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‘Breaks your heart’: rural kids waiting on critical development services

Natural disasters and the pandemic have compounded the scarcity of support for children in regional Australia, putting them at risk of a cycle of disadvantage

The Guardian - AU

With interest rates about to start rising, experts estimate almost 300,000 mortgage borrowers are at serious risk of default

As interest rates rise, almost 300,000 people who took large and risky home loans during the pandemic could fall into severe financial hardship or even default.

ABC News

Spotlight shines on Pullman porters in major expansion of South Side museum

A museum dedicated to the men was temporarily closed during the pandemic, but a grant allowing it to expand will help revitalize the northern end of the neighborhood, which is sometimes overlooked after Pullman was declared a National Historic Monument.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Medical labs facing 'tsunami' of staff departures

An ageing workforce dealing with burnout from the Covid response may lead to a flood of departures from New Zealand's medical laboratories, the sector fears.

Newsroom.co.nz

Tragedy as baby in dirty drug addict home died at just a few weeks old

Social workers were only able to make checks on children through a window during lockdown, according to a new report.

Daily Record

Who gained most from the boom of 2021?

Everyone in America gained from the trillions spent on pandemic relief — but billionaires did best of all

Salon

Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic

One of the many changes COVID-19 brought those in education was an almost immediate switch to online learning.

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Bill Gates warns the worst of Covid pandemic could be yet to come

Bill Gates has warned that we might not have experienced the worst of the Covid pandemic and a more deadly variant could emerge.

Evening Standard

Swedish govt vows to spend 5 billion crowns boosting unemployment benefit

Sweden's ruling Social Democrats said they intend to strengthen unemployment benefit in 2022, an election year, at a cost of around 5 billion Swedish crowns ($509.2 million) by making some temporary benefits introduced during the pandemic permanent.

Reuters

Bill Gates warns risk of new variants could mean ‘we haven’t seen worst’ of pandemic

The Microsoft billionaire said there is still a risk of a Covid variant that is ‘even more transmissive and even more fatal’

The Independent UK

En plein air: NYC aims to keep outdoor lifestyle post-virus

As New York City forges ahead with its recovery, the pandemic is leaving lasting imprints, especially on city roadways: less room for cars and more space for people

The Independent UK

Delhi: April month of grim anniversaries; families cope with loss of loved ones to Covid

NEW DELHI: Delhi-based journalist Eric Massey says he has lost faith in the idea of God after fate snatched away his mother after she contracted coronavirus infection last year in April amid the deadly second wave of the pandemic which had wreaked a havoc in the city.

The Times of India

Greece Lifts COVID Curbs for Travelers Ahead of Key Summer Season

Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump. To fly in or out of the country, travellers were previously required to show either a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Greece lifts COVID curbs for travellers ahead of key summer season

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Suez Canal Sees Record Monthly Revenue in April on Higher Traffic

Egypt's Suez Canal recorded its highest monthly revenue to date in April, reaping $629 million in ship transit fees, the authority managing the waterway said on Sunday, as traffic rebounded from the impact of the pandemic. The monthly revenue in April was 13.6% higher than a year ago, canal authority…

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She wanted to vaccinate their kids against COVID. He didn't. A judge had to decide

A divorced Pennsylvania couple could not agree on whether to vaccinate their children — and ended up in court. Since the vaccine was approved for kids, cases like these have skyrocketed in the state.

The Conversation

South Africa is proposing plans to manage diseases like COVID. Why they're flawed

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the South African government published “special regulations” to contain the spread of the disease. These actions were taken under special powers granted by the Disaster Management Act.

The Guardian - UK

How will we count the cost of having a baby during a pandemic?

For everyone who went through a birth in the early days of lockdown, the longer-term effects and anxieties will take years to process, says Eva Wiseman

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The Guardian - US

‘A horrible plague, then Covid’: Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality

White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is first attended by a sitting president in six years after Donald Trump’s snubs, then pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Economic downturn likely, the Institute of Directors warns

Cost of living crisis, inflationary pressures and uncertainty about Ukraine mean the UK’s pandemic rebound is running out of steam

Birmingham Post

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel boss backs extra bank holiday bid and why he banned avocado on toast

Johan Scheepers took over as the general manager of the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in May 2020

Liverpool Echo

The NHS has been there for so many of us and it needs our support now more than ever

ECHO political editor Liam Thorp writes about his own experiences at the hands of the health service and says the institution needs our backing as it struggles to cope with the impacts of the pandemic

The National (Scotland)

Scottish theatre celebrates end of the dark pandemic night with summer programme

ELIZABETH Newman is still a bit startled when she turns round and sees a full team working, rather than the skeleton staff she has been used to…

The National (Scotland)

Big boost for wee ones with Scottish folklore story sessions

YOUNG children who have missed out on music and storytelling during the pandemic are to benefit from special sessions based on Scottish folklore.

The Independent UK

5 takeaways from the White House Correspondents Dinner

From Biden’s jokes about his own approval rating to pandemic anxieties, here were the top moments

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