Coronavirus: One million miss out on support schemes, MPs say

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More than one million people have fallen through cracks in government schemes designed to support them during the coronavirus crisis, MPs says. The Treasury Select...

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Japan hasn’t decided to ease entry ban, foreign minister says

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2612" align="alignnone" width="886"] FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers his speech at ASEAN’s Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2020. [/caption] TOKYO:...

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Commentary: We can’t just quit trading with China

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

Amid brewing Sino-US tensions, economic distancing from China would carry heavy costs, says ANU’s Shiro Armstrong. An overview of Shenzhen. SYDNEY: The health and...

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Tokyo confirms 47 new coronavirus cases: TV Asahi

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2605" align="alignnone" width="797"] FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk past a restaurant near Shinagawa station on the first day after the Japanese government...

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Systemic racism slows economic growth: Dallas Fed chief Kaplan

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan. WASHINGTON: Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag...

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Explosion hits Honda’s plant in central Japan, two workers hospitalised

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2622" align="alignnone" width="872"] Honda's logo on its Modulo model is pictured at its showroom at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2019. [/caption]...

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Britain urgently reviewing distancing rules, could ease COVID-19 quarantine

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2573" align="alignnone" width="822"] FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs the daily COVID-19 briefing at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 29, 2020....

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Police chief in Atlanta resigns after officer fatally shot African American man

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2568" align="alignnone" width="845"] "RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests on Saturday, Jun 13,...

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Greece is ‘ready to welcome tourists’, says prime minister

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2628" align="alignnone" width="808"] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used the island of Santorini to announce that Greece is 'ready' to welcome tourists. [/caption] FIRA:...

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Australia’s largest states to further ease COVID-19 curbs

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2579" align="alignnone" width="877"] Regional travel re-opens as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased in the state of New South Wales. [/caption] SYDNEY: Australia's...