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Queensland in 'new stage' of COVID-19 pandemic, changes to vaccine mandate, reliance on health directives and reporting flagged

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath announces daily reporting of COVID statistics will be wound back and a blanket COVID-19 vaccine mandate direction for private health care workers will be lifted.

ABC News

Newcastle's jobs market is 'staggering', hurting trader confidence: Hawes

The region's workforce has shrunk despite significant population growth during the pandemic.

Newcastle Herald

Hong Kong’s ‘yellow’ companies see persecution in COVID crackdown

Pro-democracy businesses in the city say they face harsher scrutiny under pandemic restrictions.

Al Jazeera

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Japan endures its worst COVID-19 wave, as strict entry rules deter tourists

Japan, which was praised for keeping its coronavirus cases and deaths largely under control earlier in the pandemic, is experiencing its most severe coronavirus wave so far and has become a hotspot for the virus in East Asia.

ABC News

Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%

Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues opened back up

The Independent UK

WWE star Drew McIntyre recalls ‘wild’ WrestleMania moment amid Covid-19 pandemic

Exclusive interview: McIntyre recalls having his career-defining moment amid the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Justin Fox: Biden's economy has the best growth record since Clinton

We’re more than a year-and-a-half into Joe Biden’s presidency, with full second-quarter economic growth numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis now in hand. Which seems like as good a time as any for another installment in my occasional series comparing growth rates under U.S. presidents — which somewhat…

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11,000 Federal Inmates Were Sent Home During the Pandemic. Only 17 Were Arrested for New Crimes.

Criminal justice groups say the numbers vindicate their push to keep those people from being sent back to prison.

Reason

International Crown set to return to LPGA schedule in 2023 on the West Coast

The 2020 event was scheduled to be played at the Centurion Club in England but was canceled due to the pandemic.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Cycling and walking transport alternatives fall to pre-pandemic levels

A cycling charity and motoring organisation accused the Government and councils of failing to encourage people to keep using cleaner travel methods.

The Independent UK

India quarterly growth rises to 13.5% after pandemic slump

The Indian government says the country's economy grew by 13.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, pushed up by a boost in agriculture and manufacturing as pandemic curbs eased

The Independent UK

Fauci quits: Right wins war on science

The right's attack on science is the most dangerous of its cynical power plays. Fauci is just collateral damage

Salon

Covid inquiry to examine how Boris Johnson’s cabinet handled pandemic

Second part of investigation will focus on early 2020 and what was known about the virus at the time

The Guardian - UK

Talk to the chair: It’s lonely being a university lecturer, post-pandemic

University lecturers have taken to social media to share their frustration at how lecturing nearly-empty halls has become their new normal.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Spain's 'Tomatina' Battle Returns after Pandemic Hiatus

People from around the world pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain’s famous “Tomatina” street tomato fight took place once again Wednesday following a two-year suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. Workers on trucks unloaded 130 tons of over-ripe tomatoes along the main street of the eastern town of…

Axios

COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year

It's the latest evidence of the toll the pandemic took on Americans' health.

The Independent UK

Spain's 'Tomatina' battle returns after pandemic hiatus

People from around the world have pasted each other with tomatoes as Spain’s famous “Tomatina” street tomato fight took place once again following a two-year suspension owing to the coronavirus pandemic

The National (Scotland)

UK Covid inquiry opens investigation into Scottish Government

THE UK-wide inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic has opened investigations into decisions made by the Scottish Government, focusing on…

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Manchester Evening News

Covid-19 inquiry begins work examining government’s response to pandemic

The inquiry will then look at decisions taken throughout 2020 until February 2022

The Independent UK

Covid-19 inquiry begins work examining Government’s response to pandemic

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett said it would ‘build a full picture of the challenges faced by the Government and how it chose to confront them’.

Insider UK

Scottish store closures slow to almost pre-pandemic levels

However, the rate of decline remains above the UK average

The Conversation

Disadvantaged students starting courses in 2022 are worse off as a result of COVID – universities must support them

The A-level results received by students in 2022 should be celebrated as an example of resilience and hard work. The achievements of this cohort have been made despite a global pandemic which affected both their GCSEs and A-levels. They have faced government U-turns over assessment, and knowledge gaps in their…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Extend, fund free COVID tests

The COVID-19 virus's course and evolution remain unpredictable. But this far into the pandemic, there are some safe assumptions.

The Independent UK

French tourism better than pre-COVID, despite climate woes

Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over pre-pandemic levels

Newcastle Herald

COVID-19 isolation reduced to five days

National cabinet has agreed to reduce the mandatory isolation period for positive COVID-19 cases from seven to five days.

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