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China Blames Foreigners for Inciting Protests

Analysts say foreigners offering critical comments about the protests or making contacts with protesters could be blamed for instigating, shaping, and guiding the demonstrations.

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Matt Hancock reveals ‘bonkers plan’ to release prisoners during Covid

Extract of diaries kept by former Health Secretary claims ‘bonkers plan’ was suggested during pandemic

Evening Standard

Weekly Must-Read: China Lines Up Yet More Aid for the Property Sector, But Will It Be Enough?

New round of policy measures to support beleaguered developers is imminent, as Beijing seeks to check a protracted downturn, Caixin has learned

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Relief and worry as major Chinese cities ease COVID curbs

Further easing of COVID-19 testing requirements and quarantine rules in some Chinese cities was met with a mix of relief and worry on Friday, as hundreds of millions await an expected shift in national virus policies after widespread social unrest.

Reuters

LA County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus case and hospitalization rates have risen dramatically in Los Angeles County, which on Thursday reentered the medium COVID-19 community level for the first time since the end of the summer omicron wave.

Los Angeles Times

San Jose church won’t have to pay $217,500 in COVID fines after California Supreme Court denies petition

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. — In a victory for a San Jose church who openly flouted COVID rules at the height of the pandemic, the California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition by Santa Clara County asking that Calvary Chapel pay more than a quarter million dollars in court…

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Australian wool price plummets as China COVID lockdowns, Ukraine war, floods, inflation take toll

It's a grim week for woolgrowers as prices tumble to their lowest on the world market in 12 years. And that may not be the last of the bad news.

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Guangzhou Pushes Life Toward Normalcy After Easing Covid Curbs

Southern China metropolis reopens shops and restaurants, resumes public transit and dismantles barriers around communities

Caixin Global

No no no! Santa in short supply this year

Veteran Santas say they’re busier than ever, thanks to post-COVID-19 celebrations, nostalgia and a need for escapism.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuit blames Fauci and federal agencies for Kansas City musician’s COVID-19 death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The widow of a popular Kansas City-area musician has filed a lawsuit accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health of indirectly causing her husband’s death from COVID-19 by funding coronavirus experimentation at a lab in China.

Tribune News Service

SET rides Asian market upswell

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joined an Asian rally yesterday, a day after Thailand lifted its key interest rate, as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve chairman's remarks on US rate hikes and signs China is easing its Covid-19 measures.

Bangkok Post

Matt Hancock says he opposed 'bonkers' Covid plan to release 'thousands' of prisoners

The ex-Health Secretary who has just emerged from the I'm A Celebrity Jungle said officials 'insisted' on releasing inmates to ease pressure on the system during the first nationwide lockdown

Daily Mirror

Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

The Conversation

COVID-19's impact on the immune system, and how this may affect subsequent infections

Infections soon after getting over COVID-19 — whether it be another stint with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or a different pathogen altogether — are commonplace. So why are some people more susceptible?

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Council steps in to save famed Scottish theatre from collapse

COUNCILLORS have agreed to help out Ayr’s Gaiety Theatre by giving them £150,000 this year – but have said that the council cannot continue to…

Newcastle Herald

Reserve Bank's stance on household pressure is all about interpretation

Do the stats tell the whole story?

The Conversation

Raf Simons to close – a fashion marketing expert explains how the brand lost relevance

Surviving 27 years in the competitive and fast-changing world of fashion is an accomplishment many brands only dream of. Raf Simons weathered the 2007-08 financial crisis, Brexit and the COVID pandemic with his eponymous label, but in November he announced that the SS23 line would be its last.

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COVID-19 cases rise across the nation

Weekly COVID-19 case numbers have jumped 20 per cent in NSW and Victoria with the latest wave of infections blamed on new Omicron sub-variants.

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Are we in for another Covid summer?

Summer has arrived, but with our restrictions largely kicked to the curb and a soup of different variants at play, what can we expect from Covid-19 case numbers?

Newsroom.co.nz

Ministry opposed asymptomatic testing because it might find cases

Health officials withheld advice that could have detected more Covid-19 cases, specifically because they did not want asymptomatic cases to be found.

Newsroom.co.nz

Climate-conscious consumers to bale out wool industry

Wool is natural, sustainable, biodegradable and versatile but NZ’s coarse wool industry is in more dire trouble than ever - a situation a new three-year strategy hopes to change, writes Nikki Mandow

Wales Online

Covid vaccine: Time for people under 50 to be offered a fourth dose?

Autumn boosters are currently available to people aged over 50 or with certain health conditions

The Conversation

Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health

Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the site’s rules page and listed as effective Nov. 23, 2022, has researchers and experts in public health seriously concerned about the possible repercussions.

Evening Standard

One in seven nursing posts in London vacant with 11,000 vacancies in September

NHS figures lay bare staffing shortages in the capital ahead of nursing strikes

Edinburgh Live

Disappointed West Lothian bride had to wait as golfers 'played through' wedding photos

After viewing the venue, the couple excitedly set a date but that was just the start of many problems ahead that left the bride feeling disappointed on her big day.

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