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China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations -WHO

China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according to a weekly report published by the World Health Organization on Thursday.

Reuters

Prince William's shock at 'terrifying' scale of homelessness affecting kids as young as 9

The Prince of Wales yesterday echoed the work of his late mother Princess Diana with a visit to Depaul UK where outreach staff described how the pandemic had been a “major contributing factor” for hundreds of people accessing vital services

Daily Mirror

Victorians won't miss myki, but what will 'best practice' transport ticketing look like?

With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step is to make the ticketing and payment process as easy as possible. That means…

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Do Criminal Trials with Mask-Wearing Witnesses Violate the Defendant's Right to Confront Witnesses?

No, said the Alabama intermediate appellate court last year (though apparently without a published majority opinion), and last Friday the Alabama Supreme Court declined to hear the case, also without a published opinion, in Ex Parte Rodriguez. But Chief Justice Parker, joined by Justices Bolin, Sellers, and Stewart, dissented—here's an…

Reason

More than 2,000 heart attacks could occur due to missed blood pressure medication during pandemic

Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure between March 2020 and the end of July 2021

Evening Standard

Price of used cars soars by 70 per cent compared to before the pandemic

A second-hand car is now 16.2% more expensive than it was last year and 69.7% higher than in February 2020 - a month before the pandemic began.

Irish Mirror

Rescue centre taking in five dogs per day as owners struggle to cope

Border Collie Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre cared for around 20 dogs before the pandemic hit but now has at least 120 in their centre, as they continue to take in 'unwanted' pets every day

Daily Mirror

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President Joe Biden: ‘Miraculous’ dealmaker or ‘consistently inconsistent’? What experts say two years in

As Joe Biden enters his third year in office, The Independent digs deep into how the president did on key issues like labour, climate, legislation, inflation, Covid and civil rights. Josh Marcus introduces the series

The Independent UK

Courage amid crisis: Battered by COVID-19 years and a staffing shortage, these nurses fight to keep quality care front and center

MEADVILLE, Pennsylvania — A crush of names clogs a computer screen in an office where sick and hurting people shuffle in one by one, bundled against the winter cold.

Tribune News Service

Back inside Dallas’ Parkland Hospital with nurses who have a lot of healing left to do

DALLAS — Nurses on Parkland Memorial Hospital’s life-saving front line against COVID-19 have turned a corner on the most grueling medical calamity of the century.

Tribune News Service

Seniors benefit from remote fitness boom

Virtual classes offer opportunities for supervised physical activity that were rare before the pandemic

Salon

Numbers of asylum seekers in France close to pre-Covid record

Nearly 131,000 people asked for asylum in France in 2022 – a 27 percent increase from the year before and close to the record high from before the Covid pandemic.

Radio France Internationale

Millions of benefits claimants to miss out on backdated £720 after landmark court case

A number of benefit claimants took legal action claiming that some pandemic-related increases were 'discriminatory'

Wales Online

Jacinda Ardern’s lasting legacy as a trailblazing leader

Jacinda Ardern received international recognition in the wake of terrorist attacks and the pandemic. She wants her kindness to be remembered.

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Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC's Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site.

Fortune

In a post-pandemic world, we need a new social contract for work

Companies need to develop new social and psychological contracts with their employees, according to Mercer CEO Martine Ferland.

Manchester Evening News

How two of Manchester's most luxurious hotels are now performing in a post-pandemic world

New documents have revealed how both hotels have recovered from the pandemic

Tribune News Service

POINT: Biden gets a solid ‘A’ at his midterm

As we approach the midpoint of President Joe Biden’s first term, there is little doubt that he deserves a solid “A.” He has turned the economy around, gotten the pandemic under control, gotten inflation under control and laid the basis for a rapid transition to clean energy. No president since…

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Rural seniors benefit from pandemic-driven remote fitness boom

MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class.

Los Angeles Times

LA Catholic schools are growing after years of decline. But is it enough?

LOS ANGELES -- When the time came to select her daughter's elementary school, Inglewood, California, resident Nichole Celistan searched for a campus that fostered community, a school where her child would thrive.

The Independent UK

New Zealand's Ardern, an icon to many, to step down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, said Thursday she was leaving office

Bangkok Post

China reopening ‘not enough’ to power Thai growth to 4% in 2023

An upswing in tourism from China’s reopening will help boost Thailand’s economy, but isn’t sufficient to restore growth to pre-pandemic levels just yet, according to analysts.

AAP

WA govt appoints COVID-19 review panel

An expert panel has been appointed to review the WA government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a final report expected in about six months.

Al Jazeera

North Korea pledges to revitalise economy after COVID ‘victory’

The secretive state claims ‘remarkable successes’ after upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

North Korea calls for normalising factories, economy after COVID 'upheaval'

North Korea's parliament has outlined plans to normalise industrial production and meet its economic goals this year, despite the "worst-ever upheaval" amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, state media said on Thursday.

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