COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong bankers suffer sharp cuts in pay, bonuses as pandemic-driven downturn weighs on outlook, headhunters say
Bankers and other financial services workers in Hong Kong are taking pay cuts of as much as 20 per cent and seeing even sharper hits to their annual bonuses as…
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China’s solar giants forced to cut prices as coronavirus curbs demand
Chinese manufacturers that dominate nearly every step in the global solar power supply chain are being forced to slash prices as the coronavirus disrupts projects around the world.Costs for components…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to get its own health code system for travels to Guangdong, Macau after Covid-19 border restrictions are lifted
A Hong Kong health code system separate from that of mainland China will soon be launched to certify residents virus-free when they visit Macau and Guangdong as part of a…
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Why China, like Japan, needn’t worry about paying all that debt back
Major economies around the world are seeing their debt surge. For many years, Japan, Greece and Italy have topped the OECD and IMF’s “wall of shame”, and it appears they…
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Coronavirus latest: Europe’s hotspots further unwind strict measures
Europe’s most virus-stricken countries are preparing to further ease lockdown measures that helped trigger the biggest economic downturn since World War II, even as scientists warned against moving too quickly.As…
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How the coronavirus has exposed the global economy’s pre-existing vulnerabilities – an overdependence on easy money
If a lack of maintenance undermines a structure’s foundations, the damage can be hidden by a bigger disaster such as an earthquake. Similarly, a sudden heart attack may disguise the…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain’s prime minister seeks final two-week extension of state of emergency
Iran said its caseload of coronavirus infections passed 150,000 on Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a recent upward trend. The government has largely lifted the restrictions it imposed…
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Parents call for virtual school for Scottish pupils
Some parents are calling for a Scotland-wide virtual school as anxieties grow at the prospect of indefinite home schooling into the autumn and beyond. While pupils transitioning into primary and…
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UK coronavirus live: lockdown eased for 2.2m people ‘shielding’ in England from Monday
People in Wales who have been shielding due to coronavirus will be able to exercise outdoors from Monday, PA Media reports. They are also able to meet people from another…
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Lawyers’ poems deal with trials of delivering lockdown justice
I need to get a bookcase for the background of my Zoom I need to get a bookcase for an intellectual room I can’t appear in court with this background…