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Two-way tourism has been a focus in driving Chinese arrivals back to pre-pandemic levels, said the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) during a roadshow in new potential cities in China.

Bangkok Post

70% of fourth-graders can’t read proficiently, and 73% of eighth-graders are failing math. America’s kids are falling behind

A new report on childhood well-being finds the U.S. education system is still reeling from COVID—but the learning crisis started long before the pandemic hit.

Fortune

The global airline industry’s profits could be cut in half as it braces for its worst year since the pandemic

Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz is adding $100 billion to airlines' collective fuel bill this year.

Fortune

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Child Well-Being Declines Nationally, Driven By Education Failures: Study

The well-being of children declined nationally from 2019 to 2024 and the impact of the COVID pandemic on education still is being felt, according to a new report.

International Business Times

Queensland's Regional Renaissance: How Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Cairns, and Townsville Are Quietly Becoming Australia's Best Lifestyle Move

For most of the past decade, the headline on Australia's internal migration story has been simple: people are leaving the southern capitals and heading north. What was once treated as a short-term post-pandemic blip has matured into a structural shift. Queensland now leads the country for net interstate migration, and…

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Xi Jinping arrives in Pyongyang on trip to revitalise China-North Korea ties

Kim Jong-un welcomes Chinese leader on visit to renew relations strained amid Pyongyang’s closeness with Russia

The Guardian - UK

Foreign condo purchases projected to dip 20% this year

Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research) forecasts foreign purchases of condo units will decline by 20% this year, marking the first annual contraction since the pandemic.

Bangkok Post

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US gamers getting older as industry reports growth

American video game players are aging, with the average now 37. The industry is seeing a comeback, reaching pre-pandemic activity levels. This shift challenges old stereotypes about gamers. The Entertainment Software Association emphasizes its long-standing self-regulation, including age ratings and parental controls, as a model for safety. This approach aims…

The Economic Times

Gareth Southgate explains why he refuses to say Andrew Tate’s name in manosphere documentary

Former England football manager, 55, explores how young men feel lost after the pandemic in new BBC documentary

The Independent UK

I've sold property on California's Central Coast for decades. The buyers chasing ranch and winery estates are after more than a lifestyle

Post-pandemic buyers are redefining “luxury” as self-sufficiency, income-generating land, and permanence—and supply can’t keep up.

Fortune

‘This is a fundamental shift in how we prepare for pandemics’: Researchers used AI and known genetic codes to develop a ‘fundamentally new’ vaccine that ‘could help speed up the roll out vaccines to benefit people all over the world’

The research team hope that the new AI development method could help create vaccines that target a whole family of viruses

TechRadar

New AI-designed ‘universal vaccine’ could future-proof humans against unknown viruses

A new AI-designed vaccine capable of protecting against entire families of viruses could transform how the world prepares for a future pandemic.

Euronews

America’s job market has a surprising problem: Nobody’s hiring, nobody’s firing

While unemployment is projected to hold steady at a low 4.3% in May, according to FactSet, the pace of job creation remains significantly slower than the boom experienced in the wake of pandemic lockdowns

The Independent UK

AI ‘super-antigen’ vaccine could protect against whole families of viruses

Researchers say this could prevent future pandemics, save lives and stop lockdowns

The Independent UK

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Phoebe Tonkin praises new TV show for showing 'complex relationships'

Phoebe Tonkin stars alongside Brenton Thwaites in the new Paramount Plus series about a couple whose fledgling romance is cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic, with fate reuniting them years later.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d rather read a book’: Tarantino criticises ‘flavourless sausage factory’ Hollywood

Pulp Fiction director writes in Sight and Sound that ‘since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death’

Evening Standard

UK construction output declines at fastest rate since pandemic, survey finds

Worries about the Iran war as well as political uncertainty in the UK were weighing on demand for building work last month.

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Quentin Tarantino issues blistering verdict on post-pandemic Hollywood movies

Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino has branded Hollywood as a "flavourless sausage factory" in an excoriating verdict on movies that have been release post-pandemic.

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The Conversation

How flu overtook COVID as Australia’s deadliest respiratory virus

Many Australians have stopped worrying about respiratory viruses. The pandemic has passed and attention has shifted. COVID no longer dominates the headlines, and influenza is often dismissed as a routine winter illness.

Kids Ain't Cheap

The Growing Parent Revolt Against School-Issued Devices

For years, schools promoted laptops, tablets, and Chromebooks as essential learning tools. But across the U.S., a growing number of parents are pushing back against school-issued devices, arguing that constant screen exposure is hurting focus, sleep, behavior, and family life. What began as support for digital learning during the pandemic…

Fortune

New York Fed research is just one of many saying remote work is behind the real Gen Z hiring nightmare

Graduates are blaming AI for their employment woes, but the real culprit may be the pandemic’s most sought-after workplace perk

The Independent UK

Feeling a little bleak about the world? There’s a film festival for that

Bleak Week, a film festival celebrating “cinema of despair,” started as a counter to the demand for feel-good movies after the pandemic

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The Growth of Discreet Online Healthcare Services in the UK

The use of online healthcare services has increased significantly over the last six years. This growth accelerated during the pandemic and has been steadily rising ever since.

Bangkok Post

Emerging viruses

After the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, most people believe their lives have returned to normal. However, several recent outbreaks such as Ebola, Nipah virus, Hantavirus, mpox (monkeypox) and avian influenza, are under strict surveillance by global health agencies to reduce the risk of another pandemic.

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Mandy Moore hails Hilary Duff as her lifeline during ‘scary’ Covid pregnancy

The actress and singer has reflected on the strong friendship she found with Hilary Duff through motherhood during the Covid pandemic.

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