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Friday briefing: Jacinda Ardern’s surprise resignation leaves New Zealand at a crossroads

In today’s newsletter: After two terms, the Labour prime minister said she didn’t have ‘enough in the tank’ for three more years. Can the party cling to power without her?

The Guardian - UK

How to help UK households manage rising energy bills - and decarbonise at the same time

The cost of electricity rose sixfold between January 2021 and November 2022 as the impact of the COVID pandemic combined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to push up wholesale energy prices.

The Conversation

COVID modelling suggests how governments should respond to future variants and outbreaks

Future COVID-19 variants and outbreaks would be best managed by ongoing vaccination and the quicker scaling up of restrictions, according to new research published in the Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific journal.

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The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

China’s COVID czar says pandemic cases have dropped to low level

China’s COVID-19 infections have fallen to a “relatively low” level, a top official said ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, when hundreds of millions of Chinese will be in close contact with each other on the nation’s public transport systems and at festival gatherings.

Tribune News Service

Sundance celebrates the ‘magic’ of being back in-person

The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

More than three in five patients support NHS workers striking, poll reveals

A YouGov poll shows 61% of those diagnosed with a health condition back nurses, paramedics and other health workers - as Lord Winston accuses the Government of having 'lost control' of the NHS

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Perth Fringe World festival emerges from shadow of COVID-19 with newfound resilience as international artists return

With Western Australia border closures a distant memory, Perth's Fringe World festival welcomes back international and interstate acts in an expanded program that chief executive Sharon Burgess hopes is its best yet.

ABC News

Mexico’s Testosterone Shortage Puts Trans Men at Risk

Lingering supply chain issues from the coronavirus pandemic have disrupted drug supplies around the world.

Texas Observer

Morning Mail: Australian Open all hours, prison treaty fail, Alec Baldwin charged over shooting

Thansi Kokkinakis loses epic six-hour, five-setter against Andy Murray ending at 4am; Australia faces ignominy over UN torture pact; and Alex Baldwin faces involuntary manslaughter case

The Guardian - AU

One of UK's oldest department stores closes after 240 YEARS in latest high street blow

Eve and Ranshaw has been operating since 1781 but the department store is closing its doors for good because of 'difficult Covid years' and 'the current cost of living crisis'

Daily Mirror

Make or break for Macron? French president braves fury over pension reform

Is it one reform too many for Emmanuel Macron? France's president is braving the wrath of the street in what organisers promise is only Day One of the protest movement against his pension reform. A reform he put off during his first mandate because of Covid, but insisted he would…

France 24

Victorians won't miss myki, but what will 'best practice' transport ticketing look like?

With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step is to make the ticketing and payment process as easy as possible. That means…

The Conversation

Fears for rural population in China as COVID-19 spreads in villages lacking health care

Experts warn of a deadly COVID-19 spread to rural areas of China, where medical resources are limited and the population is aging, as millions of people begin travelling home as part of the final Lunar New Year travel rush.

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Capital & Main

With L.A.’s COVID-Era Tenant Protections Ending, City Leaders Consider Permanent Safeguards

Advocates warn that without immediate action rising evictions will complicate efforts to combat homelessness.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle's Chinese New Year timetable for Sunday's lion, dragon and unicorn dances

Here's what will be happening and when this Sunday as the free Chinese New Year celebrations get under way in the heart of Newcastle to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit

Reason

Emails Show CDC Policed COVID Speech on Facebook. Live with Robby Soave, Nick Gillespie, and Zach Weissmueller

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET for a discussion of the Facebook Files with Robby Soave.

Daily Mirror

Plumber stole £10,000 of gold from shielding elderly woman with with a heart condition

Andrew Skingley was caught after being tracked in his company van visiting a pawnbrokers where some of the missing items were recovered. The theft happened as the victim shielded during Covid

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Birmingham Post

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on inflation, interest rates and recession

Andrew Bailey has been on an official visit to South Wales

Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby: My best friends shut me out when I need them most

Now that they have kids, they meet up and exclude their childless friend, who recently went through a breakup, losing a pet and a bad case of COVID.

Radio France Internationale

Numbers of asylum seekers in France close to pre-Covid record

Nearly 131,000 people asked for asylum in France in 2022 – a 27 percent increase from the year before and close to the record high from before the Covid pandemic.

Fortune

In a post-pandemic world, we need a new social contract for work

Companies need to develop new social and psychological contracts with their employees, according to Mercer CEO Martine Ferland.

Bangkok Post

Financial worries keep many Chinese at home

About 40% of Chinese travellers aren’t planning to venture overseas this year despite the sudden easing of restrictions, mainly because of the financial impact of Covid, according to a survey published on Thursday.

Irish Mirror

People who catch Covid are five times more likely to die for up to 18 months

The findings of the study show that the chances of death remained five times higher up to 18 months later

Dublin Live

Heartfelt tributes pour in for 'wonderful' DCU professor following death

The double lung and kidney transplant survivor has just last week spoken about his harrowing experience in hospital after being diagnosed with Covid-19

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