HSBC Holdings Plc will allow all Hong Kong employees to work from the bank’s offices starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial center is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.
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Australia has agreed to build a quarantine facility in Victoria state for returning Australians to take pressure off hotels during the pandemic that has seen more than 20 breaches of the virus into local community.
Japan is planning later this month to send some of its Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan, which has been struggling to procure its own supplies and blamed China for impeding shipments. Panyu, a district in Guangzhou in southern China, will suspend dine-in services at restaurants from June 4 to 17 to contain coronavirus risks, the local government said.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc will allow all Hong Kong employees to work from their offices starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial center is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.
Theyâre also demanding results reach policymakers
Bidenâs budget called for $50 million to be spent on it June 1, 2021 5:01 AM By Alex Ruoff
Democrats aim to double the federal governmentâs portfolio of firearm violence research next year and get that research into the hands of key policymakers.
The fiscal 2022 budget President Joe Biden proposed to Congress Friday would increase to $50 million federal funds going to firearm violence research each year. That spending target matches what congressional Democrats pushed for in fiscal 2021, but it was cut to $25 million in the final agreement with Republicans.
Democrats say the increase should be coupled with a direction to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that this research must be aimed at improving anti-violence programs and helping policymakers reduce gun crimes â not simply circulated among academics.
Germany Curbs U.K. Travel; Eiffel Tower to Reopen: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) Germany will impose fresh restrictions on travelers from the U.K. starting on Sunday due to the rapid spread of a coronavirus strain first identified in India. Travelers from the U.K. will have to spend two weeks in quarantine upon arrival in Germany even if they test negative for the virus, according to the foreign ministry.
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New research on the BioNTech/Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines shows that a double dose will better guard against variants of the virus first detected in India and Kent in the U.K. Britain is now offering vaccinations to those aged 32 or over.