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China doesn’t just reject the “lab-leak” theory. It now claims SARS-CoV-2 came from another country
EXCLUSIVE AstraZeneca may not stay in vaccines, but CEO has no COVID regrets
AstraZeneca may not stay in the vaccine business in the long run, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, showing how quickly fortunes have changed for the drugmaker that produced one of the first ...
Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds
Shanghai, Moscow and Tehran have the highest levels of NO2 pollution, according to the research
Pfizer, BioNTech Seek FDA Authorization for Updated Covid-19 Vaccine
The updated shot, which targets the latest Omicron subvariants as well as the original virus, would be used in a fall booster campaign.
City in China orders fish swabbed for Covid
Coastal city of Xiamen tells workers on fishing boats, as well as their catch, to undergo testing as part of import controls
China must show it's not an 'agent of instability' on Taiwan, US Ambassador to China says
China needs to convince the rest of the world it is not an "agent of instability" and will act peacefully in the Taiwan Strait, US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said in his first TV ...
China says COVID has exacerbated decline in births, marriages
Many women are continuing to delay their plans to marry or have children, it said, adding that rapid economic and social developments have led to "profound changes".
China set to lower lending benchmarks to revive wobbly economy
China is widely expected to lower its benchmark lending rates on Monday, a Reuters survey showed, with a vast majority of participants predicting a deeper cut to the mortgage reference to ...