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Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns

The Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, runaway inflation and climate change are all fuelling a global food security crisis. Gayle E. Smith is the chief executive officer of the ONE Campaign, an NGO co-founded by the singer Bono. She spoke to FRANCE 24 about fighting extreme poverty in the…

France 24

Summer heatwave saw London footfall plummet to Covid ‘Plan B’ levels

Record high temperatures in London this summer had a similar impact on visitor footfall as the introduction of “Plan B” pandemic restrictions in December 2021, according to City Hall.

Evening Standard

Losses widen at Newcastle Airport but passenger numbers start to recover

The airport saw a big slump in passenger numbers during the pandemic, with accounts for 2021 showing the financial impact

Birmingham Post

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New declarations that ‘the pandemic is over’ once again miss the larger point, experts say

LOS ANGELES — “The pandemic is over.”

Los Angeles Times

Out-of-home food supplier Turner & Price ploughs on after pandemic with sales up from pre-Covid levels

Double digit increase on pre-Covid level of sales for Hull firm as turnover increases 13 per cent on 2019-20

Birmingham Post

Australia's public education funding went backwards during COVID pandemic

Public funding of education was cut in Australia during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, as most of the OECD did the opposite, according to a new report.

ABC News

COVID inquiry: the UK government's pandemic response was often not 'guided by the science' – yet now scientists are under fire

The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, an independent inquiry set up to examine the country’s response to and the impact of the COVID pandemic, has officially begun.

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How the pandemic saved one of California's smallest public schools

KNEELAND, Calif. — In Kneeland, which isn't so much a town as a rural fire station and a smattering of homes in the forest, the school has long been the lifeblood of the community.

Los Angeles Times

Oil Jumps More Than $3 as OPEC+ Weighs Output Cut

Oil prices jumped by more than $3 on Monday as OPEC+ considers reducing output by more than 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to buttress prices with what would be its biggest cut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brent crude futures rebounded $3.37, or 4%, to $88.51 a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chair of Scottish Government's Covid public inquiry steps down

THE judge appointed to chair the independent public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic in Scotland is resigning from the role.

The National (Scotland)

KSA: Global Logistics Crisis Delays Vehicle Deliveries

Noura Al-Subaie, an employee in the education sector, paid a deposit to book her new car, which was expected to be delivered in a two-month period. However, as soon as she left the showroom, the salesperson contacted her to inform her that the delivery would be postponed for reasons beyond…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AO Arena and Bridgewater Hall operator made almost 1,000 people redundant in Covid pandemic

The group said 2021 was 'badly impacted by the effects of the pandemic' and lost over £8m

Manchester Evening News

Arena giant looking to rebuild after cutting almost 1,000 jobs during pandemic

The group said the furlough scheme 'reduced the number of redundancies it made'

Birmingham Post

Editorial: Receiving Florida unemployment benefits better be easier for Ian’s victims than it was for COVID’s

Those left jobless by Hurricane Ian, mainly the thousands of people who worked in the tourism industry in Sanibel, Fort Myers and Naples and Pine Island, are about to learn whether the state’s improved unemployment website will handle the load more effectively than it did during the COVID-19 pandemic. It…

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Scottish commercial property investment volumes continue recovery

Industrial sector and prime office space lead revival of the market post-pandemic

Axios

Pandemic puts new momentum behind 4-day workweek

Companies are fighting burnout while trying to hire amid tight labor market.

Tribune News Service

Americans have recession fatigue — and it’s keeping them from preparing for the next downturn

When Pasha Grozdov found out his friend’s Manhattan landlord was raising the rent on her one-bedroom apartment from $4,100 to a crushing $6,000 a month, there was only one way he could think to react: with a joke.

Los Angeles Times

Think retirement is out of reach? Here's what you need to know

The pandemic caused tectonic shifts in the job market as workers young and old quit and searched for something better — in their work or in their life. According to the Pew Research Center, a little more than half of adults ages 55 and older had ditched the grind by…

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Lisa Jarvis: Long COVID has become a parallel pandemic

The price of “living with COVID” in a free and open society is turning out to be much heftier than public health experts predicted.

The Guardian - UK

‘We gave up so much’: how Covid changed young people’s lives

Young people across the UK reflect on how the pandemic affected them and continues to shape their futures

The Guardian - UK

Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – study

Researchers also found more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds are scared about their generation’s future

Daily Record

Scots woman chosen as face of new Adidas gear supporting cancer research

Jane Grove was chosen to model Adidas' new Strength in Nature collection after undergoing a mastectomy and both chemo and radiotherapy during the pandemic.

The Conversation

Elizabeth Strout's Lucy By the Sea: a claustrophobic portrait of a terrible pandemic year

In her latest novel, Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout captures the bewilderment of us all at the onset of the pandemic. Her character Lucy Barton admits not only did she not see it coming, but even when she did notice the virus’s existence, she did not really believe it…

ABC News

Tennis coach shortage in regional Victoria forces Swan Hill and other clubs to go without

The Swan Hill Lawn Tennis Club has more than 50 courts but it is one of many regional hubs unable to find permanent instructors since the pandemic hit.

The Hindu

Understanding the Durga Puja economy

Brisker Puja sales may not implicate a better economic climate in West Bengal

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