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COVID dread for immigration detainees

For the roughly 30,000 people living in the country’s network of immigration facilities, COVID remains a threat

Salon

'Glass Onion' can't figure out what kind of pandemic movie it is

We've seen countless movies try to take on the Covid-19 pandemic, but there's no flawless way to make it work.

Inverse

How Australia is recovering from the pandemic’s migration slow down

During the early stages of the pandemic we experienced negative net overseas migration for the first time since World War II in 2020/21.

The New Daily

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Christmas returns to Bethlehem after two years of COVID curbs

Tourists flock to the occupied West Bank city to celebrate Christmas after pandemic restrictions were lifted.

Al Jazeera

Government to launch bid to encourage over-50s to end early retirement

Around 630,000 have left the workforce since 2019 and employment figures are still not back to pre-pandemic levels

Evening Standard

Hong Kong leader aims to reopen border with China next month

Hong Kong’s leader says China has agreed to a reopening of the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed by pandemic restrictions

The Independent UK

Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits

The biblical town of Bethlehem is gearing up for what residents hope will be a merry Christmas

The Independent UK

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Outbound travellers surge to 3-year high

The New Year holiday is expected to see 33,400 Thais travelling overseas every day, increasing from an average of 28,000, mainly driven by pent-up demand from years of the pandemic, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

Bangkok Post

Landmark £200m lawsuit launched against government by Covid bereaved families

A first group of 20 families have begun proceedings

Wales Online

Matt Hancock's book sales flop as critics slam 'exercise in self-justification'

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle Against Covid entered the Neilson book charts in 191th place, but has sharply plummeted to outside the top 1,000.

Chronicle Live

Christmas hope for Covid bereaved as landmark £200million lawsuit against Tories begins

The government has been told a £200million lawsuit is set to be launched by families of those who died 'without even being able to say goodbye' due to Tory blunders during the Covid pandemic

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock's book sales plummet as reviewers slam 'exercise in self-justification'

His tome Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle Against Covid entered the Neilson book charts at number 191 earlier this month and has since plummeted so sharply it’s no longer in the top 1,000

Daily Mirror

Families of care home residents who died in pandemic preparing for legal action

Leigh Day is representing 22 people who each have one or more family members who died, some in hospital but the majority in care homes.

The Independent UK

In jazz, 2022 was a year of resurgence and renewed caution, triumphant returns and major losses

SAN DIEGO — After being largely sidelined in 2020 and too much of 2021, jazz rebounded this year in San Diego, across the nation and around the world — but with some modifications and pandemic-era setbacks and losses.

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Roll Call

Most members phone it in as House clears spending package - Roll Call

A rule created during the pandemic allowing House members to vote by proxy was popular for the final vote on a massive spending measure.

Evening Standard

Grieving relatives plan legal action against government over Covid care home deaths

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

Caixin Global

Opinion: Why China’s Covid Health Codes Should Be Abandoned

Three experts weigh in on why authorities ought to scrap the once ubiquitous code and whether the underlying technology can be harnessed for other uses

Los Angeles Times

LA students' grades are rising, but test scores are falling. Why the big disconnect?

LOS ANGELES — Claudia Chacon said her two children, who attend Fairfax High School, bring home good grades in math and English. But when she reviews their individual scores on California's statewide tests, she wonders what they are learning. The standardized exams have shown her boys do not meet grade-level…

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Reuters

China lacked a 'zero COVID' exit plan. Its people are paying the price

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.

Los Angeles Times

Weekly LA County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LOS ANGELES — Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County are higher than at any point during the summer surge, illustrating the persistent toll the pandemic continues to exact amid concerns that cases could surge again this winter.

Bangkok Post

New Year spending to hit B103bn

Consumer spending during the New Year holiday is expected to reach 103 billion baht, pushed by the country's continued economic recovery from the pandemic.

Reason

The Public Trial Right and COVID

In State v. Brimmer, decided today by the Iowa Supreme Court, the majority (Justices Dana Oxley, joined by Justices Christopher McDonald, Matthew McDermott, and David May) concluded that defendant's public trial rights were violated by the complete closure of his trial, including the exclusion of his family (here, just his…

Chronicle Live

World-famous Millennium Bridge hit by budget cuts as council plans to axe spectacular summer tilts

Daily openings of the world-first tilting bridge have not taken place since before the pandemic and face being cancelled for good under Gateshead Council's plans to slash spending

The Independent UK

Welsh NHS waiting lists record first fall since Covid-19 pandemic

Data from October reveals there were 753,293 treatments waiting to be completed, the first decrease since April 2020.

Salon

2022: The year the pandemic dragged on

Vaccines and boosters weren't enough to protect us from what mutated into the most infectious virus ever known

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