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‘I’m begging the government to listen’: Martin Lewis on getting political, mental health and the cost of living crisis
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Martin Lewis is in his happy place. The keen walker is sitting in an outdoor cafe in a London park he loves, and, a couple of days shy of his 50th birthday, is a contented family man who assiduously expunges any swear...
China is pursuing a Pacific-wide pact with 10 island nations on security, policing and data – report
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China will pursue a Pacific-wide deal with almost a dozen island nations covering policing, security and data communications cooperation when the foreign minister, Wang Yi, hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents...
Solomon Islands journalists shut out of China foreign minister visit, raising secrecy concerns
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Pacific journalists have raised serious concerns about secrecy surrounding the upcoming marathon tour of the Pacific by China’s foreign minister, who will be visiting eight countries in 10 days. Wang Yi will visit Sol...
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...
Military plane rushes baby formula to US health systems
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Store shelves across the US remain short of baby formula after a military plane carrying enough to fill half a million baby bottles arrived in the US on Sunday but its contents were rushed to health system outlets to ...
French minister refuses to stand down over rape allegations
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A member of France’s newly installed government who has faced accusations of rape has strongly denied the allegations and insisted he will not stand down. Damien Abad, 42, appointed the minister for solidarity and the...
‘We can’t switch off’: MP’s staff member reveals mental health pressure
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A survey of nearly 200 staff working for various MPs, the first of its kind in the UK, has found that almost half met the medical threshold for psychological distress – more than twice the level in the general populat...