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Japan visitors surge to near 1 million in first full month after COVID easing

Visitor arrivals to Japan jumped to nearly 1 million in November, the first full month after the country scrapped COVID-19 curbs that effectively halted tourism for more than two years, data showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.17% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.34%

Caixin Global

China limits how it defines COVID deaths in official count

A Chinese health official says the country only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a narrow definition that limits the numbers of deaths reported, as an outbreak of the virus surges following the easing of pandemic-related restrictions

The Independent UK

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"Follow COVID Protocol Or Postpone Bharat Jodo Yatra": Health Minister Writes To Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot

Mandaviya has also requested to postpone the foot march if the following protocol is not possible.Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Japan formin to postpone reported China trip to next year -TV Asahi

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will postpone an expected trip to China to meet with his counterpart Wang Yi to late January or later due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, TV Asahi reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

COVID hit companies hard. Why some kept their sustainability commitments, and others didn't

Covid-19 has had profound implications for the “role of business in society”. One of them is the pandemic’s effect on companies’ sustainability strategies. These are efforts to avoid companies’ harmful impacts on the environment and communities, and to enhance the positive impacts.

The Conversation

Beijing expects COVID surge as mutation risks concern experts

Hospitals should expand ICU beds as a priority, with COVID peak expected to last until end of January, expert says.

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COVID-19 case numbers are exploding in China. Here's how the surge could impact the global economy

COVID-19 cases have surged in China since stringent restrictions were lifted and there are concerns about the economic ramifications this could bring.

ABC News

Rightmove reveals most searched-for areas for home buyers in 2022

Several housing market trends have headed back towards where they were before the coronavirus pandemic, the website said.

The Independent UK

U.S. hopes to see China defeat current COVID outbreak

The United States on Tuesday indicated it stands ready to assist China with its surging COVID-19 outbreak, warning that an uncontrolled spread there may have implications for the global economy.

Reuters

Frustration among migrants at U.S.-Mexico border as COVID restrictions remain

When Vladimir Castellanos learned that COVID-19 restrictions blocking him and other migrants from claiming asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico may not be terminated this week, he said he felt deceived.

Reuters

Researchers launch trial to treat long COVID with drug used to block effects of opioids

Queensland researchers have led the way to find an overlap between long COVID and chronic fatigue. Now they're calling for participants in a trial to treat the illness.

ABC News

Regional Victorian high school students excel in VCE despite being exposed to bushfires, COVID and death

Despite the adversities, the VCE results achieved by students from Corryong College on the Victoria-NSW border were among the best in the state.

ABC News

Nobel laureates Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel on life beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

In 1996, Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel won a Nobel for virus research, but their 25-year anniversary was thwarted by COVID-19. They spoke to the ABC about how we prepare for the next pandemic, and how the infamous "Dan Murphy opening hours" tweet changed Professor Doherty's drinking habits.

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Daily Mirror

All the bad news buried before Christmas - including sacked Gavin Williamson's payoff

MPs have just left for Christmas - so we've trawled through seven details that got slipped out at the last minute, from Gavin Williamson's golden goodbye to school buildings facing collapse

The Guardian - UK

Choirs’ slow recovery from Covid restrictions

Letter: The government failed to help community choirs during the Covid pandemic, writes Penny Champion

The Independent UK

Ministers warned not to delay release of papers in PPE Medpro row

MPs have been told the release of documents on coronavirus contracts awarded to PPE Medpro might have to wait for criminal investigations to end.

Wales Online

The strict laws we were all living under this time last year that seem hard to believe now

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Ryanair restores pandemic pay cuts for Ireland pilots in time for Christmas

Settlement means airline has reached a pay deal with unions across Europe, excluding Belgium

The Independent UK

‘Worse than feared’: Brexit to blame for £33bn loss to UK economy, study shows

Exclusive: Economy 5.5 per cent smaller than if Leave referendum hadn’t happened, says think tank

Los Angeles Times

The best movies of 2022 — and where to find them

The movies returned at something close to full force this year. COVID masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the…

Daily Mirror

Matt Le Tissier claims furious call from Jamie Carragher and slams "special" Gary Lineker

Ex-Southampton star Matt Le Tissier is no stranger to controversy and has hit the headlines again following an appearance on a chat show with Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour

Evening Standard

London teenager returns to school after year of disruption after treatment at first ‘post-Covid clinic’

A teenager who missed a year of school due to long Covid has returned to full-time education after receiving treatment at the NHS's first "post-Covid service".

Liverpool Echo

'No respect for us': Nurses challenge government in battle to 'sustain NHS future'

One nurse told the ECHO: "Covid killed of a lot of nurses - physically and metaphorically. We feel burnt out"

Tribune News Service

China’s COVID-19 outbreak has US worried about new variants

The U.S. is concerned China’s runaway COVID-19 outbreak might spawn new mutations of the virus, as the world’s most populous country continues to grapple with the impact of loosening “COVID zero” protocols that had kept the pandemic at bay.

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