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Mizoram Premier League restarts after two-year hiatus

Remember the pictures and videos from the final day of Mizoram Inter-village Football tournament final that went viral in July on various social network platforms? Well, be prepared to see more such scenes as the ninth edition of Mizoram Premier League (MPL) is all set to kick off on Thursday…

The Times of India

WHO: COVID Cases Drop Everywhere, but Pandemic Not Over

The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday. The UN health agency reported that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last week and about 13,700 deaths…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%

The Independent UK

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Chicago theater for fall 2022: Our top 10 includes ‘Dreamgirls,’ ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and ‘The Notebook’

CHICAGO — The total number of theater shows on offer in Chicago has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. But the lists of coming attractions still contain some appealing offerings of all stripes. Here’s a selection of 10 shows, all with Chicago origins and involving Chicago artists, that look to have…

Chicago Tribune

Record profits at Barratt come with signs of slowing housing market

The company has reported profits of more than £1bn but said reservations are below pre-pandemic levels

Birmingham Post

Sterling plunges to lowest rate against dollar since 1985 as investors swallow massive borrowing to tackle energy crisis

Sterling dipped as low at 1.1403 dollars, surpassing the trough of 1.1412 seen at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020

Evening Standard

An Onam that erases pandemic blues

Onam marks the apogee of the auspicious first month of the Malayalam Calendar, Chingam

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Demand for answers as cinema remains closed despite accepting taxpayer money

Woolton Picture House received £37,809 as part of the Culture Recovery Fund during the pandemic

Liverpool Echo

Covid vaccine could soon become annual shot, White House advisers say

Transition to single annual coronavirus shot is an ‘important milestone’ in the pandemic, says Ashish Jha

The Guardian - US

Cardona defends student loan plan as one-time COVID-19 remedy

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pushed back against GOP criticism of the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness program.

Roll Call

Philippines ending compulsory mask wearing outdoors

Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Meet the Tyrone teen set for big things as he chases weightlifting records

Louis Eastwood from Cookstown is just 14 and only took up the sport as a hobby during the pandemic

Belfast Live

Despite Polarization, Americans Agree: School Learning Losses Are a System Failure

Democrats and Republicans share dismay over how educators handled the pandemic and support alternatives.

Reason

Shorter isolation period reflects strategy of coping with COVID

The government's decision to shorten the self-isolation period for people infected with coronavirus marks another step forward in its pandemic strategy of coping with the virus as the seventh wave of infections subsides.

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The Guardian - US

US school voucher programs have caught on – but are they funneling public dollars in private schools?

In the last two years, more than 20 states have started or expanded voucher programs, seizing on frustration with pandemic schooling and culture wars

Tribune News Service

Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda

Lawmakers return to Washington this month to wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency supplemental funds and the need to pass a stopgap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Receives Official Invitation to Attend Arab League Summit in Algeria

Egypt received on Tuesday an official invitation to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Algeria in November. Algeria has been preparing to host the 31st summit since 2019. It will be the first in-person summit for Arab leaders since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Egyptian…

The Hindu

Onam celebrations in Kerala | A throwback to the pre-pandemic times

Malls in Kochi witness surge in footfalls and shopping during this festive season

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Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: Closing schools should be the last option in a pandemic

So now we know: Pandemic-related restrictions were devastating to the project of educating our kids. The Education Department dropped the news last week that America’s experiment with remote learning has reduced young children’s standardized test scores to levels not seen in two decades. Although performance fell in every demographic group,…

ABC News

Melbourne man vows to fight for Malaysia Airlines refund after flights cancelled during pandemic

Mehul Patel says using the credit he was offered by Malaysia Airlines would have been difficult given that the carrier was not operating in Australia at the time.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab League Ends Controversy over Algeria Summit

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced on Tuesday that the upcoming League summit would be held in Algeria on November 1 and 2, ending the controversy about the meeting. He denied claims that the summit will be postponed or held in another country. He stressed that Arab foreign ministers,…

Chronicle Live

Devastating impact of Covid lockdowns on dental services in Northumberland laid bare

Almost no dental appointments were carried out between April and July 2020 due to the pandemic

The Guardian - AU

Qantas customer complaints under investigation as ACCC says airline not ‘realistic’ about flights it could serve

Consumer watchdog says cancellations at record levels outside of pandemic and predicts more travel chaos at Christmas

ABC News

Victorian triple-0 report author says funding issue hampered COVID pandemic 'ramp up'

Victoria's Inspector-General for Emergency Management says the emergency ESTA call taking service wasn't able to properly ramp up during the pandemic.

The Guardian - US

From Sober Mom Squads to anti-anxiety workbooks: do new AA alternatives work?

New ways to stop drinking have flourished during the pandemic, catering to women who feel marginalized from the abstinence program

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