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Value of exports from Welsh businesses now higher than pre-pandemic levels

Firms in Wales exported £19.4bn worth of goods to markets across the world

Birmingham Post

Site for West Lothian Covid memorial space to remember victims chosen

Open space outside Livingston's Civic Centre will be transformed into a memorial space to remember those who died during the two year Covid pandemic

Edinburgh Live

Education’s pandemic recovery at ‘crisis level’

The Government has been criticised for failing to fund catch-up programmes enough

Evening Standard

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Hollywood is in flux but these executives sound an optimistic note on the future of streaming, movies

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s awards season is meant to be a celebration of the best in film and television. But these days, it often takes place against the backdrop of turmoil and anxiety in the entertainment industry, which is facing an uncertain economic climate and a business model that is…

Los Angeles Times

COVID drugs: the UK's treatment and prevention options and how vulnerable people are being forgotten

In February 2022, the UK government abandoned its remaining pandemic restrictions in favour of “living with COVID”. This approach relies largely on vaccines protecting people from severe disease.

The Conversation

Hotels say goodbye to daily room cleanings and hello to robots as workers stay scarce

Nearly three years into the pandemic, travel has returned but hotel staff have not. Unable to find workers, hotel owners and managers are having to adapt to what they believe is the new normal.

WEKU

Brought 'to the brink' by the pandemic, a Mississippi clinic is rebounding strong

The pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

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Are indoor holiday parties safe as COVID, flu and RSV spread? We asked three experts

The past three years the holidays have been clouded with pandemic concerns. Now, with COVID, the flu and RSV circulating — what should folks look out for at gatherings?

Tribune News Service

Karl W. Smith: The collapse in the US saving rate is misleading

The collapse in the personal U.S. saving rate to near a record low has fueled a narrative that consumers are clearly strapped heading into 2023. This is worrisome because consumer spending accounts for about two thirds of the economy. Heck, one widely shared analysis by Federal Reserve analysts estimated that…

Tribune News Service

Magistrate sacked after using title to oppose Covid vaccines

An anti-vaxxer has been sacked as a magistrate after after using her title to campaign against the government’s efforts to combat the pandemic.

Evening Standard

Tourism delivered $2.6 billion to NT economy in 2022, according to new government figures

Government figures show tourist numbers in the Northern Territory have recovered strongly, almost reaching pre-pandemic levels, but operators say more needs to be done to encourage visitors during the wet season.

ABC News

China limits how it defines COVID deaths in official count

A Chinese health official says the country only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a narrow definition that limits the numbers of deaths reported, as an outbreak of the virus surges following the easing of pandemic-related restrictions

The Independent UK

Japan formin to postpone reported China trip to next year -TV Asahi

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will postpone an expected trip to China to meet with his counterpart Wang Yi to late January or later due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, TV Asahi reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

COVID hit companies hard. Why some kept their sustainability commitments, and others didn't

Covid-19 has had profound implications for the “role of business in society”. One of them is the pandemic’s effect on companies’ sustainability strategies. These are efforts to avoid companies’ harmful impacts on the environment and communities, and to enhance the positive impacts.

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Illinois wins $253.7 million in federal funding to boost internet access in underserved areas

The new federal money will be used to connect 87,613 households and businesses in Illinois without high-speed internet access.

Tribune News Service

US urges Supreme Court to let Title 42 border policy end

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject a last-ditch effort by a group of states to preserve pandemic-related asylum restrictions, which were initially set to end Wednesday before the high court halted the termination.

The Guardian - UK

London tops Rightmove searches as pandemic interest in Cornwall fades

The Independent UK

Rightmove reveals most searched-for areas for home buyers in 2022

Several housing market trends have headed back towards where they were before the coronavirus pandemic, the website said.

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Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors

It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization advisors told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Uncertainty ahead for Thai economy

The Thai economy will face many headwinds but also tailwinds next year, mainly from the global economy and geopolitical tensions. In 2022, the Thai economy slowly recovered from the Covid pandemic as lockdowns ended and the economy was reopened to international travel.

The Independent UK

Cuban artists blocked from once-promising NFT trading sites

Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, have offered Cuban artists a lifeline during the pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the island country's tourism industry and, subsequently, its art sales

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland children with life-limiting conditions get set for magical trip to Lapland

The annual trip is back for the first time since the pandemic

ABC News

Nobel laureates Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel on life beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

In 1996, Peter Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel won a Nobel for virus research, but their 25-year anniversary was thwarted by COVID-19. They spoke to the ABC about how we prepare for the next pandemic, and how the infamous "Dan Murphy opening hours" tweet changed Professor Doherty's drinking habits.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Krasinski’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Returns to TV after 3-Year Wait

Season three of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” starring John Krasinski, returns to Amazon Prime Video with a storyline that may feel familiar. We meet Ryan, now stationed in Rome, as he discovers an underground plot by Russia to invade surrounding countries and recreate the Soviet empire. The episodes were written…

The Guardian - UK

Choirs’ slow recovery from Covid restrictions

Letter: The government failed to help community choirs during the Covid pandemic, writes Penny Champion

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