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Stepping Out founder Oliver Johnston goes under the Belfast Live spotlight

Oliver Johnston set the business up using his own experience of leaving a high-powered job just before the pandemic

Belfast Live

Teen pulled from Turkey earthquake rubble after 94 hours drank own urine to survive

Victims are continuing to be pulled from the wreckage of the earthquake which reduced areas of Turkey and Syria this week, including a 17-year-old who had to drink his own urine

Daily Mirror

Judge convicts man of sexual assault for slapping woman's backside in supermarket queue

Solicitor, Michael Ryan for the man said his client “is a man of his era”

Irish Mirror

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WHO: China Stats 'Under-represent' True Impact of Covid Outbreak

The World Health Organization criticized China's "very narrow" definition of Covid deaths on Wednesday, warning that official statistics were not showing the true impact of the outbreak.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese hospitals taking more Covid cases amid ‘concerning situation’, says WHO

Chinese intensive care units are filling up with patients amid a rise in Covid cases across the country, the World Health Organisation has said.

Evening Standard

WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China

The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy

The Independent UK

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

A top official at the World Health Organization said the U_N_ agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.”

The Independent UK

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Monkeypox has a new name. Here's why

The old name, while confusing, isn’t the issue so much as the weaponization of it, experts say.

Fortune

WHO ranks world’s worst pathogens at risk of sparking pandemics

WHO to convene over 300 scientists to consider evidence of more than 25 virus families and bacteria

The Independent UK

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a global supply shortage

The Independent UK

World Health Organization chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response.

Chicago Sun-Times

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda apologises for 'deficits in care' as baby dies just days after birth

“I cannot begin to explain how helpless we felt while listening to other newborn babies on the maternity ward while waiting nearly twelve hours to find out exactly how unwell Danny was.”

Irish Mirror

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un sends congratulations letter to the Queen

Kim, who like the British monarch inherited his position from his father, has written her a letter, the North Korean foreign ministry confirmed today

Daily Mirror

N. Korea Covid Outbreak Likely 'Getting Worse' Says WHO

The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress". North Korea, which announced its first ever coronavirus cases on May 12, said last week its Covid outbreak had been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Reuters

WHO says COVID in North Korea likely 'getting worse, not better'

The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea's claims of progress in the fight against a COVID-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, not better, amid an absence of independent data.

Bangkok Post

N Korea Covid outbreak 'getting worse' - WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

Liverpool Echo

Fish left 'gasping' and boats stranded as canal water levels drop

Water levels are reported to have dropped by nearly a metre after a pump was switched off

Radio France Internationale

WHO chief says China's zero-Covid strategy is 'unsustainable'

China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization has said, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.

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Al Jazeera

WHO says China’s zero-COVID strategy unsustainable

UN health agency officials say that any measure to tackle a coronavirus outbreak should show respect for human rights.

The Independent UK

Is poor morale among Russia troops undermining Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine?

All parties engage in information war but some patterns emerging, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Guardian - AU

‘One last Christmas’: after six decades together Covid claims husband and wife in same week

‘It would have been so sad to watch one of them mourn the other,’ say daughters of Victorian couple

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: Ukraine Health System ‘Engulfed’ by War

The war with Russia has sparked a health crisis in Ukraine, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, decrying at least 18 verified attacks on health care facilities and personnel. The UN health agency said Ukraine's health system was proving "remarkably resilient" following Russia's invasion on February 24. But WHO emergencies…

Irish Mirror

Brian Cody set to face the ninth different Tipperary manager as Kilkenny boss

Across League and Championship encounters, Liam Sheedy enjoys the best record against Cody with each of his spells producing a 50% win rate

The Independent UK

COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says

The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization says the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, including deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns, could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly

The Guardian - UK

France reports nearly half a million new cases, a record increase; Italy records 228,179 daily infections – as it happened

France registers 464,769 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours; Italy’s cases jump from 83,403 a day earlier

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