Tighter restrictions on unvaccinated people will eventually be considered, PM says; Queensland’s risk of outbreak escalates; residents of eight NSW council areas banned from leaving hotspots unless they are essential workers; tradespeople now allowed into clients’ homes. Follow all the day’s news
Australia ‘louder than we should have been’ in criticising China says former Asio chief
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Australia’s former intelligence chief Duncan Lewis says Australia has been “rather louder than we should have been” in public criticism of China when a better approach, given escalating regional tensions, should have ...
Are UK coronavirus cases actually going down or are they just harder to count?
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For almost two years we’ve been glued to a set of numbers: the grim trio of cases, hospitalisations and deaths that defined coronavirus in the UK. The daily figures led news reports for more than a year: people watche...
Australia election: 10 lessons UK politics can learn
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Australia’s Labor party has come to power, pushing the conservative Coalition out of office for the first time in almost a decade. Voters also delivered big wins for the Greens and a group of independents promising ac...
Airbnb to close in China amid repeated Covid lockdowns
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Airbnb is closing down its business inside China indefinitely, as the country’s zero-Covid policy, lockdowns and travel restrictions continue. On Tuesday Airbnb told its China-based users it would cease taking all boo...
Why are monkeypox cases suddenly emerging across the world and could the virus have mutated?
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The sudden emergence of monkeypox in several countries has raised questions about how the virus, which is most common in central and west Africa, has managed to spread. Many health experts have said the monkeypox case...
Partygate: pictures emerge showing Boris Johnson drinking at No 10 leaving do during lockdown – live
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Scotland reports first monkeypox case
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Scotland has reported its first case of monkeypox, amid an international outbreak in which infections have been confirmed in at least a dozen countries in recent weeks. Public Health Scotland said the patient was bein...