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Qatar to boost investment in Spain by $4.9 billion

Qatar is set to boost investments in Spain by $4.9 billion in the coming years as it piggybacks on the rollout of the European Union's pandemic recovery plan

The Independent UK

Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for COVID

Eric Clapton, a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two upcoming European gigs

The Independent UK

Nightclub in Bristol city centre to house students after closing during Covid-19 pandemic

It closed during the Covid-19 pandemic and did not reopen

Bristol Post

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South Africa has entered a new phase of the COVID pandemic: what that means

Confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing in South Africa in recent weeks. This has been largely driven by two offspring – known as the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages – of the Omicron variant first identified in South Africa late last year.

The Conversation

Japan visitors down 95% in April from 2019

TOKYO: The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in April was down 95.2% from the same month in the prepandemic year of 2019 to 139,500 people, government data showed on Wednesday, as the country moves towards accepting small-scale tours next week at the earliest.

Bangkok Post

How Clover Mortgage Is Helping Metro Detroiters Save On Homeownership As Rates Begin To Climb

Through the pandemic, Americans went on a homebuying spree. Amidst trends accelerated by work-from-home and pandemic isolation, families, some of which were first-time home buyers, drew on an already limited supply.

Benzinga

Kenneth Branagh unrecognisable as Boris Johnson in first look at new Covid drama

The upcoming drama This England sees Sir Kenneth Branagh portraying Boris Johnson in an five-part series on the PM's leadership during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

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Hardships for domestic workers in India

Under the pretext of Covid-19 safety, employers have tightened restrictions on live-in domestic workers in India

Salon

Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam misses knighthood ceremony after catching Covid

Former deputy chief medical officer who was at centre of response to pandemic had been due to attend an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Covid supremo Jonathan Van-Tam misses his own knighthood ceremony - due to Covid

The former deputy chief medical officer, who became a cult figure after using colourful football analogies about the Covid pandemic, is still recovering from a bout of the disease

Daily Mirror

Medical scientists in Ireland strike over pay and staffing issues after negotiations fail

'You could end up doing 24-hour shifts three or four times a week if your colleagues are sick'

Irish Mirror

Five ways to manage your doomscrolling habit

Doomscrolling, according to Merriam-Webster, is “the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing”. For many it’s a habit born of the pandemic – and one that is likely to stay.

The Conversation

Editorial: As grim pandemic milestone arrives, GOP still plays politics with the crisis

Even as America topped a million coronavirus deaths on Monday, congressional Republicans continued playing games with vaccine funding, holding it up over an unrelated immigration debate. The same short-sighted politics are also preventing the U.S. from pledging funding to an international effort that would ultimately help prevent resurgences here. These…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A million have died of Covid-19 in America. How did this happen?

One million people should never have to die from another pandemic. Not in America, a country built to do so much better

The Guardian - US

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Fraudster mum locked up for selling fake Covid certificates to holidaymakers at height of pandemic

Saranjeet Trina Kandola made nearly £5k tricking people into paying for fake Covid 'fit to fly' certificates

The Independent UK

Pandemic science hub will develop drugs for lung infections such as Covid-19

It will build on the success of two experimental medicine projects.

Daily Mirror

Mum who flogged fake Covid certificates to tourists during pandemic is JAILED

Saranjeet Trina Kandola tricked holidaymakers into paying for fake Covid-19 'fit to fly' certificates making nearly £5,000 as customers became concerned the certificates were fake

Evening Standard

Tube passenger numbers return to levels not seen since before Covid

Almost three million journeys a day are being made on the Tube - a level not seen since before the pandemic.

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Axios

Axios-Ipsos poll: 1 in 3 say the pandemic's over

Respondents are more concerned about spreading COVID-19 to others or being inconvenienced by restrictions than getting sick or dying.

WEKU

For two years, this Washington island has grappled with the long reach of COVID

The virus hit Whidbey Island early in 2020, and photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. A million deaths later, we return to see how the pandemic has subtly but indelibly altered life there forever.

The Guardian - AU

Labor to consider new national Covid strategy to reduce deaths

Anthony Albanese says pandemic still ‘major issue’, but Scott Morrison says Australians want to ‘put that in the rear-vision mirror’

The Guardian - UK

A moment that changed me: I grew my leg hair – and found my self-confidence

Over the years I spent thousands of pounds and endured painful procedures trying to adhere to conventional beauty standards. But shielding in the pandemic allowed me to take a break

The Conversation

GPs are abandoning bulk billing. What does this mean for affordable family medical care?

GPs have been sounding the alarm over rising costs of providing care – compounded by the pandemic and more complex demands. Many have said they are abandoning bulk billing, the Medicare scheme that pays doctors a flat rate for providing consultations.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF: Pandemic School Closures Could Inflict Lasting Economic Toll

School closures during the pandemic have set back children's learning in many G20 countries and could have a long-lasting negative impact on GDP in advanced economies, the IMF said Tuesday. Recent assessments of schoolchildren show that widespread virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in lower academic levels in India,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kim Slams Negligent Officials over NKorea Covid Outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million. The nuclear-armed country reported its first coronavirus cases last week, and the Omicron variant-fueled outbreak has since ballooned…

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