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  Johnson demands two-week UK quarantine for 600,000 Britons holidaying in Spain By Robert Stevens 28 July 2020 On Saturday, despite knowing for weeks that there was a resurgence of cases in Spain, a new batch of reported cases led the Johnson government to convene an emergency cabinet meeting and …

  The Australian Medical Association has demanded a royal commission into Victoria’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. With no sign Victoria’s soaring active case numbers are stabilising, the AMA says a powerful inquiry is needed to find out what went wrong – from hotel quarantine to contact tracing and aged-care …

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On Tuesday, Deutsche Post DHL said it would pay its employees across the world a 300-euro bonus, as a thank you for their continuing efforts during the coronavirus crisis. A thank you for the heroes As a thank you for their “tireless efforts”, more than 500.000 Deutsche Post employees will …

Piano extraordinaire, Sir Elton John is being honoured by Britain’s Royal Mint with a commemorative £1,000 gold coin paying tribute to the decorated British singer-songwriter. The coin, designed by artist Bradley Morgan Johnson, depicts the pop legend’s distinctive straw boater’s hat, and fashions his trademark glasses out of a pair …

Tax rises are likely to be ordered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak when the economy gets back to “near normal”, an economic watchdog predicted today. Carl Emmerson, deputy director of the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies, spoke out in the wake of Boris Johnson’s speech which pledged to fast-track construction schemes …

Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, meets Sonny Saunders, his mother Kelly (right) and father Jordan (left) in Framingham Earl, Norfolk, Britain June 25, 2020. — Joe Giddens/Pool pic via Reuters LONDON, June 29 — Senior British royal Kate joined families at a children’s hospice to plant a garden this week, …

Royal Mail is all set to cut 2000 management jobs amid its struggle to battle the coronavirus pandemic. The British postal services company, established back in 1516, is now looking to sack one-fifth of the company’s management employees aiming to save £130m in costs. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a …

The US has recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in two months. Scores of migrants arriving in Somalia are telling United Nations workers every day that they are unaware of COVID-19. Meanwhile, South Africa’s mining industry has recorded 1,796 infections and six deaths. This story …

China reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in months on Sunday, warning of a second wave as more European countries prepared to reopen their borders. The shock resurgence in domestic infections has rattled China, where the disease emerged late last year but had largely been tamed through …