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Denmark extends nationwide lockdown till January 17 to curb the spread of COVID-19
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the extension of the current nationwide Covid-19 …
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Lockdown extension in interest of country: Adityanath
"The CM has welcomed the decision of PM on extension of lockdown till May 3. He said it is in the i…
PTI
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China's tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country's cozying up to its tech firms again.
Local governments in China are wooing deals with tech giants to build on the so-called "platform ec…
Huileng Tan
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88% of Indians want a lockdown extension
The findings showed that 88 per cent of the respondents are refraining to order food online duri…
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Police in New Zealand say they arrested a sex worker who tested positive for COVID-19 as the country tries to contain its Delta outbreak
Police said the woman traveled to areas where COVID cases rose, and contact tracing has been diffic…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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'Bedmates' are a hot commodity for China's broke and jobless youth, who say they need to sleep next to strangers just to survive in the country's megacities
While "hot-bedding," or taking turns to use a bed, is gaining traction in the West, Chinese "bedmat…
Matthew Loh
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Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown
Huge lines have formed at food banks from El Paso, Texas, to the Paris suburbs, and food shortages…
PTI
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New Zealand's deputy prime minister warns 'the job is not yet done' as country records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in 12 days
Experts said that, despite the falling numbers, there was a risk they could rise again if New Zeala…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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A Dutch court ordered the government to scrap the country's COVID-19 curfew immediately
The government's use of a law to impose a curfew in emergencies was not legitimate, the Rechtbank r…
Grace Dean
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40% of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coron…
ANI
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Austria becomes the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, and says it plans to make vaccines compulsory
Austria has one of the lowest vaccination rates in western Europe, and officials said a lockdown un…
Sinéad Baker
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The UK unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% in the first quarter as the country prepared to reopen from lockdown
The unemployment rate was flattered by people that stopped job-hunting during lockdown, but separat…
Harry Robertson
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Rajasthan hikes excise duty on liquor, beer to make up for revenue shortfall
Hurting from the huge revenue losses due to lockdown, the Rajasthan government has increased exc…
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More NRIs are keen to buy bigger homes in the country, says report
Demand for bigger homes has seen a spurt in the post-Covid era.In fact, 77% of the NRIs are looking…
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China continued to reject Marvel movies in 2022, and the country's box office plummeted 36%
China lost its crown as the world's biggest box office in 2022 as it dealt with rising coronavirus …
Travis Clark
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Why 'nobody's visiting relatives in 20 years' is trending in China, on the heels of the country's biggest holiday
Weibo users are predicting that families will stop gathering during the Lunar New Year in 20 years,…
Matthew Loh
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Health experts in France warn about a second lockdown as cases surge in the country
The number of new cases was already significantly higher than during the first wave, which drags…
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Chinese bank lending stumbled in November as COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns hampered economic activity
Chinese bank lending missed expectations in November, according to data from the People's Bank of C…
Brian Evans
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Mithunda's Disco Dancer song 'Jimmy Jimmy' is China's Covid lockdown protest song
Bappi Lahiri's hit song 'Jimmy, Jimmy' from Mithun Chakraborty-starrer 'Disco Dancer' has become a …
ANI
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How the end of China's travel lockdown could boost online retail powerhouses like Shein
Cheaper air cargo is likely to encourage even more investment in shipping speed to US consumers fro…