The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Over Yet
When former U.S. President Donald Trump ascended into the Oval Office in January 2017, he kicked off his presidency by investigating unfair trade practices in China as part of his Continue Reading
South Korea shuts nuclear reactors for second time due to influx of marine organisms
South Korea has shut two nuclear reactors due to an influx of marine organisms just two weeks after restarting them after an earlier influx, company officials said April 8, adding Continue Reading
More Contagious Virus Variant Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Chief Says
A highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in Britain has become the most common source of new infections in the United States, the director of the Continue Reading
U.K. Limits AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine to Over-30s Amid Blood-Clot Concerns – WSJ
The U.K.’s vaccines advisory body said the Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca PLC should preferably not be given to people under 30 following concerns that it causes potentially deadly blood clots in Continue Reading
India posts record COVID-19 cases, 13-fold jump over two months
India’s second wave of coronavirus infections continued to swell as it reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in just over two months and raising pressure Continue Reading
China’s Growth Set to Drive World Economy in Post-Pandemic Years
China will drive global economic growth in the coming years as the world recovers from an pandemic that’s killed 2.9 million people, the International Monetary Fund predicts. China will contribute Continue Reading
China’s Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Includes Free Ice Cream
In Beijing, the vaccinated qualify for buy-one-get-one-free ice cream cones. In northern Gansu Province, a county government published a 20-stanza poem extolling the virtues of the jab. In the southern Continue Reading
China one-child policy: can dropping limits increase birth rates?
China’s one-child policy started in the 1980s to slow population growth, with some exemptions eventually coming about. In recent years it’s been relaxed to allow families’ to have two children. Continue Reading
Covid-19 News: Live Updates
Nearly 80 percent of school staff and child care workers in the United States have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Continue Reading
Indian states seek widening of vaccinations as second surge overtakes first wave
Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections Continue Reading