Kim Jong Un orders the military to stabilise the supply of medicines in Pyongyang amid the outbreak of COVID-19, KCNA reports. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to stabilise the supply of medicines in Pyongyang days after announcing a lockdown following the outbreak of COVID-19, according …
Read More »Former Heads of State Urge U.S. to Commit $5 Billion to Global Covid Fight
Global health officials are increasingly concerned about what many are calling “Covid fatigue,” as world leaders deal with crises like the war in Ukraine, or turn to other pressing health concerns. “Donors are predominantly saying, ‘Oh, we want to get back to, you know, whatever it was that they prefer …
Read More »Oil falls as China’s COVID restrictions threaten fuel demand
West Texas Intermediate dropped 3.58 percent while global benchmark Brent slid 3.2 percent. By Grant Smith and Heesu LeeBloomberg Published On 2 May 20222 May 2022 Oil declined in tandem with equities as China’s stringent measures to curb Covid-19 threatened a further hit to economic activity and fuel demand. West Texas …
Read More »James Bond and Rush Hour 2 actor Kenneth Tsang dies in Covid quarantine hotel
Kenneth Tsang 86, has died in a Covid quarantine hotel. The actor, who starred in huge Hollywood films such James Bond flick Die Another Day (2002) and Rush Hour 2 (2001), went into mandatory quarantine at the Kowloon Hotel after returning from Singapore on Monday, April 25. It’s claimed Ministry of Health …
Read More »Analysis: China’s global hubs get less global as Covid isolation bites
But in recent weeks, they have become synonymous with a much grimmer reality, as authorities in the two international finance hubs struggle to contain raging Omicron outbreaks. Extreme Covid measures have heavily restricted the lives of residents in both cities, with Shanghai now entering the third week of government-mandated home …
Read More »China holds interest rates steady despite COVID, Ukraine woes
The People’s Bank of China keeps one-year loan prime rate at 3.7 percent and the five-year rate at 4.6 percent. China held key interest rates for corporate and household loans steady on Wednesday, a surprise move that signals Beijing remains cautious about policy easing even as COVID-19 and the Ukraine …
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