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Help sought for COVID financial woes / Govt may require local authorities to help borrowers

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is considering making it a local government obligation to help households struggling to make ends meet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hedge fund boss told PA to break lockdown rules to come to work

Hedge fund boss, Ramy Goldstein was found by a tribunal to have wrongly interpreted Covid lockdown rules

Evening Standard

Covid vaccine: When can I get my booster jab?

UK entering a new wave of the virus, experts warn

The Independent UK

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Singapore braces for fresh Covid wave, 'new variants of concern' from China

More Covid-19 infections and a new coronavirus wave are expected amid an increase in year-end travel and as more people take part in the festivities, but it will not be something that Singapore has not experienced, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said.

Bangkok Post

'I run a year round Christmas shop and I never get tired of festive tunes'

Most of us only indulge in Christmas preparations from November, maybe October, onwards but for the owners of The Little Christmas Shop, festive is a year round feeling

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock accuses Cummings of being ‘chatty rat’ who leaked lockdown news

Dominic Cummings was ‘frightening, damaging, negative force’, says ex-health secretary

The Independent UK

How one Chinese Twitter user exposed COVID protests to the world

‘Teacher Li’ has amassed more than 800,000 followers with his posts highlighting COVID-related unrest in China.

Al Jazeera

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tests positive for COVID, to work from home

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is isolating at Kirribilli House in Sydney after testing positive for COVID-19 for a second time this year.

ABC News

SRT's dining carriages back in service

Dining carriages on trains out of service since April 2020 due to the outbreak of Covid-19 will begin operating once again from Dec 6, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) public relations office.

Bangkok Post

Hunter challenge for silver at NSW Interbranch surf lifesaving titles

Captains Nic Stoddart and Nicola Owen led the way as Hunter fell just short of a breakthrough runner-up finish at the NSW Interbranch surf lifesaving titles on the weekend at Shelly Beach. Hunter finished third, eight points behind Sydney Northern Beaches but ahead again of traditional rivals Central Coast. Sydney…

Newcastle Herald

Australia PM tests positive for COVID, to work from home

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday afternoon and would work from home while isolating.

Reuters

Power talks off as PM struck with COVID-19

An important meeting with state premiers over soaring energy prices has been postponed after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tested positive for COVID-19.

AAP

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 1.76% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.92%

Caixin Global

Chinese Cities Relax Testing Rules as Zero-Covid Policy Eases

Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide protests. Local authorities across China have begun a slow rollback of the restrictions that have governed daily life for years, encouraged…

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Undertaker reveals the items his clients like to be buried with

David Barrington turned the business into a funeral directors at the young age of 25

The Independent UK

New Zealand launches inquiry into its coronavirus response

New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19 and how it can better prepare for future pandemics

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand announces inquiry into Covid-19 response

While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemic

Reuters

China set to ease COVID curbs further as markets cheer change of tack

China is set to announce a further easing of some of the world's toughest COVID curbs as early as Wednesday, sources said, as investors cheered the prospect of a policy shift that follows widespread protests and mounting economic damage.

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The New Daily

China heading towards downgrade of COVID-19 status

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 are improving as the coronavirus weakens, state media outlet Yicai reports.

Reuters

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 maturing - state media

Conditions for China to downgrade its management of COVID-19 as a serious contagious disease improving as the coronavirus weakens, state media outlet Yicai reported, among the first to float the idea.

Wales Online

MI5 error reveals Churchill was in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Top secret wartime files mistakenly placed on the internet during the pandemic covered the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up Nazi dictator

The Independent UK

NHS England urges most vulnerable to get winter Covid-19 booster

More than 16 million people have had a coronavirus booster while 18 million have had a flu jab, NHS England said.

Bangkok Post

Fresh concerns over Covid

As businesses pin their hopes on a strong recovery in the final month of the year based on lively shopping activity, entertainment events and vibrant tourism, a fresh Omicron outbreak has emerged including a rising death toll, rekindling concerns about the impact on economic sentiment.

Bangkok Post

How remote work withers our social networks

Since the start of the Covid pandemic more than 2.5 years ago, there have been endless debates about working remotely. At first Zoom and Teams software inspired optimistic futurists to announce that the office was now irrelevant. Then, a militant return-to-the-office demand rose to defy them. The most recent prominent…

Bangkok Post

Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China

In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world's most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions.

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