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Experts warn of the risk of another pandemic within our lifetimes

"I think the threat is very real and not just from something we know about"

Wales Online

Senedd could probe Wales’ Covid response after Labour-Tory deal

The Welsh Government said it is right the decisions it took ‘are openly and properly scrutinised’ but continued to resist a full public inquiry.

The Independent UK

WHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct

The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual misconduct

The Independent UK

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As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network

They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.

WEKU

Try bun butter jam from these Chennai bakeries that are more than 50-years-old

Chennai’s buns and puffs have become a significant part of the city’s food culture. There are bakeries in every street corner selling reasonably priced, baked goods and snacks to students in uniform and working professionals. We explore four of the city’s oldest bakeries, which have stood strong through wars, fierce…

The Hindu

WHO experts to weigh whether world ready to end COVID emergency

A panel of global health experts will meet on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organization's rules, a status that helps maintain international focus on the pandemic.

Reuters

California’s population declines, again, as state grapples with housing crisis

Report shows state shrank by 138,000 people in 2022, continuing a pandemic trend, but experts warn it’s too soon to declare ‘Cal-exit’

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It'll take 300 years to wipe out child marriage at the current pace of progress

UNESCO's new report on child marriages shows signs of progress. Yet each year, 12 million girls marry before they turn 18. And the pandemic, climate change and conflict has only made things worse.

WEKU

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Refuses To Acknowledge the Government's Misrepresentation of Mask Research

Recent comments by former COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci contradict what public health officials told us during the pandemic.

Reason

West Dunbartonshire council tenant satisfaction continues to drops since pandemic

Councillors admitted they had expected to be further forward with clearing a backlog of repairs caused by the pandemic.

Glasgow Live

Nightclub company ordered to repay more than £21,000 to staff dismissed during Covid pandemic

Iffy Harris' company, which ran a number of popular clubs in Newport, owes former staff thousands in compensation, redundancy pay and holiday pay

Wales Online

Princess Anne opens up on Prince Philip's death emotionally recalling how Covid stole precious last moments from her father

The Princess Royal has opened up about Prince Philip's death back in 2021, and how the pandemic was a 'thief' in his final years

Woman & Home

‘Less jobs, dip in quality, lack of access’: What it means to be a photojournalist in India

Remember the image of officials in Delhi spraying sanitisers at pedestrians in the national capital amid the Covid lockdown? While it became part of the reportage on the government's handling of the Covid crisis, the story of the pandemic's impact on the photojournalist found little media attention.

Newslaundry

Ruchazie Church announces shock closure later this month due to a fall in members

Ruchazie Church will be holding its final service later this month before closing for good due to a fall in members since the pandemic. The future of the building is unknown.

Glasgow Live

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The Conversation

47% of South Africans rely on social grants - study reveals how they use them to generate more income

South Africa has one of the world’s most expansive social grant system: 47% of the population relies on a monthly grant. Of these, 18 million are permanent beneficiaries and about 10 million receive a temporary Social Relief of Distress Grant. This was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic for working age…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh drivers warned as parking rules change for first time since pandemic

Edinburgh City Council have said that they will be removing special dispensations that have been in place since the pandemic that allowed city centre permit holders to park in pay and display bays.

WEKU

Schools ended universal free lunch. Now meal debt is soaring

Across the country, schools are reporting rising cafeteria debt, and fewer kids are enrolling in their free and reduced price programs. Many states are moving to make meals free for all kids again.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN: 258 Million People Faced Acute Food Insecurity in 2022

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The Global Report on Food Crises, an alliance of humanitarian organizations founded by the…

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Black and Latino worker deaths soar

Federal government spends just $3.99 per worker on workplace safety compliance and “underreporting is widespread"

Birmingham Post

Black Sheep Brewery lines up administrators as search for rescue buyer fails

The North Yorkshire-based business said it had been hit very hard by the pandemic

Fortune

WHO director general warns that the world is failing to learn COVID's lessons

"Future generations will question what we did to improve from the pandemic," said. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The Guardian - AU

Daniel Andrews blames Victoria’s huge pandemic debt on RBA interest rates advice

Victorian premier says interest rates are ‘smashing families’ despite 2020 advice to national cabinet

The Independent UK

US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border

U.S. and Mexican officials on Tuesday agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of pandemic restrictions

The Independent UK

History, civics scores of US students dipped amid pandemic

Test scores in history and civics have declined slightly for eighth grade students in the U.S., according to results that show an increasing number of children lack a basic understanding of either subject

ABC News

COVID RAT strategy criticised by WA auditor-general after cost soared to almost $600 million

The WA government is slammed for how it managed the purchase of rapid antigen tests during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the auditor-general describing the escalation in cost as unlike anything she had ever seen.

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