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More rooms, more power outlets: The post-pandemic future of home design

The pandemic has us craving bigger homes with more rooms.

Axios

What it’s like to visit San Francisco now

At tables overlooking the San Francisco Bay on a recent, unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon, diners slurped down oysters, cut into crepes, and shared bottles of rosé chilling on ice. The stands of the Ferry Plaza’s weekend farmer’s market teemed with fresh artichokes, leeks, and oranges; the empanada vendor was sold…

Tribune News Service

Face-off with Russia over Ukraine lifts military spending in 2021, think tank says

Military spending in Europe and Russia surged in the run-up to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine despite the subduing effects of the pandemic on economic growth, data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed on Monday.

Reuters

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AP PHOTOS: Greeks celebrate Easter without restrictions

For the first time in three years, Greeks were able to celebrate Orthodox Easter without the restrictions made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

‘Pearl lost its shine’: Shanghai expats eye exit over COVID rules

Outrage over draconian lockdowns is raising questions about city’s status as a global business hub.

Al Jazeera

Australia commemorates war dead with few COVID restrictions

Australians are paying tribute to their war dead on Anzac Day largely free of pandemic restrictions for the first time since 2019

The Independent UK

Australia, NZ show support for Ukraine at ANZAC Day commemorations

Thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Monday to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, after the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled or limited public gatherings and commemorations in the past two years.

Reuters

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Rise of food and parcel deliveries during pandemic has resulted in more jobs that are lower-paid, report finds

Vacancies have increased the most for those without higher education, meaning many new opportunities are in lower-paid employment

Wales Online

UK Covid travel rules were arbitrary and disproportionate, say MPs

Committee says international travel should not be singled out in response to any future pandemics

The Guardian - UK

Covid home delivery boom opened lower-paid jobs, report finds

Vacancies have increased the most for those without higher education, meaning many new opportunities are in lower-paid jobs.

The Independent UK

Rajasthan builders can register projects by March 31

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has given several reliefs to the builders as the industry is facing difficulty to recover after pandemic.

The Times of India

No justification for Smith's actions

Ironically, despite many important things happening in our world, people have spent more time in the past few weeks talking about superstar Will Smith and his "Oscars slap heard round the world" than the Russia-Ukraine war, the pandemic or climate change.

Bangkok Post

Thousands pay tribute to Anzac spirit at Nobbys dawn service

Thousands of people paid their respect to the Anzac spirit while the sun slowly appeared over Newcastle this morning, as the Nobbys dawn service marked the return of commemorations for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic struck more than two years ago.

Newcastle Herald

How to design a pandemic fund

With over two-thirds of the African continent still unvaccinated against Covid-19, it is clear that the global pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) regime remains seriously underfunded and lacking in resilient, effective delivery systems. While the World Health Organization's Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) has helped to address the gross…

Bangkok Post

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ABC News

Anzac Day marked across Australia as crowds return to public ceremonies and parades

Today's services are the first in three years to welcome large crowds, after the COVID-19 pandemic heavily disrupted commemorations in 2020 and 2021.

The Conversation

For many Australians, Anzac Day has been defined by a pilgrimage to Gallipoli. Can we mark the day differently?

After years of pandemic disruptions, crowds will once again be free to attend Anzac Day dawn services and veteran marches on April 25 this year.

Dublin Live

X-Factor star Mary Byrne opens up about 'difficult' decade and says she cherishes the moment she met Gay Byrne

Mary told how the last few years of the pandemic have brought about many ups and downs, “some of them were really big, while some of them were quite small”

ABC News

Vote Compass data shows nearly half of Australians worried about making ends meet

Close to half of Vote Compass respondents are more worried about making ends meet than they were a year ago, and an overwhelming majority want businesses that increased revenues during the pandemic to pay back COVID-19 support.

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Newcastle Herald

Anzac Day services return in earnest across the Hunter

Crowds are returning to Anzac Day services across the Hunter region for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

France 24

Emmanuel Macron: A meteoric rise and a rocky road to re-election

Emmanuel Macron won office in 2017 running as an independent centrist and an ambitious reformer. The youngest president elected in France's modern political era, Macron's rise to the Élysée Palace atop a fledgling party he had founded himself was swift and iconoclastic. But the road to his second term, five…

The Guardian - US

US can manage BA.2 variant ‘without disruption’, top Covid adviser predicts

Ashish Jha says spreading variant unlikely to have much effect on the nation’s pandemic recovery

The Independent UK

Number of Covid positive patients in hospital falls below 500 in Ireland

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly hailed a milestone in the pandemic.

Irish Mirror

X-Factor's Mary Byrne opens up on how she 'picked herself up' after difficult decade and says she cherishes the moment she met Gay Byrne

Mary told how the last few years of the pandemic have brought about many ups and downs, “some of them were really big, while some of them were quite small”

Tribune News Service

Judge’s ruling on the CDC mask mandate highlights the limits of the agency’s power

The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of last week’s court ruling that overturned the mask mandate for travelers on airlines, trains and the nation’s mass transit systems.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

29 people died in Philly jails in the pandemic. City officials say they did a ‘good job’

PHILADELPHIA — As he watched his blood soak through the last of his makeshift bandages and puddle on the floor, Mark Subher wondered if he would die in his jail cell in Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

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