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Melbourne orders COVID lockdown, but Aussie Open to go on sans fans

Melbourne—More than six million people were ordered into a snap, five-day lockdown Friday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second most populous...

Inflatable Christmas costume probed over virus outbreak at US hospital

A California hospital was Monday investigating if an inflatable costume worn by an emergency department employee on Christmas Day might have caused a coronavirus...

Dancing, singing out in Sydney as virus cluster grows

Dancing, singing, and chanting were banned across Sydney in a fresh round of restrictions introduced Sunday as Australian authorities raced to control a growing...

Thailand clamps down on virus outbreak at seafood market

Thailand's biggest seafood market and the surrounding area were locked down Saturday to contain a coronavirus outbreak, after the country's largest spike in cases...

Interest in PH real estate remains strong

Despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, real estate interest in the country has not waned, with overseas interest continuing to come in, and...

Belgium imposes tighter lockdown

Belgium, the country with by some measures the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, will impose tighter lockdown rules from Monday, closing non-essential businesses and restricting...

No room for abortions: unwanted pregnancies in virus-hit South Africa

South African student Jessica* had already missed two periods when she shyly slipped into a clinic to seek an abortion in early July, as...

Paris raves draw crowds as virus shutters nightclubs

Unauthorised rave parties, long a fringe pastime with a hardcore techno following, have found a new fan base among young people in Paris denied...

Saudi Arabia concludes downsized hajj amid pandemic

Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj, the smallest in modern history as...

South Korean sect leader arrested for hindering virus efforts

The elderly leader of a secretive South Korean sect at the centre of the country's early coronavirus outbreak was arrested on Saturday for allegedly hindering the...

Governments losing support for their handling of COVID-19: survey

Governments are fast losing support for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak from a public that widely believes death and infection figures to be...

Marks & Spencer says 950 jobs under threat

London, United Kingdom"•British clothing-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer could ax up to 950 management and administrative jobs to counter slumping profits and sales in...

Philips eyeing return to profit despite sharp fall in demand

Dutch electronics giant Philips said Monday that net profits fell in the second quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak, but believed it would return...

Australian city to make mask-wearing compulsory

Australia's second-biggest city will make it compulsory to wear a mask in public, authorities announced Sunday, as Melbourne steps up efforts to bring a...
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