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Kindergarten could soon be mandatory for California children

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is one step closer to mandating that children attend kindergarten, a requirement that would come after droves of the state's youngest students skipped the grade during the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened learning gap concerns.

Los Angeles Times

The Bay Area was California’s transit mecca. Now car-crazy LA has more train and bus riders

When Los Angeles shuttered its last streetcar in 1963, the Bay Area was already planting the seeds of BART, the expansive rail system that embodies a common refrain in the longstanding competition between Southern and Northern California: Angelenos are gas-guzzlers stuck in parking-lot traffic, while the Bay Area has built…

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Jon Talton: Seattle’s a test case for future of ‘back to the city’ movement

One of the most important socio-economic shifts from the 1990s to the coronavirus pandemic was the “back to the city movement.”

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Hospitals cutting services as costs rise

Low surgery volumes, high equipment prices, and sicker patients are digging into hospital profits

Salon

Anti-vax doctors and nurses take to the streets as pandemic protests roll on

Anti-vaccine protests were a regular event during early in the pandemic, but long after many mandates have ended, public displays of discontent live on.

The New Daily

CSIRO report urges government to prepare for when the next pandemic hits

The CSIRO has outlined 20 recommendations for how Australia can be better equipped for when the next pandemic rears its ugly head.

The New Daily

Why I chucked my stuff in storage and became a digital nomad during a pandemic

After six months on the road, Ben West shares his findings of swapping the nine to five for four countries in four days

The Independent UK

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People ‘turning to credit as painfully high bills eat into incomes’

Households are turning to credit to maintain their standard of living, experts have suggested.

The Independent UK

Paul Sullivan: Pandemic a distant memory for MLB teams — at least until they’re forced to adjust rosters for series in Toronto

My dream World Series matchup for 2022 would be the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: A miss in the Inflation Reduction Act: Better paid leave policies

The Inflation Reduction Act is now law. In the long run, the law is expected to have beneficial effects on deficit reduction as per the Congressional Budget Office. Through extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies and prescription drug pricing reforms, it aims to decrease health care expenditures for seniors and…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Not very PPProgressive: Lessons learned from PPP loans that went mostly to the rich

As the pandemic forced widespread closures in 2020, federal policymakers were staring down a torrent of job losses. Millions of workers were being laid off from businesses large and small, and millions more would lose their jobs with every passing week, causing indelible long-term damage to their financial picture and…

Tribune News Service

As Americans ditch Covid measures, pandemic worsens for the vulnerable

Older adults, immunocompromised and the very young are paying the price for the mask-less freedom of many

The Guardian - US

Inquiry into far-right extremism in Victoria makes 12 recommendations to counter spread

The inquiry found a diminished trust in government and mainstream media led to increased recruitment to far-right causes.

ABC News

Far right’s access to guns a ‘significant concern’ and national register needed, Victorian inquiry warns

Report also says remote learning during pandemic increased children’s exposure to extremist ideologies online

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Cost of living: Pubs and brewers warn over mass closures as energy bills leap 300%

Bosses of six of the UK’s biggest pub and brewing companies have signed an open letter to the Government urging it to act

Financial Times

The growing evidence that Covid-19 is leaving people sicker

The potential impact on heart and brain disease poses challenges to healthcare systems globally

Birmingham Post

Hargreaves Lansdown's chief executive on plummeting investor confidence, ethical funds and leadership

Chris Hill speaks to BusinessLive about the challenges facing the investment market, navigating the pandemic and his future vision

The Independent UK

Pubs and breweries warn of mass closures as energy bills leap 300%

Bosses of six of the UK’s biggest pub and brewing companies urge government to act to avoid “real and serious irreversible” damage

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Wales Online

Pubs and brewers warn over mass closures as energy bills soar by 300%

Bosses from Greene King, JW Lees, Carlsberg Marston’s, Admiral Taverns, Drake & Morgan and St Austell Brewery have signed an open letter to the Government urging it to act. They say the rise in energy costs will cause more damage to their industry than the pandemic did if nothing is…

Reuters

'It felt like my insides were crying': China COVID curbs hit youth mental health

HONG KONG Reuters) - Zhang Meng had a breakdown last December. The 20-year-old found herself sobbing on the stairs of her dorm, driven to despair by repeated COVID lockdowns of her university campus in Beijing.

The Independent UK

Pubs and brewers warn over mass closures as energy bills leap 300%

Bosses of six of the UK’s biggest pub and brewing companies have signed an open letter to the Government urging it to act.

Bangkok Post

Growing through innovation

The global business landscape has changed completely with emerging factors, namely climate change, digital disruption and constraints largely brought by the protracted Covid-19 pandemic. To stay alive and thrive, businesses across the world need to have clear strategies to address their ongoing concerns and better serve customers' demand in the…

Bangkok Post

Time ripe for a review

After two years of virtual celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's Asean Secretariat held an in-person celebration on Aug 8 at its headquarters in Jakarta to mark the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's 55th anniversary.

Bangkok Post

Shaping up for our digital future

Asia and the Pacific is the most digitally divided region of the world, and Southeast Asia is the most divided subregion. The Covid-19 pandemic detonated a "digital big bang" that spurred people, governments and businesses to become "digital by default"; a sea change that generated vast digital dividends. These benefits…

The Conversation

We need to change how antibiotics target bugs if we want them to keep working

While much of our attention during the past few years has been focused on COVID, a more insidious and more dangerous pandemic has been spreading unabated. This pandemic concerns antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria evade the antibiotics we use to treat them. You’ve probably heard these bacteria called “superbugs”…

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