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The discovery of new coronavirus cases in two students has marred the reopening of schools in South Korea, Reuters reports.
Seventy-five high schools turned pupils away on Wednesday, amid fears among some teachers that it was unsafe for classes to resume.
Oxfam International is to lay off almost 1,500 staff and close operations in 18 countries – including Afghanistan where it has worked for 50 years – after it emerged that the global aid organisation had been bleeding cash during the coronavirus crisis, writes Guardian global development reporter Peter Beaumont.
The agency has seen its funding model hit by an accumulation of crises.
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