[ad_1] CNN — China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that …
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[ad_1] CNN — China’s top health officials have pledged to rectify Covid-19 control measures to reduce their impact on people’s lives, while deflecting blame for public frustration away from the policy itself, in their first press briefing since protests erupted against the government’s stringent zero-Covid policy over the weekend. Lockdowns …
Read More »As China grapples with rare protests, Shanghai Disneyland shuts over Covid curbs once again
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN Business — Shanghai Disneyland has been closed again because of China’s Covid restrictions, just days after reopening following a previous pandemic-related closure. The theme park will close from Tuesday, November 29 “to follow the requirement of pandemic prevention and control,” Shanghai Disney Resort said in a …
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[ad_1] Beijing CNN — China has moved quickly to suppress demonstrations that erupted across the country over the weekend, deploying police forces at key protest sites and tightening online censorship. The protests were sparked by anger over the country’s increasingly costly zero-Covid policy, but as numbers swelled at demonstrations in …
Read More »Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan says he has cancer but will continue to run the bank
[ad_1] London CNN Business — The CEO of Barclays said Monday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. C.S. Venkatakrishnan, who is known as Venkat at the bank, said in a note to colleagues that he will begin undergoing treatment for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in …
Read More »Improve memory as you age by eating more flavonols, study says
[ad_1] CNN — Eating more flavonols, antioxidants found in many vegetables, fruits, tea and wine, may slow your rate of memory loss, a new study finds. The cognitive score of people in the study who ate the most flavonols declined 0.4 units per decade more slowly than those who ate …
Read More »China markets tank as protests erupt over Covid lockdowns
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN Business — China’s major stock indices and its currency have opened sharply lower Monday, as widespread protests against the country’s stringent Covid-19 restrictions over the weekend roiled investor sentiment. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (HSI) Index fell as much as 4.2% in early trading. It was last …
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Read More »Jay Leno released from the hospital after burn injuries
[ad_1] CNN — Jay Leno has been discharged from the hospital after sustaining burn injuries in a gasoline fire about nine days ago. The former “Tonight Show” host, 72, was discharged from Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles on Monday, the Center announced in a statement, along with sharing a …
Read More »Blythe Danner in remission from the same cancer her late husband Bruce Paltrow had
[ad_1] CNN — Blythe Danner has revealed she is in remission after a battle with oral cancer, the same cancer that led to the death of her late husband, director Bruce Paltrow. Paltrow, the father of Oscar-winning actress and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow, died in 2002. Danner told People she was …
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