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Christmas can still be done on a budget with cherries, mangoes, prawns on the menu

Despite tighter budgets for many, there is still plenty of fresh produce that will be relatively affordable for Christmas. Cherries are starting to arrive and stone fruit is looking good, but seafood lovers should put their order in soon.

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The Loop: Donald Trump faces criticism from Mitch McConnell, Will Smith on why he 'lost it' on Oscars night, and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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Labour hits back at Tory attacks on plan to put VAT on private school fees

Figures show drop in partnerships with state schools – which Labour says Tories promised would trigger a review of fees

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Three years that changed us

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China should end its anti-COVID lockdowns, the head of the IMF says

The change could calm widespread protests, and would ease the impact to a world economy already struggling with high inflation, an energy crisis and disrupted food supply.

WEKU

University of Newcastle forecasts $23 million deficit for 2022

"If we continue to move in that direction it would obviously be concerning."

Newcastle Herald

China's lockdown protests and rising COVID leave Xi Jinping with '2 bad options'

Extraordinary street protests in some Chinese cities and campuses over the weekend put Xi Jinping's controversial approach to the pandemic under the spotlight.

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A&E attendance at Royal Victoria Infirmary up almost 20% compared to before Covid-19

Hospital boss Dame Jackie Daniel has warned of a tough winter ahead for emergency care services in Newcastle.

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Post-Covid inflation adds a new twist to the famous Phillips Curve

A 'wet weekend's work' by NZ's most brilliant economist is being embraced by the world's central banks to help chart a course out of pandemic.

Newsroom.co.nz

Four tips to avoid your office Christmas party turning into a superspreader event

With Christmas just a month away, the good news is that COVID cases in the UK have been falling, and are now at the lowest we’ve seen them for some time.

The Conversation

China COVID-19 policy protesters reveal why they took to the streets and what they saw

Hundreds of mostly young Chinese people have risked imprisonment by taking part in widespread demonstrations against the government's strict COVID-19 policies and suppression of civil liberties. The ABC spoke to some of them about what they saw and why they took part.

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Republican attorneys general file petition to repeal vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Twenty-two attorneys general filed a petition on November 17, 2022, requesting the Biden administration to repeal the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule on November 5, 2021, requiring healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The interim rule…

Ballotpedia

Biden's Support for COVID Protests Hinges on What Country They're in

The president has urged the Chinese government to respect the rights of anti-lockdown demonstrators. He actively encouraged the Canadian government to end the trucker protests.

Reason

East Lothian leisure bosses praised for saving jobs during pandemic

Enjoy has seen its membership return to 93 per cent of its pre-pandemic numbers despite dropping by a third in the first year of lockdown and says the cost of living crisis is making private gym users come to their facilities instead.

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Wales Online

Twitter quietly drops Covid-19 misinformation policy

It was not publicly announced

The Guardian - UK

致中国大陆的读者：跟我们分享您对反清零政策抗议的看法

我们想跟在中国大陆生活的人了解一下他们对抗争的看法及在中国大陆防疫措施下的的日常生活 We would like to speak to people in China about their views on the protests and what daily life is like with Covid restrictions

The Guardian - UK

Error at UK Covid testing lab might have led to 23 deaths, say experts

Mistake at Immensa Health Clinic Ltd lab in Wolverhampton led to 39,000 tests wrongly labelled negative

Wales Online

Covid-19 testing lab blunder led to around 20 extra deaths and almost 700 hospital admissions

Staff errors have been blamed for the mistake which saw 39,000 positive covid tests being reported as negative

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Evening Standard

Blunder at Covid lab which mixed up positive and negative tests ‘could have killed 20 people’

A blunder at a lab which led to thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, new estimates from the UK Health Security Agency show.

The Independent UK

Covid lab mistakes could have led to deaths of around 20 people

Positive PCR tests reported as negative also led to an additional 55,000 infections, UK Health Security Agency says

The National (Scotland)

Around 20 deaths linked to Covid-19 lab blunder, investigators estimate

A BLUNDER at a lab which saw thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new…

Bristol Post

British Curry Awards: Surprise win as Urban Tandoor recognised for award-winning TikTok account

The UK awards ceremony has been dubbed the 'Curry Oscars'

Salon

Telecommute culture takes root in Calif.

COVID-19 has transformed California’s workplace culture in ways researchers say will reverberate well beyond 2022

The Independent UK

Investigators estimate around 20 deaths are linked to blunder in Covid-19 lab

The error led to tens of thousands of extra infections and hundreds of hospital admissions, according to new projections.

The Conversation

Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challenge

“Future chips may be 10 times faster, all thanks to graphene”; “Graphene may be used in COVID-19 detection”; and “Graphene allows batteries to charge 5x faster” – those are just a handful of recent dramatic headlines lauding the possibilities of graphene. Graphene is an incredibly light, strong and durable material…

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