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Instant Opinion: Boris Johnson ‘undercooked his Covid plan’ Boris Johnson

Instant Opinion: Boris Johnson ‘undercooked his Covid plan’

The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.1. Daniel Finkelstein in The Timeson balancing the economy with healthBoris Johnson has undercooked his Covid plan“At the root of the Covid-19 problem is a simple choice: the crisis won’t…
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September 23, 2020
Climate change: Xi Jinping makes bold pledge for China to be carbon neutral by 2060 Climate Change

Climate change: Xi Jinping makes bold pledge for China to be carbon neutral by 2060

President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly that China would scale up its voluntary emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement. Photo: ReutersPresident announces new emissions goals in video address to UN General Assembly, just after Donald Trump slams Beijing for ‘rampant pollution’ Observer calls it a well-calculated move…
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September 23, 2020
Hongkongers’ quality of life amid protests last year slipped to poorer level than that during Sars: Chinese University survey Hongkong

Hongkongers’ quality of life amid protests last year slipped to poorer level than that during Sars: Chinese University survey

The overall quality-of-life score in 2019 was the lowest since 2002. Photo: Winson WongThe ratings, released by the university’s Centre for Quality of Life, show the city’s economic index in 2019 was at its lowest since 2002 The overall quality-of-life score in 2019 was also the lowest on record, along…
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September 23, 2020
South of the Circle is an upcoming narrative adventure game for iOS from BAFTA Award-winning dev State of Play Cold War

South of the Circle is an upcoming narrative adventure game for iOS from BAFTA Award-winning dev State of Play

South of the Circle is an upcoming narrative adventure game for iOS from developer State of Play, who might be familiar with from the likes of Lumino City, KAMI 2 and INKS. The game is apparently coming soon but there's no specific release date just yet. South of the Circle…
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September 23, 2020
Pinterest lures lifestyle influencers with its own version of Stories Twinfluencer

Pinterest lures lifestyle influencers with its own version of Stories

Likewise, creator profiles allow influencers to highlight their projects — via Story Pins — not just the content they've already pinned. And users who follow creators can comment and react to their stories. Pinterest Despite being one of the last social platforms without a dedicated space for vertical video, it makes sense…
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September 23, 2020
Barbados plan to drop Queen as head of state ‘driven by Chinese interference’, MP claims The Queen

Barbados plan to drop Queen as head of state ‘driven by Chinese interference’, MP claims

Chinese pressure has driven Barbados to call for the removal of the Queen as its head of state, a Conservative MP has claimed. Tom Tugendhat, chairperson of the foreign affairs committee, says “Beijing had actively sought to undermine London’s historical status as a key partner with Caribbean nations”, The Times reports.While…
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September 23, 2020
Senate Republicans Release Hunter Biden Hatchet Job Weeks From Election Day Impeachment

Senate Republicans Release Hunter Biden Hatchet Job Weeks From Election Day

Senate Republicans have released their controversial report on Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s former dealings with Ukraine in a politically-charged move to taint Biden’s campaign weeks out from Election Day.The investigation, which was spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) focuses on Hunter Biden’s work for…
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September 23, 2020
Zillow Offers Will Expand Services in 2021 to Simplify Customer Transactions NSA

Zillow Offers Will Expand Services in 2021 to Simplify Customer Transactions

SEATTLE, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) (NASDAQ:ZG), which is transforming the way people buy, sell, rent and finance homes, today announced plans to bring Zillow Offers customers a more simple, integrated transaction experience through added services, managed in house. Starting in January 2021, customers in Atlanta, Phoenix…
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September 23, 2020