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Pritzker announces bipartisan deal with business and labor to pay off unemployment fund debt: ‘We can find common ground’

Pritzker announced the state had reached a deal via the agreed bill process to contribute $1.8 billion and add $450 million as an interest-free loan to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Lawmakers are in Springfield for the fall veto session — and changes to the massive criminal justice package…

Chicago Sun-Times

Banks stronger now than in GFC: RBA

A senior RBA official says the financial system would have been in strife during the COVID-19 pandemic if it were still as fragile as in 2007.

AAP

New flu defense in the works: 1 shot to protect against all 20 influenza viruses

Taking a new approach, based on the mRNA technology that proved effective against COVID-19, University of Pennsylvania researchers are working on the experimental vaccine.

Chicago Sun-Times

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No easy exit from 'zero-Covid'

Following a deadly fire in a residential building in China's Xinjiang region -- which many blame on Covid-19 lockdowns -- Chinese protesters have taken to the streets to demand an end to stringent pandemic restrictions. Even before the protests erupted, there were signs that President Xi Jinping's administration was preparing…

Bangkok Post

Applications for hotel asset warehousing scheme decrease

The total number of hoteliers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic applying for the central bank's asset warehousing scheme has declined thanks to the rebound in the tourism sector, according to an executive at the Bank of Thailand (BoT).

Bangkok Post

The pandemic created challenges and opportunities for Canadian immigration

Canada has long relied on strong immigration to fulfil the country’s demographic needs, expand its economy and support regional development.

The Conversation

Three years that changed us

In 21 countries, we asked photographers to capture snapshots of home and hope. Here's what they saw.

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X Factor star Katie Waissel’s grandmother – Britain’s oldest sex worker – dies aged 93

Ms Vogel-Coupe advertised her services until the Covid-19 pandemic started, it has been reported

Evening Standard

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.

WEKU

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

Camilla condemns ‘global pandemic’ of violence against women

The Queen Consort said two of the most powerful ways in which to make a difference were ‘to remember and to listen’

The Guardian - UK

Shannon Abloh says pandemic allowed her ‘last two and a half years’ with husband Virgil before his death

Designer died from cancer last year at age 41

The Independent UK

Surge in mental health problems among teenagers is ‘national emergency’ Government warned

‘The government need to prioritise the crisis in youth mental health as a matter of national emergency,’ warns charity.

The Independent UK

Perth rentals snapped up as prices rise

Perth renters are facing a continuing struggle to secure accommodation with the number of listed properties slumping during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Edinburgh Live

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.

Liverpool Echo

Number of mortgage approvals for house purchase falls to lowest level in two years

The number of mortgages approved in October 2022 was the lowest since the pandemic

Reuters

Pictures of the year: 2022

(This Nov. 29 story has been corrected to change designation to prime minister, not president, in paragraph 6)

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why are China's COVID rules so strict?

At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what many other countries were doing to try and contain the virus

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Al Jazeera

China ramps up COVID vaccination for elderly after rare protests

Simmering discontent with stringent COVID policies three years into the pandemic have ignited into broader protests.

Bangkok Post

Malaysian marriages rise after pandemic in 2021 as divorces drop

Marriages in Malaysia rebounded in 2021 as divorces fell further, indicating that Malaysian couples may be more hesitant about separating after the coronavirus pandemic.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden, Macron Ready to Talk Ukraine, Trade in State Visit

French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden's presidency — a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden-Macron relationship had a choppy start. Macron briefly recalled France's ambassador to the United States…

Reuters

Australia to withdraw or refund tens of thousands of COVID fines

Australia's largest state will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the COVID pandemic after government lawyers conceded on Tuesday that some fines were invalid in a test case brought by a legal advocacy group.

The Guardian - AU

More than 33,000 Covid fines withdrawn in NSW after adverse court ruling

Court victory by Redfern Legal Centre prompts government to cancel half of all fines issued for breaching pandemic restrictions

Chicago Sun-Times

City Colleges enrollment uptick outpaces state, national averages but still short of pre-pandemic levels

City Colleges enrollment stands at 34,798 this fall, up 6.9% or 2,233 students from 32,565 a year ago.

The Independent UK

Connecticut facing growing cost of pandemic bonus pay

A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General Assembly to considering how to cover the extra cost of promised bonuses for thousands of frontline workers who remained on the job the during the coronavirus pandemic

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