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Australian population trailing due to pandemic, experts warn on future

Australia’s population will be four per cent or 1.2 million people smaller and older on average than predicted at the end of the decade due to the COVID pandemic's effect on immigration and birth rates.

The New Daily · Jan 4, 2023

Legal dispute with financiers of 'Top Gun: Maverick' casts spotlight on controversial Russian oligarch

LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, when the pandemic plunged the movie industry into one of its darkest periods, New Republic Pictures and its founder and chief executive, Brian Oliver, were touted as a bright light.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

Tunisia Seeks 2.1% Growth Through ‘Development Plan’

Economy Minister Samir Saied said on Tuesday that the government seeks growth of 2.1 percent through the 2023-2025 development plan. In press statements, he said he predicted unemployment rate to drop from 15.3 percent to 14 percent between 2022 and 2025. Tunisia’s economy already deteriorated after the political transition in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 4, 2023

Adaptability is key to national survival

Covid-19. Technological disruption. Climate crisis. These have happened at a rapid pace that challenges the adaptability of people around the world. Is Thailand prepared to withstand these challenges? Ask the children -- the future of the country -- and their answers, according to the 2018 PISA Survey of 15-year-old children…

Bangkok Post · Jan 3, 2023

Disabled people have been demanding remote work for decades. Here’s what happened when the pandemic made it possible

Employment rates among disabled workers are at a record high–but going back to the office could reverse the progress.

Fortune · Jan 3, 2023

NHS crisis 'requires COBRA-level response and could get worse', MP and doctor warns

THE crisis in the NHS is worse than it was at the height of the pandemic and warrants a COBRA-level response from the UK Government, Dr Philippa…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 3, 2023

Children can’t reach full potential if they go to class hungry, warns Wales school chief

Welsh Education Minister Jeremy Miles said free school meals were vital when hard-pressed families were buckling under the pressure after austerity and the legacy of the Covid pandemic

Daily Mirror · Jan 3, 2023

No, this video is not proof that Shanghai's new wave of Covid-19 is fake

Some Twitter accounts have been refuting claims that the Covid-19 pandemic is resurging in China. Their proof: a report from a state media outlet that they say shows relatively empty emergency rooms. But the images in the report were taken out of context.

France 24 · Jan 3, 2023

Shopify is axing all meetings involving more than two people in a remote work twist that the company itself calls ‘fast and chaotic’

Shopify is cutting 76,500 hours of meetings, a company spokesperson told Fortune.

Fortune · Jan 3, 2023

Iraq Oil Revenues Top $115 Billion in 2022

Iraq's oil revenues in 2022 exceeded $115 billion, according to preliminary figures announced by the oil ministry on Tuesday -- a four-year high following a collapse in prices during the coronavirus pandemic. Oil production accounts for some 90 percent of Baghdad's income, and the country is the second largest producer…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 3, 2023