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Chinese Cat Owners Are Feeding Covid-19 Pills To Their Pets. Here's Why
Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.
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Why China Remains Undeterred About Opening Up Its Economy
The country's economy, the world's second-largest, has struggled to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, facing challenges like a debt crisis in the housing sector, low consumption, and high youth unemployment.
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China Defends Covid-19 Data Sharing, Says 'Did Not Hold Any Information Back'
China insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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South Asia Home To 45% Of Child Brides In The World: UN
South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on Wednesday.
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Oil In See-Saw Mode, Drops Below $100 A Barrel On Demand Concerns
Oil prices fell $1 in early trading in Asia to below $100 a barrel on Monday, cutting into gains from Friday, as attention turned back to rising COVID-19 cases in China and the prospect of lockdowns again reducing fuel demand in the world's top oil importing nation.
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India Now Considering Boosters For All Adults: Report
Last week, the health ministry urged Indian states to boost surveillance measures for the disease, citing a resurgence in some parts of Asia and Europe. Countries such as China and Italy have seen a recent rise in cases.
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Indonesia's Second COVID-19 Wave Has Peaked, Says Health Minister
Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday.
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Google Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for All Employees, Announces New Support for Coronavirus Response
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to employees announced that the search giant is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. Google also announced some fresh measures to aid Southeast Asia’s ...
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How India's Most Crowded City Mumbai Beat The Odds, And Covid
When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success.
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Google to Invest $75 Million in Coronavirus-Hit Small Businesses
Google is teaming up with the European Investment Fund (EIF) and two other organisations in Latin America and Asia to provide $75 million (roughly Rs. 545 crore) in funding to small- and medium-sized companies suffering from the impact of COVID-19.
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Asian Development Bank Calls For Reforms To Build Resilient Education Systems
Governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific should initiate far-reaching reforms to strengthen the resilience of education and training systems as they deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a guidance note from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Tenet Nears $150 Million at Box Office as It Opens in the US and China
Tenet has climbed to an estimated worldwide box office total of $146.2 million after bringing in $78.3 million with its opening in the US, China, and Russia, and its second weekend in most parts of Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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Tenet Might Release in Europe, Asia in Late August: Report
Tenet — Christopher Nolan’s movie — might release in late August in parts of Europe and Asia, according to a new report. Warner Bros. is reportedly in talks with cinema chains in France, Spain, and the UK to open Tenet between August 26–28. Asian chains are waiting on hear on a new release date for Tenet in “the next few days”.
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How to End Coronavirus Lockdowns? Technology, Test, Coordination
Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed the pandemic but strangled the global economy.
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Chinese Cat Owners Are Feeding Covid-19 Pills To Their Pets. Here's Why
Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.
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Why China Remains Undeterred About Opening Up Its Economy
The country's economy, the world's second-largest, has struggled to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, facing challenges like a debt crisis in the housing sector, low consumption, and high youth unemployment.
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China Defends Covid-19 Data Sharing, Says 'Did Not Hold Any Information Back'
China insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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South Asia Home To 45% Of Child Brides In The World: UN
South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on Wednesday.
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Oil In See-Saw Mode, Drops Below $100 A Barrel On Demand Concerns
Oil prices fell $1 in early trading in Asia to below $100 a barrel on Monday, cutting into gains from Friday, as attention turned back to rising COVID-19 cases in China and the prospect of lockdowns again reducing fuel demand in the world's top oil importing nation.
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India Now Considering Boosters For All Adults: Report
Last week, the health ministry urged Indian states to boost surveillance measures for the disease, citing a resurgence in some parts of Asia and Europe. Countries such as China and Italy have seen a recent rise in cases.
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Indonesia's Second COVID-19 Wave Has Peaked, Says Health Minister
Indonesia's devastating second coronavirus wave, which saw the Southeast Asian country become the epicentre of Asia's COVID-19 outbreak, has peaked, its health minister said Monday.
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Google Mandates COVID-19 Vaccines for All Employees, Announces New Support for Coronavirus Response
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to employees announced that the search giant is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. Google also announced some fresh measures to aid Southeast Asia’s ...
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How India's Most Crowded City Mumbai Beat The Odds, And Covid
When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success.
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Google to Invest $75 Million in Coronavirus-Hit Small Businesses
Google is teaming up with the European Investment Fund (EIF) and two other organisations in Latin America and Asia to provide $75 million (roughly Rs. 545 crore) in funding to small- and medium-sized companies suffering from the impact of COVID-19.
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Asian Development Bank Calls For Reforms To Build Resilient Education Systems
Governments and stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific should initiate far-reaching reforms to strengthen the resilience of education and training systems as they deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a guidance note from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Tenet Nears $150 Million at Box Office as It Opens in the US and China
Tenet has climbed to an estimated worldwide box office total of $146.2 million after bringing in $78.3 million with its opening in the US, China, and Russia, and its second weekend in most parts of Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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Tenet Might Release in Europe, Asia in Late August: Report
Tenet — Christopher Nolan’s movie — might release in late August in parts of Europe and Asia, according to a new report. Warner Bros. is reportedly in talks with cinema chains in France, Spain, and the UK to open Tenet between August 26–28. Asian chains are waiting on hear on a new release date for Tenet in “the next few days”.
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How to End Coronavirus Lockdowns? Technology, Test, Coordination
Governments battling a virus that has crossed borders with breathtaking swiftness pinned their hopes Tuesday on tests, technology and a coordinated approach to ease the tight social-distancing restrictions that have slowed the pandemic but strangled the global economy.
