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Untapped global vaccine stash raises risks of new COVID variants

WASHINGTON — The world finds itself awash in COVID-19 vaccines, but governments can’t get them into arms fast enough, as hesitancy and logistical hurdles threaten to indefinitely extend the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

If You Invested $1,000 In Palantir Stock At Its COVID-19 Pandemic Low, Here's How Much You'd Have Now

Investors who bought stocks during the COVID-19 market crash in 2020 have generally experienced some big gains in the past two years. But there is no question some big-name stocks performed better than others since the pandemic bottom.

Benzinga

Travel Platform Agoda Offers New Payment Option In Asia Pacific Region

Booking Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:BKNG) owned travel platform Agoda has partnered with Visa Inc (NYSE:V) to offer interest-free credit card installments across its booking platform. The installments are exclusively applicable to HSBC Bank Malaysia credit card holders. Visa and Agoda plan to progressively roll out the offering regionwide to locations like Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand,…

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Restaurant, small-business aid bill vote expected next week

The Senate is likely to vote next week on a $48 billion aid package to help restaurants and other pandemic-stricken businesses.

Roll Call

If you like piña coladas, you’re not alone: pandemic drives sales of tropical cocktails

Retro tipple now third most popular in UK as people seek escapism in liquid form after two years of less travel abroad

The Guardian - UK

Jabracadabra as caring magician helps children receive their Covid vaccinations

Former nurse Roddy McGhie signed up to the vaccination team when the pandemic put a hold on his magic career.

Daily Record

Charles and Camilla host Buckingham Palace garden party as Queen misses out

As many as 8,000 guests were in attendance for the first garden party at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic

Evening Standard

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Glasgow council drops parking restrictions plan for Celtic Park and Ibrox

Planned public hearings have been delayed by the covid pandemic and council officials don't believe the process to introduce parking zones around the stadiums can be completed within 'statutory timescales'.

Glasgow Live

Boris Johnson issued with THIRD warning from stats watchdog over making false claims

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrongly stated that there were "500,000 more people in paid employment now than there were before the pandemic began"

Daily Mirror

Democrats mull COVID-19 aid options as House preps new bill - Roll Call

House Democrats are looking to revive stalled pandemic relief package talks next week after measures bogged down in the Senate.

Roll Call

Senior doctors denied mental support to PG student, says rights panel

The Hindu

Prince Charles causes chaos at JD Sports as huge crowd of well-wishers surrounds him

Prince Charles was surrounded by well-wishers during a visit to meet young people who have been on the Kickstart scheme, which was set up during the pandemic to stave off mass youth unemployment

Daily Mirror

Stress can make you more selfish if you're good at understanding others' points of view

If you’re feeling stressed right now, you’re not alone. One-quarter of Canadians report experiencing high levels of stress on most days and almost half of Canadians say their stress levels have increased since the pandemic began.

The Conversation

Philly’s COVID cases are up since the mask mandate ended. Did the city make the right call?

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s COVID-19 case counts have steadily risen since the end of the city’s indoor mask mandate, but hospitalizations and deaths have not followed suit, a striking change to a pandemic-long pattern of infections leading to serious illness.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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France 24

Covid-19: Masking requirements to be lifted on French transport, European flights

Face masks will no longer be required on trains, planes and metros in France starting on May 16, the health minister said Wednesday. Mask-wearing requirements are also set to be lifted in airports and on flights in Europe the same day, the EU Aviation Safety Agency said.

The Independent UK

Airlines to see busiest day for flights on 12 August, predicts aviation body

The busiest day for aviation before the coronavirus pandemic was also the second Friday in August

The Times of India

How central banks in India, US and other economies are fighting inflation

NEW DELHI: Global inflationary pressures are being faced by all economies alike. The surge in prices of key commodities has spiked more markedly and is persistent in most economies than anticipated, especially at a time when they are recovering from slowdown caused by Covid pandemic in the last 2 years.

Irish Mirror

New Zealand to lift all Covid rules within months as full reopening date revealed

New Zealand closed their borders in the early days of the pandemic back in March 2020 in a bid to prevent the virus from entering.

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The Times of India

Explained: How Sri Lanka fell into its worst economic crisis & what's next

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis has only deepened further in the past few months, stemming from mismanaged government finances and ill-timed tax cuts in addition to the impact of Covid pandemic.

The Conversation

How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies

COVID-19 has had a direct impact on maternal mortality.

The Conversation

Debt distress in Africa: biggest problems, and ways forward

The COVID pandemic has had a profoundly negative impact on Africa’s sovereign debt situation. Currently, 22 countries are either in debt distress or at high risk of debt distress. This means that African governments are struggling to pay the debts that they incurred on behalf of their states. For example,…

The Independent UK

The heart of the home gets new color, cubbies, connectivity

Kitchens might not play the center-of-everything roles they had for so many people during the early days of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Children ‘do not want to be defined by the pandemic’ – NSPCC

Sir Peter Wanless said a second story is emerging where children are being put at risk by “economic turbulence” caused by the cost-of-living crisis.

The National (Scotland)

Major election study reveals five new insights into SNP victory

IT was an election which took place during a global pandemic and resulted in the fourth consecutive victory at Holyrood for the SNP.

Reuters

Tourists return to Paris post-pandemic but Asians, Americans stay away

On a sunny afternoon this week, Eli Mwenda happily snapped pictures of his sister Rebekah Mithinji by the Eiffel Tower, two of many tourists enjoying a long overdue break in Paris after freezing holiday plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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