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More than one million African children protected b...
More than a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the...
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Shanghai's cautious awakening from Covid lockdown
When Rui ventured out of her Shanghai apartment complex this week for the first time in 20 days, she found a city much altered sin...
![Shanghai official Covid death toll rises to 25](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/36/a5/20/Shanghai-official-Covid-death-toll--156022_small.jpg)
Shanghai official Covid death toll rises to 25
Shanghai logged eight official Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, reporting a mounting death toll even as daily cases appear to be taper...
![Japan's rowdiest baseball fans desperate to end pandemic silence](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c0/8d/f1/Japan-s-rowdiest-baseball-fans-desp-558110_small.jpg)
Japan's rowdiest baseball fans desperate to end pa...
In a country of baseball fanatics, Hanshin Tigers supporters are known as Japan's rowdiest -- so they are aching to cut loose as a...
![US government appeals court ruling lifting mask mandate](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d3/cc/f8/US-government-appeals-court-ruling--019154_small.jpg)
US government appeals court ruling lifting mask ma...
The United States government is appealing a court ruling that controversially lifted a federal mask mandate on public transport ea...
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Crowds flock to first papal audience at St Peter's...
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world gathered at the Vatican Wednesday as Pope Francis held his first weekly audience in St...
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Ukraine war slams brakes on European car sales
European car sales sank in March as Russia's invasion of Ukraine added more problems to a sector already struggling with shortages...
Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise
Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of...
![Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/9c/25/aa/Shanghai-Covid-death-toll-rises-to--360624_small.jpg)
Shanghai Covid death toll rises to 17
China reported seven Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities as authorities strugg...
UK's Johnson to face hostile MPs over 'partygate'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers on Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaching his o...
Shanghai reports more Covid deaths as officials pu...
China reported seven more Covid-19 deaths in Shanghai on Tuesday, as major firms such as Tesla forged ahead to resume production a...
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Shanghai reports seven more Covid deaths since sta...
China reported seven more deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis duri...
![Boris Johnson to face MPs' fury over 'partygate'](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ac/68/eb/Boris-Johnson-to-face-MPs--fury-ove-636655_small.jpg)
Boris Johnson to face MPs' fury over 'partygate'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaking the law,...
![Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rises](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/e3/92/94/Shanghai-reports-more-deaths-as-Cov-403331_small.jpg)
Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rise...
China reported seven new deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cas...
![Volunteer rescuers step in to save Shanghai's locked-down pets](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/c6/eb/47/Volunteer-rescuers-step-in-to-save--806752_small.jpg)
Volunteer rescuers step in to save Shanghai's lock...
With quarantine looming after a positive Covid-19 test, Shanghai resident Sarah Wang said her first worry was who would look after...
![China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as virus bites](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/93/44/df/China-economy-grows-4-8--in-first-q-242118_small.jpg)
China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as virus...
China's economy grew 4.8 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, warning of "significant chal...
![Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdown](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/85/63/6b/Shanghai-reports-first-Covid-deaths-442265_small.jpg)
Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of...
Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from Covid-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has...
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L'Imperatrice brings French pop back to Coachella
Two years after the pandemic stymied their debut at the famed Coachella stage, French disco pop band L'Imperatrice is having their...
![Coachella returns in all its glittering, neon glory -- mask optional](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/53/79/8b/Coachella-returns-in-all-its-glitte-125252_small.jpg)
Coachella returns in all its glittering, neon glor...
Revelers in thong bodysuits, glitter eyeshadow and sheathed in neon gathered Friday in the California desert as the first Coachell...
![Shanghai residents scuffle with police over virus policy](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/bc/15/c1/Shanghai-residents-scuffle-with-pol-012122_small.jpg)
Shanghai residents scuffle with police over virus...
Shanghai residents scuffled with hazmat-suited police ordering them to surrender their homes to Covid-19 patients, videos on socia...
![Shanghai lockdowns could force China carmakers to stop production, XP](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/04/3d/5a/Shanghai-lockdowns-could-force-Chin-563203_small.jpg)
Shanghai lockdowns could force China carmakers to...
Chinese auto makers may have to put the brakes on production if strict Covid-19 curbs in Shanghai persist, said the founder of ele...
![Shanghai residents scuffle with police over virus policy: video](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/bc/15/c1/Shanghai-residents-scuffle-with-pol-914166_small.jpg)
Shanghai residents scuffle with police over virus...
Shanghai residents scuffled with hazmat-suited police ordering them to surrender their homes to Covid-19 patients, videos on socia...
![South Korea drops most Covid restrictions as cases fall](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/4b/5e/f4/South-Korea-drops-most-Covid-restri-196396_small.jpg)
South Korea drops most Covid restrictions as cases...
South Korea will lift almost all social distancing measures, the government said Friday, citing a dramatic fall in reported cases...
![Germany arrests Covid protesters for kidnap plot](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/9f/fe/93/Germany-arrests-Covid-protesters-fo-466997_small.jpg)
Germany arrests Covid protesters for kidnap plot
German investigators on Thursday said they had arrested four members of a far-right anti-lockdown group with pro-Russian leanings...
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Pfizer to seek US authorization for third Covid sh...
Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday announced positive results from a clinical trial on the safety and immune response of a third dose...
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New hope to help advanced Parkinson's patients wal...
People with advanced Parkinson's disease often struggle to walk more than a few steps or sleep through the night, but new research...
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Bolsonaro downplays Brazil army's Viagra order
President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday downplayed the Brazilian military's recent purchase of Viagra, which drew scrutiny from oppo...
![World treats crises affecting black, white lives unequally: WHO chief](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/d3/da/c9/World-treats-crises-affecting-black-928207_small.jpg)
World treats crises affecting black, white lives u...
The WHO chief said Wednesday that the world was treating humanitarian crises affecting black and white lives unequally, with only...
![French prosecutors raid pizza plant after E.coli outbreak](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/92/9d/dc/French-prosecutors-raid-pizza-plant-112455_small.jpg)
French prosecutors raid pizza plant after E.coli o...
Prosecutors on Wednesday searched a Buitoni frozen pizza factory in northern France, the suspected source of an E.coli outbreak th...
![China's imports fall as Covid outbreaks, lockdowns hit demand](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/b3/bd/b3/China-s-imports-fall-as-Covid-outbr-248693_small.jpg)
China's imports fall as Covid outbreaks, lockdowns...
China's imports shrank on-year in March for the first time in nearly two years, official data showed Wednesday, hit by coronavirus...
![Covid pandemic exacerbated rise in STDs in United States: study](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/62/59/94/Covid-pandemic-exacerbated-rise-in--684187_small.jpg)
Covid pandemic exacerbated rise in STDs in United...
Reported cases of many types of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) went up in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, as...
![Shanghai locals sleep at work and ration food as lockdown bites](https://www.lindependance.lu/media/shared/articles/ed/a6/79/Shanghai-locals-sleep-at-work-and-r-009409_small.jpg)
Shanghai locals sleep at work and ration food as l...
By day it's Romeo's workplace, by night it's his home. Like many other finance sector workers in Shanghai, he has moved into the o...