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Interest rate hikes start to pinch small Indian businesses

Small businesses start to feel the burn of high interest rates as India launches aggressive campaign to curb inflation.

Al Jazeera

Tom Daley receives OBE as Olympic champion diver poses with husband Dustin Lance Black at Windsor Castle

Consumer expert Martin Lewiswas also recognised during the investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle

Evening Standard

COVID-19 cases in Queensland hospitals likely to pass 1,000, CHO says, as isolation rules change

Triage tents are being used outside some hospitals in south-east Queensland, with the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 across the state likely to exceed 1,000 in coming weeks — the highest number of the pandemic so far, health authorities say.

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Indonesia Religious Affairs Minister: Promotion of ‘Wasatiyah’ Prevents Muslim Divisions

Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Qoumas stressed that the solution to uniting Muslims lies in promoting religious or Islamic “Wasatiyyah”, or moderation. The adoption of this approach will help prevent division between people, he told Asharq Al-Awsat. On Saudi Arabia’s role in serving the Hajj pilgrims, he said the Kingdom’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Stark increase in children suffering tics since start of pandemic

Teenage girls in particular have seen sudden onsets of tic disorders when they had no previous history

Wales Online

Pune: Two convicts booked for jumping emergency parole

PUNE: The Yerawada Central Jail authorities on Sunday lodged separate complaints with the city police against two convicts on the charge of jumping emergency parole granted during the Covid pandemic to decongest the jail.

The Times of India

Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth

Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday much differently than how it entered the pandemic

The Independent UK

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Interest rate rises push household finances towards pandemic lows, confidence plunges

Australians are still spending record amounts of money, but surveys show that could change quickly as interest rate rises send consumer confidence towards pandemic lows.

ABC News

NYC COVID infection and hospitalization rates increase as questions swirl over Mayor Adams’ plan

NEW YORK — Coronavirus infection rates are spiking in the city with more than 15% of all tests coming back positive on average in the past week, data from the Health Department shows — and it remains unclear if Mayor Eric Adams will take any new steps to address the…

Tribune News Service

Queen set to present NHS with George Cross at Windsor

The NHS was awarded the bravery award for its ‘courage, compassion and dedication’ during the pandemic and since its foundation.

The Independent UK

Court orders California to pause denying pandemic rent aid

An Alameda County, California judge has ordered the state housing department to pause denying applications for pandemic rental assistance after tenant advocates filed a lawsuit alleging officials have unfairly withheld aid from struggling renters.

Tribune News Service

Amazon Prime Day is back with TV deals and Alexa standing ready to click buy now

Amazon Prime Day is July 12-13 this year, returning to its traditional July schedule after two years of maneuvering around the pandemic. The online behemoth’s big sale was held in October 2020 and in June last year.

Tribune News Service

Court Rejects Lawsuit Against China over the COVID Pandemic

From Missouri ex rel. Schmitt v. People's Republic of China, decided Friday by Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. (E.D. Mo.) (fun fact: he's the late Rush Limbaugh's cousin): Amidst the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs across the United States have filed civil suits seeking damages against the People's Republic…

Reason

Faced with COVID and monkeypox, new USAID leader draws strength from African proverb

Dr Atul Gawande, the surgeon and bestselling health writer talks, to NPR about the problems he has inherited as the new head of USAID's global health office.

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The Independent UK

Struggling Latino students should be priority, leaders say

Leaders with the United States' largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group say Latino students should be a federal funding priority after falling behind during the coronavirus pandemic despite making notable educational gains in recent decades

The Guardian - AU

Pacific summit: Suva near to bursting as PIF meeting turns Fiji’s pandemic bust to boom

Everybody in the Fijian capital is run off their feet as delegates converge for the Pacific Islands Forum and give a glimpse of the good times again

Asharq Al-Awsat

LVMH’s Sephora to Sell its Russian Subsidiary

LVMH's retail beauty brand Sephora is selling its Russian subsidiary to the local general manager of the chain, the French company said on Monday, joining a flood of Western businesses leaving the country. Sephora, which has 88 stores in Russia with 1,200 employees, will now operate under the "Ile de…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Watchdog Seeks Review into Government Use of WhatsApp, Messaging Apps

Britain should review the use of WhatsApp, private emails and other messaging apps by ministers and government officials after an investigation found "inadequate data security" during the COVID-19 pandemic, its data protection watchdog said on Monday. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the review should examine the "systemic risks" around…

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NYC COVID infection and hospitalization rates increase as questions swirl over Mayor Adams’ plan

NEW YORK — Coronavirus infection rates are surging in the city with more than 15% of all tests coming back positive on average in the past week, data from the Health Department shows — and it remains unclear what Mayor Eric Adams plans to do to address the pandemic resurgence.

The National (Scotland)

UK health department reprimanded for use of private messaging services during pandemic

The Information Comissioners Office (ICO) found "extenstive use" of messaging apps like Whatsapp amongst government ministers and officials

Glasgow Live

Gerry Cinnamon Glasgow show at Hampden: All you need to know as ScotRail issues update

Castlemilk's Gerry Cinnamon will be returning to Glasgow for his homecoming gigs after the original concert was rescheduled due to the pandemic. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the concert

The Conversation

Human catches COVID from a cat – here's why this new evidence is not cause for panic

Since the pandemic began, there have been several documented cases of humans transmitting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to their pets. But the reverse has been rarer – until recently, hamsters, mink and white-tailed deer were the only animals reported to have spread SARS-CoV-2 to people.

Manchester Evening News

Sacha Lord praises Manchester’s post-pandemic recovery as new data places it miles ahead of London

The city is behind only two other cities in the UK

Tribune News Service

Widely used hospital gowns show signs of exposing workers to infection

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standards, leaving health care workers with a greater risk of infection than advertised.

Benzinga

Homebuyers Are Backing Out Of Sales At Record Levels: Report

Homebuyers are backing out of property purchase deals at a level not seen since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN).

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