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The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Xi Jinping’s bid to extend rule puts ‘zero-COVID’ exit in focus

The Chinese leader has given no indication that the upcoming party congress will herald a shift in pandemic strategy.

Al Jazeera

Ramsdens hikes up profit forecast as foreign currency business bounces back

The Middlesbrough firm also said its pawnbroking loans grew above pre-pandemic levels

Birmingham Post

Ghana and the IMF: debt restructuring must go hand-in-hand with managing finances better

Ghana is struggling with managing its debt, 20-year high inflation, a weak currency, and rising inequality. For example, inflation rose to 33.9% in August 2022 from 9.7% a year earlier, while the cedi has depreciated by 41% year-to-date against the US dollar. These vulnerabilities have been worsened by the aftershocks…

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Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn’t have a vaccine

Covid has led to pandemic fatigue, but for both humanitarian and self-interested reasons, global governments must help, says global public health expert Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

Japan eager to welcome tourists from abroad amid cheap yen

Individual travelers will be able to visit Japan without visas beginning Tuesday, just like in pre-COVID-19 times

The Independent UK

Anxiety can look different in children. Here's what to look for and some treatments to consider

Throughout the pandemic, many families have struggled with fears about COVID, employment and lock-downs – all while experiencing disruption to things like school, childcare, social support services and beloved activities. It has been stressful for some, traumatic for others.

The Conversation

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage

(This Oct.09 story has been corrected to add negative COVID-19 test condition in paragraph 13)

Reuters

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Living costs more stressful than pandemic

Australians are more concerned about cost of living pressures than the COVID-19 pandemic, but many still feel lost when it comes to mental health and wellbeing.

AAP

NYC couple claims they were falsely called antisemites and beaten by politically connected Brooklyn Hasidic patrol

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn couple claims a Hasidic safety patrol attacked them and falsely accused them of making antisemitic remarks when they challenged them for not wearing masks at the height of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Operators turn to new store formats

Thailand's modern retail sector following the pandemic has transformed from big box stores with a wide variety of products and prices to next-generation stores catering to a modern lifestyle using technology to offer personalised value.

Bangkok Post

COVID saw millions of Australians start working from home. As the pandemic recedes, do we want to return to the office?

Australians sit at a crossroads, with the pandemic forcing us to realise that for many office workers, working from home is a viable, even preferable, option.

ABC News

Grief experts reveal a new word for social loss — and 3 strategies to heal

While shadowloss is a new word intended help people better describe a shared experience, academics have observed that non-death losses can result in grief .

Inverse

Telemedicine was made easy during COVID-19. Not any more

Restrictions are returning to telemedicine, an area of medicine that exploded in popularity early in the pandemic

The Independent UK

World Mental Health Day | Experts underline need for more psychiatrists, early identification

WHO reported in 2017 that there were about 9,000 psychiatrists practising in India, which equates to 0.75% per lakh of people

The Hindu

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Inverse

Why Covid-19 made this sexually transmitted superbug even worse

Gonorrhea is on the rise, but there are concrete steps that people can take to prevent it from getting worse.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt: Official Calls to Rationalize Spending amid Rising Prices

The Egyptian government stressed that it would continue to subsidize bread and provide a safe reserve of goods, meat and poultry, amid official and media calls to “rationalize spending due to high prices.” Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Dr. Ali Al-Moselhi said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to raise…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF Provides Highest Financing to Arab Countries in Decades

Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that the world was going through a delicate stage due to successive shocks and uncertainty in the global economic system. He underlined the need for international cooperation to face challenges, especially with…

Manchester Evening News

Afflecks is 40 and doing better than ever - meet the special people who've made it what it is

Everyone has a story about Afflecks - a totem of indie and alternative culture

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What is the 'cultural tax' and how can employers avoid 'the great resignation'?

The pandemic has shifted the way many perceive the value of work, with terms such as the great resignation, burn out and work-life balance becoming common parlance. These leaders say work isn't just a means to an end anymore: Young people want their work to be part of something meaningful.

The Guardian - AU

Hive-mind writing: how two children’s authors brainstormed a book on Twitter

They had never met and lived 3,000km apart, but Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble conspired online to write a YA pandemic novel – well before Covid hit

The Guardian - AU

‘What can possibly go wrong?’ Global headwinds stall Australian couple’s epic round-the-world voyage

Peter and Jennifer Bernard had a five-year plan to circumnavigate the world. Four years in, they are only halfway into their journey, after the pandemic cast their plans into disarray

Glasgow Live

Ten events in and around Glasgow to look forward to over the autumn and winter months - and what won’t be going ahead

Over the past few years, events have been on and off due to the pandemic - but it seems like things are back in full force this year, so what's on for the coming months in Glasgow?

The Independent UK

SNP depute leader tells delegates ‘be ready for fight about to come’

The SNP met in Aberdeen for the first time since before the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Secret Cinema’s new owners want to be the Netflix of live events

TodayTix eyes global expansion for UK firm known for immersive film screenings, which took a Covid hammering

The Guardian - UK

Leaseholders who work from home warned they could face legal action

Many landlords ignored violations of the terms of the lease during the pandemic – but that may now change

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