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The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

From the weekend until today, G7 leaders have gathered in Germany to discuss a litany of overlapping global crises, including the war in Ukraine, food insecurity, inflation, backlogged global supply chains, the pandemic response and climate change. These challenges have a common denominator: All are falling hardest on low- and…

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong's Struggle to Lure Bankers Dims Its Role as a Global Finance Hub

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament was for years a highlight on Asia's networking calendar for global bankers and their clients.

Bangkok Post

2022 Summer League rosters: Who’s playing where this year

NBA summer league basketball will be played in July for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Most of the 2022 draftees are expected to dress up for their new teams - along with young players under contract trying to improve their game ...

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Walking and talking Silver Fox Initiative helps as wait for psychologists exceeds national average

With one in three Queensland psychologists too busy to take on new patients, the Silver Fox Initiative is offering an empathetic ear.

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Imported food quality could suffer post-Brexit, says report

The Food Standards Agency says the pandemic and the Ukraine war may also have an impact on food standards

Wales Online

White House to resume its full tour schedule next month

Public tours of the White House will resume a full operating schedule next month, after nearly a year and a half of disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

How has the case for Scottish independence evolved since 2014?

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out a "route map" on Tuesday to a second independence referendum. In a 2014 referendum, 55 percent of voters in Scotland chose to stay in the UK – and much to the chagrin of Unionists, the Scottish government plans to hold another next…

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Boeing wants more workers in the office to ramp up production. Not everyone wants to go back

Boeing has ordered some of its remote workforce back to the office to help the company ramp up production and fix supply-chain problems. But like many employers navigating the pandemic as it winds down, the aerospace giant is getting pushback from workers who resent giving up their "home" offices when…

Tribune News Service

As Chapek weathers Disney drama, board gathers in Florida

For Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek, the last few months have brought one headache after another.

Los Angeles Times

Pizza takeaway fraudster 'spent £20k Covid loan on his family abroad and a car'

The loans were to support viable businesses during the pandemic - Abdulrazag Zagroba has been jailed in a landmark case

Manchester Evening News

British taxpayers take stake in sex party planning firm Killing Kittens

Company given support from fund set up by government to provide loans to startups during pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Spain leads EU pandemic funding race, but obstacles remain

Spain, which was the first European Union country to receive a first tranche of pandemic recovery funding, on Monday was also the first to get European Commission approval for a second instalment worth 12 billion euros ($12.7 billion).

Reuters

A portrait of California farmworkers: Aging, underinsured and stressed by pandemic

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Many farmworkers in the state lack access to health care at a time when this group as a whole is aging, a new report says.

Tribune News Service

Some cities nix July 4 fireworks for shortages, fire dangers

The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some big fireworks displays are canceled again, this time for pandemic-related supply chain or staffing problems, or fire concerns amid dry weather

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Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals

The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs

The Conversation

COVID reinfections could be more severe for some – but overall evidence doesn't give us cause for concern

The COVID pandemic has been going on for well over two years now. During this time, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) has slowly mutated, allowing it to evade the immune system enough to infect people many times.

The Independent UK

Inflation: Does price-gouging drive up the current rate?

Furious about surging prices at the gasoline station and the supermarket, many consumers feel they know just where to cast blame: On greedy companies that relentlessly jack up prices and pocket the profits

Bangkok Post

Public eyes homes close to hospitals

The pandemic has shifted residential demand away from access to mass transit lines and towards hospitals as consumers prioritise healthcare services and wish to avoid crowded areas, according to a study.

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The Guardian - UK

Wayfinder review – pandemic dream quest through Britain’s mythic landscape

Larry Achiampong’s titular character journeys across an empty UK, sifting through fragments of empire and Black experience in search of a country and community

Tribune News Service

Already booked your flight? A lower fare might still be available to you

One of the good things to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is that airlines eliminated those despised $200 and $300 change fees. I was sure that once things got back to “normal,” the airlines also would return to their former ways. But they haven’t, and this bit of airline…

Bangkok Post

Thailand sees 2m foreign visitors from Jan 1-June 26

Thailand recorded about 2.03 million foreign tourist arrivals between Jan 1 and June 26, a government spokeswoman said on Monday, as many pandemic entry restrictions were eased.

The Orange County Register

How Disneyland updated ‘Fantasmic’ and ‘World of Color’ special effects

Disneyland used the downtime during the two-year pandemic pause of “World of Color” and “Fantasmic” to refurbish and update the hundreds of technological elements and special effects of the nighttime spectaculars that are often submerged under water.

The Guardian - UK

Windfall tax on Covid profits could ease ‘catastrophic’ food crisis, says Oxfam

A levy on food and fossil fuel giants could save lives now and help create a sustainable food system, says Gabriela Bucher

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s emissions climbed in Coalition’s final year as transport and fossil fuels wiped out gains during Covid

New data shows carbon pollution rose 0.8% in 2021 as manufacturing, agriculture and gas bounced back from pandemic lockdowns

Bangkok Post

Airlines to resume two China travel routes

Thailand is ready to welcome the return of Chinese tourists after Thai airlines were allowed to resume operating two flights between the countries each week for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

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