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Stay-at-home orders and mandatory testing notices have been issued to several Shanghai residents as authorities race to trace contacts linked to a COVID-positive woman whose visit to the city’s Disney resort prompted its temporary lockdown. The Shanghai Disney Resort on Monday became the latest major venue to shut its gates due to China’s strict zero-COVID
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As the Russians retreat from communities in the Ukrainian region of Kherson, residents have been left with reminders of their stay. Vast swathes of destruction afflicted places like Velyka Oleksandrivka, a quiet market town that would spend months on the frontline. The Russians were pushed out by the Ukrainians in the first week of October,
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has not received “a single cent” towards its $17bn fast recovery plan.  Addressing a Berlin conference on Ukraine’s reconstruction by video link, he also revealed Russian rockets and Iran-made drones have destroyed more than a third of his country’s energy sector. “Russia destroys everything to make it harder for us to
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