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‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ is getting a guest host this week. Here’s why

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host Jimmy Kimmel is handing over hosting duties to comedian Mike Birbiglia for a few days as he recovers from COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times

Britain could become fattest nation in Europe due to takeaways addiction, report says

The World Health Organisation’s latest report on obesity in the continent shows 64% of UK adults are overweight, including 28% who are obese. It puts Britain as the fattest nation in Western Europe

Daily Mirror

Heartbreak as Scots father and son tragically die of covid within days of each other

Elaine Rennie, daughter and sister of Alistair and Mark, shared her anguish at having to plan a double funeral after they both died from covid-19.

Daily Record

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Even as COVID cases rise, mask mandates stay shelved

As mask mandates and vaccination rules kept falling across the U.S., infections from the latest COVID variants have been quietly taking hold in some places, sparking concern among public health officials but stirring a muted response from pretty much everyone else

The Independent UK

10 Cities With The Highest Unemployment Rates

Since the U.S has been in the recovery stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the labor market has recovered significantly; still, some cities are plagued with high unemployment rates.

Benzinga

India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO COVID mortality study it objects

India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed.

Reuters

The one Edinburgh neighbourhood almost Covid free as cases stay high elsewhere

With restrictions in Scotland now fully lifted, the Edinburgh neighbourhood reported just three cases over a seven day period from April 24 to April 30 according to the latest data.

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Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Kymera Therapeutics Drops After Q1 Results; Belite Bio Shares Spike Higher

U.S. stocks traded slightly higher toward the end of trading on Tuesday.

Benzinga

More evidence of airborne spread of COVID: study

‘Patients in both ICU, non-ICU wings shed the virus in air, irrespective of infection severity’

The Hindu

Thousands of Chicago residents apply for chance to receive $500 for 12 months: ‘There’s a lot of need’

Within days of the program’s launch, more than 100,000 people had applied for the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot that will provide 5,000 people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic with a $500 monthly benefit for a year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears

Details of emails released in Good Law Project challenge to awarding of contracts to Abingdon Health for antibody tests

The Guardian - UK

Push to report ethnic as well as gender pay gaps

Women, Māori and Pacific workers should be better off if the government were to introduce pay gap reporting – but by how much?

Newsroom.co.nz

Being hospitalised with Covid can age your brain by two decades, new research says

Scientists have found Covid-related decline in cognitive function most closely matches that seen in healthy people as they age between 50 and 70

Wales Online

Partygate means all Covid fines should be overturned, lawyer argues

Call for penalties to be scrapped in light of Boris Johnson’s defence of breaches, as 23 already struck down

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Despite Q1 Earnings Miss, Incyte Shares Jump On Revised FY22 Sales Guidance

Incyte Corporation's (NASDAQ:INCY) Q1 adjusted EPS reached $0.55, compared to $0.67 posted a year ago. Analysts had estimated $0.68. Sales increased 21% Y/Y to $733.24 million, missing the consensus of $750.66 million. The company's operating expenses increased 22% to $616.69 million, with the cost of sales up 45.8%, R&D costs up 15%,…

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's latest coronavirus infection rates as cases continue to plummet

Wigan has the highest infection rates across the region

The Independent UK

Sudden Cinderella closure shows ‘lack of respect’ for theatre workers – Equity

Despite opening to rave reviews, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical will end in London on June 12 after less than a year.

Benzinga

Zimmer Biomet Raises, Tightens FY22 Outlook after Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc's (NYSE:ZBH) Q1 sales increased by 3.9% Y/Y to $1.66 billion (up 6.8% on a constant currency basis), beating the consensus of $1.59 billion. Adjusted EPS was $1.61, which came in above the consensus of $1.41 and $1.55 a year ago. "We are encouraged by the better than expected results…

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Why Sabre Shares Are Trading Lower Today

Sabre Corp (NASDAQ:SABR) reported first-quarter FY22 revenue growth of 79% year-on-year to $584.9 million, beating the consensus of $536.4 million. Revenue growth was driven by higher global air, hotel, and other travel bookings reflecting continued recovery from the pandemic. Travel Solutions revenue rose 85% Y/Y to $534 million, and the corresponding operating income…

The Times of India

1,414 fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi; positivity rate drops to 5.97 pc

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Tuesday reported 1,414 Covid-19 cases, around 31 per cent more than a day ago, though the positivity rate came down to 5.97 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. One death occurred due to the disease.

The Conversation

Workers, not warriors: 4 lessons from health worker protests during COVID-19 that could help avert a looming workforce crisis

Countries around the world are barrelling towards a health workforce crisis. Driven by unrelenting waves of COVID-19, poor working conditions, inadequate pay and a host of other factors, health workers in many countries, including Canada, are exiting the workforce in unprecedented numbers.

The Hindu

107 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka

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The Independent UK

Pfizer hopes to submit little-kid vaccine data by early June

Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by early June

The Times of India

Gold sales rebound on Akshaya Tritiya; jewellers expect 10% rise in volume

MUMBAI: Gold sales rebounded on Akshaya Tritiya after remaining subdued for past two years due to Covid-19 as a decline in the metal's prices along with public holiday on Tuesday led to heavy footfall at jewellery stores, industry players said.

Newsroom.co.nz

Security agencies warned of violence at Parliament

New documents provide early insights into the thinking of New Zealand's security agencies during and after the Parliament occupation.

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