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Climate-conscious consumers to bale out wool industry

Wool is natural, sustainable, biodegradable and versatile but NZ’s coarse wool industry is in more dire trouble than ever - a situation a new three-year strategy hopes to change, writes Nikki Mandow

Newsroom.co.nz

Are we in for another Covid summer?

Summer has arrived, but with our restrictions largely kicked to the curb and a soup of different variants at play, what can we expect from Covid-19 case numbers?

Newsroom.co.nz

Ministry opposed asymptomatic testing because it might find cases

Health officials withheld advice that could have detected more Covid-19 cases, specifically because they did not want asymptomatic cases to be found.

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Covid vaccine: Time for people under 50 to be offered a fourth dose?

Autumn boosters are currently available to people aged over 50 or with certain health conditions

Wales Online

Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health

Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site’s rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about the possible repercussions.

The Conversation

One in seven nursing posts in London vacant with 11,000 vacancies in September

NHS figures lay bare staffing shortages in the capital ahead of nursing strikes

Evening Standard

Disappointed West Lothian bride had to wait as golfers 'played through' wedding photos

After viewing the venue, the couple excitedly set a date but that was just the start of many problems ahead that left the bride feeling disappointed on her big day.

Edinburgh Live

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COVID vaccines: should people under 50 in the UK be offered a fourth dose?

It’s been nearly two years since Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive an approved COVID vaccine at a clinic in Coventry on December 8, 2020. Since then, almost 13 billion doses of various COVID vaccines have been administered globally. And they are estimated to have…

The Conversation

'We can't continue to support the Gaiety forever', councillor says

Councillor Bob Pollock said the famous theatre needs to come up with a viable business plan.

Daily Record

HSE warns of early flu season as cases shoot up among children

Medical experts have warned that the triple threat of seasonal flu, Covid-19 and RSV could be high this winter

Dublin Live

POINT: A productive lame duck — the end of a historic Congress

As this session of Congress winds down, it’s important to note its many achievements. The current Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure package, bipartisan anti-gun violence reform and a COVID-19 relief package, and made historic investments in climate change and health care while holding the former president accountable by exposing the…

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 cases keep climbing in Hunter as diverted cruise ship passengers hospitalised

There were more than 3500 new cases recorded in the past week.

Newcastle Herald

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.45% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 1.4%

Caixin Global

ACT public school students get free rapid antigen tests

More than 40,000 COVID tests will be sent out this term.

The Canberra Times

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Dublin Live

Dublin pubs: Publicans slam moves by Heineken to hike prices of pints from today

“I think the big concern is what price increases of this magnitude will have on the whole industry, on pub culture, that’s the main concern."

The Independent UK

What the papers say – December 1

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie adorns many of the front pages following her death aged 79.

Daily Record

"I am sorry" - Health Secretary Humza Yousaf apologies for ambulance and treatment waits for Scots

Yousaf told the Record in an exclusive interview that the waiting lists are "unacceptable" - and apologised

Reuters

China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of historic protests

China is set to announce an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocols in the coming days and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after anger over the world's toughest curbs fuelled widespread protests.

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Zero-Covid: five charts that show how restrictions are throttling the Chinese economy

Three years into the pandemic, China is still relying on snap lockdowns and mass testing – and that could spell trouble for the global economy

Wales Online

President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world

Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy

Wales Online

Covid now mainly a disease of the elderly with nine in 10 deaths among people aged 65 or over

Vaccine uptake is much lower than earlier in the pandemic, with some experts warning that the next variant could mutate to become deadlier

Daily Mirror

Gareth Southgate makes admission over decision not to copy Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola

Gareth Southgate has guided England to the 2022 World Cup last-16, having reached the semi-finals four years ago and the Euros final last year, but what has made him tick in Qatar?

AAP

Melbourne the top destination for tourists

Domestic tourism has bounced back to above pre-COVID-19 levels and Melbourne has been the biggest beneficiary of increased visitors.

Bangkok Post

How are Thais spending so much now?

Third-quarter GDP growth for 2022 (Q3/2022) is 4.5% -- substantially higher than the expected 4%. The main driving factor is robust private consumption -- not tourism income -- which expanded 9% in real terms and 15.7% in nominal terms, compared to the same quarter last year. On the surface, this…

Bangkok Post

IRPC expects petrochemical prices to rise

IRPC, the petrochemical arm of national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc, expects prices of petrochemical products, which hit a 10-year low, to increase early next year as Covid-19 eases.

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