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Foxconn Said to Expect iPhone Production at COVID-Hit China Plant to Fully Resume by Early January
Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.
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Europe Weighs Christmas Curbs As Omicron Sweeps Continent
Britain refused to rule out curbs on gatherings on Monday, a day after the Netherlands imposed a fourth lockdown prompted by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Omicron Threat: UK Doesn't Rule Out Circuit-Breaker Lockdown Within Days
Health Secretary Sajid Javid declined to rule out stronger U.K. Covid-19 rules before Christmas after the nation's top health advisers urged greater limits to contain infections they estimate are running in the hundreds of thousands per day.
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Omicron Threat Looms Over Christmas Holidays In Europe, US
The Netherlands went into lockdown on Sunday and the possibility of more COVID-19 restrictions over the Christmas and New Year period loomed over several European countries as the Omicron coronavirus variant spreads quickly.
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Netherlands Announces Christmas "Lockdown" Over Omicron Scare
The Netherlands on Saturday announced a Christmas lockdown and London declared a "major incident" as Europe tries to rein in rising Covid-19 case numbers and the highly mutated Omicron strain takes hold.
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Top UK Official Quits Christmas Party Probe Over Report Of Gathering In His Office
The senior civil servant tasked with investigating claims of parties held by staff from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives during lockdown recused himself on Friday following reports of gatherings in his own department.
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Omicron Wave Is Turning This City Into A Ghost Town
The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back fully from last winter's Covid-19 lockdown. Instead, every one of this week's group reservations canceled their bookings.
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UK PM's Adviser Resigns Over Lockdown Party Video, Probe Ordered
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Wednesday after footage of her joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street during lockdown last year aired on national television.
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UK PM Apologises For Video Of Staff Joking About Christmas Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday after a video surfaced showing his staff laughing and joking about a gathering in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID lockdown last year when such festivities were banned.
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British PM Under Fire Over Video Of Staff Joking About Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides joking about holding a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social gatherings were banned under Covid rules.
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Foxconn Said to Expect iPhone Production at COVID-Hit China Plant to Fully Resume by Early January
Foxconn is said to expect to resume full production at its COVID-hit plant in China by late December to early January. The company's largest iPhone production plant was rocked by worker protests last month, impacting the production of the handsets ahead of the Christmas and Lunar New Year holidays in December and January, respectively.
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Europe Weighs Christmas Curbs As Omicron Sweeps Continent
Britain refused to rule out curbs on gatherings on Monday, a day after the Netherlands imposed a fourth lockdown prompted by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Omicron Threat: UK Doesn't Rule Out Circuit-Breaker Lockdown Within Days
Health Secretary Sajid Javid declined to rule out stronger U.K. Covid-19 rules before Christmas after the nation's top health advisers urged greater limits to contain infections they estimate are running in the hundreds of thousands per day.
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Omicron Threat Looms Over Christmas Holidays In Europe, US
The Netherlands went into lockdown on Sunday and the possibility of more COVID-19 restrictions over the Christmas and New Year period loomed over several European countries as the Omicron coronavirus variant spreads quickly.
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Netherlands Announces Christmas "Lockdown" Over Omicron Scare
The Netherlands on Saturday announced a Christmas lockdown and London declared a "major incident" as Europe tries to rein in rising Covid-19 case numbers and the highly mutated Omicron strain takes hold.
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Top UK Official Quits Christmas Party Probe Over Report Of Gathering In His Office
The senior civil servant tasked with investigating claims of parties held by staff from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives during lockdown recused himself on Friday following reports of gatherings in his own department.
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Omicron Wave Is Turning This City Into A Ghost Town
The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back fully from last winter's Covid-19 lockdown. Instead, every one of this week's group reservations canceled their bookings.
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UK PM's Adviser Resigns Over Lockdown Party Video, Probe Ordered
An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Wednesday after footage of her joking about a Christmas party at Downing Street during lockdown last year aired on national television.
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UK PM Apologises For Video Of Staff Joking About Christmas Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday after a video surfaced showing his staff laughing and joking about a gathering in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID lockdown last year when such festivities were banned.
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British PM Under Fire Over Video Of Staff Joking About Lockdown Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides joking about holding a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social gatherings were banned under Covid rules.
