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China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules ease

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in…

China announces nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions

Beijing, China (AFP) China announced Wednesday a nationwide loosening of its hardline Covid restrictions that had hammered the world’s second…

Shanghai axes some Covid testing requirements

Beijing, China (AFP) Authorities in China's financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country's…

Pres. Xi signalled to EU chief China may adopt more openness in Covid response

  Bruxelles, Belgium (AFP) China's President Xi Jinping suggested in talks with EU chief Charles Michel that the spread of…

Hair transplant fad turns deadly in India

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was…

Peru slaughters more than 37,000 poultry after bird flu outbreak

LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Peruvian authorities have culled at least 37,000 birds on a chicken farm due to bird flu,…

China censors rare, nationwide protests

by Matthew Walsh, with Jing Xuan Teng in Beijing Agence France-Presse SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- China's censors were working Monday…

‘Long live the people!’ Beijingers gather for frigid anti-lockdown rally

Beijing, China (AFP) by Laurie CHEN One by one Beijingers braved the cold Sunday night after word of a rally…

China arrests BBC journalist covering Covid protests

London, United Kingdom (AFP) The BBC said on Sunday one of its journalists in China had been arrested and beaten…

Nurses join other striking UK staff in two December walkouts

by Joe JACKSON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Nurses across most of Britain will next month hold the…

China’s ‘iPhone city’ tightens Covid rules after violent protests

  Beijing, China  (AFP) China has ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke out…

China’s ‘iPhone city’ tightens Covid rules after violent protests

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke out…

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