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Outspoken market analyst's Chinese social media accounts suspended

The Chinese social media accounts of an outspoken Hong Kong-based market strategist were suspended after a series of downbeat commentaries and a slump in mainland equities to two-year lows on COVID-19 lockdowns and global political tensions.

Reuters

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

Shanghai eases restrictions as Covid infections fall

Shanghai officials have said curbs will be eased following a fall in Covid infections.

Evening Standard

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Jim Fitton: Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid Iraq death penalty fears

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton has received more than 92,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched

Evening Standard

How to rebuild a life after the death of a partner

Losing someone you love dearly is devastating, but the bond couples shared in life is vital to those who live on, says Juliet Rosenfeld

The Guardian - UK

I was a marathon runner with killer biceps – long Covid has stopped me in my tracks

Endurance athletes have been left using wheelchairs or barely able to walk. But the government acts like Covid is beaten, says author Rose George

The Guardian - UK

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…

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Greece lifts COVID curbs for travellers ahead of key summer season

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Taiwan will not 'cruelly' lock down like China: premier

Taiwan will not act "as cruelly as China" in imposing lockdowns, its premier said Sunday, despite surging coronavirus infection numbers.

Bangkok Post

Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid death penalty fears

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton has received more than 97,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched.

The Independent UK

Scotland scraps Covid self-isolation rules as cases continue to plummet

Scotland has ended its long-standing guidance on self-isolation as Covid cases continue to fall.

Evening Standard

Councils spent almost £300m on private firms ‘profiting from misery’ of homeless

COUNCILS have been accused of a “moral failure” to provide decent housing to homeless people and of overseeing a “fiscal disaster” as new…

The National (Scotland)

New Omicron variants can dodge infection antibodies but jabs helps, study suggests

The results of the study come amid a fresh Covid surge of infections in South Africa with experts warning a fresh wave of in the months ahead could be around the corner

Daily Mirror

COVID's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection, study says

Two new sublineages of the Omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave, but are far less able to thrive in the blood of people vaccinated against COVID-19, South African scientists have found.

Reuters

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Chelsea have dropped four major line-up hints as Thomas Tuchel considers front three vs Everton

Chelsea News: The front three for the Goodison Park trip looks like not including Romelu Lukaku once again

The Times of India

Face masks to be made compulsory in Maharashtra if Covid-19 cases rise: Health minister Rajesh Tope

AURANGABAD: Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope has said there is no need for making face masks compulsory in the state as of now, but if there is an increase in new COVID-19 cases, then face coverings will be made mandatory. Tope was speaking to reporters in Aurangabad on Saturday, when…

Asharq Al-Awsat

COVID's New Omicron Sub-lineages Can Dodge Immunity from Past Infection

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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.

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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 Independent UK

Nine Omicron symptoms affecting fully vaccinated — and two early signs you might have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of Omicron, experts say

Reuters

Opposition leader offers Australia 'a better future' in campaign launch

Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a "better future" in a campaign launch that was light on controversial reforms but drenched in unity and hope.

Dynamite News

Uttarakhand govt fixes daily limit for Char Dham Yatra pilgrims

Ahead of the Char Dham Yatra, which is set to begin on May 3, the Uttarakhand government has fixed the daily limit on the number of pilgrims.

Evening Standard

Sharon Osborne: Ozzy on the mend after Covid diagnosis

Sharon Osbourne has thanked fans for their support after her husband Ozzy was diagnosed with Covid, revealing the rocker is "on the mend".

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 National (Scotland)

No time for rest as John McGinn says Scotland’s players would go to the ends of the earth to make World Cup

THE Tartan Army famously sing that they’d walk a million miles for one of Scotland’s goals. According to John McGinn, the players are ready to…

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