Marcelo Quiroga tests positive at UN general assembly in New York; Australia tourism minister says on track to reopen borders ‘by Christmas’
- Ardern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions eased
- Riot police on Melbourne streets to prevent third day of protests
- Argentina to lift almost all Covid restrictions as cases and deaths fall
- ‘High alert’ warning as more than 100,000 pupils in England miss school
That’s it from me for today. Handing over now to my colleague Tom Ambrose. Thanks for reading!
With little work for taxi drivers in Thailand amid the pandemic, a Bangkok cab company has transformed its cars into mini vegetable gardens to provide food for workers.
The Ratchapruek Taxi Cooperative has been forced to take hundreds of cars off the road in the last year as a result of Covid, reports Reuters, leaving many drivers without enough money to pay for the lease on their vehicles.
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