Top news of the week: 16.08.2022.
Shanghai extends weekly COVID-19 testing requirement until end of September
China's most populous city Shanghai has extended its weekly COVID-19 test requirement and extended free testing until the end of September in a bid to keep the virus in check, authorities ...
Macau to suspend ferry services with Shenzhen in China
Ferry services between Macau and the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen will be suspended from Aug. 12, Macau's government said on Thursday, due to measures to curb COVID-19 infections, just ...
Explainer: How China manages refined fuel exports
China's refined fuel exports are likely to sink in 2022 to the lowest in seven years as the country seeks to maintain ample domestic supplies while refinery output posts a rare decline.
Covid-19 Variants Keep Getting More Contagious. Here’s Why.
Scientists say new virus variants are evolving to be better at evading our immune systems’ existing defenses.
Broad swathe of China swelters in high temperatures
Several regions of China including the major southwestern city of Chongqing baked in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Saturday, while the country's national ...
Morning Bid: Asia's economic spotlight shines on giants China, Japan
The tone across Asia will also be set by the growing hope that U.S. inflation has peaked.
China, UK agree to resume direct passenger flights - British embassy
China and Britain have agreed to resume direct passenger flights between them, the British embassy in China said on Wednesday.
Langya: New virus infects 35 people in eastern China
The patients are thought to have caught the virus from animals such as shrews, and not from humans.