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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Queen Camilla still ill with Covid as she cancels another event

All last week's appearances had to be called off

Wales Online

Man who spent $5m Covid relief funds on luxury sports cars and vacations is jailed

Mustafa Qadiri ordered to pay millions in restitution

The Independent UK

COVID-specific hospital beds to be abolished following downgrade

Hospital beds will no longer be reserved exclusively for COVID-19 patients within a year after the disease's status is lowered to the same level as seasonal flu, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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White House's lunchroom back in business for first time since COVID shutdown

It's the latest sign of the White House's embrace of a post-pandemic world.

Axios

Chinese banker 'was looking to move wealth to Singapore before disappearance'

The missing founder of China Renaissance, Bao Fan, was looking to start a fund for his personal fortune, according to the Financial Times. Bao is one of the country's biggest financiers in the tech sector and could be the latest target of a crackdown on the industry. Also in the…

France 24

Airlines turn market darlings as COVID-19 forces financial clean up

Unloved during the pandemic as their businesses were incapacitated almost overnight, airlines that cut back to survive the crisis are now blowing through profit forecasts and luring back investors.

Tribune News Service

Fisher: Why ‘Selling the Rally’ Will Make You Sorry

History shows there is nothing prudent about ditching stocks after new bull markets’ initial bursts

Caixin Global

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Australia down 40% on pre-Covid tourists one year on from reopening

British and Indian travellers are returning in bigger numbers – but decline from China is 94%

The Independent UK

South Korea Will End Testing for Travelers From China

The decision comes as the positive Covid rate for arrivals from China fell to less than 1% this week from more than 18% at the beginning of January

Caixin Global

Suicidal NHS staff lose mental health support in ‘irresponsible’ cuts

Exclusive: ‘It’s clinically irresponsible to simply halt a service’ for suicidal staff, warns professor Mike Wang

The Independent UK

Hong Kong hands out cash, cuts duties in budget despite larger deficit

Hong Kong is set for back-to-back deficits but will give cash handouts and offer some help to first-time home buyers to help the economy recover from prolonged COVID-19 restrictions, the city's government announced in its budget on Wednesday.

Reuters

China expects sharp rebound in tourism this year

China expects its tourism market to flourish this year, starting with a busy and robust summer travel season as travellers flock to vacation destinations after the government ended its zero-COVID policy that kept people home for almost three years.

Reuters

North Korea paper calls outside aid 'poisoned candy', urges self-reliance

North Korea's official newspaper said on Wednesday that relying on external aid to cope with food shortages would be equal to taking "poisoned candy", urging economic self-reliance despite deepening hardships amid sanctions and coronavirus lockdowns.

Reuters

California man who spent $5m Covid relief funds on luxury sports cars and vacations jailed

Mustafa Qadiri ordered to pay millions in restitution

The Independent UK

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Reuters

South Korea to scrap COVID test on arrival rule for travellers from China

South Korea will not require travellers from China to test for COVID-19 upon arrivals from next month although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a South Korean official said on Wednesday, its latest easing of rules to stop the virus.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot denies playing politics with police pension board

One week before the mayoral election, Lightfoot felt the need to personally deny explosive allegations by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.

AAP

Woolworths half-year profit jumps, lifts dividend

CEO Brad Banducci has attributed improved Woolworths profit gains to strong seasonal trading and lower COVID-related costs.

Bangkok Post

Pandemic to end 'this year' due to hybrid immunity

The Covid-19 pandemic will come to an end this year, according to virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Jonathan Toews’ Long COVID diagnosis adds another concerning dimension to health issues

Toews’ admitted Sunday, when stepping away from the Blackhawks, that he’s battling not only CIRS but also Long COVID — which can cause fatigue, among other symptoms, for months or years after one recovers from the contagious stage of COVID-19.

ABC News

Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

ABC News

A new bivalent COVID-19 booster rolls out next month. Here's what you need to know about the vaccine

All Australian adults who haven't had a COVID-19 booster or a confirmed case in the past six months are now eligible for an additional shot.

Irish Mirror

Cost of living measures - 12 key points in Government announcement on social welfare, taxes, bills

Parents, pensioners and social welfare recipients are the big winners in Ireland’s new cost of living package unveiled by the Government. Here's a summary of all the big changes announced today.

The Independent UK

The Bachelor holds first virtual rose ceremony after lead Zach Shallcross tests positive for Covid-19

‘With this virtual time together, it was telling for how a lot of relationships did progress’

Daily Mirror

Medics told mum cancer symptoms were Covid jab side effects - now she has months to live

Katie Pritchard is having to crowdfund £200,000 for private treatment after she was twice misdiagnosed, being told her symptoms may have been down to the Pfizer vaccine and even being insulted by the suggestion it was an STI

The Conversation

UK shoppers are choosing bricks over clicks right now, but here's why it isn't the end for online retail

British retail sales figures showed an unexpected bump in activity over the Christmas shopping period that exceeded expectations – particularly given the current UK cost of living crisis.

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