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Newcastle great grandmother, 93, celebrates birthday with photoshoot - creating pictures her family will treasure

It's a gift which the family say has become even more treasured after fears they might lose her during the Covid pandemic

Chronicle Live

Macramé magic

Nichanan A-ngi was one of the many thousands of hotel employees laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unusually, the 31-year-old former receptionist spent her unplanned free time learning macramé, the art of using knots to create decorative items with textiles. And Nichanan’s mother and friends certainly did not anticipate her…

Bangkok Post

World must learn from Covid-19

Some 194 countries are currently negotiating the world’s first pandemic accord. Born out of our lessons in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have agreed that we need effective mechanisms and measures in place to be able to better prevent, prepare for and respond to the next big threat.

Bangkok Post

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Was Trump's Operation Warp Speed a Success?

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic with Institute for Progress founder Alec Stapp.

Reason

Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says

Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Michelle O'Neill 'not fully briefed on pandemic risks and responses as health minister'

The inquiry is hearing from Northern Ireland witnesses this week, including former first minister Baroness Arlene Foster and chief medical officer Sir Michael McBride

Belfast Live

O’Neill ‘not fully briefed on pandemic risks and responses as health minister’

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill served as the Stormont health minister from 2016 to 2017.

The Independent UK

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Vaughan Gething says it's 'unfair' to expect him to have read pandemic preparation paperwork when he was health minister

He has been widely criticised for his recent performance at the UK Covid Inquiry

Wales Online

BBC Scotland viewing figures drop by more than a third since pandemic

VIEWING figures for BBC Scotland have dropped by more than a third since the pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

Collapse is not a dirty word

To assume our continued destruction of the planet’s life-supporting systems could lead to any other outcome than collapse is irrational. But, as writes Catherine Knight, the prospect of a 'great unravelling' does present an opportunity.

Newsroom.co.nz

Normal People star Leah McNamara says part of series’ success was because ‘a lot of people were lonely’

BBC drama was released during the height of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Mark Drakeford just tried to defend Vaughan Gething and what he said doesn't stack up

The First Minister was quizzed in the Senedd about the former health minister's admission at the Covid Inquiry that he hadn't read a key paper into how prepared the UK was for a pandemic

Wales Online

First post-pandemic Colour Dash launched by Irish Cancer Society

The charity has announced the date for the Colour Dash 2023

Dublin Live

‘No surprise’ briefing for minister sparse on pandemic plan detail, probe told

Richard Pengelly is a former permanent secretary at the Department of Health.

The Independent UK

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Belfast Live

Arlene Foster: Not enough consideration was given to impact of Covid lockdown

The UK Covid Inquiry is hearing from Northern Ireland witnesses this week

The Week

What’s causing China’s deflation crisis?

China’s economy is teetering on the brink of a deflation crisis as its recovery from the pandemic stalls.

The Independent UK

Not enough consideration was given to impact of Covid lockdown – Foster

The former NI First Minister and DUP leader is giving evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.

The Hindu

415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years, says UNDP study

A total of 415 million people moved out of poverty in India within just 15 years from 2005/2006 to 2019/2021, the United Nations (UN) said on July 11, highlighting the remarkable achievement by the world’s most populous nation.

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The Guardian - UK

Rising mortgage rates will cause ‘financial stress’, MPs hear, as two-year fixed rates hit 15-year high – as it happened

Treasury Committee quiz lenders about mortgage rates, as two-year fixed mortgage rate rises to 6.66%, highest since 2008

Dublin Live

'Communication gap' for babies born in pandemic, study says

Lockdown restrictions impacted skills development

The Independent UK

Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts

A new analysis shows students across the U.S. fell further behind academically last school year despite extensive efforts to help them recover from learning setbacks tied to the COVID-19 pandemic

Daily Mirror

Brit found dead on beach in Portugal as mum battles to bring his body back to UK

Thomas Anson, 41, was found dead on a beach in Portugal earlier this year after calling the country home since the pandemic, as her family look to raise funds to bring him home

The Hindu

‘Our attempt is to end import dependency on urea by 2025 and replace it with nano urea and other alternate forms of urea’

Talking to The Hindu, the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Manuskh Mandaviya, said the Centre’s effort is to reduce import dependency on fertilizers, especially in view of the steep increase in prices after the Ukraine crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpts from the interview:

Daily Mirror

Urgent warning over surge in Victorian diseases across UK amid cost of living crisis

Experts say a cost of living crisis hitting the UK as the country emerges from years under a Covid pandemic could be causing a rise in cases of scurvy and rickets

Fortune

Gen Z is so lacking in soft skills after lockdown that Big 4 consultants are offering classes to help new hires fit in at work

KPMG U.K. CEO Jon Holt tells Fortune, “It’s important that as a business we support them as they begin their training and careers with us.”

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