The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

China usually sends defectors back to North Korea, but Pyongyang wouldn't let them in during the pandemic. That may soon change, and has led to concern among human rights advocates.

Public inquiry chair says she wants ‘all relevant WhatsApp messages’ from pandemic

It’s important we think about the lives NZ saved in the pandemic because of our response. A national Lockdown Day would serve as a stark reminder of the human cost of not taking swift action, writes Nicholas Agar

JD.com (JD ), one of China’s largest online retailers, is struggling this year after rallying to an 8-month high in January. The stock price has fallen nearly -47% from January’s peak on disappointment about China’s uneven recovery from the pandemic and increased competition from other Chinese online retailers. After more...

Unvaccinated young children are most at risk of infectious diseases like measles

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting chaired by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine is "causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people" and fueling "global economic dislocation triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic." "Tensions between major powers are at an…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the risk of conflict between global powers was at an "historic high" and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the world was at a threshold "possibly even more dangerous" than during the Cold War.

Big Issue vendors will now sell a national version of the weekly magazine across the north

Sir John Bell and Sir David King among leading scientists to argue UK is no better prepared than it was in 2020, as new variant in India causes concern