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Atlantic City betting it can put COVID behind it in 2023

Atlantic City's casinos are betting they can finally put the COVID pandemic behind them in 2023

The Independent UK

Edinburgh healthy life expectancy statistics 'paint a very worrying picture'

Edinburgh men are spending a smaller proportion of their life in good health, while local women remain healthier for longer, new National Records of Scotland statistics show.

Edinburgh Live

Justin Fox: The pandemic drinking binge just keeps going

The arrival of COVID-19 and the societal disruptions that accompanied it understandably drove a lot of Americans to drink. But even as life has returned to more or less normal this year, the drinking binge has continued — which isn’t great news for anybody other than the makers and sellers…

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Millions of benefit claimants set for £700 payment in landmark court case

It comes after claims that some pandemic-related increases to benefits were 'discriminatory'

Wales Online

Naomi Ishisaka: Proliferation of GoFundMes reveals a dirty little open secret

This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people.

Tribune News Service

Few tourists, deserted streets in casino hub Macau after reopening

Three years of COVID-19 forced Becky Zhang’s specialty food business in Macau to near collapse. Founded by her grandmother more than fifty years ago, her store selling pastries and dried beef only survived thanks to residents who bought small quantities to help keep them afloat.

Reuters

PCI body recommends no govt ads for Star of Mysore over editorial targeting Muslims

Calling it “journalism of the worst kind”, the Press Council of India is set to censure the Mysuru daily Star of Mysore for an editorial referring to Muslims as “bad apples” in April 2020.

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Glasgow nurse quits job for road trip to help animal shelters with husband

Jen Stuchlak was a nurse during the coronavirus pandemic and her husband Joey had a vinyl wrapping business. They ditched their jobs to embark on a road trip, helping animal shelters along the way.

Glasgow Live

Mental health issues are ‘parallel pandemic’ that NHS is not equipped to tackle, leaders warn

‘We’ve really got to address the significant, unmet need for care’

The Independent UK

Pressure from land levy

The government's plan to reintroduce the full levy for the land and building tax in the 2022 tax year has hoteliers concerned, following a 90% reduction of the tax granted to property owners during the pandemic years.

Bangkok Post

Big tech back to real tech in 2023

The tech bubble has finally popped. Big Tech's expansion during the pandemic sparked a rush of over-hiring and preposterous valuations among tech startups, leading to a sharp correction at the end of 2022.

Bangkok Post

Matt Hancock's Covid book flops as sales plummet

Matt Hancock's Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle Against Covid was released in time for Christmas

Wales Online

2 COVID-19 Stocks That Are Still Strong Buys

Given that COVID-19 is here to stay for the foreseeable future, investors could still benefit from their investments in companies that saw record-breaking sales during the pandemic’s height because of the effectiveness of their products in fighting the virus. With the potential resurgence of COVID-19 in several countries, Pfizer (PFE)…

StockNews.com

Inflation raises retirement concerns, but there are actions to take to enhance your super

The effects of the pandemic have dinted views on how much they are likely to have to retire on, according to AMP's Financial Wellness survey.

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Daily Record

Falkirk's £500,000 food programme 'will leave a strong legacy'

An independent report found Falkirk's Food Futures money from the UK Government helped to 'life communities out of the pandemic'

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‘Caged … for no fault of your own’: Detainees dread COVID while awaiting immigration hearings

LUMPKIN, Ga. — In October, Yibran Ramirez-Cecena didn’t alert the staff at Stewart Detention Center to his cough and runny nose. Ramirez-Cecena, who had been detained at the immigration detention facility in southwestern Georgia since May, hid his symptoms, afraid he would be put in solitary confinement if he tested…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Private Sector Operating Revenues Exceed $1 Trillion

Official statistics revealed that the operating revenues of the business sector in Saudi Arabia in 2022 exceeded 4 trillion riyals ($1 trillion). Data published by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Wednesday highlighted the recovery of the business sector from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Features of the…

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock’s book has officially flopped – clearly, I’m a Celebrity wasn’t the fix he’d hoped

Hancock’s book, ‘The Pandemic Diaries’, sold a humble 3,304 copies in its first week on shelves

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Daily Mirror

Man 'who lost everything' wins £250,000 with raffle ticket and says 'Christmas is saved'

Bernard "lost everything" this year after his business was liquidated following the coronavirus pandemic but now says his Christmas was "saved" when he won a £250,000 raffle prize

The Independent UK

Whale Watch Week returns in-person in Oregon after pandemic

Whale Watch Week in Oregon is returning in-person for the first time since the pandemic

The Independent UK

Top New Year’s resolution among Gen Z shows cultural shift away from physical fitness goals

A focus on improved mental health in the new year comes amid an increase in anxiety and depression in the wake of the pandemic

Reason

If You Oppose COVID Emergency Powers, You Should Oppose Title 42 Expulsions

While other pandemic policies have ended, the migration measure has “outlived [its] shelf life,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote yesterday.

Caixin Global

China Drops Covid Curbs on International Flights

Civil aviation regulator confirms government plan to scrap all pandemic limits as of Jan. 8, including quarantines, testing and capacity caps

Fortune

Pelotons and pets, new homes and new jobs: We regretted a lot this year

Americans are experiencing a severe case of buyer’s remorse as we reckon with the impulsive decisions we made during the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

‘Oops! I forgot to sign my ballot.’ Maryland plans text message option for voters to ‘cure’ their mail-in ballots

BALTIMORE — Big changes have come to Maryland elections since the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020. More than 1 in 4 voters participated using mail-in ballots in the most recent election, casting them via ballot drop boxes or sending them back via the mail.

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