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What to stream: 'The Last of Us' joins ranks of video game adaptations

Sunday’s buzzy premiere of “The Last of Us” on HBO inspired some thinking about other video game adaptations, which have often been maligned as unsuccessful, though in recent years they’ve gained more respect. "The Last of Us" went in the prestige TV direction, with Craig Mazin from “Chernobyl” collaborating with…

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New images and details emerge for Cardiff International Sports Village as project takes major step forward

The huge new development is "back on track" after being impacted by the pandemic and economic downturn

Wales Online

Legacy benefit claimants will not receive £20 weekly uplift back payments following new appeal outcome

The legal appeal over the £20 Universal Credit uplift during the pandemic has been dismissed.

Daily Record

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Balladz by Sharon Olds review – insights and elegies

From pandemic poems to homages to Emily Dickinson, the American poet’s new work is intimate and heart-stirring

The Guardian - UK

WA jobless workers living 'surrealistic nightmare' as recession looms

Even as economists are forecasting an economic slowdown and rising unemployment in Washington later this year, the state system that provides benefits to jobless workers hasn't even recovered from the last slump.

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Glasgow's 'Golden Z' shopping streets set to be re-imagined in wake of pandemic

A new 'vision' for Glasgow's three main shopping streets is being developed to address challenges caused by the pandemic and changing retail trends.

Glasgow Live

Parents in the US had alarmingly high rates of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that has a direct effect on kids

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the mental health of kids and parents alike.

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My 'soul is tapped out:' The pandemic killed my ambition

The COVID-19 pandemic led many Americans to rethink their relationship with ambition. What it means now is still evolving.

Fortune

The Harbinger review – lockdown horror makes neat use of Covid-19

Writer-director Andy Mitton inventively mashes up pandemic panic and supernatural danger to make a potent, truly creepy package

The Guardian - UK

How did Britain’s big four airports do in 2022?

Plane Talk: Stansted is closest to pre-pandemic passenger numbers, while Heathrow is back at 2001 levels

The Independent UK

ILO Warns: Economic Slowdown Could Force Workers to Accept Lower-Quality Jobs

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned against the current global economic slowdown which could force workers to accept lower-quality jobs, often at very low pay. The number of unemployed people in the world is expected to rise by 3 million to 208 million in 2023, the ILO said Monday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Singapore expects full tourism recovery by 2024

Singapore's international arrivals beat forecasts in 2022, paving the way for its tourism sector to recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024, its tourism authority said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Rising private sector pay adds to pressure on ministers over strikes

Latest figures also show large gap between public sector and private sector, adding to pressure on ministers over strikes

Evening Standard

FAQ on COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5: What is it? Where is it prevalent? How does it differ from Omicron? Does it cause serious illness? How can I protect myself? Why is it nicknamed 'Kraken'?

Despite intensive public health efforts to grind the COVID-19 pandemic to a halt, the recent emergence of the highly transmissible, extensively drug-resistant and profoundly immune system-evading XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 subvariant is putting the global community on edge.

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Obesity treatments catch drugmakers’ eyes as sales seen soaring

Three years ago, drugmakers and laboratories around the world responded to the pandemic with Covid-19 vaccines. Now that the urgency has faded, they’re collectively turning attention to an older pandemic: obesity.

ABC News

WA authorities rule out hardline takeaway alcohol bans across Kimberley, Pilbara

Local leaders support the decision to scrap the police-backed proposal and instead keep pandemic-era restrictions, such as volume limits and reduced hours at bottle shops.

France 24

Davos 2023: Oxfam calls for windfall taxes as report shows widening inequality

Oxfam's latest report on inequality shows that two thirds of global wealth created since the Covid-19 pandemic has gone to the top 1 percent of earners. As the 2023 World Economic Forum gets underway, the anti-poverty NGO is calling for windfall taxes on wealthy individuals and corporate profits. FRANCE 24's…

The Independent UK

Minister says there were ‘many things’ Government did not get right in pandemic

While acknowledging there are ‘lessons to learn’ from the Covid-19 crisis, Lord Markham also pointed to successes.

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The Guardian - UK

Man trampled to death by cows during walk in West Yorkshire, inquest told

Michael Holmes’s wife, Teresa, who was injured in the incident, says it happened on a regular pandemic stroll

Wales Online

ITV Maternal: Cast, plot, locations and how to watch

The new ITV drama is set in a post-pandemic world and tells the story of three female doctors

Caixin Global

Editorial: Pandemic Reveals Just How Important Medical Reform Is for China

Coordinated development and regulation of health insurance, medical services and pharmaceuticals should be the tent poles of revamping the health care system

Reason

School Closures Still Link to Learning Loss, Nearly 3 Years Into Pandemic

Reading and math scores declined between 2020 to 2022, reversing two decades of improvement.

Axios

Polarization eats the developed world

Around the world, economic optimism has cratered thanks to rising inflation in the wake of the pandemic.

France 24

Davos 2023: World Economic Forum kicks off amid calls for more tax on super-rich

Political and business leaders from around the world are convening in the Swiss resort town of Davos. The theme for this year's meeting is "cooperation in a fragmented world". FRANCE 24's Kate Moody is in Davos and tells us what we should expect. Also in the show, Oxfam releases its…

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15 travel trends that will define 2023

After two years of near paralysis amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 marked the worldwide return of travel. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the past 12 months have been all about recovery with international tourist arrivals nearly tripling between January and July of 2022 — up 172%…

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