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Shanghai prunes memes from lockdown veg shortage
Bok choy emojis, clips of Gucci gift bags stuffed with celery and video of drones delivering broccoli -- vegetable memes are the n...
'Dying with dignity': Dutch mark 20 years of eutha...
Golden butterflies adorn the walls of the Netherland's only euthanasia expertise centre, put up in remembrance of thousands of pat...
Singapore reopens borders after two-year Covid clo...
Singapore fully reopened its borders to all vaccinated visitors Friday after a two-year coronavirus closure, with arrivals saying...
Shanghai residents frustrated by food shortages, p...
Shanghai residents voiced growing frustration on Friday at confusion over a week of snap Covid lockdowns, taking to social media t...
Juve-Inter showdown marks end of Italy's Covid eme...
Inter Milan and Juventus face off on Sunday with their title hopes in the balance as Italy fully opens its doors to supporters for...
US House votes for life-changing $35 insulin price...
US lawmakers voted Thursday on a bill limiting the cost of insulin to $35 a month, a transformative curb for millions of diabetics...
Ryanair chief expects 'strong recovery', Covid and...
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said Thursday he expected a strong rebound in the airline's activity but said the recovery...
Shanghai official says virus response lacking as c...
A top Shanghai official conceded Thursday that the Chinese financial hub had been "insufficiently prepared" for its latest Covid o...
What to know about aphasia, Bruce Willis' diagnosi...
The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communi...
What is aphasia? Here's what you need to know
The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communi...
Venezuela report details 233 deaths due to hospita...
At least 233 people died between 2019 and 2021 in Venezuelan hospitals due to electricity failures, a study published on Wednesday...
Biden gets second Covid-19 booster shot, says viru...
President Joe Biden received a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot Wednesday and urged Americans to keep their guard up, while de...
US Congress in new push to fund pandemic response
US lawmakers scrambled Wednesday to cut a deal on more Covid-19 funding ahead of a speech from President Joe Biden in which he is...
Biden to receive second Covid booster shot: W.Hous...
President Joe Biden will receive a second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Wednesday, the White House said.
Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-moti...
At home in Pudong district, on reduced pay and playing computer games to lift the gloom, 25-year-old Chinese engineer Terry is in...
Geneva watch show returns under shadow of Ukraine...
Switzerland's top luxury watch fair will resurface this week in Geneva after two years of pandemic-induced virtual shows, but Ukra...
Brazil's Bolsonaro 'ready for combat' after hospit...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday he was "ready for combat" after being discharged from hospital, where he spent the...
US authorizes fourth Covid shot for over 50s
The United States Tuesday authorized a fourth dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for people 50 and ol...
Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged after overnight hosp...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital on Tuesday morning, having spent the night at a military clinic in...
Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving dru...
Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars needed to import essentials...
Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai Covid-19 cas...
Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped superma...
Empty shelves and anxiety as Shanghai Covid-19 cas...
Shanghai recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases Tuesday as spreading anxiety in the Chinese city of about 25 million prompted pa...
Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized after feeling unwe...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a military hospital in Brasilia Monday to undergo tests after feeling unwell, l...
Hair loss: Women speak of the pain of going bald
Hair loss among women is painful, depressing and embarrassing, according to Jada Pinkett Smith and other celebrities who have gone...
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outb...
Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockd...
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to Covid-19 outbreak
Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockd...
Shanghai to lock down in phases to rein in Covid-1...
Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads...
Shanghai to impose phased Covid-19 lockdown: gover...
Shanghai will launch a phased lockdown to curb an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 outbreak that has hit China with its highest caseloads...
Hong Kong halves flight suspensions triggered by C...
Hong Kong announced Sunday it will halve the period for which it suspends international flights that bring in passengers infected...
Meat off the menu in crisis-hit Lebanon as poverty...
Layla Ibrahim has cut down on her daily meat consumption, not because of a health fad but forced by Lebanon's bruising economic cr...
After Covid, India tries to get on top of tubercul...
When Covid-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pand...
Shanghai won't lock down despite Covid spike: offi...
Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were d...