Shanghai heat turns shopping street into giant slumber party, China News,As Shanghai swelters under a summer heat wave, it sometimes looks as if people are dropping dead from the torrid temperatures on the city's best-known shopping avenue. Normally bustling Nanjing East Road has turned into an
Over 820m 'e-red packets' sent in China over Chinese New Year: WeChat , China News,SHANGHAI – More than 820 million electronic \”red packets\” were sent over China's Lunar New Year holiday, leading social media platform WeChat said, as the centuries-old practice of exchanging monetary
South Korean doctors strike over health plans as new coronavirus cases climb, Asia News,SEOUL – About a quarter of South Korea's medical clinics closed on Friday (Aug 14) for a one-day strike in protest at government plans to train new doctors, as the country reported the highest number of dome
1 in 10 may have caught Covid, as world heads into 'difficult period': WHO, World News,GENEVA – Roughly one in 10 people may have been infected with the coronavirus, leaving the vast majority of the world’s population vulnerable to the Covid-19 disease it causes, the World Health Organisat
Green transport set to overtake cars in major cities by 2030, World News,LONDON – From public transport to cycling, sustainable transport is on course to overtake driving in the world's biggest cities within a decade, according to a study released on Monday (Feb 10). Private car trips will drop
