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China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

Lockdowns have often been more relentless in rural areas, upending the education of millions and blocking social mobility

Financial Times

39% rise in number of children needing help for serious mental health problems

The data includes children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders.

The Independent UK

How "food porn" changed in 2022

Cheese pulls and fried egg-topped hamburgers are out. Popping open a tin of sardines is in

Salon

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Phuket tourism on road to recovery

Having endured the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years, Phuket's tourism is bouncing back, welcoming more than 2.3 million visitors and raking in at least 127 billion baht in tourism revenue during the first ten months of 2022.

Bangkok Post

Rose Parade sees enthusiastic crowd despite rise in COVID, RSV and flu cases

PASADENA, Calif. — Just before 6 a.m., Kelly and Nathan Alexander warmed themselves beside a roaring propane fire pit outside Total Wines & More on Colorado Boulevard as they waited for the Rose Parade to begin.

Los Angeles Times

Hospital Op Shop volunteers raise almost $500,000 in less than a decade

A small-town op shop is eyeing the milestone of raising half a million dollars in donations for the local hospital. It wouldn't have been reached so quickly without the pandemic or a determined volunteer known as Granny Barb.

ABC News

House price rise eats into pandemic gains

Steep price drops in Sydney and the Central Coast suggest the Hunter market could have some way to fall in 2023.

Newcastle Herald

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Housing decline picks up speed again

Rising interest rates continue to shave value off Australia's property market, with Melbourne home prices closing in on pre-pandemic levels.

AAP

Bride gives family four days notice of wedding after losing enough weight to fit back into dress

Lauren Morgan had piled on the pounds after her original marriage plans were ruined by the Covid pandemic in 2020

Wales Online

Oil price spike brings back subsidies but India wins at crude diplomacy

NEW DELHI: A wild swing in international oil prices in 2022 brought back indirect fuel subsidies in India in a setback to reforms, but the nation won at crude diplomacy as it refused to succumb to western pressures and continued to buy oil from the cheapest available source.

The Times of India

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warns there is 'good chance' Ireland will experience another pandemic

Leo Varadkar said that an inquiry into Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be launched this year

Dublin Live

Australian fertility rates bounce back to pre-COVID levels after historic low

Australia is experiencing a post-COVID baby boom, according to recent statistics, after the birthrate hit an historic low during the pandemic.

ABC News

Leo Varadkar issues grim pandemic warning as he indicates Covid inquiry to be set up

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar indicated that an inquiry into Ireland’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be set up in 2023.

Irish Mirror

Politicians and experts react to claim up to 500 people could die each week due to crippling NHS delays

"All this is at a level that most of us who’ve worked in emergency medicine have never seen before. It’s dreadful."

Manchester Evening News

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No more 24/7: Late-night diners scale back their hours amid a shifting restaurant landscape in Baltimore and beyond

BALTIMORE — The neon glow of late-night diner signs has beckoned to Pete Koroneos his entire career.

WEKU

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

Evening Standard

Some A&Es in ‘complete state of crisis’ amid pressure on NHS, medics warn

Health chiefs warn situation ‘intolerable and unsustainable’ with strain greater than at the peak of the Covid pandemic

ABC News

Tourism operators unfazed by new COVID-19 testing requirements for Chinese visitors

Chinese visitors were "incredibly important" to Australia's pre-pandemic tourism industry. But with visitation numbers from China yet to bounce back, operators say they have pivoted to new markets.

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Reuters

Japan's emperor gives first public New Year's greeting since 2020

Japan's Emperor Naruhito on Monday gave a New Year's address and greeted members of the public for the first time in three years as the country eases COVID-19 pandemic restrictions amid a year-end surge in infections.

Birmingham Post

Beauty Bay sales slashed by almost £40m and profits wiped out as customers make High Street return

Beauty Bay's turnover was still higher than it was before the pandemic

The Independent UK

Japanese emperor greets crowd at palace after COVID hiatus

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have waved to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in a celebration halted for the past two years by the pandemic

Chicago Tribune

Chicago sees dip in homicides after spikes during pandemic and unrest over policing

CHICAGO — After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago has begun to see a decline in homicides, as the Chicago Police Department works to correct crime trends to levels before the coronavirus and turmoil over the killing of George Floyd took hold.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Enthusiastic crowds greet Mummers as they strut to bring in 2023 amid near perfect weather

PHILADELPHIA — Harrath Araissi, 47, is a native of Tunisia but lives in Fishtown and considers himself a true Philadelphian now — and the Mummers are as integral to the city as the Liberty Bell, he says.

Bangkok Post

Green as the new mandate

Tourism analysts say sustainability and responsible tourism represent a new mandate for the Thai industry after the pandemic.

Daily Mirror

Doctor increased tenant's rent and used parrot excuse to evict him during pandemic

Dr Amy Eskander was handed the hefty fine after throwing out her tenant during the pandemic despite him being protected by his job, and then using his parrot as an excuse

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