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'My dad died alone after untested patients were sent to his care home'

Grieving daughter angry and emotional as High Court rules government acted unlawfully in discharging untested hospital patients into care homes at beginning of pandemic

Liverpool Echo

Barroso to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Pandemic a Lesson for Health Systems

Jose Barroso, the chairman of the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), described Saudi Arabia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “wonderful”, pointing that the Kingdom’s investment in health care systems has prepared it to deal better with the pandemic. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Barroso, who is also the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Headteacher demands parents are fined because so many pupils are not in school

Fines for school non-attendance were halted during the pandemic

Wales Online

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Attention economy slowdown

Coming down from pandemic-charged growth, social media and streaming firms face a new reality.

Axios

Editorial: Americans must learn from a fading COVID crisis

The pandemic is almost over — we think. Not as a medical fact. COVID-19 will be around forever, just like the cold and the flu, but it no longer dominates our daily lives and politics. The Democrats’ mild reaction to last week's court decision against mask mandates are among the…

Tribune News Service

Leeches and freeloaders - here are some of the latest bosses who milked pandemic grants

One director got £75,000 in public money for a company that did not even exist when lockdown began

Daily Mirror

Taiwan Faces Largest COVID-19 Outbreak Yet

Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of COVID-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported Thursday. Cases have been on the upswing since late March.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics

‘Zoonotic spillovers’ expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years

The Guardian - US

Fears of housing bubble mount, but any correction won’t be like the last

In the first year of the pandemic, home values defied expectations by skyrocketing. During the second year of life with COVID, property prices soared even more.

Tribune News Service

Return of the ten pound Pom as South Australia moves to fill post-pandemic job vacancies

The 2022 scheme is more limited – and expensive – than the original but is billed as a big step in reopening the backpacker market

The Guardian - AU

'My father died of Covid in a care home - I left him well but I never saw him again'

The High Court ruled the Government acted unlawfully in the early months of the pandemic when it discharged Covid patients to care homes without testing them for the virus

Daily Mirror

Facebook Parent Meta Calms Investors with Strong Profit

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday reported better profit than expected in the recently ended quarter, calming investors worried about the toll of competition from TikTok and eased pandemic restrictions. Meta said it made a profit of $7.5 billion on revenue of $27.9 billion in the first three months of this…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A ‘Significant Flu Epidemic’ Is Coming After Cases Tripled This Month & My Sinuses Are Quivering

We went two whole years with cold and flu practically wiped out in Australia thanks to lockdowns and other health measures, but now that everyone’s making out with each other again influenza rates are skyrocketing. Flu cases in NSW more than tripled between March and April and rose way above…

Pedestrian.tv

‘Our synapses connected!’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard evolve again

The Australian psych-rockers released 15 albums in eight years, and then wrote five more during the pandemic. They explain how hopping through genres – even rap – helped them cope

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Reuters

Young S.Koreans dread revival of work dinners as pandemic eases

When South Korea announced its decision to lift most COVID-19 restrictions earlier this month, 29-year-old office worker Jang was more concerned than happy.

Axios

U.N. agencies warn of "perfect storm" of disease spread as measles cases surge by 79%

The pandemic has "interrupted immunization services" and left health systems "overwhelmed," WHO chief says.

The Conversation

Fiji is officially ‘open for happiness' – will that apply to its tourism workers too?

As daylight hours shorten and temperatures drop, and with borders reopening across the Pacific, many will be tempted to escape pandemic fatigue by flying somewhere warm and welcoming.

Reuters

Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more

Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by activities unchanged for generations as it looks to boost a vital part of an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring import bills.

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The Independent UK

World faces ‘perfect storm’ for measles outbreak affecting children, WHO warns

At least 73 million children have missed out on their measles vaccine amid the Covid pandemic

AAP

Three Tests set for league rep. round

Six Pacific nations, including Jason Taumalolo's Tonga, will participate in international fixtures in June and for the first time since before the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Dog thefts hit seven-year high with more than 2,700 snatched last year

Higher demand for dogs during the Covid pandemic led to hundreds more thefts

The Times of India

Covid situation in Uttar Pradesh under control, CM Yogi Adityanath tells PM Narendra Modi

LUCKNOW: The Covid situation in Uttar Pradesh is under control, chief minister Yogi Adityanath informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a review meeting of the pandemic in the country on Wednesday.

Insider UK

Scottish tech sales return to pre-pandemic levels, but skills challenges remain

Exports stagnate amid geopolitical tensions and global Covid-19 restrictions

Chronicle Live

Passport applications update after Home Office warns holidaymakers to renew 'as soon as possible'

The pandemic is partly to blame for increased waiting times when it comes to new passports

Tribune News Service

Trump administration's $700 million loan to Kansas trucking company under fire in Congress

WASHINGTON — Federal officials Wednesday were asked to investigate whether an Overland Park, Kansas, trucking company broke federal law when securing a $700 million loan through a federal pandemic aid program — a sum that accounted for 95% of the money allocated to the program.

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