Waitrose has struck a deal to sell online groceries through Deliveroo – fuelling speculation over a possible game-changing tie-up with Amazon, which owns a major stake in the takeaway courier. Around 500,000 Waitrose customers will be able to get ready meals, fruit and veg, meat, milk and cleaning goods delivered in as little as 30 minutes […]
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#BlackLivesMatter sparks Asian campaigns against racism at home
JAKARTA — The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has rippled from the U.S. into Asia, triggering echoes of solidarity and reviving calls to confront the continent’s own problems of racism and injustice. The global movement ignited by the killing of George Floyd, an African American man, by a white police officer in the […]
lockdown pressure sparks gambling concerns
With hours to spend at home, many people have been looking for new ways to spend their time during lockdown, sparking warnings about the growth in problem gambling. Gambling has fallen since the start of the lockdown, with horse racing meetings and football matches cancelled, according to The Gambling Commission, […]
Infection undercount sparks fear, but raises hope of herd immunity
TOKYO — The global population may be closer than expected to the critical level of herd immunity needed to reopen business and public activities safely, a recent coronavirus study suggests, but problems with testing make this hard to determine. A survey in New York indicates that the number of people […]