
China Covid pivot sparks jitters worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China…
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Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China…
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The death toll from floods in Visayas and Mindanao has risen to 25, officials said on 28 December, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit…
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Japan will require Covid-19 tests on arrival for travelers from mainland China from Friday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, after Beijing announced it will…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials on Monday to take steps to protect lives in his first public remarks on Covid-19 since Beijing dramatically…
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Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored…
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Attached to a breathing tube under a pile of blankets, an old man racked with Covid-19 lay groaning on a stretcher in the emergency department of a hospital in…
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Crematoriums across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies as the country battles a wave of Covid cases that authorities have said is impossible…
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Europe and North America have seen shortages of the key antibiotic amoxicillin and other medications as surging illnesses particularly among children have…
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The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its China growth forecast for the year as the pandemic and weaknesses in the property sector hit the world's second largest…
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The Philippine peso on Monday, 19 December, improved to P55.41 against the US dollar from P55.85 the previous session.
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Hundreds of Chinese internet users have paid tribute to "martyr" doctor Li Wenliang, who first blew the whistle on the coronavirus outbreak, in the…
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The House of Representatives approved on final reading a bill establishing a virology and vaccine research institute in the country, which would spearhead the…
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The World Health Organization estimated Friday that 90 percent of the world population now had some resistance to Covid-19, but warned that a troubling new…
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De La Salle University banked on the superstar pair of Xiandi Chua and Chloe Isleta to quench a 19-year title drought after dominating the University Athletic…
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The Philippine Peso on Friday, 25 November, finished the trading day and closed at P56.67 versus the US Dollar.
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The world will not return to "business as usual" following the pandemic alongside rocketing gas prices and forced migration in the wake of the…
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China's capital Beijing posted a record number of new Covid cases on Tuesday, with the city hunkering down under a tightening chokehold of restrictions that…
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The Department of Health on Tuesday said it is eyeing to recommend the extension of the COVID-19 state of calamity should Congress fail to approve its proposed…
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