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Why it's time to end world's delusions over Iran energy crisisThe escalating conflict between the US and Iran has unleashed a worldwide energy crisis that is threatening to deplete supplies of crude oi...
Charting the global economy: Oil storms higher on war escalationIran's escalating attacks on Arab Gulf states, including oil facilities in Kuwait and gas processing in Abu Dhabi, have sent oil prices soa...
China says to accelerate push to vaccinate elderly against Covid-19Beijing's National Health Commission (NHC) pledged to "accelerate the increase in the vaccination rate for people over the age of 80, and c...
Shanghai enforces new COVID testing, some areas in China extend lockdownChina is adamant about implementing its dynamic zero COVID policy of eliminating outbreaks as soon as they emerge. Previously when a flare-...
After lockdown, Shanghai tries to mend fences with foreign firmsThe Shanghai government plans to hold 20 meetings this month with foreign firms engaged in key industries such as automobiles, trade, semic...
China lockdowns may hamper Apple's iPhone volumes: ReportAccording to Nikkei Asia, the tech giant has "told suppliers to speed up product development efforts to make up for the lost time", which, ...
China lockdowns, war risk derailing global jobs recovery: ILOThe U.N. agency estimated that there was the equivalent of 112 million fewer full-time jobs in the first quarter of 2022 compared with pre-...
No lockdown in Beijing as Shanghai hunts CovidDaily cases in Beijing have remained in the dozens, a tiny fraction of the outbreak in Shanghai and what other cities around the world now ...
China reports 24,268 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 14 vs 3,020 a day earlierThat compares with 29,411 new cases a day earlier - 3,020 symptomatic and 26,391 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
Eat only one meal a day: Shanghai's stringent COVID lockdown puts megacity out of foodOn April 3, the Chinese government announced the deployment of thousands of military personnel to Shanghai to assist in the mandatory testi...
Dog-culling, fight over cheap veggies: Tired Shanghai residents post videos of China's hardline virus measuresMany residents have tired of the government's grandstanding and social media has opened a window into their fury at food shortages, strict ...
As Shanghai expands Covid-19 lockdown, life on hold in city of 26 millionChina's outbreak is small by global standards. But Shanghai, now accounting for three out of every four local asymptomatic cases across the...
China shuts business center of Shenzhen to fight virus surgeEveryone in Shenzhen, a finance and technology center that abuts Hong Kong, will undergo three rounds of testing after 60 new cases were re...
Millions locked down as China wrestles worst virus outbreak in two yearsA nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai, lock down central neighbourhoods in the southern tech powerhous...
China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in Covid-19 casesChina reported another 397 cases of local transmission nationwide on Friday, 98 of them in Jilin province that surrounds Changchun. Just tw...
China reports major fall in virus cases in locked-down Xi'anXi'an has seen more than 1,600 cases but no deaths in its latest surge. That's a small number compared to outbreaks in other countries, a s...
Why China is the world’s last ‘zero Covid’ holdoutThe strict covid restriction has, increasingly, made China an outlier. The rest of the world is reopening, including New Zealand and Austra...