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Zalando Posts First Decline in Sales Since Founding

Zalando posted a decline in sales for the first time since the German online fashion retailer was founded, leading it to dim its outlook for 2022 on Thursday. First-quarter sales fell by 1.5%, to 2.2 billion euros ($2.33 billion), after posting a 46.8% increase in the same quarter last year…

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Shoppers return to Next stores post-Covid, pushing online sales down

Retail giant says sales continue to grow following two-years of on-and-off lockdowns

Birmingham Post

Commentary: With COVID-19 and social upheaval, is it any wonder that millennial parents are stressed?

In this time of COVID-19, millennials rear their children with precision, rituals and caution. Nothing within their control is left to chance.

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Want free, at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurers? It’s not always easy, despite requirements

CHICAGO -- Some Illinois residents say they’re still having trouble getting free at-home COVID-19 tests from pharmacies and insurance companies, more than three months after the White House began requiring insurers to cover them.

Chicago Tribune

91 charges laid in alleged funds fraud

Nearly 100 charges have been laid against a NSW man for alleged fraud by falsely taking advantage of COVID-19 and natural disaster state government funds.

AAP

Adelaide Crows coach Matthew Nicks contracts COVID, Port Adelaide's Ollie Wines attacked by 'a thousand anti-vaxxers'

Port Adelaide midfielder Ollie Wines says he has been targeted by people opposed to vaccination. Meanwhile, Crows coach Matthew Nicks will miss Sunday's game after contracting COVID-19.

ABC News

China's Covid controls prompting firms to consider moving elsewhere

SHENZHEN: European businesses in China are increasingly looking to shift their investments to other markets due to the country's strict Covid-19 containment measures and supply chain disruptions, the European Chamber of Commerce in China said on Thursday.

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Voters head to polls in local elections as Tories brace for big losses

Conservatives fear they will be punished for the Partygate saga while Keir Starmer's Labour aims to pick up support

Daily Mirror

What is Omicron XE? Symptoms of the new Covid variant found in UK

XE combines genetic characteristic of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants, in what is known as a “recombinant”

The Independent UK

NHS staff anger at blitz of hospital parking tickets with one given 10 fines

NHS staff at Hull's hospitals have complained at a blitz of parking tickets that they have been receiving. Many say they have been given wrongly in a bid to "claw back money lost"

Daily Mirror

Nearly $1 million in grants for community groups

Community groups can now apply for nearly $1 million in grants and sponsorship funding from the City of Newcastle. Sporting groups, businesses, tourism and event operators can apply for projects to support social, cultural, environmental and economic initiatives. Lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the funding will enhance community wellbeing and…

Newcastle Herald

Are you still waiting for a new passport after 10 weeks? Let us know

Covid and Brexit have caused a perfect storm and queues at the Passport Office

Liverpool Echo

Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on 'zero-COVID' policy

Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the country or lavish family dinners, as China pledged to fight any criticism of its uncompromising "zero-COVID" policy.

Reuters

Millions in Beijing Urged to Work from Home to Fight Covid Outbreak

Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by the coronavirus curbs. Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-Covid policy involving lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early days…

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First snow falls on Thredbo ahead of ski season

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Hong Kong reopens beaches, Beijing relaxes quarantine rules

Hong Kong is reopening beaches and pools in a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, while China's capital Beijing is easing quarantine rules for arrivals from overseas

The Guardian - UK

Care homes in England demand revival of Covid fund to pay isolating staff

Providers and Unison tell Sajid Javid workers are changing jobs or turning to food banks as they cannot afford to stay at home

The Times of India

Italy relaxes Covid-19 travel restrictions and here’s all you need to know

With things slowly and steadily returning to normal post Covid-19 pandemic, Italy too, like many countries across the globe, has relaxed Covid-19 travel restrictions.

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COVID: India reports 3,275 new cases in past 24 hours

India logged 3,275 new coronavirus infections in a day, pushing the number of active cases to 19,719 and the overall tally to 4,30,91,393, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Coronavirus vaccine: Adar Poonawalla clarifies Covovax available for everyone above age of 12 years

Chief Executive Officer of Pune based Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday clarified that the COVID-19 vaccine Covovax is available for everyone above the age of 12 years.

Liverpool Echo

Woman who opposed disabled sister getting covid vaccine overruled in court

The woman, who has epilepsy and learning difficulties, will now be offered the jab

Reuters

Mexican foreign minister tests negative for COVID after meeting U.S.'s Blinken

Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard will continue with plans to visit Central America and the Caribbean, he said on Wednesday, following a negative COVID-19 test after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Benzinga

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Says $100M Shiba Inu Helped Fight COVID-19

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared an update on how $100 million worth of Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was put to use in fighting COVID-19.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | PM Modi leaves for home after concluding three-nation European tour; COVID-19 under control but caution needed, says Centre, and more

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AAP

COVID-19 sidelines Nicks, Simpson, Saints

AFL senior coaches Matthew Nicks and Adam Simpson, West Coast players and four members of St Kilda's football department are sidelined because of COVID-19.

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