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China’s Covid curbs return as deaths emerge, casting reopening into doubt

BEIJING: Barely a week in, China’s lighter-touch Covid Zero policy is already running into trouble.

The Times of India

FTSE 100 Live: Stocks weaken on China’s Covid surge, Compass posts results

Public sector borrowing in October stood at £13.5 billion, a much smaller figure than the City had expected.

Evening Standard

Teal, spicy cough and bachelor’s handbag: the contenders for Macquarie Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year

Covid, Australian politics and online culture are dominant influences on this year’s shortlist

The Guardian - AU

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South China city locks down district in 'zero-COVID' fight

The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou has locked down its largest district as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes

The Independent UK

Victorian Liberals embarrassed by extremists within: how does this keep happening?

By rights, Victorians marking their ballot papers in the 2022 election this week should be casting judgment on the unprecedented emergency powers enforced during the COVID-19 crisis, while also evaluating the health, education and economic policies put forward in Australia’s second-most-populous state.

The Conversation

Calls for Dublin Fire Brigade to get €1,000 Covid bonus

The Government promised to pay all public-facing healthcare workers a €1,000 for working through the pandemic

Dublin Live

Shorter, sharper COVID wave ahead of Christmas

As COVID-19 cases again spike around Australia experts are hoping it will be a shorter, sharper wave that's in decline before Christmas.

Newcastle Herald

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China COVID cases rise, hard-hit Beijing tightens entry rules

China's capital warned on Monday that it was facing its most severe test of the COVID-19 pandemic, shutting businesses and schools in hard-hit districts and tightening rules for entering the city as infections ticked higher in Beijing and nationally.

Reuters

China's coronavirus case numbers spike following first COVID-related death in six months

China records 27,095 new COVID-19 infections and two new deaths a day after recording its first COVID-related death since May 26.

ABC News

Five new variants in latest COVID-19 wave

Australia is in the grip of a new surge of COVID-19 cases with five new variants circulating but experts hope case numbers will start dropping before Christmas.

AAP

Hong Kong leader Lee tests positive for COVID-19 after APEC

The Hong Kong government says leader John Lee tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Thailand

The Independent UK

Hong Kong leader tests positive for COVID after APEC summit

Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders.

Reuters

Paradise paused: Asia-Pacific tourism continues to lag after the Covid induced freeze

Foreign arrivals slowly return, but cost of living pressures and China’s zero-Covid policy weigh on visitor numbers

The Guardian - AU

UK restaurants going bankrupt at faster rate than during Covid

Closures rise by 60% in past year, including 453 in most recent quarter, says advisory firm Mazars

The Guardian - UK

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Reuters

Baiyun District in Guangzhou locked down for 5 days from Nov 21-25

Local authorities in the Baiyun District of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou locked down the area for five days from Nov. 21 to Nov. 25 as COVID-19 cases continue to mount.

Daily Mirror

Kevin Maguire: 'Brexit is the elephant in the room that leaders can dodge no longer'

Polls finding clear majorities recognising that leaving was a costly mistake and a significant proportion of those who voted out want to be back in is a turning point, writes Kevin Maguire

Daily Mirror

I'm A Celebrity's Matt Hancock's girlfriend can't resist dig at MP in letter from home

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here star Matt Hancock received his letter from home from girlfriend Gina Coladangelo tonight but even she couldn't resist a dig at the Tory MP

Bangkok Post

Review Covid drug policy

Covid-19 cases have been surging over the past few weeks including a rise in the number of new cases which is likely to last until early next year.

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Newsroom.co.nz

Collaboration key to meeting NZ’s infrastructure demands

Events like the earthquakes and Covid-19 drove change in the construction sector, but the ball needs to keep rolling.

The Conversation

With record numbers of students cheating, unis should revert to old school in-person exams

Contract cheating – where commercial cheating services provide assignments for university students – has become a global problem.

Edinburgh Live

I'm A Celebrity stars vent their 'suspicions' about Matt Hancock as MP leaves camp

Hancock's late arrival in the jungle has left many of this year's stars on edge, with the disgraced Tory's handling of the Covid pandemic while health secretary still fresh in people's minds.

Daily Mirror

Barry Hearn defends taking events to Saudi Arabia after signing £2.5m snooker deal

Matchroom promoter Barry Hearn has defended taking major sporting events to Saudi Arabia after a snooker tournament had been planned to take place in the Gulf State

The Conversation

Women are struggling to regain lost ground in the workforce after COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social and economic inequalities between men and women in Canada.

The Conversation

With COVID, flu and RSV circulating, it’s time to follow the evidence: Return to mask mandates

The number of children and babies with respiratory illnesses currently exceeds the capacity of our health system to care for them. More adult Canadians will die directly of COVID-19 this year than died last year or in 2020.

Daily Record

Strictly Come Dancing viewers make the same complaint following Blackpool return

Fans were quick to point out one flaw in Saturday night's show - the first broadcast from the ballroom in three years due to Covid.

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