COVID-19 Updates
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Rowdy celebrations, brawls erupt in Norway as Covid-19 rules end
Police in Norway on Sunday reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big cities after streets, bars, restaurants and nightclubs were filled with…
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Hong Kong jewellers’ group peeved at UK exhibition organiser Informa’s move to hold rival trade show in November
An association of Hong Kong jewellery traders is likely to lose a chunk of revenue from its annual show in November as a rival UK exhibitor has scheduled a similar…
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Coronavirus live: Strictly pair test positive for Covid; 70 million Americans still unvaccinated
Tom Fletcher from McFly and Amy Dowden are self-isolating; States including Idaho and Kansas report throwing away thousands of expired doses Fears for 1 million UK furloughed staff with Sunak…
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Tom Fletcher and Strictly partner test positive for Covid
McFly singer and dancer Amy Dowden will miss next Saturday’s show while in separate isolation The Strictly Come Dancing contestant Tom Fletcher and his professional partner, Amy Dowden, have tested…
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Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – as it happened
Labour party conference delegates debate Starmer’s proposed changes Infighting mars start of Labour conference as Starmer and Rayner clash Starmer: Labour would not nationalise big six energy firms Starmer’s keynote…
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New York may use national guard to replace unvaccinated health workers
Governor Hochul outlines plans as mandate deadline looms Judge blocks New York City vaccine mandate for school staff The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, is considering using the national…
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Stanlow oil refinery ‘on brink of collapse’ as crisis talks continue
Essar Energy locked in negotiations with HMRC over VAT payment delayed because of pandemic The UK’s second biggest oil refinery is locked in talks with tax officials over a deferred…
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‘Off the scale’: film studios launch post-Covid marketing blitz
£250m-plus UK spend planned as three years’ worth of releases hit cinemas in next 18 months Hollywood studios are planning a £250m-plus UK marketing blitz to promote the return of…
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Japan’s PM Suga says coronavirus situation improving, optimistic about lifting state of emergency
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sounded an optimistic tone about lifting Japan’s state of emergency when it expires at the end of this month, saying the Covid-19 situation in the…