カテゴリー: Coronavirus outbreak
Official development assistance declines to $4bn, boosted by $304m over two years to help region recoverAustralia will increase its aid budget to only the Pacific and Timor-Leste this year as aid and development spending to all other parts of the world…
Survey in US, UK, Australia and 11 other nations shows unfavourable opinions about Beijing regime are highest ever, Pew saysUnfavourable views toward China have soared in the past year in the United States and many other advanced economies, according t…
Rivals veered into parodies of themselves, with most analysts declaring incumbent the winnerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe leaders of New Zealand’s two main political parties, Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins, have cla…
New Zealand’s largest city to move to level 1 as Jacinda Ardern says there is 95% probability Auckland cluster is eliminatedCoronavirus restrictions in New Zealand’s largest city will be lifted this week, prime minister Jacinda Ardern said, as she expr…
Takada was the first Japanese designer to make a mark on the Paris fashion sceneWidely copied rule-breaker who shook up Paris fashion Coronavirus – latest updatesThe Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada has died in Paris after contracting Covid-19, a…
Jacinda Ardern says her country will not open up until Australia records a month without community transmission of Covid-19New Zealand will not reciprocate quarantine-free trips across the Tasman as the Australian Capital Territory joins Australia’s tr…
Save the Children predicts worst rise in child marriage rates in 25 years as a result of pandemicUp to 2.5 million more girls around the world are at risk of being forced into child marriage over the next five years as a result of the impact of Covid-1…
Coronavirus tracking measures handing ‘unchecked powers’ to authoritarian regimes, activists warn Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDraconian surveillance measures introduced during the Covid-19 epidemic are handing “unchecked…
The PM reveals Kiwis won’t need to complete a two-week quarantine as Victoria records two more deaths and 15 new Covid casesFollow our coronavirus live blogFull Australian Covid stats; Covid restrictions state by stateNSW cases map; Vic cases mapSign u…
France records more than 14,000 new Covid cases; Colombia passes 800,000 infections; Saudi Arabia plans to resume tourist visas by early 2021. Follow latest updatesBoris Johnson faces revolt over forcing through Covid measures Australia: ‘We should not…
Boris Johnson to call for more powers for health body in coronavirus fight as Trump pulls outCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson will announce a 30% increase in the UK’s funding of the World Health Organization, ma…
Boris Johnson’s Churchillian language does not impress Richard Teverson, while Katherine Arnott dismisses the prime minister’s appeal to people’s common sense. Plus letters from Patrick Cosgrove and David Boyd HaycockI, like so many others, am slack-ja…
Chen Qiushi who reported on Chinese response to virus believed to be in detentionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Chinese citizen journalist who disappeared in February while reporting on China’s early response to the coron…
Much-lauded health director reveals the mental health toll of leading the medical response to the pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of the key architects behind New Zealand’s successful management of the coronaviru…
US president says it could have been 2.5 million deaths; Japan considers easing border controls; WHO announces record weekly casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePresident Donald Trump has said the 200,000 US deaths from cor…