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California doctor lauded for COVID testing work pleads guilty to selling misbranded cosmetic drugs

A celebrated doctor who tested tens of thousands of people for COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months in a badly-stricken California desert community has pleaded guilty to misbranding cosmetic drugs

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia's Pro League is taking advantage of football's greed and inequality

For Liverpool supporters like me, Jordan Henderson was one of football’s good guys. He was the club captain who fundraised for the UK’s National Health Service during the COVID-19 pandemic and vocally supported Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ community.

The Conversation

‘Smashed it’: GCSE results bring surprise smiles for post-pandemic year group

Burnage academy pupils celebrate – but there is also anger at ‘bizarre’ decision to grade at 2019 levels

The Guardian - UK

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Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before Covid pandemic dip, study finds

During the five-year study, there were about 48,000 patients who underwent such surgeries

The Independent UK

Headteacher’s delight at GCSE results for pupils ‘most affected’ by pandemic

A campaign to improve mental health support in Brighton and Hove schools is under way.

The Independent UK

GCSE results: Boys finally get even (...almost) as grades see record drop

GCSE students saw a record drop in results on Thursday, but boys narrowed their gap with girls as exams returned to normal after the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Teenager celebrates nine GCSEs after battling serious health problems

Cancer treatment meant Seb Murphy had to shield before and during the pandemic and he followed lessons remotely using a robot in the classroom.

The Independent UK

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Hopeful signs of an economic 'soft landing' emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching

Business these days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is still good — just not as robust as it was after the U.S. economy roared out of the pandemic recession

The Independent UK

GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-Covid levels amid stark north-south divide

Efforts had been made to return grading in England to pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

GCSE results fall in England after anti-grade inflation plans forced through

Top grades down more than four percentage points on last year, leading to disappointment for many pupils

The Guardian - UK

GCSE top grades fall in NI but remain above pre-pandemic levels

More than 30,800 students are receiving their GCSE results on Thursday.

The Independent UK

GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results on Thursday.

The Independent UK

GCSE results: Top grades fall in England but remain above 2019 levels

More than one-fifth of entires received top grades, down 4.3 per cent on last year but above pre-pandemic levels

Evening Standard

Qantas record profit: delight for shareholders, distrust and derision from customers

The company has achieved an eye-watering annual profit – but at the expense of soaring ticket prices, record complaints and plummeting trust

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The Hindu

PM Modi seeks level playing field for smaller e-commerce players

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his opening address to the G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial summit, said it was the collective responsibility of these 20 nations to rebuild confidence in international trade and investment processes as the world economy has been tested by the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political tensions.

Al Jazeera

Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says

More than 155 million people were living on less than $2.15 a day last year, Asian Development Bank says.

The Guardian - AU

Qantas delivers record $2.47bn profit on back of soaring demand and high ticket prices

CEO Alan Joyce hails ‘remarkable turnaround’ for airline whose results were a stark change from a year earlier, when it fell to a $1.86bn loss

The Independent UK

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’

A new report draws together the findings of six expert-led evidence reviews.

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The Independent UK

How do GCSE grades differ across the UK?

Teenagers across the country are collecting their GCSE results.

The Independent UK

Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters

Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday

Al Jazeera

With tech workers gone, what is the future of San Francisco?

Changes on Market Street, once the city’s commercial heart, are leading to questions about its future.

The Independent UK

‘Anti-government’ extremists, undercover agents and a secret plot: What happened in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case?

Far-right extremists bitterly opposed to Michigan governor’s pandemic lockdown measures planned to abduct her and force restoration of civil liberties before FBI intervened

The Independent UK

Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before pandemic dip, study finds

A new study finds the number of gender-affirming surgeries in the United States nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019

The Conversation

Accra's most vulnerable residents were failed during COVID - the government didn't understand their realities

Containment measures, such as the lockdowns introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, had devastating consequences for vulnerable urban populations globally.

The Conversation

GCSE results 2023: how the qualification is failing disadvantaged young people

All the teenagers collecting their GCSE results this year have overcome significant difficulties. Their secondary school education has been thrown into upheaval by COVID-19: they have faced cancelled classes, have had to learn from home, have dealt with the social isolation and uncertainty of spending a significant part of their…

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