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Study: China Covid deaths could reach 1 million

Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Looking to work in a bank? Better hide those tattoos and piercings

For all the talk of the pandemic having relaxed our workplace dress code, the truth is that you would be best not turn up in loungewear in certain sectors, even in 2022. Research we conducted in the French banking industry confirmed the workplace still favours job candidates with a conservative…

The Conversation

China’s Covid death toll could near 1 million, study shows

HONG KONG: Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

The Times of India

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John Needham asks supporters to keep backing the club as St Mirren target quick return to profitability

The Buddies boss insists the Paisley club are doing all they can to boost revenue after the negative financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Daily Record

Why are so many women living in separate homes from their partners and kids? Because it’s a win-win situation

For many women, the pandemic deepened the gendered division of labour and they simply had enough, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

A week after China eased some of its strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Mother diagnosed with stage three cancer after breast ‘changed shape overnight’

Angela Butterworth, 42, from Witney in Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in March 2020 during the Covid pandemic

The Independent UK

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Bethlehem welcomes Christmas tourists after pandemic lull

Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday

The Independent UK

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.

Reuters

Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia

Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a “zero-COVID” strategy, relaxed the rigorous…

The Independent UK

Gap between poorer students and classmates ‘grows by largest amont on record’

Much of the progress towards closing this divide was wiped out last year, Education Policy Institute says

The Independent UK

Even in a brutal year for tech, these 5 companies, collectives, and chiefs flopped the hardest

FTX’s venture capital patrons, a former social media executive, and a onetime pandemic darling all fell on their face in 2022.

Fortune

God of War, Wordle lead a bumpy year in video games

It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic

The Independent UK

The Top 10 best movies of 2022 (plus a few of the worst)

Tom Cruise wins the award for multiplex superhero of 2022. One of the few old-school movie stars left standing, he pushed back on the salvage-yard business strategy suggesting “Top Gun: Maverick,” in limbo amid a series of pandemic release delays, ought to settle for Paramount’s streaming service. That would’ve been…

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Jobs on line at administration-hit M&Co as Paisley company struggles after pandemic

The town retailer has been open since 1961 and been unable to fully recover from the impact of Covid.

Irish Mirror

'Where are all the sick people?' Woman who disputed pandemic and refused to wear mask at a Supermac's plaza has claim for discrimination dismissed

Geraldine Fitzmaurice stated that she wanted to be treated the same as everyone else and to be served from a hatch would be treating her 'like an animal'

Reuters

WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year.

Newslaundry

TMR 2022: Is online education furthering inequality?

How did India’s education sector cope with the disruption of the pandemic? Did the resultant push to conduct classes online affect marginalised groups adversely? What lessons did the industry learn?

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The Independent UK

Poland prepares changes to judicial law to unblock EU funds

Poland's government has submitted to parliament a draft law that reverses key regulations on judicial responsibility that are an obstacle blocking the release of massive European pandemic recovery funds to the nation

Salon

A hospital bed shortage fueled by greed

"There’s no incentive for hospitals to provide money-losing services," one doctor explained

The Guardian - AU

The pandemic showed us that poverty is a policy choice – we must do better

The poorest 20% of households are aided significantly by services like education and health. But the stage-three tax cuts threatens their funding

Axios

Corporate execs are increasingly "paralyzed" with anxiety

Companies haven't been this risk-averse since the pandemic started.

WEKU

How did COVID warp our sense of time? It's a matter of perception

Many people reported a distortion in their sense of time during the pandemic, but the individual experience is highly dependent on a range of factors from emotional state to culture.

The Independent UK

Mother diagnosed with stage three cancer after breast ‘changed shape overnight’

Angela Butterworth, 42, from Witney in Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in March 2020 during the Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone calls to say how marvellous I am’ – Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries, digested by John Crace

From the affair with Gina to the feud with Dom, our parliamentary sketchwriter boils down the former health minister’s memoir

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