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Housing groups call for ‘ring of steel’ to protect struggling renters

For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. Housing groups are calling on the state government to wrap a “financial ring of steel” around residential tenants who are struggling to pay their rent due to lockdowns. It comes as the preliminary results of a Tenants Victoria survey of 400 renters found that 70 per […]

WW3 fears rise as China holds D-Day style ‘Taiwan invasion’ drills amid tensions

China sparked new fears for a third world war after conducting yet another set of military drills simulating an invasion of Taiwan. Beijing considers the island nation a' breakaway' from the mainland, calling its reunification a "historical inevitability". That chimes against Taiwan's wish for self-determination, backed by the US and the UK. But China talked […]

Cases are NOT falling as fast as official figures suggest, study says

Is Britain’s Covid plunge too good to be true? Cases are NOT falling as fast as official figures suggest and testing the ‘wrong people’ means infections are being missed, symptom-tracking experts say King’s College London experts estimated just over 60,000 people were catching the virus daily in latest week This was a slight increase on […]

London’s new $2.78M tourist attraction slammed as refunds are offered

More On: london ‘Beyond help’: Son of COVID conspiracy theorist ex-nurse says mom should be prosecuted Cop who confessed to murdering Sarah Everard isn’t eating: Report Andrew Lloyd Webber may close ‘Cinderella’ musical due to COVID rules Ruff and tumble: Man whacked in head with bottle in bloody tussle over dogs Tourists are panning a […]

South Korea’s vaccine campaign stumbles as infections rise.

When South Koreans logged on to a government website this month to book Covid-19 vaccine appointments, a pop-up window told them there was “just a bit” of a delay. “There are 401,032 people waiting in front of you,” read one of the messages that exasperated South Koreans captured in screenshots and shared online. “Your expected […]