[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they’re intended to protect. Unfounded rumors of an exit from the costly strategy had sent Chinese stocks soaring last week, but at …
Read More »China’s exports shrink unexpectedly as global slowdown jolts demand
[ad_1] China’s exports and imports unexpectedly contracted in October, the first simultaneous slump since May 2020, as surging inflation and rising interest rates hammered global demand while new COVID-19 curbs at home disrupted output and consumption. The bleak October trade figures highlight the challenge for policymakers in China as exports …
Read More »Disney World arrest: A fugitive from New York was caught after a federal inspector spotted him while on vacation in Florida
[ad_1] CNN — Federal official Jeff Andre was vacationing at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom near Orlando last month when he spotted a man who looked familiar. The man resembled Quashon Burton, 31, who authorities say went on the run in New York City last November after allegedly using fraudulent …
Read More »Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC from 2009-2017, oversaw responses to the H1N1 influenza, Ebola and Zika epidemics, is President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Precious Matsoso is the former Director-General of …
Read More »Germany’s leader and top CEOs are visiting Beijing. They need China more than ever
[ad_1] Hong Kong/London CNN Business — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Friday with a team of top executives and a clear message: business with the world’s second largest economy must continue. Scholz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People after landing …
Read More »Deaths caused by alcohol use in the US spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, CDC data shows
[ad_1] CNN — Deaths caused by alcohol use in the United States spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, killing more than 49,000 people in 2020, according to data published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The alcohol-induced death rate has been steadily increasing in recent decades, but …
Read More »Who should get the flu vaccine and why? Our medical analyst explains
[ad_1] CNN — Welcome to this year’s flu season. This year’s flu strain has already begun spreading across the United States, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been at least 880,000 cases of influenza, nearly 7,000 hospitalizations and, tragically, 360 deaths …
Read More »China Covid: Death of boy in lockdown fuels backlash against zero-Covid policy
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — The death of a 3-year-old boy following a suspected gas leak at a locked down residential compound in northwestern China has triggered a fresh wave of outrage at the country’s stringent zero-Covid policy. The boy’s father claimed in a social media post that Covid workers …
Read More »Opinion: The culture wars have come to the classroom. Now what?
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: This roundup is part of the CNN Opinion series “America’s Future Starts Now,” in which people share how they have been affected by the biggest issues facing the nation and experts offer their proposed solutions. The views expressed in these commentaries are the authors’ own. Read more …
Read More »Seoul Halloween crush: Families identify lost items as South Korean police admit mistakes
[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea CNN — ln a cavernous Seoul gymnasium Tuesday, grieving families inspected neat rows of belongings left behind at the scene of the deadly street crush in Itaewon. Shoes, bags, glasses, notebooks, wallets, cardholders and colorful hats were laid out on makeshift tables and exercise mats along …
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