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Hong Kong divided over China's COVID-19 protests
12/02/2022 05:05am • HONG KONG (AP) — The recent wave of protests against China's anti-
virus
restrictions was a ray of hope for some supporters of Hong Kong's own pro-democracy movement after local authorities stifled it using a national security law enacted in 2020. Thomas So, who joined about a dozen students from
Candlelight vigil in Northwest DC remembers victims of HIV on World AIDS Day
12/02/2022 03:45am • A giant HIV/AIDS awareness ribbon made of red balloons fluttered gently in the evening breeze Thursday as Whitman-Walker Health observed World AIDS Day 2022 with a candlelight vigil in Northwest, D.C. Since 1988, World AIDS Day has been observed on Dec. 1 to show support for people living with HI
China security forces are well-prepared for quashing dissent
12/01/2022 09:02pm • BEIJING (AP) — When it comes to ensuring the security of their regime, China’s Communist Party rulers don't skimp. The extent of that lavish spending was put on display when the boldest street protests in decades broke out in Beijing and other cities, driven by anger over rigid and seemingly un
Doctors alarmed as surge in RSV cases fills German hospitals
12/01/2022 04:04pm • BERLIN (AP) — Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Thursday that hospital pediatric units in the country are stretched to breaking point in part due to rising cases of respiratory infections among infants. The intensive care association DIVI said the seasonal surge in respiratory syncytial vir
England blows away test traditions on 506-4 first day
12/01/2022 10:15am • RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) —
Virus
-hit England stamped its aggressive brand of test cricket on its first match in Pakistan in 17 years by amassing a world record 506-4 with four batters smashing hundreds on Thursday. Zak Crawley hit 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering opening stand of 233.
Chinese users play cat-and-mouse with censors amid protests
12/01/2022 08:32am • HONG KONG (AP) — Videos of hundreds protesting in Shanghai started to appear on WeChat on Saturday night. Showing chants about removing COVID-19 restrictions and demanding freedom, they would stay up only a few minutes before being censored. Elliot Wang, a 26-year-old in Beijing, was amazed. “I
Fed matches year of hot inflation with feverish rate hikes
12/01/2022 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street expects the impact of the Federal Reserve's most aggressive year of interest rate hikes in at least three decades to continue to be felt through next year. The central bank’s plan to fight stubbornly high prices on everything from food to clothing has been the central
China eases
virus
controls amid effort to head off protests
12/01/2022 07:18am • BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-
virus
restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world’s most stringent COVID measures and head off more protests. Following weekend demonstrations at which some crowds mad
UK ambulance service struggles in winter health care crisis
12/01/2022 07:12am • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of patients each week are being stranded for long stretches in ambulances outside overflowing British hospitals, a growing crisis that has likely contributed to scores of deaths, health care leaders said Thursday. The U.K.'s ambulance service is seizing up in some areas as
Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of 'zero COVID'
11/30/2022 08:42pm • BEIJING (AP) — A campaign to vaccinate the elderly has sparked hopes China might roll back severe anti-
virus
controls that prompted protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign, but the country faces daunting hurdles and up to a year of hard work before “zero COVID” can end. Stock marke
Jiang Zemin, who guided China's economic rise, dies
11/30/2022 02:13pm • BEIJING (AP) — Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, died Wednesday. He was 96. Jiang, who was president for a decade until 2003 and led the rul
US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio
11/30/2022 01:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the communities will test for polio in sewage
The AP Interview: IMF head urges China to end mass lockdowns
11/30/2022 10:50am • BERLIN (AP) — It is time for China to move away from massive lockdowns and toward a more targeted approach to COVID-19, the head of the International Monetary Fund said days after widespread protests broke out, a change that would ease the impact to a world economy already struggling with high inf
China vows crackdown on 'hostile forces' as public tests Xi
11/30/2022 09:52am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to “resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces,” following the largest street demonstrations in decades by citizens fed up with strict anti-
virus
restrictions. A massive show of force by the security
Jiang Zemin, who guided China’s economic rise, dies
11/30/2022 07:00am • BEIJING (AP) — Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, died Wednesday. He was 96. Jiang, who was president for a decade until 2003 and led the rul
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