured a breakthrough agreement on July 21 on an around €1 trillion (US$1.15 trillion) long-term budget and a €750 billion (US$868 billion) coronavirus recovery fund. While these…
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WHO hits back at Pompeo’s claim that China ‘bought’ UN health chief Tedros
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday bristled at reported US allegations that its executive, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was “bought” by the Chinese government.According to media reports, US Secretary of…
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Xi Jinping rallies China’s tech champions as rivalry with US intensifies
A leaked list of entrepreneurs who attended a symposium with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday underscores the Chinese leader’s intention to groom home-grown technology champions to better compete with the…
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Coronavirus: Singapore turns to domestic tourism in US$32 million campaign
Singapore is launching a S$45 million (US$32.4 million) domestic tourism campaign to persuade its people to look at the island nation with fresh eyes, as it looks to boost the…