A Hong Kong teenager’s death became a magnet for conspiracies, and exposed deep problems in how the city operates
The crowd recoiled as tear gas canisters rained down on them and riot police advanced up the street, carrying shields and batons.
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Welcome to the jungle: plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks
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“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
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Hong Kong mourns the end of its way of life as China cracks down on dissent
“It’s like watching a patient with cancer finally die.” Hong Kongers grapple with the loss of their city.
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On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
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The Country That Beat the Virus review – breathtaking, damning and humiliating
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Exclusive: She’s been falsely accused of starting the pandemic. Her life has been turned upside down
Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place her at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, saying she brought the disease to China.
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Two new waves of deaths are about to break over the NHS, new analysis warns
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I Work In ITU. I’m Worried The Nightingale Hospital Is Unfit For Purpose
I feel as though I need to state the obvious: there is huge potential for tragedy if this experiment goes wrong.
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As pandemic spreads in US so does racist abuse, and not just against Asians
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