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Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears gro...
Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capit...
What we know about mystery hepatitis strain in chi...
An unknown, severe strain of hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks, with at lea...
France's Sister Andre claims title of world's olde...
A French nun who recently celebrated her 118th birthday with her traditional port-and-chocolate cocktail is now the world's oldest...
China's pursuit of zero Covid driving expats away
Colin Chan spent more than a decade building a life in China, but enduring ever-changing Covid rules and five weeks of quarantine...
The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine
As vaccine makers rush to stamp out new Covid-19 variants, some scientists have set their sights higher, aiming for a universal co...
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic bu...
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday in a large central district for mas...
Pakistan reports first polio case in 15 months
Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio eradication after au...
Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccin...
Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children living in Africa, succumb every year to malaria, an age-old mosquito-borne scourg...
In north Donbas, denial and fatalism face Russian...
After two months of sustained Russian artillery fire, the hamlet of Lysychansk, located just 14 kilometres (nine miles) from Russi...
UK Covid patient was positive for record 505 days:...
British researchers believe they have documented the longest-known Covid-19 infection, in a patient who tested positive for a tota...
Pope clears diary for tests on painful knee
Pope Francis, who has suffered from knee pain in recent months, cleared his diary Friday to undergo medical checks, the Vatican sa...
S. Korean sports fans can roar again after Covid b...
South Korean baseball fans and football supporters will be allowed to cheer at stadiums for the first time in two years from Frida...
Australia primed for 'unparalleled' decade of majo...
Australia will over the next decade host a bumper schedule of major international sporting events as part of a long-term plan to b...
WHO 'strongly recommends' Pfizer's Covid pill
The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with mi...
More than one million African children protected b...
More than a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the...
Shanghai's cautious awakening from Covid lockdown
When Rui ventured out of her Shanghai apartment complex this week for the first time in 20 days, she found a city much altered sin...
Shanghai official Covid death toll rises to 25
Shanghai logged eight official Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, reporting a mounting death toll even as daily cases appear to be taper...
Japan's rowdiest baseball fans desperate to end pa...
In a country of baseball fanatics, Hanshin Tigers supporters are known as Japan's rowdiest -- so they are aching to cut loose as a...
US government appeals court ruling lifting mask ma...
The United States government is appealing a court ruling that controversially lifted a federal mask mandate on public transport ea...
Crowds flock to first papal audience at St Peter's...
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world gathered at the Vatican Wednesday as Pope Francis held his first weekly audience in St...
Ukraine war slams brakes on European car sales
European car sales sank in March as Russia's invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages...
Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise
Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of...
Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17
China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities strugg...
UK's Johnson to face hostile MPs over 'partygate'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers on Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaching his o...
Shanghai reports more Covid deaths as officials pu...
China reported seven more Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Tuesday, as major firms such as Tesla forged ahead to resume production a...
Shanghai reports seven more Covid deaths since sta...
China reported seven more deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis duri...
Boris Johnson to face MPs' fury over 'partygate'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaking the law,...
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rise...
China reported seven new deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cas...
Volunteer rescuers step in to save Shanghai's lock...
With quarantine looming after a positive Covid-19 test, Shanghai resident Sarah Wang said her first worry was who would look after...
China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as virus...
China's economy grew 4.8 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, warning of "significant chal...
Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of...
Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has...
L'Imperatrice brings French pop back to Coachella
Two years after the pandemic stymied their debut at the famed Coachella stage, French disco pop band L'Imperatrice is having their...