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Leisure leader Cairn Group restarts hotel, bar and restaurant investments after pandemic pause

The owners of the Royal Station Hotel is also investing in an EV fleet of vehicles and its sales and marketing team

Birmingham Post

WHO says COVID pandemic caused nearly 15 million excess deaths

That's double the more than 6 million COVID deaths that were officially reported by countries.

Axios

COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported - WHO

Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

Reuters

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WHO: Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double its official death toll

The Independent UK

Coronavirus: Woman pinned down for COVID test, video goes viral

We have seen numerous videos on how COVID has affected our lives. From lockdowns to COVID testing, several videos have emerged online showing how difficult it is for some people to live amidst a pandemic.

The Times of India

Boris Johnson mistaken for Simon Cowell as he votes in local elections

Voters across the UK were heading to the polls on Thursday in the first major election since all pandemic restrictions were scrapped.

Evening Standard

Behind the mask: Racism and the pandemic

White people began believing COVID wasn't their problem, research shows — and that made the pandemic much worse

Salon

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Measles 'epidemic' warning as one in 10 British kids go unvaccinated - see symptoms

Over the course of the pandemic uptake of the measles vaccine has dropped, leading to the WHO warning that the UK is vulnerable to an "epidemic" of the very infectious disease.

Daily Mirror

Petards returns to profit following restructuring of EyeTrain division and hints at acquisitions

The Gateshead-based maker of security and communications technology had cut jobs during the pandemic

Birmingham Post

Was Censorship the Greatest COVID Threat to Freedom?

It wasn't just autocrats who were frequently tempted to address "fake news" about the pandemic through state pressure and coercion.

Reason

Buckingham Palace Parties Return, Without Queen Elizabeth

Members of the British royal family will stand in for Queen Elizabeth when the traditional garden parties return this summer at Buckingham Palace, her office said on Thursday. Mobility issues have meant that the 96-year-old monarch has been forced to cut back on public engagements, and the Palace said members…

Asharq Al-Awsat

120k of these pennies are in circulation; do you have one in your pocket?

Artist Jill Magid inscribed pennies with "The body was already so fragile" — and now brings a film of the process to Brooklyn, giving people a chance to reflect on the pandemic.

WEKU

The jobless Americans chasing the dream of ‘passive income’

Workers say they’re replacing career ambitions with low-stakes side hustles. But are many of the schemes too good to be true?

The Guardian - US

Spain's tourist arrivals jump 8-fold in March, edge toward pre-COVID levels

Spain received 4 million tourists in March, more than eight times as many as in the same month last year, after most pandemic-related restrictions were lifted, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed on Thursday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Zalando Posts First Decline in Sales Since Founding

Zalando posted a decline in sales for the first time since the German online fashion retailer was founded, leading it to dim its outlook for 2022 on Thursday. First-quarter sales fell by 1.5%, to 2.2 billion euros ($2.33 billion), after posting a 46.8% increase in the same quarter last year…

Daily Mirror

NHS staff anger at blitz of hospital parking tickets with one given 10 fines

NHS staff at Hull's hospitals have complained at a blitz of parking tickets that they have been receiving. Many say they have been given wrongly in a bid to "claw back money lost"

The Times of India

Italy relaxes Covid-19 travel restrictions and here’s all you need to know

With things slowly and steadily returning to normal post Covid-19 pandemic, Italy too, like many countries across the globe, has relaxed Covid-19 travel restrictions.

The Guardian - UK

‘We are already at zero’: Italian resort counts cost as Russian visits dry up

Covid pandemic and invasion of Ukraine have brought sudden halt to years of flourishing business in Calabrian town of Scalea

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WA reaches COVID-19 milestone as number of new cases surges past 10,000

Western Australia reports 10,182 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of daily cases in the state since the pandemic began.

Bangkok Post

Action urged on export ban

Thailand is joining 53 member countries to propose the World Trade Organization (WTO) address export bans on food and agricultural products after members who are net food importers raised concerns about food shortages based on the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.

ABC News

Victoria passes 3,000 COVID-19 deaths as families remember those they've lost during the pandemic

Victoria's COVID-19 deaths in the first four months of 2022 have almost outstripped the rest of the pandemic combined, with families still grieving the human cost of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them

Officials say the Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it

Salon

The untold story of chronic pain

Author Haider Warraich tells the story of chronic pain in his new book, "The Song of Our Scars"

Bangkok Post

Panel seeks delay of PDPA enforcement

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is calling for the postponement of full enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), scheduled to come into force on June 1, because businesses are unprepared to comply, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that remain stymied by economic…

The Independent UK

Charles thanks pharmacists for dedication during the pandemic

Hosting a reception for the National Pharmacy Association, Charles praised their work on the vaccination programme.

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