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World newspapers: Deep discontent in Chinese youth goes past COVID

Monday, 12 December 2022 20:52
COVID restrictions were stifling, and employment opportunities were grim.

IMF says global debt well above pre-pandemic levels

Monday, 12 December 2022 20:04
Global public and private debt saw its biggest drop in 70 years in 2021 after reaching record highs because of the impacts of COVID-19, but overall remained well above pre-pandemic levels, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.

China signals it could soften its zero-COVID policy

Friday, 02 December 2022 13:47
China has signaled that it might ease its “zero COVID” policy in response to an unprecedented surge of protests across the country even though cases continue to climb.

Chinese authorities begin inquiries into protests

Tuesday, 29 November 2022 14:45
Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, people who were at the Beijing demonstrations told Reuters, as police remained out in numbers on the city's streets.

World Newspapers: China locked by protesters over Zero-Covid lockdown

Monday, 28 November 2022 20:49
Tehran (IP) - Financial Times reported that people opposed to China’s stringent Covid restrictions have protested in cities across the country in the most significant wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.

Rare protest rages against China's ruling system in major cities

Monday, 28 November 2022 17:06
Beijing (IP) - Chinese security forces detained protesters on Monday to stamp out widening dissent seeking political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

China expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record

Friday, 25 November 2022 03:27
Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record.

Measles an imminent global threat: WHO warns

Friday, 25 November 2022 03:11
There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as the Covid pandemic has led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization warned.

US alcohol-caused deaths rose nearly 30%

Saturday, 05 November 2022 03:21
The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the US during the first year of the Covid pandemic, according to new government data.

World Newspapers: The reality of new Covid variants and subvariants

Friday, 04 November 2022 20:53
Tehran (IP) - It’s been nearly a year since Omicron was discovered in South Africa and Botswana, and no new variant of concern has been declared. On the eve of the third anniversary of the pandemic, there have been plenty of new variants of Omicron. Each new subvariant (XBB, BQ.1, and BQ.1.1 - the name of three recent ones of note) has produced a small flurry of worried coverage about immune evasion and transmissibility, with some producing small surges in infection as well, New York Times in a report warned about the possibility of a new pandemic.