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All COVID-19 origin theories remain on the table, WHO leader says

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The United Nations mustn't be powerless

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a good opportunity to reflect on the war's global implications. In addition to untold human misery, Russia's aggression triggered a historic food and energy crisis and caused global inflation to spike, endangering the world's fragile economic recovery from Covid-19. But…

Bangkok Post

Dublin YouTuber cleared of breaking Covid lockdown laws to attend GPO commemoration

There were not many music events then, and he said he went to video a 1916 proclamation event at the GPO

Irish Mirror

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Matt Hancock ‘hoped Covid could propel his career into next league’

Ex-health secretary used thousands of messages to edit social media output

The Independent UK

'Government's Covid shambles laid bare amid Matt Hancock's WhatsApp message mayhem'

Brian Reade says Matt Hancock's WhatsApp fiasco just confirms how incompetent the Tory Government - and he himself - were during the Covid-19 pandemic

Daily Mirror

ICYMI: Top stories February 27-March 3

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of February 27-March 3.

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All COVID-19 origin theories remain on the table, WHO leader says

The World Health Organization said all hypotheses for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic are still on the table, after U.S. authorities this week backed the theory that the virus originated from a lab.

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Matt Hancock mocked Eat Out To Help Out amid concerns about spread of Covid-19

The former Health Secretary branded the scheme ‘eat out to help the virus get about’

Evening Standard

Hancock mocked Eat Out To Help Out amid concerns about virus spread

Matt Hancock and Rishi Sunak clashed over the course of the pandemic on Covid restrictions and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

The Independent UK

'Like being suspended in mid-air': The enduring impact of ongoing delays in Australia's courts

New data reveals courts across the country are still grappling with delays, forcing victims, witnesses and the accused to endure wait times far beyond nationally agreed benchmarks.

ABC News

Ex-firefighter is getting kids back into fire stations after Covid layoff

“I have seen the devastating results of fires many times over a long career"

Manchester Evening News

WHO Still Working to Identify the Origins of COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general said on Friday, after a US agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic had likely been caused by a Chinese laboratory leak. "I have written to and spoken with high-level…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel

GENEVA - The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.

Bangkok Post

Novak Djokovic set to pull out of Indian Wells as Covid vaccine exemption hopes dwindle

World No.1 Novak Djokovic, full of confidence after his Australian Open success, looks likely to miss another tournament in the US amid his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid

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Kidnap survivor with PTSD during Covid livid at Matt Hancock's hotel quarantine jokes

Award winning journalist and refugee Zaina Erhaim has condemned messages sent by then health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case about quarantine hotels

The Independent UK

Timeline of lockdown gatherings as committee investigates whether Johnson lied

The saga is not over, with a Commons committee investigating whether the former PM lied to MPs with his partygate denials.

The Guardian - UK

Norovirus cases in over-65s in England at highest in a decade

Care homes hard hit while overall cases up 24% on pre-Covid five-season average

Manchester Evening News

Covid rule breaches would have been 'obvious' to Boris Johnson, MPs say

The cross-party Privileges Committee said evidence suggest the House of Commons was misled by the former Prime Minister

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The Independent UK

Messages show how No 10 struggled to explain Covid parties within rules

Communications director Jack Doyle wondered whether a proposed explanation blew a ‘gaping hole’ in Boris Johnson’s account.

The Guardian - UK

Did Boris Johnson ‘follow the science’ on Covid? He couldn’t even do the maths

Leaked WhatsApps reveal his ignorance needing constant correction by advisers, says Kit Yates, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail to raise stamp prices by 'record breaking' amount in April

Royal Mail has said the decision to up the price was made after "careful consideration" and in light of the 25% drop in letter volumes since the Covid-19 pandemic

The Guardian - UK

UK’s drive-throughs step up a gear as posh brands take to the road

Bakery chain Gail’s is latest high-street chain hoping to serve its food through car windows

Evening Standard

London expects a summer wave of US tourists but fears of cancellations rise amid craze for over-booking

Bookings from the US double but early reservations can often end in cancellations

The Independent UK

Latest rise in UK Covid-19 infections may be slowing

The Omicron variant BA.2.75 now accounts for more than three quarters of infections.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson may have misled parliament multiple times, partygate committee finds

EVIDENCE strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been “obvious” to Boris Johnson during partygate, the inquiry into whether…

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