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Chinese cities relax testing rules as zero-Covid policy eases
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» BEIJING: Businesses reopened and testing requirements were relaxed in Beijing and other Chinese cities on Monday as the country tentatively eases out of a strict zero-Covid policy that sparked nationwide protests.
China further relaxes Covid rules after protests
AFP, Published on 02/12/2022
» BEIJING: Cities across China further unwound Covid restrictions on Friday, loosening testing and quarantine rules in the wake of nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms.
Peru slaughters more than 37,000 poultry after bird flu outbreak
AFP, Published on 02/12/2022
» LIMA - Peruvian authorities have culled at least 37,000 birds on a chicken farm due to bird flu, officials said Thursday.
Pride and pain in Albania's 'Little London'
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» HAS (ALBANIA) - In the town hall of Has, in Albania's mountainous northeast, the Union Jack flag has pride of place next to a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» BEIJING: China's top Covid official has signalled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom.
Biden monitoring China Covid unrest as US rallies pop up
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is monitoring unrest in China by protesters demanding an end to Covid lockdowns and greater political freedoms, the White House said Monday, as rallies popped up in solidarity around the United States.
China cities under heavy policing after protests
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» SHANGHAI: China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.
Monkeypox to be renamed mpox: WHO
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» GENEVA: Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name.
Protests across China as anger mounts over zero-Covid policy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» SHANGHAI: Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday to protest against the country's zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state.
Inflation clouds 'Black Friday' kickoff of US holiday shopping season
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Retailers unveiled a trove of fresh seasonal promotions Friday, as they try to coax sales from reticent shoppers whose holiday cheer has been tempered by inflation and worries over a softening economy.