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Commentary: This Labor Day, support the union wave

This Labor Day, we’re thinking about the people who make our picnics possible. People like Marielena, who works in a poultry plant in North Carolina. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the workers “do not have sufficient time to even disinfect our hands,” says Marielena.

Tribune News Service

Jimbo's emotional music tribute to country doctor mum

Jimbo has just released a video of the song, his first.

Newcastle Herald

China railway travel hits 8-year low in summer months on virus flare-ups

Railway travel in China hit an eight-year trough and a pandemic low in the usually busy summer season, according to official data, as fresh virus flare-ups curbed mobility and hit tourist confidence.

Reuters

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Parents 'on the edge' with worries over how to keep their children warm and fed, says report

Two-thirds report money concerns as number in fuel poverty is estimated to hit 28million by the New Year

Wales Online

Dozens of metro post offices could close

Australia Post could close about 30 branches across the country following the double whammy of the pandemic and damage from the country's run of intense rain.

AAP

Pandemic migration causes culture clashes and class gap in regional Australia, research finds

Tension is rising between long-term locals and newcomers in regional Australia, according to new research, as institutions from coffee shops to Facebook groups feel the effects.

ABC News

NHS waiting lists are main reason people use or consider private care – poll

The survey by Ipsos found that about a third of people were either using private care or considering it within the next six months.

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More than two-thirds of parents ‘worried about paying for food, energy and fuel’

Social innovation foundation Nesta commissioned Opinium Research to survey 5,000 UK parents between August 18 and 22.

The Independent UK

Eight in 10 parents worried about paying gas and electricity bills – poll

Around two-thirds of parents also said they were concerned about meeting food and fuel costs.

The Independent UK

Kids’ math and reading scores dropped during the pandemic: national test data

Math and reading test scores for elementary students fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, newly-released national standardized testing data shows.

Tribune News Service

Averting debt disaster in the developing world

Many developing countries are teetering on the edge of a debt crisis, with the Covid-19 pandemic, soaring food and energy costs, and the monetary tightening of major economies all threatening to push them over. But the international community has yet to do what is necessary to pull at-risk countries back…

Bangkok Post

Thailand prepares to host Apec event

The Thai private sector is ready to host the Apec CEO Summit 2022 in November, focusing on inflation, the energy and food crisis, economic rehabilitation after the pandemic, and sustainability.

Bangkok Post

America’s getting back to work, and that includes Illinois

Since Joe Biden took office, we’ve added 9.5 million jobs to the economy. The unemployment rate has plunged to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low.

Chicago Sun-Times

Long COVID has put 4 million out of work

A new study reckons with the incredible economic impact of long COVID, which has erased over 2% of the workforce

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The Hindu

World accepted power of yoga and AYUSH during pandemic: Yogi Adityanath

Bengaluru emerging as centre for traditional medicine, says U.P. CM

ABC News

Queensland approaches 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, new 'traffic light' COVID warning system announced

Queensland is poised to surpass 2,000 COVID deaths as the state’s Chief Health Officer John Gerrard foreshadows a "traffic light system" to warn the public of virus waves moving forward.

The Hindu

A revert to the mean: On violent crimes and the pandemic

The increase in violent crimes and suicides in 2021 point to the indirect consequences of the pandemic

Chicago Tribune

17 Lyft drivers, passengers sue company over allegations of physical and sexual assault

A mother of two, Stella Grant lost her job early in the pandemic. One of her friends suggested she start driving for Lyft, which she did — a decision she now calls “a mistake.”

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WEKU

Whatever happened to the teens who endured the world's longest COVID school closure?

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Students repeat grades in growing numbers

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Birmingham Post

£4.5m in Covid support set to be shared by Grimsby-area businesses adversely affected by pandemic

Average of £6,000 anticipated for those who have found themselves excluded from previous packages

Birmingham Post

Profits recovery at textiles maker post-pandemic

The firm announced it would be reinstating its dividend policy

Los Angeles Times

LA plans end to COVID-19 protections against evictions, rent hikes

Los Angeles may wind down many of its COVID-19 protections against evictions and rent increases by January, ending what has become some of the nation’s strongest and longest-lasting tenant safeguards during the pandemic.

WEKU

Reading and math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Spain’s La Tomatina street tomato fight is back after a pandemic hiatus (and messy)

If you want to pelt others with overripe tomatoes, you better expect to get the same in return. Nothing a good hosing-down afterward couldn’t clean up.

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