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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – Nordia Tompkins was serving a seven-year sentence for a drug charge in June 2020 when the U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons released her to …

BEIJING – China processed 11% less crude oil in April than a year earlier, with daily throughput falling to the lowest since March 2020 as refiners slashed operations on weaker …

(Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a statement on Saturday. She will not be in parliament for …

By Heekyong Yang and Jack Kim SEOUL -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday the spread of COVID-19 had thrust his country into “great turmoil” and called for …

SHANGHAI/BEIJING – Shanghai was tightening its COVID-19 lockdown for what it hoped would be the final week of its battle with the virus before it could gradually begin to ease …

EXCLUSIVE: Ethics Group Alleges Dem Rep Exploited COVID Rules To Campaign For Governor Sebastian Hughes on May 13, 2022 A watchdog group will file a complaint against Florida Democratic Rep. …

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – North Korea is facing its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak with no known vaccine programme, sparking new calls for the government to accept …

By Nichola Saminather (Reuters) – Canada’s biggest life insurers, Manulife Financial and Sun Life Financial on Wednesday reported core earnings fell from a year ago as the COVID-19 pandemic took …

By Michael Erman (Reuters) – More than 2.8 million courses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid have been made available at pharmacies around the United States, with the …

By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING – Shanghai officials said on Wednesday half the city had achieved “zero COVID” status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place …

By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jennifer Rigby COPENHAGEN/LONDON – For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat to test for COVID-19 has become a …

(Reuters) – Novavax Inc’s shares plunged nearly 20% in premarket trading on Tuesday due to uncertainty over global demand for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine following a slow start to deliveries. …

By Callaghan O’Hare HOUSTON – In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, pulmonologist Joseph Varon offered an opinion that made headlines around the world and went viral on social …

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he was willing to accept Congress passing separate bills to aid Ukraine and to provide funding for the nation’s COVID-19 response. …

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Darryl Corradini, age 63, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Matthew W. Brann, …

SHANGHAI -Aptiv stopped shipping over the weekend some parts from a Shanghai plant that supplies Tesla Inc and General Motors Co after COVID-19 infections were found among its workers, two …

SHENZHEN, China – American businesses are struggling to persuade overseas staff to join them in China due to the country’s strict COVID-19 control measures and ongoing lockdowns, the American Chamber …

By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering as many doses as …

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING – If Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang has been politically bruised by the city’s struggle to tame a COVID-19 outbreak that has infuriated residents …

TEXARKANA, Texas– A Cleveland, Texas man and woman have pleaded guilty to wire fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Clifton Pape, 47, …

BEIJING – China’s export growth is expected to have slowed to a crawl in April as strict COVID-19 curbs hit production while imports likely extended declines, creating heavy headwinds for …

By Valentina Za, Giuseppe Fonte and Francesco Zecchini MILAN – Gianni Polidori served a final espresso in his freshly renovated cafe in the Italian port of Ancona at the end …

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI – Veronica thought she did everything right by sticking to all of the COVID-19 lockdown rules in the Chinese city of Shanghai. After the entire city …

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – Additional reports of patients with long COVID who were helped by Pfizer Inc’s oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid offer fresh impetus for conducting clinical trials to …