Fuller’s pub chain issues profit warning, blaming rail strikes Sales for Christmas and new year period are up on last year but down on pre-Covid trading The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023
Doyle McManus: Biden said the pandemic is over, but the pandemic won't cooperate WASHINGTON — Three years after the United States logged its first case of COVID-19, the pandemic has slipped off the front pages and seemingly out of public consciousness. Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023
Dom Amore: On this given Sunday, UConn men add up all the inches for the confidence and the win they needed HARTFORD, Conn. — Dan Hurley, his bout with COVID just about behind him, made it back to practice Saturday, and the looks on the faces he saw were enough to make a coach want to lift the mask over his eyes. Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023
Rising Stars 2023: The cool new screen and stage faces you need to know about It is 2023 and the film industry - no thanks to Covid - is somehow thriving. Charlotte O’Sullivan is here to reveal her picks of the rising stars you need to watch out for this year. From the stage to the screen, these are the names that O’Sullivan thinks will… Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2023
China says COVID deaths top 12,600 in week before Lunar New Year China said its COVID-related death toll topped more than 12,600 in the week before the Lunar New Year holiday, while a top health official suggested more than 1.1 billion people had been infected since virus controls were abruptly dismantled late last year. Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023
Omicron jab gets provisional green light A Pfizer booster that specifically tackles two Omicron COVID-19 variants has been given provisional approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. AAP · Jan 23, 2023
Biden expected to name Jeff Zients as chief of staff WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to name Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, elevating the administration’s former COVID-19 czar to one of the highest-profile roles in Washington. Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2023
Australia’s disadvantaged students excel in post-COVID test Students around the world suffered from learning loss due to COVID-19 but disadvantaged children in Australian schools bucked the trend. 360info · Jan 22, 2023
What school principals do is crucial to students’ emotional wellbeing COVID-19 devastated school learning, especially for marginalised students, but resourceful principals have shown how they can make a difference. 360info · Jan 22, 2023
How we can stop losing teachers COVID-19 further exposed existing cracks in the teaching profession which need to be fixed urgently. 360info · Jan 22, 2023
Covid-19’s “Kraken” subvariant: An infection expert answers 7 top questions XBB.1.5 is the most genetically rich and transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant yet detected in the United States, Europe, and other places. Inverse · Jan 22, 2023
Hungry have yen for taste of Japan The number of Japanese eateries in Thailand rose by more than 20% last year and they are poised to continue dominating the restaurant market, outpacing foreign peers. Bangkok Post · Jan 22, 2023
AP sources: Biden to pick Zients as his next chief of staff President Joe Biden is expected to name Jeff Zients, who ran the administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of Biden's term, as his next chief of staff The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
A $30 million gift to build an addiction treatment center. Then staffers had to run it DECATUR, Ill. — The question came out of the blue, or so it seemed to Crossing Healthcare CEO Tanya Andricks: If you had $30 million to design an addiction treatment facility, how would you do it? Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2023
Dublin Live · Jan 22, 2023 Dublin restaurants fully reopened one year ago but dozens have since closed due to costs After Covid-19 restrictions were lifted the hospitality sector faced a new battle as the cost of living increased
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 ‘They beat me with sticks’: Bangladesh opposition reels under crackdown as thousands arrested Police accused of shooting at activists and leaders of growing street protests against Sheikh Hasina’s draconian government
Reuters · Jan 22, 2023 Indonesian President Jokowi's approval rating at all-time high: poll Indonesian President Joko Widodo's approval rating has hit an all-time high after the government eased COVID-19 restrictions last month, a poll showed on Sunday.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 22, 2023 The year in travel: Robin McKelvie's top picks for 2023 IT’S that time again when we think about the year ahead with all its opportunities. It’s also peak holiday booking season.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 ‘This will happen before 2030’: how the science behind Covid vaccines might help to fight cancer The success of mRNA-based drugs in combating coronavirus is inspiring scientists to create similar vaccines for melanoma and other tumours
The Times of India · Jan 22, 2023 Mumbai civic body rejects allegation of 'scam' in setting up of jumbo Covid-19 centres MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday said that the allegation of a Rs 100 crore scam in setting up of jumbo Covid-19 centres is "baseless" .
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 22, 2023 Chinese Pray for Health in Lunar New Year as COVID Death Toll Rises China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by the virus between January 13 and 19. Queues stretched for about one kilometer (a half-mile)…
Bangkok Post · Jan 22, 2023 ‘I feel so happy’: China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years PHUKET: Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended its strict Covid-19 curbs and reopened its borders.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 Big Issue was pushed to brink by pandemic, says founder John Bird also calling on government to curb surge in homelessness by preventing eviction of tenants who cannot pay their rent
Reuters · Jan 22, 2023 COVID curbs over, China's tourists hit Thai beaches for first time in 3 years Hitting the white sand beaches and eating mango sticky rice and seafood, Chinese tourists are returning to Thailand for their first trips abroad since China ended its strict COVID-19 curbs and reopened its borders.
Al Jazeera · Jan 22, 2023 China says COVID outbreak has infected 80 percent of population Scientist says Lunar New Year travel rush unlikely to lead to a COVID surge as most people have been infected.