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China replicates Olympic 'bubble' for rare sports event

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 03:57 PM

China will replicate its COVID-secure Olympic bubble when it hosts its first major international sports event since the Beijing Winter Games. Read more »

Xi, Putin look to challenge world order at Asia summit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 07:30 AM

The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization brought Putin and Xi together with the leaders India, Pakistan, and four Central Asian nations. Read more »

Putin, Xi hail 'great power' ties at talks defying West

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 02:27 AM

The SCO is made up of China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Read more »

Typhoon lashes China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 15 02:35 PM

High winds and heavy rain lashed China's densely populated east coast, after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes. Read more »

Summit with Putin, Xi to showcase 'alternative' to West: Kremlin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 07:01 AM

Leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and other countries will also be joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on Thursday and Friday. Read more »

2 COVID scares cause mayhem in Shanghai

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 01:55 PM

Just 2 possible COVID cases sparked chaotic scenes in Shanghai, with crowds of people seen running out of a building and a store to escape a lockdown. Read more »

Tokyo falls to 9th most expensive city for expats amid weak yen

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 17 11:11 AM

Tokyo has tumbled to the ninth-most expensive city for people working abroad in 2022 from third a year earlier. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 12, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:43 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

New wave of lockdowns in China

Alex Plaveevski, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jul 12 10:54 PM

A woman asks people passing-by to buy her food through the opening in quarantine barrier in Shanghai, China on Tuesday. Read more »

China lockdown worries hit equities, oil prices

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 08:36 PM

Stock markets and oil prices slid Monday with a fresh Covid flare-up in Shanghai fanning fears of another painful lockdown in China's biggest city. Read more »

Tesla deliveries fall with temporary closure of China factory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 08:22 AM

Tesla's deliveries of electric vehicles fell in the second quarter compared to the previous one due mainly to a weeks-long closure of its factory in China, the company said Saturday. Read more »

Shanghai reports zero COVID cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 25 01:20 PM

China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-COVID strategy, a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. Read more »

Shanghai to lock down, test 2.7M as COVID fears linger

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 01:56 PM

Shanghai will lock down a district of 2.7 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus testing. Read more »

Shanghai residents chafe under fresh COVID lockdowns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 09:18 PM

Residents stuck inside a compound nearly a week after Shanghai's much vaunted reopening following a virus outbreak shouted at hazmat-clad officials on Monday, as fears grew that some city neighborhoods were being locked down again. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 2, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 12:06 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Shanghai lifts COVID-19 restrictions

Alex Plaveski, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jun 02 10:57 PM

A man walks in the park, a day after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Shanghai, China on Thursday Read more »

Shanghai COVID curbs drag on

Hector Retamal and Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 05:44 PM

Locked in their homes as neighbours celebrate freedom, hundreds of thousands of Shanghai residents are finding the path out of lockdown more complicated than the victory trumpeted by Chinese state media. Read more »

Shanghai eases COVID curbs in step towards ending lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 12:10 PM

Shanghai eased a range of COVID-19 restrictions in a step towards returning to normal after a 2-month lockdown. Read more »

Shanghai prepares to lift more COVID curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 07:28 PM

Shanghai authorities said Tuesday they will lift more restrictions in steps to return the Covid-hit city to normality, after two months of heavy-handed restrictions that throttled businesses and locked down residents. Read more »

Comelec may no longer wait for Shanghai polls to proclaim party-list winners

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 06:28 PM

Comelec projections show that the estimated 1,991 voters in Shanghai will no longer matter in determining most of the party-list winners. Read more »