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Commentary: Paid time off isn’t a luxury; it’s essential

Across our country, people are standing up and demanding fair working conditions. These debates are about more than just pay and hours worked. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fact that people’s lives do not solely revolve around their jobs.

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High hopes for tourism boom as Thailand cheers Chinese return

After a three-year lull, Thailand is welcoming back Chinese tourists to its golden beaches, striking temples and fancy shopping centers, expecting an influx of Chinese tourists to help restore its pandemic-battered tourism sector.

Bangkok Post

Namik Paul on his forced break and returning to TV with a new show

Namik Paul, who was last seen in Kasautii Zindagii Kay Season 2 in 2020, was forced to take a break and stay in Dehradun, his hometown, for two years. The actor shares, “After Kasautii Zindagii Kay ended in 2020, I went to meet my parents in Dehradun for a few…

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The standardized test for students in Illinois gets low marks. Will the state meet a 2025 deadline to fix it?

Most observers say the test doesn’t do much for students or teachers, but advocates worry the state is moving too slowly to make big changes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority

The new chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is planning a wide focus on future pandemic preparedness and the impacts of the pandemic on the economy, education and the national supply chain.

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Some restaurants are still adding surcharges of up to 20% to your bill. Should they?

Nearly 11% of eateries taking part in Restaurant Week are adding surcharges to checks. The fees that started during the pandemic are illegal in New York.

Chicago Sun-Times

Driving test examiners to wear body cams after spate of attacks by angry learners

Driving test examiners will now wear body cameras after the DVSA reported a sharp increase in 'violent and abusive attacks' from disgruntled learners following the pandemic

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City CBDs were hammered by COVID-19. Will they make a comeback as life returns to normal?

Three years since the pandemic began, the centres of our big cities are still struggling to find a new identity and business model amid the boom in working from home.

ABC News

‘Economy on fire:’ Texas adds nation-topping 650,000 jobs in 2022

Texas added 650,100 jobs in 2022, more than any state and more than double its historical average, as the economy continued to expand and leave the pandemic hangover behind.

Tribune News Service

Homeless Glasgow families stuck for months in B&Bs as numbers rise after pandemic

Concerns have been raised that families are not getting enough support, as the council looks to cut the use of B&Bs and hotels in a bid to reduce costs.

Glasgow Live

Italy's pandemic recovery plan must halt demographic "tsunami" in south - ISTAT

Italy's south is on track for a "demographic tsunami" if it fails to capitalise on European Union pandemic recovery funds to bridge the gap with the productive north, statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Broad focus planned for revamped COVID panel under GOP majority - Roll Call

The panel's new chairman wants an “after-action review” but also plans work on the origins of the coronavirus.

Roll Call

Movie review: Overwrought pandemic film 'Fear' fails to scare

Deon Taylor is a fascinating figure, having forged his own path as a Black filmmaker in Hollywood, independently producing, and now distributing, his films, and he seems to be the only person single-handedly keeping the mid-budget adult thriller alive (see: “The Intruder,” “Black and Blue,” “Traffik”). He is rigorously focused…

Tribune News Service

15 wishes for 2023: Trailblazers tell how they'd make life on Earth a bit better

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur "genius" grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup kitchen in Peru.

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Reason

For-Profit Nursing Homes Had Less Severe Lockdowns, Lower Fatality Rates During Pandemic

A new paper from Mercatus shows how profit motive helped some nursing homes navigate COVID-19 better than others.

The Independent UK

Warning of big change to Covid vaccines in UK

Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

People urged to take up Covid vaccine offer before universal programme closes

Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Conversation

COVID-19 deaths in the US continue to be undercounted, research shows, despite claims of 'overcounts'

Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, a recurring topic of debate has been whether official COVID-19 death statistics in the U.S. accurately capture the fatalities associated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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'Nobody believes my name is Corona - they either think I'm drunk or ill'

Corona McKee, 66, is no stranger to inquisitive glances - GP receptionists have even refused to say her name in surgeries. She also reflects on one memorable holiday to Mexico, the home of Corona beer

The Walrus

Why We Made Fewer Memories during the Pandemic

Monotony and anxiety wrought havoc on our brains. Can we bounce back?

The New Daily

Australia Day honours 2023: Artists and COVID heroes recognised

Archie Roach, Dr Norman Swan and Claudia Karvan are all on the 2023 Australia Day Honours list, along with hundreds of other Australians.

The Guardian - US

Is the tiny little neighborhood the city of the future?

Why the hyper-local ‘15-minute city’ is gaining ground in urban planning circles

The Independent UK

NHS tops public concerns for first time since start of pandemic

More than 40% of people listed the state of the NHS as a major issue for the UK amid a wave of strikes

The Independent UK

Anger as Covid conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene appointed to House coronavirus subcommittee

Panel expected to investigate Joe Biden’s handling of Covid pandemic

Wales Online

Wetherspoon sales still below pre-pandemic levels as supermarkets 'pose threat'

Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin says supermarkets have taken half of pubs' trade

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