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    Medical science
    When rare viruses return

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
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    German biotech is shifting towards cancer treatments

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  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
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  • Sunday, 26 April, 2026
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  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
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    Closely watched Purchasing Managers’ index points to first contraction in 16 months in private sector activity

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  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
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    Novel approach needed for UK’s sick and unemployed

    A shift to local initiatives may help more people back into work

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  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    US foreign policy
    Energy independence could make America more aggressive

    Being a net exporter means that energy shocks no longer constrain US foreign policy in the ways they once did

    Jason Bordoff
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  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
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    Absenteeism that rose dramatically during Covid-19 has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels. The costs are mounting

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  • Thursday, 16 April, 2026
    UK Covid inquiry
    UK rollout of Covid-19 vaccines was ‘extraordinary feat’, inquiry says

    Report also calls for ministers to make ‘urgent’ reforms to compensation scheme for people who ‘suffered harm’

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  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Reader callout: Do you worry you’re giving your children bad financial advice?

    University, property, investments — some of the pillars of sound financial guidance are being tested

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  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    EU budget rules
    IMF tells EU to stick to fiscal rules in energy crisis

    Fund warns about lack of progress in repairing budgets as Middle East war strains public finances

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  • Sunday, 12 April, 2026
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    How to deal with NHS doctors in revolt

    The Conservative plan to ban strikes is doomed to fail

    Henry Hill
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  • Saturday, 11 April, 2026
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    Inheritance tax weighs on business owners: ‘Will it all be taken away in the end?’

    From this week, many businesses can no longer be passed to the next generation free of tax

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  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
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    EU warns it will still face ‘stagflationary shock’

    European Commission preparing to cut growth forecasts despite two-week Iran war ceasefire

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  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    European Central Bank
    The ECB is stirring memories of 2011 — not all of them good

    When the central bank tightened policy in an oil shock it proved a costly error. This time might be different

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  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
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    Long Covid projected to cost OECD economies up to $135bn a year

    New research forecasts hit to GDP from lower productivity and workers quitting because of long-term illness

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  • Thursday, 2 April, 2026
    Europe quantitative easing
    ‘End of an era’ as ECB’s emergency pandemic stimulus unwinds

    Nearly €3tn of excess liquidity will have drained from financial system by 2027, according to ECB estimates

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  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
    Asia-Pacific economy
    ADB launches emergency support for countries hit by Iran war fallout

    Asian Development Bank promises funding for worst-affected nations and financing for companies in region to buy oil

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  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
    Employment
    The secret to Ukraine’s remarkably resilient labour market

    Flexibility, financial support and remote work have offset some of the economic upheaval of war

    Sarah O'Connor
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  • Sunday, 22 March, 2026
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    War with Iran has exposed American fragility at sea

    The move from ‘efficiency’ to ‘resilience’ in maritime supply chains has a long way to go

    Rana Foroohar
    An illustration showing a large ship with an American flag design, damaged and leaking oil, in a dry dock with a small figure standing nearby.
  • Friday, 20 March, 2026
    Health
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    What the Club Chemistry cases tell us about lessons unlearnt from the pandemic

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  • Thursday, 19 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Dubai tourism reels from Iranian missiles

    Hotels in the UAE are placing staff on unpaid leave and shuttering buildings as occupancy levels plummet

  • Thursday, 19 March, 2026
    UK Covid inquiry
    Pandemic brought NHS ‘close to collapse’, says UK Covid inquiry

    Report also says ‘Stay Home, Protect the NHS’ message stopped people receiving treatment for life-threatening conditions

    A man wearing a blue coat and face mask walks past a government poster urging people to follow Covid-19 restrictions in Glasgow city centre.
  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
    EU trade
    EU small parcels tax will not halt flood of Chinese goods, top official warns

    Brussels will impose a €3 duty per type of item bought online and shipped into the bloc from July

    Workers sort and move large bags of parcels among piles of packages on the warehouse floor, with a large blue industrial fan nearby.
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