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Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Initially, there had been separate measures for the eastern and western sides, but the whole city...
Global oil prices have fallen as China starts to implement a city-wide lockdown in Shanghai, an important financial and manufacturing hub. Brent crude lost more than $4.50 a barrel on concerns that the move would mean that demand...
European Union leaders have stopped short of banning vaccine exports after a protracted row with the Anglo-Swedish manufacturer AstraZeneca. At a summit on Thursday they gave backing in principle for toughening export controls....
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized in the spring for thecoronavirus, is self-isolating after he was exposed to a Member of Parliament who contracted the virus, British officials announced Sunday. Johnson met on Thu...
Shopping malls in Shanghai are gearing up for China's biggest annual shopping event on November 11, dubbed "Double Eleven", with huge discounts to attract crowds before the big day....
The director of the World Health Organization tweeted Sunday he will go into self-quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is well and not showing symptoms but...
Polar bears enjoy Lantern Festival treat at Shanghai zoo...
Two people in England have been confirmed to have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok, the same chemical weapon that was used against an ex-Russian spy earlier this year. British police at Scotland Yard confirmed that the mysterious agent that ...
Dakota Johnson admits that her breakout role as Anastasia Steele in the "Fifty Shades" movie franchise left her feeling exposed but says the experience hasn't been all bad. "Fundamentally, I’m open and warm. At my c...
Facebook plans to let people see if they had "liked" pages created by "foreign actors" to spread propaganda during the US presidential election. The social network has previously said as many as 126 million Americans may ...
A Victoria's Secret lingerie show is a glitzy affair. But some of the sheen was missing from its Chinese premiere on Monday, when most of the coverage focused on the two star names who didn't make it to Shanghai. Reports say Katy Perry and G...
In Shanghai's historic Bund district, visitors circle a new theater with a brash -- and slowly rotating -- veneer of bronze-colored steel bamboo. Beside it, a pair of recently completed 590-foot-tall towers overlook the city's colonial-era buildi...
A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. What exactly is offshore finance? Essentially it's ...
China has agreed to allow imports of rice from the US for the first time. The agreement gives US farmers access to the world's biggest rice consumer, with China importing about 5 million tonnes last year. It follows trade talks between the ...
Chinese Culture Comes Alive at Shanghai Disney Resort...
Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual's mortality risk today, according to new research. Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual's mortality risk today, acco...
Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest building and the world’s No. 2 in height at 125 stories, held a topping-out ceremony today, more than four years after the start of construction in 2008. The views of Shanghai are unrivaled. Have a ...
2011-08-03 08:31 COUPLES may want to snuggle up (搂在一起) indoors for Chinese Valentine's Day as storms from approaching typhoon Muifa are forecast for the weekend. Muifa, the ninth typhoon in the Pacific this year, is nearing China's...
Aug. 1 2011 - 11:59 pm A scene from the Shanghai Real Estate Fair in China in 2010. Shanghai is starting to look more like Manhattan. The tier one China city saw its average home sales decline again in July due to higher borrowing...