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In contrast to most other European countries where people are virtually housebound, the Dutch authorities have merely advised people to stay home and to keep 1.5 metres (five feet) of social distance
World
20.08.2024
Dutch gamble on 'intelligent lockdown' to beat coronavirus
Telling on your neighbours is a highly sensitive subject in Germany, a country still haunted by memories of Nazism and the former communist dictatorship in East Germany
World
20.08.2024
German lockdown 'snitches' spark hot debate
Greta Thunberg has said it is 'likely' she contracted the new coronavirus
World
20.08.2024
Thunberg donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic
The IEA said it foresaw sweeping falls in demand for power from coal, oil and gas in 2020
World
20.08.2024
COVID-19 to cause record emissions fall in 2020: IEA
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Self-made automobile engineer Partha Saha (L) built a motorbike designed for social distancing
World 20.08.2024
Indian mechanic invents 'social distancing' motorbike
Sinovac Biotech is conducting one of the four clinical trials that have been authorised in China
World 20.08.2024
'Don't waste a minute': Chinese firm readies mass vaccine production
Workers wait in line to collect salaries in Shanghai
World 20.08.2024
Help wanted: Jobless China workers await relief
Flashmob rallies have resurfaced in Hong Kong
World 20.08.2024
How Beijing is reigniting Hong Kong's protests
British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore captured the nation's heart with his laps to raise money for healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients
World 20.08.2024
Britain's hero of the hour 'Captain Tom' turns 100
Two admirers reminisce about the late Yugoslav communist president Josip Broz Tito, commemorated in the portrait
World 20.08.2024
Grandson reveals late 'regret' of Yugoslavia's Tito
The US International Trade Commission announced an investigation in Nintendo's hugely popular Switch devices over alleged patent infringement
World 20.08.2024
US trade commission probing Nintendo Switch patent complaint
A patient receives a detox solution infusion at a private addiction clinic in Moscow this month. Alcoholism has been on the wane in Russia for years but many fear it could return with the stress of the coronavirus pandemic
World 20.08.2024
In Russia virus lockdown, fears of a return to the bottle
A medical worker prepares to test key workers for the novel coronavirus Covid-19 at a drive-in testing centre at Glasgow Airport
World 20.08.2024
British virus death toll now world's third-worst
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