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China’s economic growth falls to 3%, gradually reviving 01/17/2023 04:28am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth fell to its second-lowest level in at least four decades last year under pressure from anti-virus controls and a real estate slump, but activity is reviving after restrictions that kept millions of people at home and sparked protests were lifted. The world China reports economic growth fell to 3% last year under pressure from virus controls, real estate slump 01/16/2023 09:05pm • BEIJING (AP) — China reports economic growth fell to 3% last year under pressure from virus controls, real estate slump. WHO appeals to China to release more COVID-19 information 01/15/2023 03:48am • BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening. The ann Long COVID can be debilitating, even for healthy kids 01/14/2023 06:07pm • Jessica Rosario loved watching her 15-year-old, Eliana, play flute with the rest of the marching band during Open Door Christian School football games. But after the homecoming game in 2021, she got an alarming call from the Ohio school's band director. Rosario's daughter was on the floor of the China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed 01/14/2023 05:26pm • BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, offering hard numbers for an unprecedented surge that was apparent in overcrowded hospitals and packed crematoriums, even as the government released little data about the status of the p Tesla cuts vehicle prices in bid to boost flagging demand 01/13/2023 03:33pm • DETROIT (AP) — With its sales slowing and its stock price tumbling, Tesla Inc. slashed prices dramatically Friday on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax credit that could help spur buyer interest. The company dropped prices nearly 20% Even as NY nurses return to work, more strikes could follow 01/13/2023 03:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as 7,000 nurses return to work at two of New York’s busiest hospitals after a three-day strike, colleagues around the country say it’s just a matter of time before frontline workers at other hospitals begin walking the picket line. Problems are mounting at hospitals acr NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 01/13/2023 11:09am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot won’t trig China's trade surplus swells to $877.6B as exports grow 01/13/2023 12:02am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion last year as exports rose despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers. Exports increased 7% from a year earlier to $3.95 trillion, decel Asian markets mostly higher, tracking Wall Street gains 01/12/2023 11:29pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month pushed Wall Street benchmarks higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 1% to 26,174.88 on speculation that the Bank of Japan might relent and tighten its ultra-loose monetary policy as the yield o China's reopened borders raise hopes for soccer resurgence 01/12/2023 07:59pm • After three years of isolation and financial struggles in Chinese soccer, the country is reopening its borders and economy to the outside world. With it, frustrated fans, financially challenged clubs and unpaid players in the Chinese Super League might receive some long-awaited good news. The 2022 s US spies lag rivals in seizing on data hiding in plain sight 01/12/2023 07:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As alarms began to go off globally about a novel coronavirus spreading in China, officials in Washington turned to the intelligence agencies for insights about the threat the virus posed to America. But the most useful early warnings came not from spies or intercepts, accordin China's 2022 auto sales rise 9.5% but growth weakening 01/12/2023 03:24am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s auto sales rose 9.5% last year as electric vehicle purchases nearly doubled, but demand in the global industry’s biggest market slumped in December, foreshadowing weaker growth this year, a trade group reported Thursday. Sales of SUVs, sedans and minivans rose to 23.6 mi National Zoo stands by timed-entry passes despite DC delegate's concerns over limited access 01/11/2023 09:50pm • The National Zoo in D.C. is standing by its decision to keep time-entry passes in place after most Smithsonian museums stopped using them. Zoo director Dr. Brandie Smith, in a letter to D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, said using the passes allows the zoo to better manage visitor capacity, reduce Mississippi reports 14th death of a child due to COVID-19 01/11/2023 04:50pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 14th Mississippi child has died from COVID-19, the state's department of health said Wednesday. The infant under the age of one was the most recent child to die in Mississippi. The child was the first person under 18 to die from COVID-19 in the state in 2023. According to s