COVID-19 Updates
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Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, a record single-day total in the US
Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as…
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Sudan bans FGM as it breaks with hardline Islamist policies
Sudan is to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), cancel prohibitions against religious conversion from Islam and permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol in a decisive break with almost four decades of…
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Primark turns down £30m windfall from job retention bonus
Primark will not take up the bonus offered last week by the government for taking back furloughed workers into full employment, declining a potential windfall of about £30m. The high-street…
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No immediate plan to quarantine English visitors, says Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has said she will not shy away from taking a decision to impose quarantine on English visitors to Scotland, but it is not a decision she would take…
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Coronavirus: US state of Florida records more than 15,000 new cases in a day, a bigger increase than most countries
The US state of Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, a day after Walt Disney World in Orlando…
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Cross-party group of MPs to lead first UK coronavirus inquiry
The only UK inquiry to date into the handling of the coronavirus crisis will take its first evidence from bereaved relatives on Monday, amid growing calls for a full independent…
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Temperature checks, nasal swabs, plenty of beach: Dubai tourism restarts
After a painful four-month tourism shutdown that ended last week, Dubai is betting pent-up demand will see the industry quickly bounce back. The emirate is billing itself as a safe…
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WHO remains tight-lipped on experts sent to investigate coronavirus in China
A World Health Organisation advance team is in the Chinese capital this weekend but few other details have been released about a mission that could lay the groundwork for an…
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The return of benefit sanctions won’t help the Covid-19 jobs crisis | John Harris
As the government responds to the looming economic crisis, its approach seems to embody two polar opposites. The money it is spending to revive the economy is, we are told,…
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Pantomime is under threat. This key part of British culture must be saved | Amber Massie-Blomfield
What was your first experience of theatre? Chances are it featured some of the same elements as mine: a soap star in a ridiculous wig, a custard pie fight, an…