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'Earth's empty quarter': many Pacific nations now have falling populations

In 1989, distinguished Australian geographer Gerard Ward wrote that the Pacific was emptying out. As people on smaller islands left to seek opportunity elsewhere, the region risked becoming Earth’s empty quarter. He wrote:

The Conversation

What COVID has taught us about sharing our emotions – and why now's a good time to share again

Although they were only two-and-a-half years ago, the first months of the COVID pandemic and ensuing lockdowns seem like a distant past.

The Conversation

The bad news: 2023 is likely to be even crazier. The good news: Tough times make leaders and businesses better

Fortune's conversations with top CEOs share a common thread: Major crises make leaders more resilient.

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'There's a tangible, bustling energy around': Manchester city centre thriving as numbers return to pre-pandemic levels

'Covid changed all of us and I think people are making up for the last couple of Christmases'

Manchester Evening News

Pro-democracy movement unites Chinese Australians as community speaks out against zero-COVID policy

Hundreds of protesters from Australia's Chinese community turned out in solidarity with those in China, the majority were Han Chinese people — the largest ethnic group in mainland China.

ABC News

UK ‘going backwards’ in pandemic preparedness says former Vaccines Taskforce boss

Dame Kate Bingham suggested that UK capabilities set up to tackle the Covid-19 crisis were being 'dismantled'

Wales Online

Government flying blind on Long Covid

The failure of government agencies to examine the potential impacts of Long Covid makes it impossible to make informed decisions on public health policy.

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Former vaccines chief sounds warning about UK pandemic readiness

Kate Bingham raises concerns to committee of MPs as head of UKHSA suggests Covid could be on rise again

The Guardian - UK

44 children under five hospitalised with flu over the past six weeks as HSE urges vaccinations

Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospital wards around the country with influenza since the start of October

Irish Mirror

Delayed Lanarkshire electric vehicle charging station set for switch on by end of year

The £160k project hit the buffers after suppliers installed the wrong equipment

Daily Record

Terminally ill OAP left without washer and dryer after signing up for government-funded scheme

Margaret Phillips took part in The Warmer Homes Scotland scheme in early September to have a new heating system installed.

Daily Record

UK ‘going backwards’ in pandemic preparedness – expert

Dame Kate Bingham chaired the UK vaccines taskforce during the Covid-19 crisis.

The Independent UK

Zero Covid can’t continue in China. Reopening is the only way to quell public anger

Local officials have doubled down on the severe restrictions that has already caused so much economic damage, says Yu Jie of Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

Payment sought for 929 NSW residents who agreed to work off now invalid Covid fines

Redfern Legal Centre calls for compensation after withdrawal of 33,000 pandemic-era fines

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Crowds in Chinese city of Guangzhou clash with white hazmat-suited riot police

Videos appear to show objects being thrown at the officers, and crowds running to escape tear gas

Caixin Global

Guangzhou to Conditionally Allow Home Quarantine for Covid Close Contacts

The southern Chinese metropolis is aiming to ‘optimize’ pandemic prevention measures as it battles one of the worst outbreaks in the country

The Independent UK

HSBC to close 114 branches across UK as use drops ‘significantly’ after pandemic

Bank slashes around a quarter of branches in country

Wales Online

Four tips to stop your office Christmas party turning into a superspreader event

If you’re wanting to celebrate after two years of curtailed festivities, don’t despair

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Nottingham Post

Notts builder blames Brexit and Covid for housing estate delays

"We understand how important it is"

The Independent UK

Parents urged to get children flu vaccine after 70% jump in hospital cases

Covid restrictions mean most young children have never encountered flu and have no natural immunity to the virus.

Reuters

Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

California hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn't do it

LOS ANGELES — To help patients who are financially strapped, California lawmakers decided to stiffen state requirements for hospitals to offer free or discounted care.

Daily Record

'Deeply disturbing' Prison deaths in Scotland at record high as drugs and suicide fatalities on rise

Researchers from Glasgow University claim that while covid infections had an impact on numbers, it was the increase in deaths from suicide and drugs that had been the most significant.

Reuters

Overseas Chinese step up protests as calls mount for change

From Sydney to Toronto, mainland Chinese have stepped up protests this week, with demands to end the world's most stringent COVID-19 restrictions evolving into calls to "free China" and for President Xi Jinping to step down.

The Independent UK

Parents refuse to use ‘blood tainted by vaccination’ for baby ahead of life-saving surgery

Couple says they want blood to come from people not injected with the Covid vaccine

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