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The southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen has ended mandatory Covid testing to enter public venues, joining a growing list of local authorities easing the strict social curbs imposed across the country since the pandemic broke out three years ago.

Bangkok Post

We were warned 820,000 could die from Covid, Matt Hancock says

The former health secretary said that when he passed on the warning to the Cabinet the reaction was ‘shrug shrug’

Evening Standard

China’s easing of Covid curbs does not solve Xi Jinping’s dilemma

Loosening controls further could spark a devastating outbreak, but tightening the rules again could trigger unrest

The Guardian - UK

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Harry Souttar on somehow sizing up Messi after Aussies’ fairy-tale run

Things move a little slower here on a Friday. With the working week running from Sunday to Thursday, Friday is the Muslim holy day, a time for…

The National (Scotland)

The old and the new behind Australia’s surprising shot at World Cup 2022 glory with best run in 16 years

Australia coach Graham Arnold described his squad as “boxing kangaroos” before the World Cup, but few expected they would make the knockouts in Qatar.

Evening Standard

COVID-19 'complicated' Liberals' SA election campaign but not sole factor in loss, review finds

An internal review has found the former South Australian government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was not the sole factor that lost the Liberal Party the state election.

ABC News

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy

Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China's virus curbs gathered pace.

Reuters

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Graham Arnold relishing success of Australia’s ‘platinum generation’

The Socceroos manager reflects on the sacrifices and tough times during Covid that put the team on an unlikely path to a World Cup last-16 meeting with Argentina

The Guardian - UK

Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations near 10-month high

Hospital admissions for COVID-19 have jumped more than 26% in the last week alone, putting them on pace to hit numbers not seen since mid-February.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ministers 'shrugged off' warnings 820,000 Brits could die before first Covid lockdown

Matt Hancock claims chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty informed him in January 2020 of the "worst case scenario", and he passed it on to fellow Cabinet ministers

Daily Mirror

U.S. diplomat says China protests had effect in easing COVID curbs

Protests in China against the world's toughest COVID-19 restrictions are dying down because they have had an effect, a top U.S. diplomat said on Friday, as Beijing further eased testing and quarantine rules.

Reuters

Surge in calls forces Ambulance Victoria to enact a code red in Metropolitan Melbourne

Off-duty paramedics are called in to deal with a surge in calls around midnight. Ambulance Victoria says 140 staff are currently furloughed because of COVID-19.

ABC News

Airport operator has wings

Airports of Thailand (AOT), the world's largest airport operator in terms of market capitalisation, has returned to the spotlight this year as the reopening of borders to tourists has led to skyrocketing passenger arrivals.

Bangkok Post

Easing in e-commerce market growth

Thailand's e-commerce market is expected to experience slower growth from this year's estimated 18%, dipping to single digits in 2023 as more shoppers return to stores after Covid infections eased, says the Thai E-Commerce Association (Theca).

Bangkok Post

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Manchester Evening News

Matt Hancock says 'please forgive me' for breaking own Covid rules in grovelling apology video

"This was an affaire de coeur and therefore my political judgement was off"

Manchester Evening News

Matt Hancock was warned Covid could kill 820,000 people in January 2020

176,000 people have died of Covid-19 in England

The Guardian - UK

Matt Hancock in demand as guest speaker for local Tory events, say MPs

Hancock’s potential to raise funds for party coffers creates dilemma after whip was withdrawn due to I’m a Celebrity appearance

The Independent UK

Hancock says ministers were told Covid could kill 820,000 people in UK

The former health secretary said that when he passed on the warning to the Cabinet the reaction was ‘shrug shrug’.

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France 24

‘What they’re doing is called distraction’: Chinese spam dilutes Twitter feeds on protests

As protests spread across China over the country’s tight anti-Covid restrictions, Twitter users searching for information on the affected cities were instead flooded with provocative tweets showing young women in suggestive poses advertising “dating” services.

Newcastle Herald

Most of us understood the COVID rules well, so why don't fines stand?

If the rest of the population had reacted the same way as these selfish few, they would have been dying in the tens of thousands.

France 24

Exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law reacts to protests in China

Cities across China have rolled back some Covid-19 restrictions, requiring less testing and allowing people to isolate at home instead of in quarantine centres. The authorities have been careful not to send any signal that the relaxing of rules were in any way a response to rare displays of public…

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock moans his rule breaking affair led to 'bucket of s***' from public

The ex-Health Secretary's remarks came after he made his first appearance in the Commons chamber on Friday since abandoning his constituents for the Australian jungle almost five weeks ago

Daily Record

Scots bride 'felt like inconvenience' on wedding day waiting for golfers to 'play through' photos

Kiera and Lee Sharp were married earlier this year after their original plans were postponed due to Covid, and a fire destroyed their planned venue of Uphall Golf Club.

The Guardian - US

Trevor Noah: ‘It’s 2022, how can you still be misinformed about Covid?’

Late-night hosts discussed Elon Musk’s new rules for Twitter and Kanye West’s antisemitic rant on the Alex Jones show

The Guardian - UK

‘I had really violent dreams’: Happy Valley’s stars on its brutal, explosive final season

As one of the finest TV dramas of the 21st century prepares for its last ever series, we spoke to its stars and creator Sally Wainwright about brutality, sisterhood – and looking like Jesus

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