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Jim Fitton: Family feel ‘completely abandoned’ by Foreign Office as Briton faces death penalty in Iraq

Son-in-law says 66-year-old is ‘certainly putting on a brave face and stiff upper lip for us’

The Independent UK

Expert: "Another bad year for democracy"

Andrew Viteritti of the Economist says polarization and paralysis are here to stay — but there's reason for hope

Salon

Do you need to isolate if you have Covid? Scotland's new rules explained

For two years, anyone with a positive test result was advised to self isolate for ten days until the virus was no longer transmissible.

Daily Record

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Covid cases falling in Glasgow as self-isolation law ends in Scotland

Scotland's covid measures have been further relaxed today following a drop in cases with rules around self-isolation and testing have loosened by the Scottish Government.

Glasgow Live

Greece announces huge update for UK visitors

Foreign Office also issues advice for France, Spain, Italy and Cyprus

Liverpool Echo

Australian researchers uncover clue to rare and severe response to Covid in children

Breakthrough could improve diagnosis and lead to development of treatment for condition that has baffled doctors for two years

The Guardian - AU

Cruise industry weathers COVID-19 holdovers as virus lingers

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — A rapidly spreading variant and close, indoor quarters are likely factors that have led to cruise ship passengers testing positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks, according to the CDC.

Tribune News Service

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California visitors spent $100 billion last year. Here’s why state tourism still struggles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California tourism is recovering slowly, but visitor spending still lags behind prepandemic records and most travel-related jobs slashed during COVID-19 have yet to return, according to a report from Visit California.

Tribune News Service

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party returns to Disney World this year

ORLANDO, Fla. — Walt Disney World has announced dates, ticket prices and event details for the 2022 return of Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, an after-hours event at Magic Kingdom. For the past two years, the theme park has hosted less extravagant Halloween festivities in reaction to the COVID pandemic.

Orlando Sentinel

Greece holiday update as country scraps all Covid travel rules before summer

Unvaccinated visitors are able to enter the country without testing prior to travel.

Daily Record

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cinderella to close in the West End

Shock news that show will end in June at London’s Gillian Lynne theatre brings heartache for company and those who had been due to join cast

The Guardian - UK

South Korea drops outdoor mask rule but many prefer to keep them on

South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them off yet due to pervasive Omicron infections.

Reuters

COVID-19: Supreme Court upholds individual’s right against forcible vaccination

Bodily autonomy and integrity are protected under Article 21 of the Constitution, holds Supreme Court

The Hindu

Editorial: Restaurants need the help of their customers, not more cash from Uncle Sam

After appropriating trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, Congress is angling to pass yet another multibillion-dollar aid package, this one directed at restaurants and other small businesses that suffered during the pandemic.

Chicago Tribune

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Sharon Osbourne shares update on husband Ozzy amid Covid after he predicted 'death'

Doting wife to Sharon Osbourne has shared an update on her husband Ozzy after the former Black Sabbath singer tested positive for Covid amid his Parkinsons battle

Wales Online

Welsh morning headlines: The latest news, coronavirus, Ukraine and sport news as New Zealand welcomes back international tourists

It is the first time for two years that UK travellers can visit the country

Bangkok Post

Some Shanghai residents sent out of city in overnight Covid raids

SHANGHAI: In the middle of the night, Shanghai resident Lucy said she and her neighbours were forced into buses and taken hundreds of kilometres away from the locked-down Chinese metropolis to a makeshift quarantine centre.

AAP

SA MPs to miss parly opening with COVID-19

A swag of MPs are set to miss the opening of the South Australian parliament on Tuesday after contracting COVID-19.

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The Hindu

India's COVID-19 positivity rate past 1% again after two months

The number of active cases rose by 408 in a 24-hour span to reach 19,500

The Independent UK

Bill Gates warns risk of new Covid 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’

Daily Mirror

Man convinced he has Covid seals himself inside car creating makeshift quarantine unit

The unnamed Beijing resident took self-isolation to the extreme when he shut himself inside his car upon learning he'd been exposed to coronavirus, not even opening the door to get food

The Guardian - UK

Schools urged to adopt maligned National Tutoring Programme

The education secretary says he will support 40% of schools yet to use maligned post-Covid education recovery scheme

Dynamite News

COVID: India sees dip in cases, logs 3,157 new infections

India on Monday saw another dip in its daily COVID-19 cases as the country reported 3,157 new infections in the last 24 hours, 167 fewer than Sunday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Reuters

Setback for Shanghai's COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing

China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under strict lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating.

Tribune News Service

Tech titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabe Bankman-Fried, a former Wall Street trader, has raised $12 million from a cryptocurrency trading firm founded by his brother, Sam Bankman-Fried. Dustin Moskovitz, a billionaire who roomed with Mark Zuckerberg in college and helped found Facebook in 2004, funds a nonprofit with his wife that has…

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