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Hong Kong official warns lockdown protests hurt security 11/30/2022 02:33am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's security minister on Wednesday warned that the city's protests against China's anti-virus restrictions were a “rudiment of another color revolution” and urged residents not to participate in activities that might hurt national security. Chris Tang said some events Asian shares mostly decline ahead of Fed chair's key speech 11/29/2022 11:27pm • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve chief that may give clues about future interest rate hikes. Investors were also eyeing developments in China, where protests have erupted over the “zero-COVID” strategy that has conf Inova sees 'unprecedented patient volumes' post-Thanksgiving 11/29/2022 10:22pm • A Virginia hospital system said that it is seeing "unprecedented patient volumes" following the Thanksgiving holiday. Inova cited the spikes in flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus or RSV and other illnesses as the reason for the surge and the strain on hospital capacity, particularly emerg Hundreds at Harvard, NYC, Chicago protest China's actions 11/29/2022 09:02pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday at Harvard University and near Chinese consulates in New York and Chicago to support protesters who have called for that country's leader to step down amid severe anti-virus restrictions in the biggest demonstrations against the governmen EXPLAINER: Why are China's COVID rules so strict? 11/29/2022 08:46pm • BEIJING (AP) — At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what many other countries were doing to try and contain the virus. While most other nations saw the health and safety regulations as temporary until vaccin 9 Growth Stocks That Also Pay Dividends 11/29/2022 07:00pm • Impressive fundamentals don't have to come at the cost of dividends.Growth stocks are companies that have expanding revenue and profits because they are winning new business. And generally speaking, this often means investing heavily in the future of the business by researching new products and hiri Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy 11/29/2022 04:50pm • Twitter will no longer enforce its policy against COVID-19 misinformation, raising concerns among public health experts and social media researchers that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus. Eagle-eyed users s China sends students home, police patrol to curb protests 11/29/2022 11:55am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Authorities have eas China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets 11/29/2022 12:10am • HONG KONG (AP) — With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing. Shanghai, Nanjing and other cities where online calls to gather had been issued were also reportedly qu China's 'zero-COVID' limits saved lives but no clear exit 11/28/2022 05:03pm • China's strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in decades. Most protesters on the mainland and in Hong Kong have focused their anger on restrictions that confine families China's Xi faces threat from public anger over 'zero COVID' 11/28/2022 11:38am • SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year. Demonstrators poured into the street China vows more 'friendly consensus' amid Vatican complaints 11/28/2022 09:36am • BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and the Vatican are once again tangling over the prickly issue of appointing Chinese bishops. After complaints from the Vatican that Beijing was violating a 2018 interim accord, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said the country is willing to exp Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign 11/28/2022 08:55am • PIDIE, Indonesia (AP) — Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up Monday for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, after four children were found infected with the highly contagious disease that was declared WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns 11/28/2022 07:05am • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, sayi Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases 11/28/2022 03:04am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive on Monday amid a spike in new cases among children, health officials said. It is the sixth such campaign this year and will last for five days, aiming to inoculate children under the age of 5 in high-risk areas. T