Qatar virus tracing app stirs rare privacy backlash

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[caption id="attachment_1673" align="alignnone" width="682"] A masked man checks his phone in Qatar where residents and citizens have been required by law to install a coronavirus...

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UK’s Sunak authorises bailout plan to rescue strategically important companies

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1664" align="alignnone" width="769"] Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus in London. [/caption]...

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Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1660" align="alignnone" width="741"] With the relaxing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, visitors crowd the boardwalk on Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City, Maryland,...

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Hong Kong security chief warns of growing ‘terrorism’ as government backs Beijing’s planned security laws

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1679" align="alignnone" width="708"] A detained anti-government protester is held by a riot police officer during a march against Beijing's plans to impose national security...

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Australia begins wide-ranging enquiry into deadly bushfires

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1667" align="alignnone" width="749"] FILE PHOTO: The remains of cars that were burnt during the bushfire season, are piled up in the community of Wytaliba,...

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Rich, but household debt is growing: A time bomb for South Korea?

May 24, 2020May 25, 2020

South Korean households are piling up debt for various reasons, from overspending on credit cards to unemployment to gambling losses. The programme Undercover Asia looks...

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COVID-19: France has lowest daily rise in new cases and deaths since lockdown

May 24, 2020May 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a closed bar during the lockdown imposed to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in Cambrai, France. ...

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US steps up threats to strip Hong Kong’s trading privileges over China security law

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1611" align="alignnone" width="793"] Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers holding up placards are blocked by security as they protest China's planned national security legislation during a...

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UK plans cut in Huawei’s 5G network involvement: Report

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1617" align="alignnone" width="683"] Britain's PM Johnson opens Hidden Harms Summit from London [/caption] LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms...

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Dozens of Chinese companies added to US blacklist in latest Beijing rebuke

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

[caption id="attachment_1614" align="alignnone" width="774"] FILE PHOTO: Flags of U.S. and China are placed for a meeting between Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Minister...