Coronavirus update: 'Not based on facts': China reacts to Payne's call for investigation

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China dismisses Australia's questioning of how Beijing handled the coronavirus pandemic.

No one is allowed to leave or enter the island, whichWe're not going to be able to manufacture everything that we want in Australia, but I want us to be in a position where we can manufacture everything we needGermans returned to the shops on Monday, craving retail therapy after a month of lockdown, but Chancellor Angela Merkel is concerned that couldShops up to 800 square metres, as well as car and bicycle dealers and bookstores, arethis week under an agreement with the leaders of...

Europe's largest economy has relied more on domestic demand in recent years as the strength of its traditional export engine has faded, and the move echoes a slow easing in neighbouring countries, equally desperate to revive business and society. "We need life again. This whole time it was like a ghost town," said Michaela Frieser, not wearing a face mask, in Frankfurt's main shopping district.The federal and state governments havewhen shopping and on public transport, and some states have even made that compulsory.

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