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Shanghai aims for return to normal life from June 1

Shanghai aims for return to normal life from June 1

Shanghai aims to reopen broadly and allow normal life to resume from June 1, a city official said on Monday, after declaring that 15 of its 16 districts had eliminated cases outside quarantine areas.
'Depressed' Filipino bodybuilders out of SEA Games over doping rules

'Depressed' Filipino bodybuilders out of SEA Games over doping rules

Bodybuilders from the Philippines were left heartbroken on Sunday after being barred from competing at the ongoing SEA Games for failing to fulfill anti-doping rules.
May 15, 2022 | 06:34 pm PT
'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack

'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack

An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of "copycat" gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspired by previous attackers, experts warned on Sunday.
May 15, 2022 | 06:33 pm PT
Ukraine restarts gas distribution stations, supplies in Kharkiv

Ukraine restarts gas distribution stations, supplies in Kharkiv

Ukraine's gas transit system operator said over the weekend that it had resumed operations at two distribution stations in the Kharkiv region and restarted gas supply to more than 3,000 consumers.
May 15, 2022 | 06:33 pm PT
N.Korea reports 8 more dead, medicine supply issues amid Covid outbreak

N.Korea reports 8 more dead, medicine supply issues amid Covid outbreak

North Korea on Monday reported eight more deaths from “fever” after recently announcing its first Covid cases, with the military deployed to resolve “supply of medicines” issues.
May 15, 2022 | 06:33 pm PT
Gunman kills 10 in live-streamed racial attack on New York state supermarket

Gunman kills 10 in live-streamed racial attack on New York state supermarket

An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of "racially motivated violent extremism."
May 14, 2022 | 08:38 pm PT
Thousands in US march under 'Ban Off Our Bodies' banner for abortion rights

Thousands in US march under 'Ban Off Our Bodies' banner for abortion rights

Thousands of abortion rights supporters rallied across the United States on Saturday, angered by the prospect that the Supreme Court may soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide a half century ago.
May 14, 2022 | 05:40 pm PT
North Korea reports more deaths, says taking 'swift measures' against Covid outbreak

North Korea reports more deaths, says taking 'swift measures' against Covid outbreak

North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country's first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak.
May 14, 2022 | 05:36 pm PT
Musk says $44 bln Twitter deal on hold over fake account data

Musk says $44 bln Twitter deal on hold over fake account data

Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44 billion cash deal for Twitter was "temporarily on hold" while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts.
May 13, 2022 | 10:00 pm PT
North Korea's Kim says Covid 'great turmoil', 21 new deaths reported

North Korea's Kim says Covid 'great turmoil', 21 new deaths reported

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the spread of Covid-19 had thrust his country into "great turmoil" and called for an all-out battle to overcome the outbreak, while 21 new daily deaths were reported among people with fever.
May 13, 2022 | 10:00 pm PT
US and ASEAN commit to raise relationship to 'comprehensive strategic partnership'

US and ASEAN commit to raise relationship to 'comprehensive strategic partnership'

Leaders of the United States and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committed at a summit in Washington on Friday to raise their relationship to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" in November this year.
May 13, 2022 | 06:56 pm PT
Malaysia touts trade access as US Indo-Pacific plan only a 'good beginning': trade chief

Malaysia touts trade access as US Indo-Pacific plan only a 'good beginning': trade chief

Malaysia views U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed Indo-Pacific economic bloc as a welcome initiative but sees a bigger immediate opportunity in selling its access to a China-led trade pact to lure investment from global companies, Malaysia's trade minister said on Friday.
May 13, 2022 | 03:48 pm PT
Shanghai aims to defeat Covid over next week as Beijing hunkers down

Shanghai aims to defeat Covid over next week as Beijing hunkers down

Locked-down Shanghai aims to ringfence its Covid outbreak over the next week, officials said on Friday, while residents in China's capital Beijing largely heeded the advice of authorities to work from home to stem the virus' spread.
May 13, 2022 | 03:47 pm PT
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for Covid-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has overseen her country's world-leading response to the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced Saturday.
May 13, 2022 | 03:47 pm PT
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