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When A-level and GCSE exams start this year, when they finish, and results day dates

Exams return for teenagers this year after two years of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Liverpool Echo · May 12, 2022

North Korea orders strict lockdown after first official Covid case

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered a strict national lockdown after the country reported its first official Covid cases.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2022

North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak as Kim orders lockdown

While the scale of the outbreak isn't known, it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.

WEKU · May 12, 2022

Beijing denies lockdown rumours as Shanghai hunts elusive COVID

Beijing denied it was heading for lockdown as panic buying gripped the capital on Thursday, while Shanghai combed the city for lingering COVID-19 cases in the hope of clearing the way to escape from weeks of painful restrictions.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

'Real Euphoria': Cannes Luxury Back after Pandemic Pause

After celebrations took a hit during the past two years of Covid-19, this year's Cannes Film Festival promises a return to its traditional wild festivities and displays of exorbitant wealth. "There is real euphoria... people want human contact," Romain Benichou of rental firm Century 21, told AFP. But buying your…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 12, 2022

France lifts Covid restrictions, no longer requiring masks on planes, trains as of Monday

France will no longer require passengers on trains, metros, busses and domestic flights to wear masks starting Monday, 16 May, lifting one of the last remaining Covid measure in the country. And the European air safety authority will no longer recommend masks be worn on flights within the EU.

Radio France Internationale · May 12, 2022

Lack of drugs for use in pregnancy ‘resulting in needless deaths’ in UK

Experts call for urgent investment and effort to transform pregnant women’s access to modern medicine

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

China fights economic slump, sticks to costly 'zero COVID'

China’s leaders are struggling to reverse a deepening economic slump without giving up a “zero-COVID” strategy that shut down Shanghai and other cities

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

COVID-19: Daily cases reported 2,827 in past 24 hours

With 2,827 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while the active cases dipped to 19,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 12, 2022

Palace on Wheels to return to tracks soon!

India’s famed luxury train, is all set to make a comeback soon, after its services were halted due to the COVID pandemic in 2020.

The Times of India · May 12, 2022