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COVID19

Shanghai aims to reopen more Covid-shut businesses, Beijing battles on

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in...

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

Markets

When stocks and bonds tumble together, investors look for alternatives

NEW YORK: Wall Street equities have had the worst start to a year since 1939, while the bond slump is the steepest...

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

Business & Finance

Aviation industry’s scars run deep, but have started to heal after pandemic

Experts at Dubai’s Arabian Travel Market event highlight lessons learnt from Covid

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

World

Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:16pm

World

North Korea reports 15 more ‘fever’ deaths amid Covid outbreak

SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday reported 15 additional deaths from “fever”, days after officially confirming its...

Published 15 May, 2022 11:36am

Opinion

In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with invisible enemy

Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China’s hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads,...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am

Markets

Shanghai steel rebar, HRC futures range-bound

BEIJING: Chinese steel rebar and hot-rolled coil futures traded in a tight range on Friday and posted weekly losses...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am

Sports

China gives up 2023 Asian Cup hosting rights

HONG KONG: China has relinquished its rights to host the 2023 Asian Cup finals due to the COVID-19 situation in the...

Published 14 May, 2022 12:55pm

World

North Korea’s Kim says COVID ‘great turmoil’ as 21 new deaths reported

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday that the spread of COVID-19 had put the country in “great...

Published 14 May, 2022 10:17am

World

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for COVID

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a...

Published 14 May, 2022 10:12am

World

Shanghai hunkers down for final COVID battle, Beijing outbreak stubborn

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai was tightening its COVID-19 lockdown for what it hoped would be the final week of its...

Published 14 May, 2022 10:00am

Markets

China’s Covid lockdowns keep crop analysts far from fields

BEIJING: Grain traders and brokers in the world’s number two corn producer are struggling to make forecasts for...

Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am

Pakistan

Inbound flights: CAA to resume rapid antigen tests for passengers from Gulf countries

Will be conducted at Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi airports

Published 13 May, 2022 09:11pm

World

Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower ‘pawn’

SYDNEY: Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:53am

World

Shanghai aiming for zero-COVID at community level by mid-May

SHANGHAI: Shanghai is aiming to reach zero-COVID at the community level in the next few days and will then start to...

Published 13 May, 2022 09:52am

Pakistan

Bilawal participates in 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday participated in the 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit...