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Seth Meyers: ‘It is on Democrats to do something to improve people’s lives’

Late-night hosts discuss Democrats’ floundering on inflation, North Korea’s Covid outbreak and the potential domino effect of overturning Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

Antibiotics can lead to life-threatening fungal infection because of disruption to the gut microbiome – new study

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an underlying disease, such as cancer, or a viral infection, such as HIV or COVID. Our new study shows…

The Conversation

UK airlines and airports scramble to hire staff as travel takes off again

Lengthy background checks and a tight labour market are hampering the replacement of thousands of workers axed during Covid

The Guardian - UK

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Peru's Covid orphans struggle to get by

As Peru slowly emerges from the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the government is trying to help the country's Covid orphans. According to the medical journal The Lancet, around 100,000 children in Peru lost at least one of their two parents to the pandemic; more than anywhere else in the world. The…

France 24

Baby drowned in three inches of bathwater as mother fainted from adverse reaction to Covid jab

Lawyer Louise Atkinson blacked out and fainted after jab, an inquest into her nine-month-old Eleanor heard

The Independent UK

Schools in Northumberland continue to feel the pressure of Covid absences despite fall in cases

ONS data has shown cases of the virus are falling across the country but remains higher in the North East

Chronicle Live

TS records 52 COVID cases

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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Higher; Dow Surges 1.5%

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones gaining more than 450 points on Friday.

Benzinga

CLSA Expects SoftBank To Focus More On Buybacks Than High Growth Stocks Like Alibaba

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) may, for the first time, spend more on share buybacks than investments through its landmark Vision Fund as the firm goes into "defense" mode, according to CLSA's Oliver Matthew. "I think that the comments yesterday from Masayoshi Son made it very clear we're in defense round…

Benzinga

Nurses recall the terror of second wave

Exactly a year ago, we lived in a state of anxiety and fear. Lucky were those who didn’t have to make pleas for hospital beds, oxygen, plasma for their near and dear ones. Social media was plastered with bereavement notes, and we all were left praying for survival. All our…

The Times of India

Covid cases in hospital in Wales fall to their lowest level in nine months

The number of infections has also fallen for the fourth week in a row, according to data from the ONS

Wales Online

Foreign Office updates passport rules for EU countries including Spain, Greece and Italy

Foreign Office travel advice has been updated for 33 countries to clarify passport rules for UK holidaymakers including EU holiday hotspots like Spain, Portugal, France and Greece

Daily Mirror

2022 NBA Draft Sleepers: Under-the-Radar Prospects to Watch

Terquavion Smith, Keon Ellis and Tyrese Martin are just a few underappreciated prospects you should keep a close eye on.

Sports Illustrated

Lifeline Lanarkshire charity which was on the brink of closure opens new hub

Share Alike based in East Kilbride offers a raft of services from emergency food parcels to clothing and classes and companionship.

Daily Record

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Spain, Morocco agree to reopen African land borders after two-year closure

The land borders between Morocco and Spain's north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen next week, the authorities in Madrid have announced. The frontier was closed for more than two years due to Covid-19 restrictions and tensions between the two governments.

Newslaundry

India insists WHO is wrong about Covid deaths. What do the numbers say?

The health and family welfare ministry issued a statement on May 5 disputing the World Health Organisation’s estimate of Covid deaths in India. The WHO had said that India lost 47.4 lakh people to Covid in 2020 and 2021, several times the Indian government’s tally of 5.24 lakh. The ministry…

Insider UK

Employers urged to sign up to Covid safety pledge

Unions and experts suggest that employers risk-assess their workplace to safeguard against the spread of infection

Reuters

'Not free from COVID': Thousands pray at Portuguese shrine despite fears of new wave

Happy but cautious at being able to join a mass religious event for the first time since the pandemic began, thousands of Catholic faithful gathered at a sanctuary in Portugal on Friday, as authorities brace for a potential sixth wave of COVID-19.

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Wales Online

Piano-playing internet sensation, 10, with cerebral palsy raises more than £20,000

Lennie Street wowed the internet during Covid lockdowns

The Guardian - UK

Well-off Britons splash out on trips of a lifetime as Covid restrictions ease

More families are splurging lockdown savings on longer, more luxurious breaks often topping £50,000, say high-end travel agents

Daily Record

Neighbourhood Networks' Lanarkshire members get ready for party in the park

The charity organisation is holding a 20th birthday celebration this weekend.

Liverpool Echo

Three areas of Merseyside record rises in Covid infections

There was a week-on-week percentage change figure fall of 8% in England overall

The Conversation

Why a US task force is recommending anxiety screening in kids 8 and older

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft statement in April 2022 recommending screening for anxiety in children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 18. This recommendation – which is still open for public comment – is timely, given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s…

The National (Scotland)

Covid levels in Scotland fall for seventh week running, ONS data finds

THE proportion of people in Scotland with Covid-19 has dropped to the lowest level since before Christmas, according to the latest data.

Benzinga

Aluminum Inventories Reach A New Low, Prices Plunged

Aluminum available for withdrawal at London Metal Exchange warehouses fell to a record low. Still, the latest sign of supply shortages isn’t enough to break the pessimistic sentiment that is ruling metals markets as demand worsens, writes Bloomberg. On-warrant aluminum inventories fell 9.7% to 260,275 tons, breaking a record set in…

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