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UK second city could be heading towards a local lockdown

Birmingham residents have been warned that the UK’s second-largest city could be heading towards a local lockdown if steps aren’t taken now to “halt the…

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India’s COVID-19 lockdown threatens efforts to stop spikes in child marriage

When the police knocked on the door as 15-year-old Muskaan prepared to head to the temple in their village in northern India, the bride-to-be was…

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Coronavirus: New Zealand prepares for new lockdown

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she is working on targeted economic relief for Auckland in case restrictions last longer. She also warned the country’s…

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Lockdown sees Turkish women bear brunt of unpaid work – research

Turkish women did four times as much household and care work as men during lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, research supported…

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UK lockdown sees CO2e emissions drop by 30 million tonnes

Eco Experts has published new analysis that has collated figures around the decrease of UK pollution due to government-mandated social distancing measures to control Coronavirus….

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Thousands of Catalans return to lockdown as Spain fights new Covid-19 clusters

Some 160,000 people in the Spanish region of Catalonia went back into confinement on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to control a fresh surge of coronavirus…

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Lockdown to provoke “deep recession” in EU this year

Europe’s economy will experience a deep recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the European Union’s summer economic forecast, published Tuesday by…

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UK to double work coaches as lockdown hammers jobs market

Britain’s government will double the number of its job coaches as part of a plan to tackle a rise in unemployment triggered by the coronavirus…

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Holidays by train could cut carbon emissions in a post-lockdown world

We might not be able to take a break abroad just yet, but reports suggest that once international travel resumes, people will feel more comfortable…

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Pakistan central bank governor says coronavirus lockdowns are a ‘luxury of the rich’

The coronavirus pandemic is a public health crisis and until it’s addressed, there will most likely be economic hardships ahead, Pakistan’s central bank governor told…

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