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Long Covid costs Australia millions of working days
Long Covid costs Australia millions of working days
by  AFP

Long Covid has already cost the Australian economy three million working days this year, according to a government analysis seen by AFP Friday, significantly worsening the country's acute labour shortages. The treasury report found that lingering effects of the coronavirus have been keeping some 31,000 Australians away from work every day.

Fed's Powell to hammer home inflation-fighting message
Fed's Powell to hammer home inflation-fighting message
by  AFP

With US inflation at a 40-year high, economists say there is no doubt about the Federal Reserve's policy course: Interest rates will continue to rise. Avoiding a recession as interest rates rise remains a tough job for central bankers everywhere.

Trump social media platform faces money woes, modest following
Trump social media platform faces money woes, modest following
by  AFP

Signs are growing that Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social is in financial trouble, with just a modest following six months after launching. But six months later it is in 30th place in an Apple ranking of social media apps downloaded onto iPhones.

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