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CLSA Expects SoftBank To Focus More On Buybacks Than High Growth Stocks Like Alibaba

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) may, for the first time, spend more on share buybacks than investments through its landmark Vision Fund as the firm goes into "defense" mode, according to CLSA's Oliver Matthew. "I think that the comments yesterday from Masayoshi Son made it very clear we're in defense round…

Benzinga

Nurses recall the terror of second wave

Exactly a year ago, we lived in a state of anxiety and fear. Lucky were those who didn’t have to make pleas for hospital beds, oxygen, plasma for their near and dear ones. Social media was plastered with bereavement notes, and we all were left praying for survival. All our…

The Times of India

Covid cases in hospital in Wales fall to their lowest level in nine months

The number of infections has also fallen for the fourth week in a row, according to data from the ONS

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Foreign Office updates passport rules for EU countries including Spain, Greece and Italy

Foreign Office travel advice has been updated for 33 countries to clarify passport rules for UK holidaymakers including EU holiday hotspots like Spain, Portugal, France and Greece

Daily Mirror

2022 NBA Draft Sleepers: Under-the-Radar Prospects to Watch

Terquavion Smith, Keon Ellis and Tyrese Martin are just a few underappreciated prospects you should keep a close eye on.

Sports Illustrated

Lifeline Lanarkshire charity which was on the brink of closure opens new hub

Share Alike based in East Kilbride offers a raft of services from emergency food parcels to clothing and classes and companionship.

Daily Record

Spain, Morocco agree to reopen African land borders after two-year closure

The land borders between Morocco and Spain's north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen next week, the authorities in Madrid have announced. The frontier was closed for more than two years due to Covid-19 restrictions and tensions between the two governments.

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India insists WHO is wrong about Covid deaths. What do the numbers say?

The health and family welfare ministry issued a statement on May 5 disputing the World Health Organisation’s estimate of Covid deaths in India. The WHO had said that India lost 47.4 lakh people to Covid in 2020 and 2021, several times the Indian government’s tally of 5.24 lakh. The ministry…

Newslaundry

Employers urged to sign up to Covid safety pledge

Unions and experts suggest that employers risk-assess their workplace to safeguard against the spread of infection

Insider UK

'Not free from COVID': Thousands pray at Portuguese shrine despite fears of new wave

Happy but cautious at being able to join a mass religious event for the first time since the pandemic began, thousands of Catholic faithful gathered at a sanctuary in Portugal on Friday, as authorities brace for a potential sixth wave of COVID-19.

Reuters

Piano-playing internet sensation, 10, with cerebral palsy raises more than £20,000

Lennie Street wowed the internet during Covid lockdowns

Wales Online

Well-off Britons splash out on trips of a lifetime as Covid restrictions ease

More families are splurging lockdown savings on longer, more luxurious breaks often topping £50,000, say high-end travel agents

The Guardian - UK

Neighbourhood Networks' Lanarkshire members get ready for party in the park

The charity organisation is holding a 20th birthday celebration this weekend.

Daily Record

Three areas of Merseyside record rises in Covid infections

There was a week-on-week percentage change figure fall of 8% in England overall

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The Conversation

Why a US task force is recommending anxiety screening in kids 8 and older

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft statement in April 2022 recommending screening for anxiety in children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 18. This recommendation – which is still open for public comment – is timely, given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s…

The National (Scotland)

Covid levels in Scotland fall for seventh week running, ONS data finds

THE proportion of people in Scotland with Covid-19 has dropped to the lowest level since before Christmas, according to the latest data.

Benzinga

Aluminum Inventories Reach A New Low, Prices Plunged

Aluminum available for withdrawal at London Metal Exchange warehouses fell to a record low. Still, the latest sign of supply shortages isn’t enough to break the pessimistic sentiment that is ruling metals markets as demand worsens, writes Bloomberg. On-warrant aluminum inventories fell 9.7% to 260,275 tons, breaking a record set in…

Daily Mirror

Flight warning for Brits as not all EU countries will ditch face masks on planes next week

Face masks on flights to the EU are changing next week but not all countries are easing rules including some holiday hotspots like Spain, Greece and Turkey

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's behind North Korea's COVID-19 admission?

North Korea's recent admission of its first domestic COVID-19 cases has surprised many outsiders and prompted speculation about how bad the outbreak is and whether it could cause a major humanitarian crisis in a country where public medical infrastructure is terrible

Tribune News Service

Why won’t more older Americans get their COVID booster?

Even as top U.S. health officials say it’s time America learns to live with the coronavirus, a chorus of leading researchers say faulty messaging on booster shots has left millions of older people at serious risk.

Evening Standard

‘No free Covid tests means exam halls could be coronavirus hotspots’

But there is no requirement for a student who misses an exam to take a Covid test

The National (Scotland)

Trade unions encouraging employers to commit to Covid-19 safety pledge

TRADE unions are encouraging employers to sign up to a Covid-19 safety pledge designed to ensure workplaces adopt measures which minimise the spread…

The Times of India

As Shanghai nears end of lockdown, China's Covid angst grows

BEIJING: After six weeks of confining people to their homes, enduring food shortages and the constant fear of being forcibly hauled away, Shanghai's lockdown appears to have an end date. But China's increasingly fraught battle with Covid-19 is far from over.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco, Spain to Reopen Land Borders in Ceuta, Melilla

The land borders between Morocco and Spain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla will reopen next week, Spain said Thursday, after being closed for more than two years due to COVID-19 restrictions and tensions between the two countries. The two countries have “reached a definitive deal for the reopening…

Wales Online

Baby drowned in bath when mum collapsed after Covid jab reaction

Nine-month-old baby Eleanor drowned in three inches of water after mum Louise blacked out

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