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Countries mandate COVID tests for China travelers 02 Jan 2023 - 10:28 pm
Travellers of a flight from China enter the COVID-19 testing centre of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP)
6 simple steps to build an exercise habit 02 Jan 2023 - 09:48 pm
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AI infused everything on show at CES gadget extravaganza 02 Jan 2023 - 12:10 pm
In this file photo taken on January 10, 2020 attendees experience the LG OLED Wave made up of 200 55-inch LG OLED digital screens on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP
Beckham, McCartney among stars paying tribute to Westwood 30 Dec 2022 - 10:15 pm
In this file photo taken on June 09, 2006, British Fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood poses for photographers after collecting her ensignia from the Prince of Wales during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. (Photo by Fiona Hanson / POOL / AFP)
Pritzker-winning Japanese architect Isozaki dies at 91 30 Dec 2022 - 01:10 pm
In this file photo taken on May 24, 2019 Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, who was awarded the Pritzker Prize, poses for photographs at the Elysee Palace in Paris where he attended the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize reception. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP
Pumpkin and rooibos ice cream on menu as Cape Town cafe champions African flavours 30 Dec 2022 - 11:23 am
Tapi Tapi ice cream shop owner, Zimbabwean Tapiwa Guzha, mixes dry ice into the ice cream ingredients at his shop in Observatory, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
What new COVID restrictions are Chinese travellers facing? 29 Dec 2022 - 11:50 pm
Workers wearing protective masks and suits help Chinese travellers leaving the arrival hall of Rome's Fiumicino International Airport on December 29, 2022 after being tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP)
Tech billionaires see wealth shrink amid 2022 stock crunch 29 Dec 2022 - 07:43 pm
This combination of file pictures created on December 28, 2022 shows (L-R, top to bottom, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg; Twitter and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk; CEO of Bytedance Zhang Yiming; and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos. (AFP)
Europe’s health officials oppose restrictions on China travel 29 Dec 2022 - 06:38 pm
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) holds a swab in her hand to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after Italy has ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travellers coming from China, where cases are surging, at the Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, on December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
Pfizer hemophilia therapy study hits final-stage goal 29 Dec 2022 - 05:21 pm
Pfizer company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Puurs, Belgium, December 2, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
They survived the hunters: now king penguins face climate change 29 Dec 2022 - 11:42 am
Elephant seals rest at the coast of Possession Island on December 27, 2022, part of the Crozet Islands, a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP
China to import 44 foreign video games, grants multiple licences to Tencent 29 Dec 2022 - 11:21 am
Pokemon games are seen on sale in a GameStop in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Twitter users report errors, disruption from New York to Tokyo 29 Dec 2022 - 09:13 am
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US to impose mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China 28 Dec 2022 - 11:19 pm
This picture shows Covid-19 patients being treated at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China Covid pivot sparks jitters worldwide 28 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
This picture shows a Covid-19 patient on a bed at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid lockdown and testing regime. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia's leaky Soyuz ship 28 Dec 2022 - 06:36 pm
A stream of particles, which NASA says appears to be liquid and possibly coolant, sprays out of the Soyuz spacecraft on the International Space Station, forcing a delay of a routine planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on December 14, 2022 in this still image taken from video. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Human hair recycled in Belgium to protect the environment 28 Dec 2022 - 03:07 pm
Belgian hairdresser at hair salon L'Atelier Chedly Boussigua cuts a customer's hair, which will be collected by the association Dung Dung, in Brussels, Belgium November 4, 2022. Reuters/Yves Herman
WhatsApp to stop working on some iPhones and Android phones on December 31 27 Dec 2022 - 09:09 pm
Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. File Photo / Reuters