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The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
World
May 6, 2020
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on the…
Mission Impossible to Mission Control: Tom Cruise to film in space
Cinema/TV
May 6, 2020
Mission Impossible to Mission Control: Tom Cruise to film in space
Tom Cruise will film his next Hollywood blockbuster on location — 250 miles up in the air and orbiting the…
China warns Hong Kong protesters against ‘stirring up trouble’
World
May 6, 2020
China warns Hong Kong protesters against ‘stirring up trouble’
China warned Hong Kong protesters Wednesday it would not tolerate them “stirring up trouble again” in the semi-autonomous territory that…
Trump urges US to reopen as daily death toll spikes
World
May 6, 2020
Trump urges US to reopen as daily death toll spikes
President Donald Trump made his first major foray out of the White House since the coronavirus lockdown began in a…
Germany eyes accelerated return to normality
World
May 6, 2020
Germany eyes accelerated return to normality
Germany is eyeing an almost complete return to normality in May, with plans to send all pupils back to school…
Grim and getting worse: US set for historic unemployment surge
World
May 6, 2020
Grim and getting worse: US set for historic unemployment surge
Like a global tsunami, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge loss of life and taken a massive economic toll.…
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
World
May 5, 2020
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann has always worried that if she went into schools to recount her experience, it would sound…
Working in fear, immigrants keep US poultry plants running
World
May 5, 2020
Working in fear, immigrants keep US poultry plants running
Tina says a little prayer every time she heads to work at a Delaware poultry plant, a plea that this…
Australia ‘losing $2.5 bn a week’ in virus shutdown
World
May 5, 2020
Australia ‘losing $2.5 bn a week’ in virus shutdown
Australia’s economy is losing Aus$4 billion (US$2.5 billion) every week its virus shutdown continues, with GDP forecast to plunge 10…
HK penguins chill during pandemic while carers work overtime
World
May 5, 2020
HK penguins chill during pandemic while carers work overtime
Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life for the penguins of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park has been much the…