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Pandemic picked as word of the year

Dictionary.com has declared “pandemic” its 2020 word of the year. Senior research editor John Kelly said that searches for the word spiked more than 13,500%...

Japan hits third-straight day of record coronavirus cases

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Japan reached a record for the third straight day at 2,418. Japan, with fewer than 2,000 deaths related...

South Korea starts fining people for not wearing masks

South Korea has reported its biggest daily jump in Covid-19 cases in 70 days as the government began fining people who fail to wear...

Senior politicians’ homes searched by French police in pandemic probe

French police searched the homes of the former prime minister, the current and former health ministers and other top officials in an investigation into...

Rapid bedside testing ‘faster than standard centralised testing for Covid-19’

Rapid bedside testing is faster than standard centralised tests for coronavirus, and may improve infection control in hospitals, research suggests. Point-of-care-testing for suspected Covid-19 reduces...

India due to become pandemic’s worst-hit country within weeks

India has reported 86,821 new coronaviruses cases and another 1,181 deaths, making September its worst month of the pandemic. The Health Ministry’s update for the...

Hollywood unions announce pandemic agreement

Hollywood’s unions have announced an agreement on pandemic protocols with major studios that will allow the broad resumption of production of films and television...

Nine out of 10 want to continue working from home, report says

Nine out of 10 people in the UK who have worked from home during lockdown want to continue doing so, according to research. The report...

KFC to pause Finger Lickin’ Good slogan amid pandemic

KFC is to pause the use of its classic Finger Lickin’ Good slogan after 64 years as it admitted that the message “doesn’t quite...

Joe Biden and Cardi B discuss coronavirus, racial justice and the US election

Cardi B and Joe Biden have discussed issues including coronavirus, racial justice and the upcoming US election in a video call. The rapper and the...

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