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Switzerland

World has gone back five years in terms of human development, warns UN

"We have experienced disasters before, we have had conflicts before, but the confluence of what we are facing today is a major setback for the development of humanity,"

Health news

The world's first inhaled COVID vaccine has been approved in China

No needles needed: people hesitant about getting a jab may be interested in COVID vaccines that can be inhaled.

Netherlands

European Medicines Agency approves Omicron booster vaccine

The agency expects these vaccines to "help maintain optimal protection" against a continually evolving coronavirus

Travel News

US gets even with China by cancelling 26 flights in retaliatory move

The US has responded in kind after China cancelled 26 flights by American, Delta and United Airlines over passengers testing positive for COVID-19.

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Health news

For sake’s sake: Why Japan is urging people to drink more alcohol

The Japanese government has launched a national brainstorming campaign to boost the popularity of alcoholic drinks among young adults after a drop in tax revenues.

Destinations

Tourism tax: How a visitor levy could protect the places we love

Tourists place a burden on infrastructure, public services and facilities in the destinations they visit.

Travel News

Which European countries rely most - and least - on tourism?

Which European countries rely on tourism most heavily? The answer might surprise you.

Health news

Britain approves Moderna's Omicron-adapted COVID booster

Each dose of the booster shot will target both the original COVID virus that was first detected in 2020 and the omicron BA.1 variant.

Europe News

EU air transport workers at lowest level in 14 years

Around 325,600 people worked in the air transport sector across the 27 member states during the first three months of the year, down from about 410,000 pre-pandemic.

Work

Remote working: These countries are shunning the post-COVID trend

Two years ago, COVID triggered a surge in remote work. But now that most restrictions have been lifted, is it here to stay? Not in these countries.

USA

Biden tests positive for COVID again, in rare case of virus 'rebound'

The new positive test comes just a few days after the White House said he had been given the all clear to come out of isolation, and several negative tests.

China

New studies bolster theory COVID-19 emerged at Wuhan animal market

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Food and Drink

'Covid hangover': How the pandemic changed European drinking habits

How has alcohol consumption changed in Europe since COVID? Are we drinking less and not as often, or are some darker trends afoot?

Germany

German life expectancy decreased during COVID years

Average life expectancy in Germany dropped noticeably between 2019 and 2021, the national statistics office has said, a change that it attributes to unusually high numbers of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

Health news

Hair loss and erectile dysfunction among new long COVID symptoms

The study found there are a wider set of symptoms associated with long COVID than previously thought.

Culture news

Eloping: If it's good enough for Bennifer is it good enough for you?

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez announced their elopement earlier this week, but what's the appeal for Europeans?

Culture news

The challenges facing this Lyon live music festival post-Covid

For 12 years and counting, this music festival has held free live music events in and around Lyon, often in spaces not normally open to the public. But post-pandemic audience numbers are falling - leaving the future of live music uncertain.

Health news

COVID cases triple across Europe as hospitalisations double

Coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally, according to the WHO.

Cyprus

Cyprus president tests positive for COVID-19

President Nicos Anastasiades is in a good condition and has exhibited only mild symptoms, according to a government spokesperson.

Health news

How the ‘Centaurus’ Omicron subvariant could become dominant worldwide

BA.2.75, which has picked up the nickname "Centaurus," is now dominant in India, overtaking the previously most transmissible subvariant BA.5.