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Is It Game Over for These 2 Entertainment Giants?

The gaming industry has witnessed a significant drop in demand from the pandemic highs. Moreover, as consumers weigh discretionary purchases in an inflationary backdrop, is it game over for the entertainment stocks Roblox (RBLX) and Skillz (SKLZ)? Read on to find out….

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For hire or food, garden sitters save the day during summer

Home gardening has been on a tear during the pandemic, and now it's harvest time in many places

The Independent UK

Sunak’s McDonald’s order raises eyebrows

It was pointed out that breakfast wraps were taken off the McDonald’s menu in March 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Student stranded by pandemic celebrates top A-level grades

Promising New Zealand swimmer Nellie Clark has won a scholarship to study at a US college after completing her A-levels in the UK.

The Independent UK

There is very little to celebrate about these A-level results – inequalities just got worse

Students have paid the price of the pandemic and a government that neglects the chasm between rich and poor, says secondary school teacher Nadeine Asbali

The Guardian - UK

A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels

University admissions have also fallen on last year, but are the second highest on record, according to Ucas figures.

The Independent UK

Medicine shortages turning critical: ADHD drugs ran out two weeks ago

Australia's always been vulnerable to pharmaceutical shortages – but that vulnerability has been severely tested by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A-levels: A grades are up compared to pre-pandemic results

The 2022 A-level results are in, and the number of students receiving A or A* grades has fallen – down by 8.4% on 2021.

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Dubai Airport Traffic Records Two-Thirds of its Pre-Pandemic Level

Dubai International Airport said the latest figures showed that the traffic volume during H1 2022 represents 67.5% of the its pre-pandemic passenger traffic during the same period in 2019. The airport screened 27.9 million passengers in the first half of the year despite a significant reduction in capacity resulting from…

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Studying through pandemic ‘a nightmare’, says pupil collecting A-level results

James Livesey, 18, will now take up a BBC apprenticeship in software engineering.

The Independent UK

Five places where benefits are being stopped in Universal Credit shake-up - list of areas

A managed migration system to transfer everyone on older benefits over to Universal Credit restarted in May this year, following a brief pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy

Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.

WEKU

A new work anxiety: Will I be penalized for working from home?

In the "new normal" of the hybrid workplace, are remote and in-person workers going to be treated equally? It's a matter of hot debate right now.

WEKU

Scots rockers Texas set to welcome Stirling's first major gigs since Covid pandemic this weekend

Stirling will play host to a number of top gigs this weekend as the city welcomes major musical acts back for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Rockers Texas and Celtic group Skipinnish will both perform, as well as a host of supporting acts.

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The Independent UK

A-level results: Grades down on last two years but higher than pre-pandemic levels

Overall pass rate and proportion of top grades is lower than in 2021

Daily Record

West Dunbartonshire Council missed its carbon footprint targets last year

Officers say waste levels from residents are continually increasing and have the biggest impact on the local authority’s carbon footprint.

The Independent UK

A-level grades down on last year but remain higher than pre-pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of pupils got results on Thursday, having sat exams for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.

Daily Mirror

UCAS A-level results day: Students' grades down on pandemic but higher than pre-Covid

Hundreds of thousands of students across England, Northern Ireland and Wales have discovered their A-level results this morning, with the number achieving highest grades slightly down on 2021

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Wales Online

Top A level grades fall in Wales as overall results dip slightly after first pupils sit exams post-pandemic

Overall results are lower than last year but higher than the last time papers were sat in 2019

The Denver Post

Colorado medical schools use live actors to teach future doctors, but the pandemic permanently changed some of the ways they do it

DENVER -- Christina Cass has spent the last 25 years of her career in and out of hospital gowns. She’s been poked and prodded, diagnosed with dozens of different ailments from lung cancer to Alzheimer’s disease, and treated for her knee and for injuries after a car accident.

Los Angeles Times

First came love, then a fiddle-leaf fig and a bustling plant store

LOS ANGELES -- In the now-infamous summer of 2020, the Baziks' new business had customers lining down the block.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: We aren’t prepared for monkeypox

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials urged frequent testing to contain and monitor the virus’s spread. Yet numerous barriers, like the lack of tests and long turnaround times for results, made consistent, widespread testing extremely difficult.

Daily Mirror

A-level results: Plan was 'always' to bring down 'generous' grades, says cabinet minister

Overall marks are expected to be lower this year than they have been in the previous two, which saw an uplift as youngsters endured disrupted classes because of the Covid crisis

Wales Online

Covid-19 linked to brain fog two years after infection, study finds

'Suggests new cases of neurological conditions linked to Covid-19 infection are likely to occur for a considerable time after the pandemic has subsided'

The Independent UK

Cash use set to survive despite slump during pandemic – report

Use of cash is expected to drop to just 6% of payments by 2031, UK Finance said.

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