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COVID took over their high school experience. They want senior year to be different

For the class of 2023, every year of high school was disrupted by the pandemic. NPR talked to five seniors about what that's been like.

WEKU

'I feel like a burden and a nuisance to everyone': People share their horrendous waits for operations on the NHS

One person said he'd been waiting the best part of 10 years for a hip operation

Wales Online

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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Easyjet plunges to fresh losses while Ryanair rockets into profit

EASYJET said today it is back on the up after two torrid Covid affected years, but it will still plunge to another loss this year.

Evening Standard

Tourists come back to Taiwan after strict Covid-19 restrictions eased

Taiwan has been among the hardest places for a tourist to get access to - but not any more

Evening Standard

Anti-CCP protest and lockdown fears fuel China tensions before congress

Images show banners emblazoned with protest messages hanging from overpass on major road in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

12million people to be asked to come in for a Covid booster from Friday

People have been urged to get the jab amid a warning of a potential “twindemic”

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‘It felt like I was never going to get better’: patients navigating long Covid

Those affected with long Covid have to cope with an illness that is not yet well understood. Three patients discuss their journey

The Guardian - US

Editorial: A crowning achievement: Welcome back, Lady Liberty

This week, after more than two-and-a-half years of COVID closure, visitors returned to the top of the Statue of Liberty, climbing the 146 winding steps up the double helix spiral staircase to reach inside her crown and look down on the harbor from the 25 windows, exactly as intended when…

Tribune News Service

Faye Flam: An NYU professor got fired. Then everyone missed the point

The disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is loosening society’s grip on some stubborn assumptions about different facets of life, especially work and education. The latest: that the hardest college classes are the most rigorous, as exemplified in last week’s hullabaloo over the case of an New York University professor…

Tribune News Service

‘Zero scent’: could negative reviews of smelly candles hint at a Covid surge?

There is indeed a correlation between Covid cases and the number of reviews complaining that Yankee Candles don’t have a smell, research shows

The Guardian - US

Urgent warning as 'difficult' winter approaches and one Dublin hospital reports being at breaking point

The number of people hospitalised with Covid is also increasing

Irish Mirror

Hong Kong eyes property tax cut, visa moves to reverse Covid brain drain

Hong Kong is considering easing property taxes and visa restrictions as authorities seek to curb a pandemic brain drain that’s threatened the city’s status as an international financial hub.

Bangkok Post

Four out of five pupils in England say progress suffered due to Covid

State school pupils twice as likely to feel they have fallen behind than peers in private schools, landmark study finds

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Bangkok Post

Thais are first tourists as Taiwan ends Covid quarantine rules

TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of Covid-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group. that stepped off the plane from Bangkok shortly after midnight.

AAP

Ruby Princess's COVID-19 source disputed

Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines claim there was "a small, well-managed influenza outbreak" on the Ruby Princess before it set sail on its deadly cruise.

The Independent UK

Tourists flock to Taiwan as COVID entry restrictions eased

Taiwan has lifted all its COVID-19 entry restrictions, allowing tourists unfettered access the self-ruled island after over 2 1/2 years of closed borders

Newcastle Herald

'New normal' looms with new uncertainty over COVID

It would be refreshing if the politicians were more upfront about the reasons for their decision.

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Reuters

Taiwan welcomes back visitors after ending COVID quarantine rules

Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of COVID-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group that stepped off the plane shortly after midnight.

Chicago Sun-Times

Give it another shot: Get the latest COVID-19 booster

Only 10% of Chicagoans have gotten their updated COVID-19 booster. Perhaps we need a jolt of that urgency and desperation we once felt to protect ourselves from coronavirus at the height of the pandemic.

The Guardian - AU

Alan Joyce predicts underlying profit of up to $1.3bn and denies Qantas has a morale problem

Chief executive says feedback from workers has been ‘a huge thank you to the management of Qantas for getting the company through the Covid period’

Daily Mirror

Ant and Dec share positive Covid tests as Amanda Holden reveals first look at BGT

Geordie duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly won't attend this week's NTAs after revealing they've both caught Covid-19

AAP

WA to shut major COVID-19 vaccine clinics

The West Australian government will close all its major COVID-19 vaccination clinics by early November.

The Independent UK

NHS trials online booking for flu jabs for the first time

It comes as more people have been called forward for their Covid-19 autumn booster.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Will you get long COVID? Study breaks down the odds of recovery months after infection

It’s likely you’ve heard of long COVID by now, and you may be wondering what’s the likelihood of developing it after a COVID-19 infection.

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