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Single-sex girl schools lead league tables and give better mental health support

The findings suggest girls in top single-sex schools coped better with the pandemic than boys.

The Independent UK

More than 5,000 children ‘persistently absent’ from Bury schools in past year

Figures published by Bury Council show overall absence has risen sharply from pre-pandemic levels

Manchester Evening News

Capital A to launch AirAsia Cambodia as it resumes growth

PHNOM PENH: Capital A, the parent of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, plans to launch a new airline in Cambodia with a domestic partner as it resumes expansion plans put on hold during the pandemic, its chief executive said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

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New Zealand's Ardern hopes to lead trade mission to China once border controls allow

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she hoped to lead a trade mission to China once border settings are changed to allow travel to her country's biggest trading partner as it emerges from the pandemic.

Reuters

Study shows mental health support for farmers needs radical overhaul

Farmers and farm workers have reported increased levels of stress, anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings since the Coronavirus pandemic

Chronicle Live

After 40,000 deaths, COVID toll in Michigan becomes normal

DETROIT — Michigan shed its last COVID-19 restrictions nearly 18 months ago and, in that time, the public has come to accept a certain number of deaths from the virus as residents look to put the trauma of the pandemic behind them, experts say.

Tribune News Service

Major Cineplex to allot up to B1bn for expansion

Major Cineplex Group Plc, the country's leading movie theatre operator, looks set to resume investment by allocating 800 million to 1 billion baht for expansion next year after scaling back during the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

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Veteran Santa's secrets for keeping Christmas magic alive after 30 years of 'ho, ho, ho'

After a difficult few years due to the pandemic, Santa photos are back. But there's a knack to getting the perfect shot — and it involves yak hair.

ABC News

The Federal Reserve is deflating financial bubbles, without a crash

The Federal Reserve hasn’t had much success so far in wrestling down sky-high inflation, but its monetary tightening campaign is having a major impact in deflating asset bubbles that swelled during the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

As COVID-19 becomes routine, Africa readies for next crisis

The World Health Organization’s Africa director said that the continent is preparing for the next health crisis by strengthening gaps in health systems found in the continent's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Religious preacher sold £91 bottles of olive oil styled as bogus Covid-19 cures

Bishop Climate Wiseman, 47, who also claims to have performed miracles on the sick, was found guilty of fraud after he sold the bottles as “plague protection oil” during the pandemic and urged his congregation to buy them "as soon as possible"

Daily Mirror

Texas hits 1,000 days under Greg Abbott’s public health disaster as a new COVID-19 wave and legislative session loom

After more than 92,000 deaths and 8 million reported COVID-19 cases in Texas, the state remains one of less than a dozen still under a statewide disaster or public health emergency.

The Texas Tribune

Calls for Edinburgh 7 days a week bus lane plan 'to move faster'

Proposals to extend bus lane hours were previously considered by the council in 2019 but stalled after the pandemic struck. Now, it's emerged it could be another two years before the changes take effect.

Edinburgh Live

Recent U.S. homebuyers are being hit with a massive wave of regret

Nearly half of Americans who moved during the pandemic regret their new home purchase. That's likely because many of those moves were unplanned.

Fortune

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In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend for Themselves for Health Care

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.

The Independent UK

Covid lockdown drinking led to record alcohol deaths, new figures show

Toll rocketed by more than 25 per cent on 2019 number

The Guardian - UK

100,000 more girls playing football in England as activity levels rebound

Girls’ participation in football up dramatically in five years, and children now as active as before pandemic

Al Jazeera

COVID disruptions led to 63,000 more malaria deaths: WHO

There were also 13 million additional infections globally over two years, according to World Malaria Report.

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The Independent UK

Bishop who told flock they’d ‘drop dead’ from Covid if they didn’t buy his £91 protection kits guilty of fraud

Bishop Climate Wiseman warned his followers they could ‘end up dropping dead’ during the pandemic and urged them to buy his ‘plague protection oil’

Chronicle Live

Ex-council leader hits back after being branded 't****r from Newcastle' in Matt Hancock's Covid diaries

Nick Forbes says that "eating kangaroo testicles has clearly affected Matt Hancock’s memory" after he was criticised in the former health secretary's book

The Independent UK

Preacher found guilty of fraud over £91 bogus Covid-19 cure

Bishop Climate Wiseman warned his followers they could ‘end up dropping dead’ during the pandemic and urged them to buy his ‘plague protection oil’.

Evening Standard

Women’s rage is at an all-time high, and I’m not surprised

A new poll has found women are getting angrier. Not just here in the UK but the world over. In 150 countries, during the last 10 years, the fury has been growing from a simmering “WTF” to an all-out red-hot rage. A decade ago men and women reported the same…

Fortune

Latinas earned 54 cents for every dollar a white man earned in 2021

Latinas earned 54 cents for every dollar earned by a white, non-Hispanic man in 2021.

Evening Standard

Sport England survey finds children activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels

Activity levels for children have returned to pre-pandemic levels, a Sport England report has found.

Reuters

Malaria deaths dip in 2021 after rising in first year of COVID, says WHO

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