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More children in London get first choice of primary school amid fall in demand

Falling birth rate and families moving out of the city during pandemic and following Brexit has led to a decline in applications, councils say.

The Independent UK

An earthquake made Makoto Shinkai a disaster artist. Now he's confronting it head-on

LOS ANGELES — Makoto Shinkai knows the 2011 Tohoku earthquake changed him.

Los Angeles Times

Australians face 50% hike in air fares to fly to Europe this year, data suggests

Thirst for ‘revenge’ travel after the Covid pandemic is driving return prices to almost $3,000 to some European cities, booking site says

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Top scientists warn Brits ‘the next pandemic is coming and we’re not ready’

Experts say Britain is no more prepared for another pandemic as it was three years ago when Covid struck due to defunding of research and dismantling of key services

Daily Mirror

Predicting epidemics isn't easy. We've created a global dataset to help

The world has recently seen a number of high-profile cross-border disease outbreaks and pandemics. The COVID pandemic and multi-country Mpox (monkeypox) outbreaks are just two examples.

The Conversation

'Almost One Third Of Clubs Are Concerned About Their Long-Term Future'

There are increasing concerns that the viability of clubs over the long-term could be under threat post-pandemic

Golf Monthly

Cuban President Diaz-Canel expected to win second term despite crises

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is widely expected to be chosen this week by assembly lawmakers to lead the country for another five years, despite a rocky first term marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a near-unprecedented economic crisis.

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Prognosis uncertain for Arwady post with Johnson — but city health chief ‘looking forward to the conversation’

Dr. Allison Arwady told the Sun-Times, “I am hopeful to stay on in my role,” but Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has voiced concerns about the way Chicago Public Schools were reopened during the COVID pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: Illinois could lead the Midwest’s remote-work boom with small policy changes

The pandemic ushered in many changes to American life, to the degree that the tax changes it brought were not initially at the forefront of taxpayers’ minds. But with remote work seemingly here to stay, taxpayers are now having to grapple with the fact that while remote work offers new…

Chicago Tribune

Nonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers

The Independent UK

Older Californians dying of malnutrition

A growing number of Californians are dying of malnutrition, a trend that accelerated during the pandemic

Salon

Lloyd’s of London offers to insure NHS for unexpected costs such as pandemic

Head of insurance market floats idea of giving government bespoke flood and drought cover

The Guardian - UK

Top scientists warn ‘the next pandemic is coming and we’re not ready’

Sir John Bell and Sir David King among leading scientists to argue UK is no better prepared than it was in 2020, as new variant in India causes concern

The Independent UK

Ministers ignored red flags over Covid fraud, says former head of SFO

Exclusive: Sir David Green suggests ‘prudence was thrown out the window’ as UK lost billions of pounds in pandemic business support

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The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller review – apocalypse again

The novelist continues her run of stories about isolated people with this intriguing but uneven tale of life after a deadly pandemic

The Conversation

An emergency in the making: Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous

On March 31, 2023 the Ford government in Ontario ended the expanded health-care funding it put in place when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.

WEKU

Biden bets big on bringing factories back to America, building on some Trump ideas

President Biden has embraced the idea of subsidies for key industries and measures to shut out Chinese competitors. Reviving manufacturing is a theme he's expected to run on in 2024.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's coffee roasters reveal Brexit and pandemic struggles ahead of festival

COFFEE roasting is an industry that has been growing rapidly in Scotland over the last decade, but recent years have presented a series of…

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Largest Catholic university in US faces $56 million budget gap

DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school’s budget gap.

Daily Mirror

Warning over 140,000 'ghost children' missing from school last summer

Figures by the Department of Education show more than 140,000 schoolkids were “severely absent” in the summer of 2022, leading to fears children are falling through cracks

Roll Call

The politics of raising the debt limit - Roll Call

House Republicans are drafting legislation offering Democrats a debt limit increase combined with discretionary spending caps, tougher work requirements for food stamps, rescinding unspent pandemic aid, and more. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Lindsey McPherson outline the GOP game plan and assess how the battle over the…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

TDL eyes strategy changes upon 40th anniversary

In a bid to boost customer satisfaction, Tokyo Disneyland has produced a new version of its daytime parade for the first time in five years ahead of the park's 40th anniversary on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Pandemic saw ‘postcode lottery’ of maternal care in London - one mum speaks out

One mother who gave birth during the pandemic said she suffered from PTSD after the experience of being isolated from her newborn daughter

Los Angeles Times

In a watershed moment for LA arts, Snehal Desai becomes 1st person of color to lead Center Theatre Group

LOS ANGELES — Center Theatre Group announced Friday that it has appointed Snehal Desai artistic director, filling the role vacated by Michael Ritchie in 2021. The producing artistic director of East West Players since 2016, Desai is the first artistic director of color in CTG’s history.

Fortune

‘Arcturus,’ a COVID variant sweeping India, is now in the U.S., the CDC says—and it's coming in hot. What it means for the future of the pandemic

XBB.1.16, dubbed "Arcturus" by variant trackers, is estimated to be behind 7% of COVID cases in the country this week.

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