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National Care Service plan suffers major set back as Unite union withdraws support

SNP ministers want to centralise care services across the country following criticism of the sector's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Daily Record

The Bristol ceramicist working with some of the nation's best restaurants

She's gone from painting scenery for the Royal Shakespeare Company in China to having her own backyard pottery studio in Greenbank

Bristol Post

Art Collector runs down Defunded to win $3 million Pegasus World Cup

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Art Collector made his way into the mainstream of horse racing after winning the Blue Grass Stakes in 2020. He was creating buzz heading into the Kentucky Derby, which was being run on Sept. 5 because of the pandemic. Then a minor foot injury sidelined him…

Los Angeles Times

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‘A very big gap’: Pacific businesses desperate for staff as workers leave for Australia and New Zealand

Last year more than 6,600 workers left Samoa for seasonal worker programs, double the number leaving before the pandemic

The Guardian - AU

Flybe goes into administration and cancels all flights

It was previously pushed into administration in March 2020 with the loss of 2,400 jobs as the pandemic destroyed large parts of the travel sector

Evening Standard

ResMed rings up record $1B in sales in latest quarter led by connected sleep apnea devices

For the past 18 months, ResMed Chief Executive Mick Farrell has been publicly outspoken in urging that medical devices get priority access to semiconductors amid global chip shortages coming out of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

PPP fraud uncovered in Chicago, informant reveals $100K bounty on FBG Duck and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Abuse, death threats and riots: New Zealand reckons with a toxic political discourse

Jacinda Ardern became a lightning rod for threats during the pandemic years, but has it changed New Zealand’s relatively civil political landscape forever?

The Guardian - AU

Joe Biden picks Covid-19 response leader Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff

Jeff Zients is an experienced technocrat who headed the Biden administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Irish Mirror

On third anniversary of COVID’s arrival, LA County ‘in a much better place’

LOS ANGELES — Three years to the day after reporting its first confirmed case of COVID-19, Los Angeles County is “in a much better place” in the pandemic — hard-won progress a top health official attributed to vaccination, community immunity resulting from the virus’ rampant spread and development of tools…

Los Angeles Times

Bosses secretly want staff to return to the office, says CBI chief

Head of the UK’s biggest business group says world of work has ‘gone crazy’ since pandemic

The Independent UK

Glasgow Life 'exposed by pandemic' - but will continue to run city venues

During the pandemic, lockdowns forced venues to shut causing income to drop and councillors have questioned Glasgow Life's reliance on 'commercial revenues'.

Glasgow Live

High fashion: Luxury goods makers hope for boom as China re-opens

Is the luxury sector recession-proof? Sales at high-end brands plunged at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but they've since rebounded sharply, even as inflation soars and economic growth slows. Now many fashion houses are hoping that China's reopening will be another boost to their business. Our Business Editor Kate…

France 24

Charbonnel et Walker sales lifted as corporate orders in demand

Charbonnel et Walker, the luxury chocolatier that was founded in London in 1875, has revealed a sales jump helped by high demand for corporate gifts.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Biden taps Zients as White House chief of staff

President Joe Biden has announced Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff, tapping an experienced technocrat who headed his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Guardian - UK

My brother’s fear of Covid has stopped him socialising. How can I help him?

Try expressing your concerns more directly – but the pandemic may have been an excuse to change the way he lives

The Independent UK

Pandemic, culture wars revive 'school choice' policy push

Several years of pandemic restrictions and curriculum battles have emboldened longtime advocates of funneling public funds to private and religious schools in statehouses throughout the country

Fortune

The Democrats are in power and CEOs are taking pay cuts. There may be a connection

The rash of CEO pay reductions may reflect a post-pandemic correction of sorts. But a new study also suggests that political sentiment is an invisible force in executive pay decisions.

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Jeremy Hunt urges early retirees to rejoin workforce amid plans to raise pension age

The Tory minister urged those who had left the workforce during the pandemic to get back to work, claiming that, “Britain needs you.”

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Cookbook launch helps more than 5,000 Derry tenants tackle rising costs

"The last few years have been a struggle for many of our tenants, with the pandemic and rising cost of living causing additional stress and worry"

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID’s an inconvenience for the privileged folks of ‘Life Upside Down’

Bob Odenkirk stars in wryly effective social satire set during the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Clusters of pandemic relief loans went to the same Chicago addresses, including homeless shelters, Sun-Times finds

One Paycheck Protection Program loan recipient who used a Salvation Army address said he was a farmer. A dozen others said they operated barber shops or beauty salons. Most got loans of about $20,000, the maximum based on a yearly income of at least $100,000.

The Guardian - UK

Most bosses secretly want all staff back in offices, says head of CBI

Since Covid pandemic, ‘whole world of work has gone crazy,’ says Tony Danker

Birmingham Post

From electric planes to unmanned drones, what does the future hold for air travel?

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has accelerated developments in the aerospace sector, which is ramping up investment in new technologies as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic

WEKU

When is it OK to make germs worse in a lab? It's a more relevant question than ever

Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.

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