COVID-19 Updates
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Companies strive to keep working under Covid-19 restrictions – business live
Rishi Sunak also rejected the idea that UK workers might be ‘addicted’ to the newly-extended furlough scheme – pointing out that no-one chose the current situation. The chancellor says the…
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Coronavirus US live: Fauci to testify on ‘needless’ danger of reopening early as Trump tweets in anger
More on Dr Anthony Fauci’s email to the New York Times and the prospects for the top public health expert’s Senate testimony today. “The major message that I wish to…
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Coronavirus live news: Italy to reopen bars and restaurants; Spain to quarantine overseas travellers
An interactive map highlighting alleged cases where the rights of ethnic and racial minorities have been infringed during the coronavirus pandemic has been launched by the European network against racism,…
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Coronavirus Australia live update: Covidsafe phone app legislation passes lower house – latest news
The treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, is self-isolating and being tested for Covid-19 after a coughing fit in parliament as he delivered an economic statement in lieu of the delayed federal budget.…
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What is the future for travel and immigration in age of Covid-19?
Our globalised world has been brought to a crashing halt by coronavirus. By April, over 90% of the world’s population – 7.1 billion people – lived in countries with coronavirus-related…
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Haruki Murakami to host lockdown radio show in Japan
Much-acclaimed Japanes novelist Haruki Murakami will host a radio special next week to try to lift the nation’s spirits under the coronavirus lockdown. Murakami, the author of books including Norwegian…
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Wuhan plans to test all 11 million residents for coronavirus
Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city’s entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state…
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
1. Stock futures rise after the tech rally drove Nasdaq higher for sixth straight session Dow futures were pointing to an over 100-point advance at Tuesday’s open after the Dow Jones…
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EU could reopen borders to tourists in Covid-19 recovery plan
European countries will be advised to open borders to countries with similar coronavirus risk profiles, under a plan to aid the tourism sector being discussed in Brussels. The European commission…
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The Fed is starting up its program to purchase corporate bond ETFs
The New York Federal Reserve building in New York. Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Reserve will be starting its long-awaited corporate bond program Tuesday amid a…