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Company teaches mask-wearers to smile again

A company in Japan is offering lessons for people who forgot how to smile when they wore masks during the Covid pandemic. Egaoiku – which means “Smile Education” – is enjoying a four-fold increase in demand for smiling classes, including one-on-one sessions that cost 7,700 yen (£44). “I think there’s…

The Week

Deadly disease set to overtake Covid as new pandemic as it kills 1.6m in a year

Doctors are now working to try to find a one-shot cure

Wales Online

Sharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kids

Tens of thousands fewer women were incarcerated in the U.S. between 2019 and 2020 due to COVID-19, but as prison populations creep back to pre-pandemic norms, more children are being separated from their mothers, putting them at greater risk of health and behavioral problems, and making them vulnerable to abuse…

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Jacinda Ardern becomes a dame as New Zealand honours former PM

Ardern, who said she felt conflicted about the honour, was recognised for her service to the country during the pandemic and Christchurch terror attacks

The Guardian - AU

Jacinda Ardern given a top New Zealand honor for her service during shooting, pandemic

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the country’s highest honors for her leadership during a mass shooting and pandemic

The Independent UK

Cameron-Osborne austerity years cost UK dearly when Covid struck, says TUC

Union body claims policies left Britain ‘hugely unprepared’, in report before opening hearing of inquiry

The Guardian - UK

New Lowy South-East Asia Aid Map finds China overtaken as largest provider of development money in region

New research finds China has surrendered its position as the largest single provider of development finance in South-East Asia in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Post COVID-19, use of plastic bags sees marginal increase in tech city

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a blow to every sphere of life, including the implementation of the ban on the use of single-use plastic bags, which has marginally increased in Bengaluru

The Hindu

Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics

In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly. The text was made available online via Health Policy Watch and it quickly became apparent that all mentions of addressing antimicrobial resistance…

The Conversation

Thai Airways plans jet orders as carrier rebounds from pandemic

Thai Airways International Plc said it will begin talks with aircraft manufacturers to purchase 30 new widebody jets as tourists return to Thailand and the carrier looks to rebound from the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

‘Children with ADHD are being failed’: parents share their experiences of an overwhelmed system

Since the pandemic there has been a steep rise in cases of ADHD among children. Here, experts discuss why, parents describe their struggles and campaigners say what needs to change

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak must stop trying to hide evidence from the Covid inquiry

The public interest demands the full disclosure of what went on inside government during our deadliest peacetime emergency in more than a century

The Guardian - UK

Global employment gap grows as poor countries struggle to recover like rich ones

A report from the UN's International Labour Organisation predicts that global unemployment will finally fall below pre-pandemic levels in 2023 – but only in high-income countries, which have recovered faster from Covid and other crises.

Radio France Internationale

30-stone East Lothian dad 'trapped at home' and desperate to turn life around

Sean Crawford, 36, is determined to turn his life around after poor eating habits, grief and personal circumstances led him to rapidly pile on weight right before the pandemic struck.

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Daily Record

Grieving families demand Humza Yousaf hands over Nicola Sturgeon's pandemic messages

Solicitors acting for bereaved families have demanded that the communications of the former First Minister, clinical director Jason Leitch and other key government figures are handed over.

ABC News

ABC correspondent Anne Barker farewells Indonesia and the world's 'friendliest and most-cheerful' people

After a tumultuous posting marked by natural disasters and disrupted by the COVID pandemic, Indonesia correspondent Anne Barker signs off, reflecting on the big stories, the highs and lows.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the Covid inquiry: why was the science ignored?

The lessons to be learned from the government’s mistakes in handling of the coronavirus are crucial. We need all the facts

Daily Mirror

Eight pubs may be forced to shut as 'billionaire owners demand full lockdown rent'

Many boozers owned by the Wellington Pub Company may have to pay rent in full despite being crippled by the Covid-19 pandemic and huge rises in overheads recently

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Fortune

This city dodged the 2008 housing market crash—now it’s the epicenter of the pandemic correction

Austin is arguably the epicenter of both the Pandemic Housing Boom and the Pandemic Housing Correction.

The Guardian - UK

Ever higher interest rates won’t solve the problem of greedflation

Central banks seem blind to one of the real causes of inflation: profiteering under cover of Covid and the Ukraine war

The Guardian - UK

‘The billionaires have won’: English pubs forced to close after owners demand full rent for lockdown

Publicans face bankruptcy and homelessness after losing their fight with Tory donors against Covid rent back-payments

The New Daily

The Stats Guy: The reason why tourism is quickly shedding the COVID blues

The Australian tourism industry is recovering after a horror two years. This is who is driving it, and some challenges for the sector.

Daily Mirror

Nine US cities where home owners are losing thousands on value of their property

The US housing market is witnessing an unprecedented decline in home prices, with cities like Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angele and Salt Lake City experiencing significant drops

Salon

COVID benefit changes mean new hardship

Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID

Daily Mirror

Fears Covid inquiry could turn into whitewash amid withholding of information

Government is going to court to challenge a demand it hands over documents and evidence that will shine a light on its handling of the pandemic

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