China on Tuesday suspended visas for South Koreans to enter the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for South Korea’s COVID-19 testing requirements for Chinese travelers, the Associated Press Read more
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WHO says another omicron subvariant, which may be more resistant to antibodies, spread to 26 countries in latest week
Another omicron subvariant was determined to have spread to more countries in the week through Oct. 16 from the previous week, and it may be even more resistant to antibodies Read more
WHO says another omicron subvariant, which may be more resistant to antibodies, spread to 26 countries in latest week
Another omicron subvariant was determined to have spread to more countries in the week through Oct. 16 from the previous week, and it may be even more resistant to antibodies Read more
Cisco gear is being shipped into Russia from China and other countries, leaked customs database shows
A purportedly leaked Russian customs database shows around 500 shipments of Cisco gear arriving in Russia in August, months after the networking giant halted its business operations in that country. Read more
U.S. risks prolonging pandemic if it doesn’t back WTO push to get vaccines and treatments to lower-income countries, lawmakers warn
The U.S. is at risk of prolonging the COVID pandemic if it fails to back an initiative that aims to get vaccines, diagnostics and treatments to lower-income countries, a congressional Read more
Yellen: Important to recognize there are international spillovers from central bank tightening in advanced countries
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said that central banks must continue the task of fighting inflation but have to recognize that their tightening efforts can ripple through the Read more
U.S. risks prolonging pandemic if it doesn’t back WTO push to get vaccines and treatments to lower-income countries, lawmakers warn
The U.S. is at risk of prolonging the COVID pandemic if it fails to back an initiative that aims to get vaccines, diagnostics and treatments to lower-income countries, a congressional Read more
CDC scraps travel health notices as countries slow testing, and study confirms Republican-leaning counties suffered more COVID deaths than Democrat-leaning ones
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped its country-by-country COVID-19 travel health notices that it began issuing early in the pandemic, the Associated Press reported. The reason: Fewer Read more
CDC scraps travel health notices as countries slow testing, and study confirms Republican-leaning counties suffered more COVID deaths than Democrat-leaning ones
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped its country-by-country COVID-19 travel health notices that it began issuing early in the pandemic, the Associated Press reported. The reason: Fewer Read more
Opinion: Russia’s invasion has been very profitable for the IMF, which is gouging Ukraine and other countries in crisis
It has now been six months since Russia, in an outrageous act of aggression, launched its brutal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of my country. In that period, while much of Read more