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Starling Bank profits slide after FCA fine and Covid loan issues

The bank reported a pre-tax profit of £223 million for 2024, down 26% from the £301 million made the prior year.

Evening Standard

How Tulsi became Trump's biggest weapon

Trump's intelligence director peddles new conspiracy theory that stokes MAGA extremism — and even violence

Salon

RFK Jr. and Argentina's Milei Announce Launch of WHO Alternative 'Free From Totalitarian Impulses, Corruption, and Political Control'

"The WHO's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed serious structural and operational shortcomings that undermined global trust," said both governments in a joint statement

Latin Times

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There’s a new COVID variant driving up infections. A virologist explains what to know about NB.1.8.1

As we enter the colder months in Australia, COVID is making headlines again, this time due to the emergence of a new variant: NB.1.8.1.

The Conversation

TV tonight: the extraordinary story of the baroness and the Covid scandal

The downfall of the lingerie entrepreneur accused of making millions from taxpayers for PPE. Plus: David Frost takes on Moshe Dayan. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The latest COVID strain, NB 1.8.1, is an Omicron variant. Here's all you need to know

The appearance of a new variant coincides with changes to U.S. vaccine policies.

Fortune

Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?

New Zealand Music Month turned 25 this year, and there’s been plenty to celebrate – whether it be Mokotron’s Taite Prize-winning Waerea, Lorde’s recent return (though not to New Zealand – yet), or the fact that live performance revenues post-COVID have been strong.

The Conversation

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RFK Jr drops Covid-19 boosters for kids and pregnant women from CDC list

The move ends the CDC’s booster recommendation for healthy children and pregnant women, bypassing norms

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr drops Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children from CDC list

It comes as a new Covid variant proliferates around the U.S.

The Independent UK

New Covid variant spreading from Asia now surges across US — what is it and where is it spreading

The spread of NB.1.8.1 comes after the Trump administration announced a plan to limit access to Covid vaccines

The Independent UK

It hasn't been this hard to find a used car since the height of COVID

Tariffs drive people away from new cars, creating a shortage on used car lots.

Fortune

US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines due to tariff anxiety

Americans’ views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely driven by anxiety over the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs

The Independent UK

Covid-19 cases top 53,500 a week, Bangkok most infected

There were 53,563 Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand last week, with five deaths, and Bangkok had the most infections.

Bangkok Post

Josh Taylor was once great – but a career in turmoil poses an uncomfortable question

A third consecutive defeat to Ekow Essuman has left the former undisputed champion reeling, writes Steve Bunce, and it is not at all clear what comes next

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Fears grow as new Covid strain emerges in US after cases surge in China

A new Covid variant, thought to have contributed to a wave of infections in China and parts of Asia, has been confirmed to be present in the US

Radio France Internationale

Former Senegal government ministers charged over Covid fund fraud

A special court in Senegal has charged four former government ministers from ex-president Macky Sall's cabinet with corruption and embezzlement related to the management of Covid-19 funds – under a wider anti-corruption campaign by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

The Guardian - US

FDA advisers recommend Covid vaccine updates to target new strains

Committee says newest vaccines should be updated and formalizes rules that limit vaccine access for Americans

Reason

Is Donald Trump To Blame for a COVID Lab Leak?

Criticisms of the president's alleged flip-flopping on gain-of-function research funding miss some key context.

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Evening Standard

Johnson favoured ‘authoritarian approach’ to pandemic punishments, inquiry told

Lord Patrick Vallance was speaking to the seventh module of the Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Conversation

Vaccines: why these young Africans are hesitant about them and what might change their minds

Vaccines have proved to be one of the most effective tools in fighting infectious diseases, but convincing people to get vaccinated can be tough. Especially young people.

The Independent UK

FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter

The Conversation

WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next pandemic − but the US isn’t signing

On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of “intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The U.S., however, did not participate, in part because of its intention to withdraw from…

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25 Of The Most Disappointing And Outright Cruel Gifts People Received At Work

You know, some corporate gifts are better left unboxed. Because getting none sounds better than this.

The Independent UK

EasyJet to reopen Newcastle base after Covid closure

The group said it would launch the new base at Newcastle International Airport from next spring.

Evening Standard

What do the latest migration figures show?

The drop has been driven by a fall in the number of people coming to the UK to work and study.

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