China imposes Covid lockdown in Xi’an after handful of cases
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Businesses, schools and restaurants in Xi’an will close for one week, 관리들이 말했다, after the Chinese city logged a handful of Covid-19 cases as outbreaks nationwide strain Beijing’s zero-tolerance virus approa...
‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis in Bangladesh
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Ever since she was a little girl, Amina Ahmed has been afraid of the water. Growing up in Sylhet, north-east of Bangladesh, the heavy rainfall that typically occurs during monsoon season would make her anxious. But th...
Sats suggest Covid disruption affecting primary school attainment in England
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The Covid pandemic and disruption has undone many of the improvements in primary school test results within the last five years, according to this year’s Sats assessments taken by pupils in England. Just 59% 의 10- NS...
UK Covid cases are rising – should we wear masks again?
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With Covid infection levels increasing and hospitalisations following suit with the rise of the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, some experts have called for a reintroduction of mask-wearing in certain settings, wi...
NSW government loses bid to stop rail union’s industrial action
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Sydney is set for more train delays on Wednesday after the New South Wales government lost its case to suspend planned industrial action by the state’s rail union. The government launched a case in the Fair Work Commi...
Put the planet before football, UN head of Cop15 nature summit tells leaders
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World leaders must not let the World Cup in Qatar distract them from a simultaneous nature summit, or they face being embarrassed by the outcome, the UN’s biodiversity chief has warned. This December, delegates will t...
Women behind the lens: a life or death moment on Malawi’s Covid wards
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This picture was taken in January 2021, as part of an assignment to photograph a Covid-19 ward at Queen Elizabeth Central hospital in Blantyre, southern Malawi. Malawi registered its first Covid-19 case in April 2020,...
Atagi considers fourth Covid vaccine doses as Omicron subvariants drive surge in cases
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Australia’s independent expert advisory group on vaccines is meeting to discuss fourth Covid-19 booster doses, as Omicron subvariants drive a rise in infections, leading some premiers to urge people to wear masks more...