Top news of the week: 02.08.2022.
Hong Kong lowers age for Sinovac vaccine shot to six months
Hong Kong on Tuesday reduced the minimum age for getting vaccinated with China's Sinovac COVID-19 shot to six months from three years after several young children became infected with the ...
Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic
The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.
More Evidence That COVID-19 Started in Wuhan Marketplace
The virus driving the COVID-19 pandemic started as two slightly different strains, jumping to humans a few weeks apart at the end of 2019, research shows.
Asia shares off to sluggish start, China data soft
Asian share markets got off to a slow start on Monday as disappointing Chinese economic data fed doubts last week's rally on Wall Street could be sustained in the face of determined policy ...
Japan's factory output zooms as China eases COVID curbs
Japan's factories ramped up output at the fastest pace in more than nine years in June as disruptions due to China's COVID-19 curbs eased, a welcome sign for policymakers hoping the ...
Oil drops as weak China factory data fan demand concerns
Oil prices dropped on Monday, as weak manufacturing data from China and Japan for July weighed on the outlook for demand, while investors braced for this week's meeting of officials from ...
Panasonic's Q1 profit hit by China lockdowns, rising material costs
Japan's Panasonic Holdings Corp , which supplies batteries to Tesla , posted a 39% drop in first-quarter earnings on Thursday as China's COVID-19 lockdowns and rising material costs ...
China omits mention of GDP growth goal, aims for 'best possible' results instead
China will try hard to achieve the best possible results for the economy this year, state media said on Thursday after a high-level meeting of the ruling Communist Party, dropping previous ...