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£14.9billion wasted on PPE, Covid tests and vaccine that won't be used

Labour’s Wes Streeting said it was 'staggering' the taxpayers’ money had been 'wasted on useless' as he warned the Conservatives can 'never again claim to be the careful stewards of the public finances'

Daily Mirror

Hunter COVID cases falling, but national fatality rate significantly above average

COVID causing 'excess' deaths says ABS

Newcastle Herald

Boris Johnson may get more taxpayers’ money for Partygate defence

Senior civil servant admits budget of £220,000 for ex-PM to defend claims he misled parliament could rise

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Agency responsible for Test and Trace programme scolded for accounting failings

Public Accounts Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said the lack of clarity over the UKHSA’s finances were ‘astonishing and unacceptable’.

The Independent UK

Federal judge pauses enforcement of California law targeting doctors who share COVID-19 misinformation

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Wednesday paused enforcement of a new California law that punishes doctors for spreading false information about COVID-19 to their patients.

Tribune News Service

Luxury Group LVMH's Sales Defy Downturn

Luxury goods group LVMH's sales rose 9% in the fourth quarter as shoppers in Europe and the United States splurged over the crucial holiday season, helping to partly offset COVID disruptions in China. Sales at the world's biggest luxury group reached 22.7 billion euros ($24.65 billion) in the final three…

Asharq Al-Awsat

GCHQ director to stand down after almost six years in role

Sir Jeremy Fleming faced challenges such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Bill Gates says the rise of China is good for everyone and that Beijing needs to ‘play a stronger role in world governance'

He also warns that negative U.S. attitudes toward China, and vice versa, represent a “lose-lose mentality.”

Fortune

Doctors thought nine-year-old boy had long Covid before devastating diagnosis

Aston started suffering from headaches, extreme tiredness and vomiting episodes

Irish Mirror

Andrew Bridgen threatens to sue Matt Hancock over Covid vaccine comments row

North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip after he appeared to compare the effects of coronavirus jabs to the Holocaust

Daily Mirror

‘High anxiety’ in Miami’s Little Haiti, after developers snap up properties at big auction

Already reeling economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, rampant real estate speculation and looming gentrification, residents and business owners in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood are now confronting a new source of worry and uncertainty: The purchase by developers of a significant slice of properties along its main commercial street.

Miami Herald

Why inventing a vaccine for AIDS is tougher than for COVID

The 4-decades long effort to create an AIDS vaccine suffered a blow with news that a vaccine in a late stage trial was discontinued because results showed it to be ineffective. What are the obstacles?

WEKU

Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha footprint temple

MAGWAY, Myanmar: Devotees are returning in greater numbers to a central Myanmar temple, built around the gold-lined footprints of Lord Buddha, after the Covid pandemic and a military coup curbed the annual pilgrimage.

Bangkok Post

Royal Mail reveals £200m cost of strikes as revenue dives

Industrial action timed around Christmas hit the festive season postal service

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Daily Mirror

Couple work from the beach and live mortgage free after quitting city life

Christina Whiteley and husband Ryan had been living in their home of North Cowichan, Vancouver Island, for five years, but felt like they could be doing more for their daughter and chose to up sticks

WEKU

Your kids are adorable germ vectors. Here's how often they get your household sick

After months of COVID, flu and RSV infections, parents of little kids are kinda losing it. But the data shows kids have always brought home waves of respiratory illness.

Dynamite News

COVID-19: India Gets Its Own Nasal Vaccine, Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya, Jitendra Singh Launch iNCOVACC

The vaccine has been developed by India's Bharat Biotech. It will be available to the government for ₹ 325 per dose, but it will cost ₹ 800 to private hospitals. Read further on Dynamite News:

Fortune

Bill Gates: no country 'gets an A' on its COVID response

“Sadly, epidemics come along so rarely that it’s easy to be incompetent,” the former Microsoft CEO said in Australia.

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The Conversation

Vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: COVID experience highlights conspiracies, mistrust and the role of the media

In recent weeks, China has reported a spike in new cases of COVID and related deaths. Some countries have imposed travel restrictions as a result. But most – including South Africa – have not.

Caixin Global

Covid Deaths Fall Nearly 80% From January Peak, China CDC Says

The number of critically ill patients from the virus drops 72% from its daily peak earlier this month

Irish Mirror

Ronan Collins' daughter Jessica engaged to man she met on RTE First Dates as she details sweet proposal

Jessica Collins and Ger Lynch hit it off when they first met on the RTE dating show three years ago - but after going on a second date they decided to remain as friends. It wasn't until the Covid lockdown that their romance blossomed.

The Conversation

Pension reform in France: Macron and demonstrators resume epic tussle begun over 30 years ago

More than 1 million people poured onto the streets in France on Thursday to protest the government’s plans to reform the pension regime. The bill, which was presented to the Council of Ministers on Monday, aims to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years old starting from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Says Covid Deaths Down by Nearly 80 Percent

The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 percent since the start of the month, authorities have said, in a sign that the country's unprecedented infection surge may have started to abate. A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation…

Daily Record

How exercise and healthy lifestyle could be 'miracle cure' to relieve Scotland's NHS

Treating Scotland's unhealthy lifestyle with regular exercise and a better diet will ease pressure on health service says expert.

Bangkok Post

China says Covid deaths down by nearly 80%

BEIJING: The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80% since the start of the month, authorities have said, in a sign that the country's unprecedented infection surge may have started to abate.

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