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2.6m people flee as Cyclone Amphan batters India and Bangladesh

A powerful cyclone has slammed ashore along the coastline of India and Bangladesh where more than 2.6 million people have fled to shelters in...

Marks & Spencer profits slide on struggling clothing business

Marks & Spencer has reported a 21% slump in profits for the past year after it was weighed down by its troubled clothing division. The...

US states accused of fudging coronavirus testing data

Public health officials in some US states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately...

South Koreans return to school amid virus outbreak

South Korean students began returning to schools on Wednesday as their country prepares for a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a reminder that...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen inaugurated for a second term

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has been inaugurated for a second term amid increasing pressure from China on the self-governing island democracy it claims as...

Mexico City virus deaths could be more than triple official toll

A registry of death certificates in Mexico City suggests the actual Covid-19 death toll in the city could be more than three times the...

UN agency warns pandemic could close one in eight museums worldwide

Museums are starting to reopen in some countries as governments ease coronavirus restrictions, but experts warn one in eight worldwide could face permanent closure...

Australia says it does not want trade war with China

Australia’s trade minister has said that his country does not want a trade war with China. China effectively ended imports of Australian barley by putting...

UK hospital worker spent two months apart from family due to Covid-19 fears

A hospital worker in the UK has spoken about how fear of coronavirus prompted her family to separate for two months. Rosaline Pollard, 32, from...

WHO launches investigation of its handling of pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has bowed to calls from most of its member states to launch an independent investigation into its management of...

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