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Losses mount at China’s big three state-owned airlines as zero-Covid policy deters travel
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Losses mount at China’s big three state-owned airlines as zero-Covid policy deters travel
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High: COVID-19 may be headed toward a springtime retreat. The indication comes from declining levels of the virus ...
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High
Quick Glance: COVID Levels Decline, but High Presence of Other Viruses
  • The decline in SARS-CoV-2 suggests a potential retreat of COVID-19, especially in the western U.S.

  • While COVID levels are decreasing, other viruses causing stomach and respiratory illnesses remain high.

  • The influenza positive rate is increasing again, with 116 children and an estimated 20,000 adults having died so far in this flu season.

  • While RSV levels in wastewater are high, positive test results are at the lowest point of the 2023 to 2024 season according to the CDC.
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Kate Garraway admits struggles over eye-watering debts for Derek Draper's care : Kate Garraway has revealed the eye-watering debut she is facing after caring for ...
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Quick Glance: Cost of Husband's Care Exceeded ITV Salary: Kate Garraway in Debt
  • Kate Garraway has revealed that the monthly care costs for her husband Derek Draper of £16,000 exceeded her salary from ITV, resulting in significant debts.

  • The final year of his life is depicted in a new program, featuring Draper speaking on camera for the first time and expressing his desire to share his story.

  • Garraway emphasizes the financial strain caused by Derek's care surpassing her ITV income, leading to her inability to manage the debts while overseeing his care.

  • She also delves into the challenges regarding her husband's healthcare, her caregiving role, and the impact on their relationship.
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neuro Disorders vs COVID: Hospitalization for influenza raises the risk for future neurologic conditions more than ...
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Severe Flu Confers Higher Risk for Neuro Disorders vs COVID
Quick Glance: Hospitalization for Influenza Associated with Higher Risk of Neurological Disorders
  • An analysis of 77,300 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to 77,300 hospitalized with influenza revealed that those with influenza had a greater risk of subsequent neurologic disorders such as migraine, stroke, or epilepsy.

  • Participants hospitalized with COVID-19 were significantly less likely in the following year to require medical care for migraine, epilepsy, neuropathy, movement disorders, stroke, and dementia compared to influenza patients.

  • After considering age, sex, and other health conditions, individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 had a lower risk of needing medical care for migraine, epilepsy, and neuropathy than those with influenza.

  • "The results were surprising as they indicate that hospitalization due to COVID does not lead to increased care for common neurologic conditions compared to hospitalization due to influenza," stated lead researcher Brian C. Callaghan, MD, from the University of Michigan.
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Yen depreciation swayed by China central bank's yuan guidance: TOKYO/BOAO, China -- As the Japanese currency depreciated to its lowest point in 34 years ...
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Yen depreciation swayed by China central bank's yuan guidance
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BYD Reports 2023 Profit That Falls Short of Analyst Estimates: Chinese EV giant BYD Co. reported annual profit that missed analyst estimates.
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BYD Reports 2023 Profit That Falls Short of Analyst Estimates
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High: COVID-19 may be headed toward a springtime retreat. The indication comes from declining levels of the virus ...
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COVID Levels Decline, but Other Viruses Remain High
Quick Glance: Decline in COVID Levels, Persistent High Activity of Other Viruses
  • COVID-19 levels are declining, but other viruses remain high, as indicated by recent data.

  • While SARS-CoV-2 levels are decreasing in the U.S., other viruses like flu and RSV continue to circulate widely.

  • Flu test rates are on the rise again, with 116 children and 20,000 adults reported dead from the flu this season.

  • Despite high RSV levels, positive test results are declining, and norovirus is showing an upward trend as well.
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Yuan (CNY USD) Traders Stumped as China’s Key Daily Fixing Signal Clouds Over: Traders seeking to navigate the most crucial part of China’s foreign-exchange ...
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Yuan (CNY USD) Traders Stumped as China’s Key Daily Fixing Signal Clouds ...
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Biden opens the door to revisiting the early days of the pandemic : The campaign has searched for ways to puncture the sense of nostalgia for the Trump era.
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Biden opens the door to revisiting the early days of the pandemic
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Mum and son still living in Covid lockdown wash shopping and social distance: Four years after the first national lockdown was announced, mother and son Mandy ...
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Mum and son still living in Covid lockdown wash shopping and social ...
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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts: Not content with unseating Tesla Inc. as the world’s top-selling electric car maker, BYD Co ...
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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts
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COVID vaccines can cut post-infection heart failure, blood clot risk: Research: The COVID-19 vaccine can cut the risk of heart failure and blood clots after a ...
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COVID vaccines can cut post-infection heart failure, blood clot risk: ...
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BYD’s new EV, starting at less than $10,000, is stoking fear across the industry: Leading EV maker BYD shook the industry after unveiling the new Seagull ...
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BYD’s new EV, starting at less than $10,000, is stoking fear across the ...
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China gloom sucks life out of Asia's rate cut cheer: Chinese stocks slumped on Friday and the yuan fell, dragging down markets broadly in Asia and rupturing an ...
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China gloom sucks life out of Asia's rate cut cheer
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Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways, the answer is no.
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Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways ...
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China Life Says Profit Fell as Market Rout Hurt Investments: China Life Insurance Co., the nation’s largest life insurer, said profit fell 31% last year as a ...
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China Life Says Profit Fell as Market Rout Hurt Investments
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers: Sars, Mers, Ebola - There is often talk of zoonoses: diseases that spread from animals to people ...
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers
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Long Covid: ‘I feel alone and lost . . . it is difficult to see an end to this’: Dr Muiris Houston: We urgently need more research into understanding its ...
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Long Covid: ‘I feel alone and lost . . . it is difficult to see an end to ...
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Morning Bid: Sliding yen rouses snoozing yuan: A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
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Morning Bid: Sliding yen rouses snoozing yuan
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According to the analysis, Long COVID syndrome has no unique characteristics: Brisbane - The symptoms and signs of the post-viral syndrome Long COVID cannot be ...
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According to the analysis, Long COVID syndrome has no unique ...
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FX Warning: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition: Good afternoon. Here’s what you need to know to end your day.
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FX Warning: The Bloomberg Close, Asia Edition
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers: Sars, Mers, Ebola - There is often talk of zoonoses: diseases that spread from animals to people ...
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We humans are the bigger virus throwers
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China sets yuan at much stronger fixing than markets expected: China's central bank set the yuan fixing at the widest gap against Reuters' estimate in nearly ...
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China sets yuan at much stronger fixing than markets expected
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Ping An Profit Falls Unexpectedly on China Stock Market Rout: Ping An Insurance (Group) Co.’s profit unexpectedly fell 22.8% last year as stock-market declines ...
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Ping An Profit Falls Unexpectedly on China Stock Market Rout
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Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies at 78 after Covid diagnosis
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Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years ...
Quick Glance: 70 Years Living in Iron Lung: Paul Alexander's Passing
  • Paul Alexander passed away at the age of 78 after living in an Iron Lung for over 70 years as a polio patient.

  • His brother shared the news of his death on Facebook after Paul Alexander contracted the coronavirus.

  • Polio is a highly contagious viral disease that can result in paralysis and respiratory difficulties.

  • Vaccination against polio is the most effective measure to prevent the spread of the disease.
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China has a plan, and it’s working: The “two sessions” in early March – the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference ...
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China has a plan, and it’s working
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Legoland and Alton Towers owner plans to charge more at peak times: Merlin Entertainments says surge pricing will help offset decline in visitors since Covid ...
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Legoland and Alton Towers owner plans to charge more at peak times
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Xiaomi’s Sales Beat Estimates After Smartphone Market Recovers: Xiaomi Corp. posted better-than-expected revenue after the smartphone market showed signs of life ...
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Xiaomi’s Sales Beat Estimates After Smartphone Market Recovers
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You Really Are Better Now Than You Were Four Years Ago: The narrative about 2020 is all wrong and will shape the 2024 election.
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You Really Are Better Now Than You Were Four Years Ago
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$37,000 gone in 3 months: Teen in China wipes out family's savings on online game
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$37,000 gone in 3 months: Teen in China wipes out family's savings on ...
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Princess of Wales' cancer message sparks biggest number of visits to charity website since Covid
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Quick Glance: British Royal Family Left with Only 9 Working Members
  • Kate Middleton and King Charles have announced cancer treatments and temporarily stepped back from royal duties.

  • The royal family now consists mainly of older members who are taking on responsibilities.

  • Prince William is supporting his wife and taking on duties while King Charles and others are absent.

  • The royal family is in a vulnerable position, relying on few working members who are mostly in their 70s and 80s.
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Chinese City Seizes on Spicy Food Frenzy, Before Crowds Fade: The influx of tourists to the Chinese city was sudden and overwhelming. Government offices opened ...
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Chinese City Seizes on Spicy Food Frenzy, Before Crowds Fade
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Poverty in Italy hits new high despite economic recovery: The number of people living in poverty in Italy rose in 2023 to its highest level in about a decade ...
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Poverty in Italy hits new high despite economic recovery
Quick Glance: Poverty in Italy reaches new high despite economic recovery
  • Poverty in Italy reached a new high in 2023 despite an economic rebound since the easing of COVID-related restrictions. According to data from the national statistics bureau ISTAT, the number of people living in 'absolute poverty' - unable to purchase essential goods and services - rose to 5.75 million, or 9.8% of the population.

  • While Italy's economy has recovered more strongly from a 2020-21 COVID-induced recession compared to neighbors like Germany and France, the rebound has done little to help the country's poorest. The percentage of those in absolute poverty was 9.1% in 2020 and 9.0% in 2021, during the peak of the pandemic when government support measures partly offset the recession's impact on families.

  • Except for a decrease in 2019, poverty has steadily risen from 6.9% in 2014 when ISTAT's data series began. Last year, Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government started phasing out a poverty relief subsidy called 'citizens' income' introduced in 2019.

  • Poverty levels in 2023 increased in the north and centre compared to the previous year while decreasing in the south according to ISTAT data. Despite the economic recovery, poverty alleviation remains a challenge in Italy, especially in the poorer southern regions of the country.
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BYD releases last year’s profit report, and it falls a little short: Chinese EV giant BYD just released its 2023 annual profit report, and it looks like it ...
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BYD releases last year’s profit report, and it falls a little short
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China property’s Enron damp squib may yet surprise: When is a $78 billion fraud nothing to worry about? Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 1% on Tuesday ...
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China property’s Enron damp squib may yet surprise
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Covid Became a Pandemic 4 Years Ago. How Does Your Life Look Now?: We want to hear from readers on how your life has or hasn’t changed.
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Covid Became a Pandemic 4 Years Ago. How Does Your Life Look Now?
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‘Historic breakthrough’: China’s installed wind turbine cost drops to one-fifth of the US in green energy race
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‘Historic breakthrough’: China’s installed wind turbine cost drops to ...
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GroKo politicians admit mistakes in dealing with the corona pandemic: Lockdown, compulsory vaccination, distance rules - A large number of requirements were ...
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GroKo politicians admit mistakes in dealing with the corona pandemic
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Corona tests should also have to be paid for in suspected cases from April: The federal government will no longer take over corona tests in ordinations from ...
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Corona tests should also have to be paid for in suspected cases from April
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China's Country Garden misses yuan bond payment in latest setback: SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- Struggling Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings said Wednesday it ...
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China's Country Garden misses yuan bond payment in latest setback
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Japanese stocks fall on yen support, yuan rebounds: markets wrap: Japanese stocks fell as the yen rose after the country’s top currency official warned against ...
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Japanese stocks fall on yen support, yuan rebounds: markets wrap
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