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Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew – UN
The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19...
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USA: Maine residents on 'lockdown' after 18 people killed
Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert...
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‘Terrible’: UK minister sorry for lockdown-breaking party video
Senior British government minister Michael Gove on Sunday described a video showing a party at the ruling Conservative Party campaign headquarters during a COVID...
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‘Terrible’: UK minister sorry for lockdown-breaking party video
Senior British government minister Michael Gove on Sunday described a video showing a party at the ruling Conservative Party campaign headquarters during a COVID lockdown...
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Lockdowns to likes: Cyprus’ youth speak out
Written by teenagers, a post-Covid version of Alice in Wonderland reveals the real issues plaguing the island’s young people. Alix Norman finds out more Recently...
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Chinese firm invents lockdown-inspired kissing machine for remote lovers
A Chinese start-up inspired by lockdown isolation has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users’ kiss data collected through motion sensors...
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Teenagers aged three years in lockdowns
Signs of premature aging have been found in the brains of teenagers who have been subjected to long-term lockdowns in recent years. The MRIs of the brains of 81 teenagers...
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Chinese capital prepares for ‘life again’ as lockdowns lift across country
China’s capital Beijing dropped the need for people to show negative COVID tests to enter supermarkets and offices on Tuesday, the latest in an easing of curbs...
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Bringing the outside in: design trend born from Covid lockdowns
Getting all the benefits of nature even when we are stuck inside is driving the way we think about our homes and offices finds Alix Norman Covid changed our...
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Protests escalate in Guangzhou as China lockdown anger boils
People in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed with white hazmat-suited riot police on Tuesday night, videos on social media showed, as frustration with...
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China’s lockdown protests spread to campuses and cities abroad
Protests against China’s strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a show of solidarity with...
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For Chinese fans, World Cup highlights Covid lockdown blues
Images of maskless fans enjoying the World Cup in packed Qatar stadiums, or bars and streets abroad, have underscored to many frustrated Chinese the difference between...
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China’s Covid epicentre shifts to Guangzhou, more lockdowns loom
New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China’s latest...
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Shanghai Disney visitors trapped after lockdown
Shanghai Disney has become the latest high-profile venue to shut its gates thanks to China's strict zero-Covid policy, trapping visitors inside. People have been told...
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U.S. student test results show toll of pandemic lockdowns on learning
U.S. students have suffered historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic, national exam...
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UK leadership candidate Sunak attacks COVID lockdown response
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister, said it was a mistake to have “empowered”...
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Parts of China’s Hainan extend Covid lockdown, Lhasa in Tibet tightens curbs
A few cities in China’s tourism hub Hainan extended lockdowns on Friday, with some of the measures expected to last through the weekend, while Lhasa in Tibet also...
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Covid lockdown turns Chinese tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded tourists
When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year’s summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect...
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Panasonic’s Q1 profit hit by China lockdowns, rising material costs
Japan’s Panasonic Holdings Corp (6752.T), which supplies batteries to Tesla (TSLA.O), posted a 39 per cent drop in first-quarter earnings on Thursday as...
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Three jailed after caught playing football during lockdown
Three men in their 20s received prison sentences on Tuesday for physically assaulting police officers who spotted them playing football against regulations during the...
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Shanghai asks public to share ‘heart-warming’ Covid lockdown stories
The government of Shanghai has called on citizens to share “heart-warming” photographs, videos and stories about a punishing two-month lockdown imposed in...
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Cannabis use has risen with legalization and COVID lockdowns -U.N. report
Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while COVID lockdowns had a similar effect, raising the risk of...
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Oil prices fall as partial Shanghai lockdowns stoke demand worries
Oil prices slipped on Friday but remained within touching distance of three-month highs as fears over new COVID-19 lockdown measures in Shanghai outweighed solid demand...
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COVID19: Two out of three lockdown fines unpaid
Two out of three people fined for breaching COVID-19 rules during the lockdowns and restrictions have not been paid, with thousands of cases going to court. According to...
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Parts of Shanghai return to lockdown, Beijing district shuts entertainment venues
Shanghai and Beijing went back on fresh COVID-19 alert on Thursday after parts of China’s largest economic hub started imposing new lockdown restrictions while...