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Starbucks reintroduces reusable cups to stores

Having reopened stores under Government guidance, Starbucks is enabling the use of reusable cups in a safe method. No shared touchpoints are in place between…

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Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the…

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Switzerland should tighten coronavirus restrictions again, government advisor says

Switzerland should tighten restrictions to curb the coronavirus again following a recent spike in cases, in order to prevent the need for much harsher lockdown…

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Food waste increases in UK as coronavirus restrictions ease

Household food waste in the UK has increased by nearly a third as coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been eased and could spiral further, new research…

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Opinion: Don’t take unnecessary risks, a second coronavirus wave is definitely coming!

We have paid a steep price to get Sars-CoV-2 infection rates down to a manageable level. We could jeopardize everything we’ve achieved if we don’t…

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German sniffer dogs show promise at detecting coronavirus

Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover have found that trained sniffer dogs could be used to detect COVID-19 in human samples with a…

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Africa facing coronavirus ’acceleration,’ WHO warns

The WHO said South Africa’s outbreak, which accounts for 61% of the continent’s pandemic burden, could be a ”precursor” for the region. Kenya, Zambia and…

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EU tries to save virus aid plan as global deaths surge

EU leaders will resume their fractious summit on Monday to save an $860-billion coronavirus aid plan, hoping to offset some of the economic destruction unleashed…

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Coronavirus: Cyprus warns against infected migrants illegally crossing into the EU

Asylum-seekers infected with coronavirus could be seeping through the porous cease-fire line in the ethnically divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the country’s health minister warned…

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Sweden tops EU for new cases but says virus is slowing

Sweden, whose softer approach to fighting the novel coronavirus drew global attention, has one of the EU’s highest rates of new cases but authorities say…

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Big U.S. banks predict more economic pain from coronavirus

Three of the largest U.S. banks said on Tuesday they had set aside a whopping $28 billion for loan losses, in a stark reminder that…

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Coronavirus: Catalonia makes masks mandatory in public

Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia has made face masks mandatory in public for all those aged over five after a surge in new cases of…

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Coronavirus: world treating symptoms, not cause of pandemics, says UN

The world is treating the health and economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic but not the environmental cause, according to the authors of a UN…

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Coronavirus lockdowns seen increasing HIV risk to women and girls

Coronavirus lockdowns have hindered the fight against HIV infection in women and girls globally by limiting their access to education and protection from sexual violence,…

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Reaching the bottom of the barrel: Coronavirus pandemic batters European wine production

It’s an ancient beverage turned cultural icon, so cherished in France that the legendary Victor Hugo once provocatively wrote: “God made only water – but…

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Migrants test positive for coronavirus after arriving in Italy

Eight migrants who disembarked in Sicily this week after being rescued in the Mediterranean by a charity boat are in quarantine after testing positive for…

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Indigenous peoples of South America face ’genocide’ as coronavirus pandemic exposes historic inequalities

Berlin Diques oversees the well-being of some of the most vulnerable peoples in the world. As a regional president of the Interethnic Association for the…

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Amazon forest fires could increase risk of serious coronavirus infections

An intense season of fires in the Amazon rainforest this year could overwhelm health systems and lead to unnecessary deaths, including of coronavirus, as pollution…

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Foreign Minister Ann Linde on Sweden’s coronavirus policy: ’We managed to flatten the curve’

Sweden’s coronavirus strategy has led to a death rate much higher than that of its neighbors. DW’s Conflict Zone asks the Swedish foreign minister if…

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Belgium had the worst response to the coronavirus crisis among OECD countries, EIU says

Belgium had the worst response to the coronavirus crisis out of OECD countries, while New Zealand’s response was the strongest, according to a new ranking….

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