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New Zealand's Ardern leaves legacy of kindness, disappointments

Jacinda Ardern has put tiny New Zealand on the map in her five years as prime minister, becoming a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as she struggled at home with the economy and COVID-19 restrictions.

Reuters

China's population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet's population turns down

China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected – that 2022 was the year China’s population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1959-1961.

The Conversation

Launceston's Boag's Brewery stops tours and closes visitors centre, putting 13 jobs on the line

Brewery operators say the impact of COVID-19 and declining beer consumption is forcing them to close the visitors centre and stop tours at the end of the month.

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People who catch Covid five times more likely of dying 18 months after infection

Study involving 150,000 participants shows the likelihood of Covid-19 patients dying was up to 81 times higher in the first three weeks

Wales Online

‘Hybrid’ COVID immunity from vaccination and infection is superior to that from infection alone, new WHO-backed study finds

The study shows "the advantages of vaccination even after people have had COVID-19," the international public health organization says.

Fortune

Defibrillators in telephone booths long preceded COVID

A movement to retrofit telephone kiosks with defibrillators across the U.K. is more than a decade old and didn’t result from the coronavirus or vaccines, according to Community Heartbeat Trust, the nonprofit that originated the idea

The Independent UK

Marble Arch: Covid-hit London destination introduces loyalty app to reignite shopping

One of London’s busiest shopping districts is looking to compete against online shopping by encouraging high street spending with its own loyalty app.

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ATAGI is considering a fifth COVID-19 vaccine dose, but how many boosters should I already have and who is eligible?

The federal government is waiting on advice about whether Australians should have a fifth COVID-19 vaccine. So, how many people have had the current boosters and who is eligible for what?

ABC News

As wait times and the financial pressures of COVID-19 increase, more people across Australia are delaying seeing the dentist

Dental practitioners say they're seeing a rise in tooth decay and damage, particularly among culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

ABC News

Poet Michael Rosen marches with nurses out of ‘gratitude’ after his Covid coma

The 76-year-old said he was in hospital for three months after being put in an induced coma after falling seriously ill with Covid in March 2020.

The Independent UK

Davos 2023: China recovery could be very quick - IMF's Gopinath

China could see a sharp recovery in economic growth from the second quarter onwards based on current infection trends after the dismantling of most COVID-19 restrictions, IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said on Wednesday.

Reuters

‘Humanity hit a brick wall’: John Cale on the Velvets, Nico, Covid and a gun-ridden world gone bad

As he hits 80 and releases a softly raging album inspired by the ugliness of the pandemic years, the ever restless and eternally avant-garde musician unburdens himself

The Guardian - UK

Summer break replaced with reshuffles and resets for MPs

The rest from the public eye is over for Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon who will both make announcements from their caucus retreats in Napier on Thursday

Newsroom.co.nz

Fed's Powell tests positive for COVID, has 'mild' symptoms

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” the Federal Reserve announced

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World's oldest person dies at 118 after surviving two World Wars and Covid-19 pandemic

She lived through the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and in 2021 she shrugged off Covid with few symptoms

Dublin Live

HSE worried over slow uptake of Covid-19 boosters in Ireland

The rollout of the second booster dose was accelerated at the end of 2022 but doctors are concerned at the low levels of uptake, particularly amongst healthcare professionals

Wales Online

Mum survived major illness and surgery - and is now planning to run a marathon

Allison Basker nearly died when she became seriously unwell in 2021

The Conversation

Fictional newsman Ted Baxter was more invested in fame than in good journalism – but unlike today's pundits, he didn't corrupt the news

Pundits are commonplace in today’s cable news environment, with politically tilted news coverage coming from both left and right. Particularly dangerous are characters like Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, who have stoked anger and polarization by promoting bigotry and spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the 2020 election.

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The Times of India

A guide to vegan non-toxic beauty

A recent analysis looks into a potential link between Covid 19 Vaccines and the Fast-going impacts of Botox. But is it true that the Covid 19 vaccine making your botox ware off faster? Well, last week Allure Magazine published an article on the same topic, having many regulars complaining about…

Reuters

French unions dig in for pension battle with Macron

Is France back to its old ways?

Wales Online

Covid guidance updated in parts of Spain with people advised to wear masks again

Parts of the country are bringing back Covid rules in the face of new strains

The Guardian - UK

Rush for bags and scarves helps Burberry offset China Covid slump

British luxury goods firm reports 1% increase in global sales in last quarter of 2022

Axios

Why China's growth and population declines matter

The post-COVID world economy could be different from the one we've come to rely on.

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt mocked for 'Mr Bean-esque' video explaining why inflation is so high

The Chancellor was accused of airbrushing out Liz Truss's disastrous economic policy as he blamed Covid, the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices for inflation in a bizarre two-minute video

The Independent UK

Do we have China’s full Covid data? The WHO is pushing for more

The lack of transparency around the latest outbreak has heightened concern among global health officials that new variants could be spreading undetected, writes Adam Taylor

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