China celebrates official end of extreme poverty, lauds Xi The ruling Communist Party is celebrating the official end of extreme poverty in China with a propaganda campaign that praises President Xi Jinping's role, part of efforts to cement his image as a history-making leader who is reclaiming his country's rightful place as a global power. World 25 Feb, 2021
WHO chief warns of complacency as global virus cases drop The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the drop in confirmed COVID-19 infections around the world was encouraging, but cautioned against relaxing restrictions that have helped curb the spread of the coronavirus. World 13 Feb, 2021
Asian businesses suffer Lunar New Year blues over travel curbs From a skyway operator in Australia to a tourist guide on Indonesia's resort island of Bali and a lion dance troupe in Malaysia, Asia's travel industry is hurting as coronavirus curbs keep most people home for the Lunar New Year. World 11 Feb, 2021
COVID-19 management in Germany: A paragon for others During the lockdown period, Germany contained COVID-19 positive cases to a minimum possible, and the fatality rate remained the lowest compared to Italy, Spain and the UK Opinion 11 Feb, 2021
Coronavirus unlikely to have come from Chinese laboratory, WHO concludes A team of reputed Chinese and international scientists scouting for the origin of the pandemic-causing COVID-19 pathogen denied claims of the virus to have spread from a Chinese laboratory. World 09 Feb, 2021
WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at center of speculation World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they'd intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues. World 03 Feb, 2021
WHO team visits Wuhan research lab at center of speculation World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus. World 03 Feb, 2021
WHO team in Wuhan visits provincial disease control center A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited a provincial disease control center that had an early hand in managing the outbreak. COVID-19 01 Feb, 2021
WHO team to visit Wuhan market, where first COVID infections seen A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale seafood centre where the new coronavirus was initially detected. World 31 Jan, 2021
WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. World 28 Jan, 2021
Biden's US revives support for WHO, reversing Trump retreat The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe, President Joe Biden’s top adviser on the pandemic said Thursday, renewing support for an agency that the Trump administration had pulled back from. Health 27 Jan, 2021
Urban air quality less improved by COVID lockdowns than first believed Lockdowns during the first wave of COVID-19 had a much smaller impact on urban air quality than first expected, a study of 11 global cities, from Wuhan to New York, found on Wednesday. Environment 14 Jan, 2021
