COVID-19 Updates
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Country diary: My own personal blackbird serenade
Sandy, Bedfordshire: In my Covid fug, I sit in my garden as our resident male seems to recall spring with the clearest, softest, quietest song Our poor, bedraggled, summer-long companion…
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Australia retires $21m CovidSafe contact-tracing app that found just two unique cases
Users offered an update of app that ‘removes functionality … so no information is stored or collected’ Follow our live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app,…
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Can Middle East money lure expats and wealthy emigrants from China? Saudi Arabia, Dubai splash on mega projects to diversify, attract talent and investors
Saudi Arabia and Dubai are splashing out on shiny new projects to diversify from oil exports, while also seeking to attract new investors and expatriates from China and elsewhere. Read…
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Hong Kong developers likely to declare higher dividends this year amid ‘healthier liquidity’, S&P report says
Twelve developers are forecast to pay out a combined US$25.2 billion, an increase of 13.3 per cent from a year ago, says a report by S&P. Read the original article…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong firms, schools urged to provide separate eating spaces for ‘amber code’ holders under eased quarantine rules
Hong Kong’s health secretary says restaurant staff can discuss arrangements with bosses while education chief notes schools have basic pandemic guidelines to follow. Read the original article at South China…
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Commuting in, DIY out: UK’s new ‘new normal’ after end of Covid controls
End of restrictions has put paid to some pandemic lifestyle changes but other shifts remain in place, poll shows Britain’s love for green fingers and blackened thumbs during the first…
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Travellers to Hong Kong say they feel ‘lucky’ to qualify for reduced hotel quarantine period
Anyone flying to city on Tuesday will be allowed to undergo three days of quarantine and four under medical surveillance as part of ‘3+4’ scheme launch on Friday. Read the…
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Old-time Hong Kong restaurant Lin Heung Tea House closes its doors, with landlord saying it is owed millions of dollars in rent
Lin Heung Catering Group announces closure of two of its restaurants, Lin Heung Tea House on Wellington Street in Central and Lin Heung Tsan in Tsuen Wan. Read the original…
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School pupils’ pass rates fall in Scotland for Highers and National 5s
Decline coincides with end of teacher-led grading after cancellation of exams in 2020 and 2021 Pass rates for Scottish pupils have fallen significantly after schools returned to using exams to…