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Chinese
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cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption
03/15/2022 08:27am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Tuesday tightened anti-
virus
controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights corona
virus
outbreaks. Stock prices in China and Hong Kong sank for a second day following the sh
A scoop in your poop: How DC, Va. plan to use wastewater to track COVID spread
03/15/2022 04:37am • D.C. and Virginia have plans to ramp up their COVID-19 wastewater surveillance programs in the coming weeks, providing a tool that experts say allows health officials to get a pulse on community transmission before hospitals see a spike in patients. The process enables thousands of people to be s
South Korea reports record deaths amid omicron surge
03/15/2022 03:07am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic on Tuesday, with 293 deaths reported in the latest 24 hours, as the country grapples with a record surge in corona
virus
infections driven by the fast-moving omicron variant. The 1,196
virus
patients in serious or criti
Hong Kong share benchmark tumbles 6.3%, Shanghai sinks 4.6% as
virus
fears outweigh strong economic data
03/15/2022 02:52am • BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong share benchmark tumbles 6.3%, Shanghai sinks 4.6% as
virus
fears outweigh strong economic data.
Asian shares mostly lower as crude slides to $100 per barrel
03/15/2022 12:05am • BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower and oil prices fell Tuesday after another day of losses on Wall Street as anxiety over the war in Ukraine and an upcoming Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates keep global financial markets on edge. Markets remain jumbled as investors try to gauge
COVID-19 cases more than double in China's growing outbreak
03/15/2022 12:03am • BEIJING (AP) — China's new COVID-19 cases Tuesday more than doubled from the previous day as the country faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The National Health Commission said 3,507 new locally spread cases had been identified in the latest 24-hour period, u
7 Steps to Manage Your Money
03/14/2022 08:00pm • The COVID-19 pandemic caused long-lasting changes to the U.S. economy and how people manage their money. Scores of workers left their jobs in what was dubbed the "Great Resignation" while many others embraced a permanent remote or hybrid work schedule. Meanwhile, some families bought new houses as h
How major US stock indexes fared Monday
03/14/2022 04:17pm • Stocks swayed lower on Wall Street Monday, crude oil prices fell and bond yields rose sharply as waves of market-moving forces crash into each other. Markets remained jumbled as investors try to assess the various impacts on the economy from the war in Ukraine, upcoming rate hikes from the Federal
Bird flu case found in southern Wisconsin chicken flock
03/14/2022 03:48pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial chicken operation in Wisconsin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. Samples from the flock were tested at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed at the National Veterinary Services Laborator
For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle
03/14/2022 11:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight-year-old Brooklynn Chiles fidgets on the hospital bed as she waits for the nurse at Children's National Hospital. The white paper beneath her crinkles as she shifts to look at the medical objects in the room. She's had the corona
virus
three times, and no one can figure out
Greek prime minister COVID-positive day after Istanbul visit
03/14/2022 07:31am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be self-isolating at home, a day after a trip to Istanbul. Mitsotakis held talks Sunday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
China battles multiple outbreaks, driven by stealth omicron
03/14/2022 05:20am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 across dozens of mainland cities Monday as the fast-spreading variant commonly known as “stealth omicron” fuels China’s biggest outbreak in two years. The vast majority of the new cases — 895
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunges 5.4% as
virus
lockdown in Shenzhen, U.S. share listings issues pull benchmark lower.
03/14/2022 03:47am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plunges 5.4% as
virus
lockdown in Shenzhen, U.S. share listings issues pull benchmark lower.
China shuts business center of Shenzhen to fight
virus
surge
03/13/2022 08:38am • BEIJING (AP) — China's government responded Sunday to a spike in corona
virus
infections by shutting down its southern business center of Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, and restricted access to Shanghai by suspending bus service. Everyone in Shenzhen, a finance and technology center that
In America, a few days in March 2020 echo two years later
03/12/2022 11:26pm • The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days. It can be kept at bay. There will be some inconvenience, sure, but the world will merely be paused — just a short break, out of an abundance of caution, and certainly not any kind of major grinding to a halt. Certainly not for two years
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