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The Buzz | China denies subjecting US diplomats to Covid-19 anal tests
China yesterday denied subjecting U.S. diplomats to COVID-19 anal tests following reports from Washington that some of its personnel were being made to undergo the procedure. ... -
The Buzz | China ponders approving 2 more COVID-19 vaccines
China is moving ahead with two more COVID-19 vaccines in the regulatory process, one from state-owned company Sinopharm and another from a private company CanSino. Both ... -
The Buzz | Egypt gets Sinopharm vaccines donated by China
Egypt’s health ministry yesterday said the country has received a 300,000-dose shipment of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine donated by China. It was the third vaccine shipment ... -
The Buzz | Biovac plans to become a vaccine maker for underserved Africa
The Biovac Institute, a South African vaccine company, is formulating expansion plans aimed at helping Africa become more self-sufficient when its comes to accessing the immunizing ... -
The Buzz | Oil spill stains Israeli shoreline; investigations underway
Hundreds of volunteers took part in a cleanup operation of the Israeli shoreline as investigations are underway to determine the cause of an oil spill that ... -
The Buzz | US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, ... -
The Buzz | Australia’s second largest city comes out of third lockdown
Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, will relax its third lockdown yesterday and allow spectators to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament after a five-day absence. ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong to reopen venues, relax distancing rules as cases drop
Hong Kong will allow restaurant dining-in services until 10 p.m. and relax other social-distancing rules after the Chinese New Year, as the city tries to move ... -
The Buzz | UN experts: North Korea using cyber attacks to update nukes
North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek ... -
The Buzz | Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site
Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province ... -
The Buzz | China rights activist missing after being stopped at airport
Authorities have given no word on the status of Chinese legal rights activist Guo Feixiong after he was blocked from leaving the country last week to ... -
The Buzz | Mixing vaccines ‘could enhance immune response’ to coronavirus: BBC
A UK trial to see if giving people different Covid vaccines for first and second doses works as well as giving them the same one twice ... -
The Buzz | China not convinced by Canada’s Wu-Tang Clan explanation
A ruckus brought by China over Canadian T-shirts bearing an altered logo of the New York hip-hop group Wu-Tang clan continued yesterday, with China’s Foreign Ministry ... -
The Buzz | Euro economy shrank at end of 2020 under pandemic’s weight
The European economy shrank by a smaller than expected 0.7% in the last three months of 2020 as businesses in France and Germany weathered a renewed ... -
The Buzz | Germany looks ahead, eyes vaccine doses for 2022
Germany’s health minister wants to press ahead with securing coronavirus vaccine supplies for 2022, preferably at the European Union level but if necessary nationally. Jens Spahn ... -
The Buzz | South Korea warns of Lunar New Year virus risks
South Korea says it will maintain elevated social distancing measures for at least two more weeks as health officials raise concerns about a possible surge in ... -
The Buzz | China’s big holiday travel season light so far
Efforts to dissuade Chinese from traveling for Lunar New Year appeared to be working as Beijing’s main train station was largely quiet and estimates of passenger ... -
The Buzz | China’s zero-tolerance Covid approach now includes anal swabs
China is ramping up efforts to neutralize the coronavirus as new outbreaks test its already stringent pandemic strategy, with another weapon added to an arsenal of ... -
The Buzz | China offers flight refunds to curb travel
Chinese airlines are offering refunded tickets as the coronavirus continues to spread in the country’s northeast. The offer yesterday from the government’s aviation authority comes amid ... -
The Buzz | India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier
Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled last week along the countries’ disputed border, Indian officials said yesterday, as a monthslong standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals continued. The ... -
The Buzz | China law empowers coast guard to use force amid disputes
China has authorized its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy structures on features it claims, potentially raising the possibility of clashes with regional ... -
The Buzz | talian police find stolen copy of Leonardo ‘Salvator Mundi’
Italian police have recovered a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century “Salvator Mundi” painting of Jesus Christ that was stolen from a Naples church ... -
The Buzz | Portugal leads in average virus cases per capita
Portugal has the highest seven-day average rate of new cases per capita and the second-highest rate of new deaths in the world, according to Johns Hopkins ... -
The Buzz | Xi, Modi expected for ‘virtual’ Davos in era of pandemic
World Economic Forum organizers are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril ... -
The Buzz | China Slams US Covid lab claims as ‘conspiracy theories’
China accused the U.S. of spreading “lies” and “conspiracy theories” after the Trump administration said it had new information suggesting the coronavirus might have emerged from ... -
The Buzz | Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced in eastern China, prompting a recall of cartons from the same batch, according to the government. The Daqiaodao ... -
The Buzz | US ambassador to UN and Taiwan’s president meet virtually
Her trip canceled in the final days of the Trump administration, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft instead met virtually yesterday [Macau time] with ... -
The Buzz | US carries out its first execution of female inmate since 1953
A Kansas woman was executed yesterday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven ... -
The Buzz | FBI warns: Trump supporters planning armed protests ahead of Biden inauguration
The FBI has warned of possible armed protests being held across the U.S. as Trump supporters and far-right groups call for demonstrations before Joe Biden is ... -
The Buzz | Israel announces new settler homes, risking Biden’s anger
Israel yesterday advanced plans to build 800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a move that could strain ties with the incoming administration of ... -
The Buzz | Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive COVID-19 vaccinations
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, royal officials said. Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old ... -
The Buzz | Virus restrictions heightened in Hebei province
Lockdown measures were being imposed in the northern Chinese province of Hebei where coronavirus cases more than doubled in the region near Beijing that’s due to ... -
The Buzz | US election: Democrats on course for Senate control
The Democratic Party of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is on the verge of taking control of the Senate as results come in from two elections in ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong detects cases of new Covid-19 variant, mulls ban on UK flights
Hong Kong has detected four cases of the U.K. variant of Covid-19, health authorities said in a virtual press briefing yesterday. Among the cases was a ... -
The Buzz | Malaysia coroner rules out others in French-Irish teen death
A Malaysian coroner ruled that the death of a French-Irish teen whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation ...
