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Workers are in the middle of 'post-traumatic growth,' says former USA Today editor-in-chief

The pandemic prompted post-traumatic growth that led us to rethink our careers, explaining the impetus behind quiet quitting and the Great Resignation.

Fortune

Remembering MLK amid infectious greed

King saw the labor movement as essential — and the No. 1 labor issue is the predatory healthcare system

Salon

Motorcycling wellbeing: The country's biggest training provider pledges to have mental health first aiders at each of its centres

Issues around mental health have been exasperated by the Covid pandemic and the numbers of people affected makes for concerning reading. Motorcycling can often be a fun, enjoyable and relaxing activity - but at other times it is stressful and can lead to problems. With that in mind, Phoenix Motorcycle…

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Americans are working less than they were before the pandemic

Americans are spending less time working than they did before the pandemic. That’s good for many of them, but it’s not necessarily great for the inflation-fighting Federal Reserve.

Tribune News Service

California population winners and losers: The fastest growing and shrinking counties

LOS ANGELES — A prison closed in Lassen County. College campuses welcomed students back in Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz counties, and thousands of new housing units were added in Yolo County.

Los Angeles Times

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization

WASHINGTON — The broad outlines of an upcoming debate over a pandemic preparedness reauthorization bill are beginning to emerge as regulators, policymakers and industry groups take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19.

Tribune News Service

The COVID pandemic risks lasting damage to adult social care

Three years have passed since the UK government implemented emergency legislation in response to the COVID pandemic. The Coronavirus Act 2020 made amendments to laws affecting many aspects of society, including the duties and powers incumbent on England’s local authorities to provide adult social care under the Care Act 2014.

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Lockdowns, student pressure blamed for India's alarming rise in suicides

More than 160,000 people took their own lives in 2021 in India, an alarming increase of 7 percent on the previous year, according to a report released by the Home Ministry. Suicides were highest among students, self-employed people, daily wage earners and housewives. Experts say multiple lockdowns during the Covid-19…

France 24

UK plans streamlined post-Brexit border checks

Britain has set out plans to simplify and speed up post-Brexit border checks after repeated delays that the government previously blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi review: sky-high serenity in Japan’s capital

Opening a hotel during a global pandemic might not sound like a wise business move. But the introduction of Tokyo’s second Four Seasons hotel in September 2020 “reestablished” the brand “as a major force to be reckoning with when choosing among the finest places to stay around town”, said Condé Nast…

The Week

Top Bosnian government official convicted of abuse of office

A top Bosnian government official and two others have been convicted and given prison sentences over the procurement at highly inflated prices of inadequate medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern makes emotional farewell to New Zealand parliament

‘A domestic terror attack. A volcanic eruption. A pandemic,’ Ms Ardern reflects on tenure

Evening Standard

Legislative themes emerge on upcoming pandemic reauthorization - Roll Call

A reauthorization of the pandemic preparedness law will give Congress a chance to revisit its handling of COVID-19.

Roll Call

Puerto Rico’s remaining schoolkids struggle in the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes

Beset by natural disasters, a pandemic and a steep drop in student population, the island’s schools look to the federal government for help

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Review: 'A Living Remedy,' by Nicole Chung

NONFICTION: Chung writes about her parents' illnesses, the economics of sickness and her separation from them both during the pandemic.

Reuters

Jacinda Ardern bids farewell to New Zealand parliament in tearful address

All New Zealanders should feel politics can be a home for them, former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday, in a final address to parliament after leading the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic and a terror attack in Christchurch.

The Independent UK

In final speech, Ardern reflects on leading New Zealand

In her final speech to New Zealand’s Parliament, Jacinda Ardern describes in emotional terms how she navigated a pandemic and a mass shooting during her tumultuous five-year tenure as prime minister

Newsroom.co.nz

Jacinda Ardern hugs her way out of Parliament

A self-described “hugger and crier”, Jacinda Ardern said she once went to see Trevor Mallard to get advice on how to “harden up”. The former Prime Minister has left Parliament for the final time reminding everyone that you don’t have to change who you are to be a politician.

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Los Angeles Times

Blue state, red state: Where you live may determine whether you can work from home

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tavalicia Bell, a 26-year-old shipping dispatcher, was imagining a life working from home, her dog Cody by her side, she said as she hurried to finish her cheesesteak. But in this city, she explained as other workers filtered into Lennys Grill & Subs, most companies insist that…

Bangkok Post

1.5 million 'living as recluses' in Japan

TOKYO: Nearly 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are social recluses, according to a new government survey, with a fifth citing the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for their withdrawal.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam: Millions paid in pandemic rescue flight bribes

Vietnamese authorities are seeking to charge 54 individuals following a yearlong investigation into alleged bribes tied to repatriation flights during the Covid-19 pandemic that led to dismissals of high-level government officials.

Los Angeles Times

California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge

LOS ANGELES — California public school enrollment has continued to decline this school year without any bounce-back from steep drops during the pandemic years, although the pace of decreases has slowed.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sumida River Fireworks to light up sky after 4-yr wait

The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, a midsummer tradition in Tokyo, is expected to be held for the first time in four years after having been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Caixin Global

China’s Spring Canton Fair Resumes In-Person Expo

Tens of thousands of buyers from 203 countries sign up for resumption of Guangzhou trading event after three years of pandemic restrictions

The Guardian - UK

‘I struggled to cope’: over-50s in UK describe Covid’s toll on mental health

Study shows pandemic caused a ‘second midlife crisis’ for many Britons, with women worst hit

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